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  • Experiences of American Prisoners of War in Vietnam

    Experiences of American Prisoners of War in Vietnam

    P.O.W.: THE EXPERIENCE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN VIETNAM Prisoners of War (POWs): In international law, term used to designate incarcerated members of the armed forces of an enemy, or noncombatants who render them direct service and who have been captured during wartime.1 This definition is a very loose interpretation of the meaning of Prisoners of War (POWs). POWs throughout history have received harsh and brutal treatment. Prisoners received everything from torture to execution.

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Ib History How the War of 1812 Reflect the Same Tensions That Led to the American Civil War?

    Ib History How the War of 1812 Reflect the Same Tensions That Led to the American Civil War?

    September, 2005 Internal Assessment Plan of the investigation How the war of 1812 reflect the same tensions that led to the American civil war? For this assignment I will start out by researching my topic on the internet with two websites. Then I will give evidence for my topic by stating what the authors from the websites concluded. Afterwards I will then give my analysis on the topic and answer the question in my conclusion.

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Mike
  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War

    The American Civil War tore apart many American lives. These people lost loved ones, had to endure the pains of those who lost limbs, and deal with emotional needs. However American lives were not the only ones that suffered and fought the war. American Indians served for both the North and the South during the Civil War. There reasons was to what they could gain from the side the chose, pride for the land they

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Vika
  • African American Soldiersin the Civil War

    African American Soldiersin the Civil War

    In the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and part of the Nineteenth Century the White people of North America used the Black people of Africa as slaves to benefit their interests. White people created a climate of superiority of their race over the Black African race that in some places, still lingers on today. The American Civil War however, was a key turning point for the Black African race. Through their actions and the political actions of President

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War

    The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War

    The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War H.W. Brands' book was a pretty solid read. It provided a different outlook on the Cold War, as it sought to show that it was not merely an American victory over "communism" and the Russians. There was far more to the Cold War than most Americans would care to admit, but Brands puts it out there for the reader to take in. Brands' purpose for writing

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Events Leading up to the American Civil War

    Events Leading up to the American Civil War

    There were many events, people, and opinions that caused the U.S. Civil War in 1861. But the three biggest causes were states rights versus federal rights, the abolition movement, and the controversy of allowing slavery in the territories. Although these may appear to be vague, it was the events inside that made the difference. The South had a vested interest in not allowing the federal government to interfere with their state rights. The South claimed

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Max
  • The Weapons of the American Civil War

    The Weapons of the American Civil War

    The Weapons of the American Civil War The Civil War, also called The War Between the States, was one of the bloodiest wars in American history. What made the Civil War such a massacre? The Civil War was such a bloodbath because the technological advances were so far superior to the tactics of the infantry, that the weapons virtually obliterated the soldiers. Soldiers would form lines known as a battalions. In these battalions, soldiers would

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    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Fatih
  • England and the American Civil War

    England and the American Civil War

    In April 1861, the United States declared a state of insurrection against the Confederacy of rebellious southern states. In Europe, the ordeal was referred to as “The American Question.” The question could not be evaded; a choice had to be made between neutrality and intervention. European attitudes towards the American Civil War would have a significant effect on the war’s ultimate outcome (Randall and Donald 355). Throughout the early months of the conflict, the

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Yan
  • Was the American Civil War Inevitable?

    Was the American Civil War Inevitable?

    Was the American civil war inevitable? The civil war was inevitable, only however, after one key event; the cotton gin made the civil war inevitable. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was the key element which enabled the south to have sufficient vested interest in their traditional lifestyle in order to feel the need to defend it at all costs even from their Northern countrymen. The core argument of this essay centres around

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Steve
  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War

    The American Civil War Introduction The beginning of the Civil War cannot be linked to only one reason; some causes were centuries in the making, while others were relatively new happenings, but put together, they all changed a country before considered "one component" and divided it into two opposing parties. The Southern states wanted to become an independent nation, divided from the North altogether since there were deep economic, social and political differences between both

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    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Recent Historiography on Religion and the American Civil War

    Recent Historiography on Religion and the American Civil War

    Religion and the American Civil War is a field of study which has received much attention in recent years. Previously considered a peripheral issue by most Civil War historians (erroneously so), religion reemerged as a significant interpretive element of the Civil War experience with the publication of Religion and the American Civil War (1998), a collection of essays edited by Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout and George Reagan Wilson. Well-known historians such as Eugene

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    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Causes of the American Civil War

    Causes of the American Civil War

    Four years of American bloodshed on American soil. Why? The reasons are varied. From the formation of America to 1860, the people in this country were divided. This division was a result of location and personal sentiments. Peace could not continue in a country filled with quarrels that affected the common American. There is a common misconception that the American Civil War was fought only over slavery, when in fact there were several other reasons

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Vika
  • Christianity and the American Revolutionary War

