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United States And Imperialism
Number of Words: 1609 / Number of Pages: 6
... Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippines around 1900. When intervening in these different areas of the world, the United States (supposedly) planned to idealize by imposing their civilized ways of society and religion on these crude populations of foreign people. This idealizing by the U.S. would also involve introducing American politics into the troubled environments. The "ideal" politics happened to follow the form of the United States government; a setting where "liberty and justice for all" would help to create a more civilized world. Idealism seems to be a very influential factor until the practic ...
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The Effectiveness Of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
Number of Words: 4856 / Number of Pages: 18
... the Eisenhower administration, the president would be
confronted with a plethora of events both domestic and international. Shortly
after Eisenhower's inauguration, Joseph Stalin (the Soviet Première) died of a
stroke on March 5, 1953, leaving the United States questioning who would rise to
power in Russia and continue the Cold War against the US. Meanwhile, in the
United States, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created on
March 12, 1953. On December 8, 1953, Eisenhower gave his "Atoms for Peace"
speech calling for the cooperation of both the United States and the Soviet
Union t ...
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The History Of The Black Panther Party
Number of Words: 342 / Number of Pages: 2
... black leader Malcolm X, Newton gathered some longtime friends, including Bobby Seale and David Hilliard, and drew an outline for the organization. At first, it was named the “Black Panther Party For Self-Defense”, but it was shortened to the “Black Panther Party”.
The founders created a list of 10 wants and beliefs of the Black Panther Party known as “The Ten Point Platform and Program”, including a want for freedom of all African Americans and a want of police brutalities to stop. This list formed the basis of the entire party. All members had to follow the Platform. The members who violated it were k ...
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The Avant-Garde Architecture O
Number of Words: 1304 / Number of Pages: 5
... solutions to a variety of design problems. They are responsible for many of the largest pubic and private construction projects in the second half of this century. Some of these projects include the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
When French President Francois Mitterand “personally selected Mr. Pei in 1983 to design the Grand Louvre to give air, space, and light to one of the world’s most congested museums,” (Markham, 1989) there were many critics. The press “lambasted the ...
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The Disadvantages Of The South During The Civil War
Number of Words: 1074 / Number of Pages: 4
... Army.
The South’s economy was more agricultural, based around the institution of slavery. The North’s economy was more industrial. The North could supply their army with clothes, food, and firearms much easier than the South could. The North had more industries and supplies. The Union had approximately 1,300,000 industrial workers compared to the Confederacy’s 110,000. The North’s advantage would enhance as the civil war wore on. The South lacked the economy to sustain a lengthy civil war.
Besides the advantage of having more products, the North also had a higher taxation income. T ...
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The American Revolution
Number of Words: 1314 / Number of Pages: 5
... the stamp tax, and the Intolerable acts.
“The British Empire was erected on the then-popular theory of mercantilism, which held that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country.” (Bailey 92) The Mercantile system was certainly not a new idea, it was already used by French and Spanish as a way of profiting more from their colonies. The Mercantile system was a way of ensuring that England exported more than it imported. The colonies would supply the raw materials and to England, which would turn them in to finished goods, and export them. The colonies would also furnish products needed ...
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CIA Covert Operations: Panama And Nicaragua
Number of Words: 2327 / Number of Pages: 9
... William Casey was
quoted as saying “covert actions were the keystone of U.S. policy in the Third
World.”(Agee, 2) Throughout the CIA's 45 years, one president after another has
used covert operations to intervene secretly, and sometimes not so secretly , in
the domestic affairs of other countries, presuming their affairs were ours.
Almost always, money was spent for activities to prop up political forces
considered friendly to U.S. interests, or to weaken and destroy those considered
unfriendly or threatening.
The friends were easy to define, they were those who believed and acted
like us, to ...
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Conflicts Between The North And The South
Number of Words: 784 / Number of Pages: 3
... the North. But there was another side to this, the South said that they would trade with the North if they built more factories to process the cotton. The North bitterly opposed this idea. They felt that it was too risky to build more factories and lose a profit. The North would said that if they, the South, slowed down their cotton crop then there would be enough factories to process the cotton. The South disagreed of course, leading to a never-ending quarrel between the two sections. The two sections also had different economic leaders. The North had capitalists, people who invested money to make ...
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The River Rouge Manufacturing Complex
Number of Words: 864 / Number of Pages: 4
... shows the depth of the plant, being able to manufacture
all components of the cars without having to ship parts to or from other
locations in the country.
The next collection of photographs is of the exterior of the Rouge plant.
These photos were obtained from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
These pictures are of the Rouge during the switch of all production, from
the Highland Park plant, to the Rouge. It was also the time that the Model
A was beginning production.
This collection shows examples of four exterior views of the plant, allude
to the many different factories within the Rouge ...
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The Differences Of Native American Cultures
Number of Words: 382 / Number of Pages: 2
... lacked much
food, the Cheyenne could get enough food to survive. Before they arrived at the
plains, the buffalo hunt was unneccesary because of the bountiness of food.
The Inuit people (known incorrectly as eskimos) were, of course, affected
by their geography. Their language consisted of over 50 words for ice. They had
to live in igloos, because of the lack of building resources. Shamans were
popular and had a lot of power because, since food was so scarce, they were
believed to have powers that could help find it.
Pacific Northwest people were obviously affected by their geography. ...
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