    Christianity and the American Revolutionary War

    Christianity and the American Revolutionary War Harry Stout points out in the lead article, How Preachers Incited Revolution, "it was Protestant clergy who propelled colonists toward independence and who theologically justified war with Britain" (n.pag). According to Cassandra Niemczyk in her article in this issue of Christian History "(the Protestant Clergy) were known as "the Black Regiment" (n.pag). Furthermore, as the article Holy Passion for Liberty shows, "Americans were quick to discern the hand

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Cause of American Revolutionary War

    Cause of American Revolutionary War

    The American Revolutionary War was caused from the political issues between the “mother country”, Great Britain, and its “children”, the American colonies. Most of the Americans initially didn’t want to completely separate from England but wanted to compromise and regain the rights that Parliament had taken away. England made war unavoidable with its unwillingness to negotiate, heavy taxation of the colonists that violated their rights, and strict trading policies. The English hardly every interfered

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Victor
  • Why the American Civil War Lasted for Longer Than 90 Days

    Why the American Civil War Lasted for Longer Than 90 Days

    Why the American Civil War lasted for longer than 90 days The North had expected their war with the south to last for no more than 90 days. They not only had more men up in the north but they had more resources as well. Now why couldn't they defeat the south? I have to say it is due to the incompetence of the north's generals commanding the army, and the army itself. On April

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    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Anna
  • American Civil War

    American Civil War

    civil war on sdfshjAlthough the American Civil War mainly occurred because of slavery, the fact is that slavery had a lot to do with economic and social issues. By the year of 1860, the North and the South was developed into extremely different sections. There was opposing social, economic, and political points of view, starting back into colonial periods, and it slowly drove the two regions farther in separate directions. The two sections tried to

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Tommy
  • What Effects Did the Vietnam War Have on American Society?

    What Effects Did the Vietnam War Have on American Society?

    K** B********* Eng. Comp. II What effects did the Vietnam War have on American society? The Vietnam War had a profound effect on American society. It changed the way we viewed our government, the media, and our Constitutional rights. Because of this shift in perspective, the country was torn apart and yet still came together in new and different ways. The Vietnam War's contraversiality spurred a great many sources of protest, against our government's use

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Don’t Disgrace the American Flag in a War with Iraq

    Don’t Disgrace the American Flag in a War with Iraq

    Don’t Disgrace the American Flag in a War with Iraq Everywhere I go, I see American flags. Taped to people's windows, sewn onto pockets, worn in a band around the arm. People call it the unification of America, the great coming-together of a wounded people, a show of support and of national feeling from every corner of our nation. Patriotism, they call it, and proudly display their red, white, and blue. And yet I wonder

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    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The American Civil War (1861-1865)

    The American Civil War (1861-1865)

    The American Civil War The American Civil War (1861-1865) took more American lives than any other war in history. It so divided the people of the United States that in some families brother fought against brother. The chief and immediate cause of the war was slavery. Southern states, including the 11 states that formed the Confederacy, depended on slavery to support their economy. Southerners used slave labor to produce crops, especially cotton. “Although slavery was

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    Submitted: June 2, 2010 By: David
  • American Pirsoners of War in Vietnam

    American Pirsoners of War in Vietnam

    Prisoners of War (POWs): In international law, term used to designate incarcerated members of the armed forces of an enemy, or noncombatants who render them direct service and who have been captured during wartime.1 This definition is a very loose interpretation of the meaning of Prisoners of War (POWs). POWs throughout history have received harsh and brutal treatment. Prisoners received everything from torture to execution. However, in recent times efforts have been made to reduce

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    Submitted: June 12, 2010 By: Max
  • France and the American Revolutionary War

    France and the American Revolutionary War

    Both France and the United States have gone through revolutions that drastically changed the way they operated as countries. America sought to release itself from British rule, while the French simply wanted to defeat the British 1. Starting in the 12th century, there were always small land disputes between England and France 1. These small conflicts eventually led to a war, referred to as the Hundred Years War, between France and England, occurring from 1337

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    Submitted: May 11, 2011 By: Sara_456
  • The Effects of the American Revolutionary War on the Iroquois Nation

    The Effects of the American Revolutionary War on the Iroquois Nation

    The Effects of the American Revolutionary War on the Tribes of the Iroquois Nation The Iroquois nation was a union of six different Native American tribes, located in the area of and around upstate New York. The tribes were the The Mohawk, the Oneida, the Tuscarora, the Cayuga, the Onondaga, and the Seneca. While the French were involved in the Americas, the league could survive by playing the French and British off of each other.

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    Submitted: October 4, 2015 By: dfefe
  • Great American Knitting Mills: Calcetines Gold Toe (spanish)

    Great American Knitting Mills: Calcetines Gold Toe (spanish)

    GREAT AMERICAN KNITTING MILLS: CALCETINES GOLD TOE Corría el año 1981 y Frank Bendeheim, presidente de la Great American Knitting Mills estaba en la duda de cambiar la estrategia de distribución de los calcetines Gold Toe y se preguntaba cómo realizar este cambio. Historia de la Compañía En 1952, Bendeheim había comprado la fábrica junto con dos socios, a los mismos fundadores; en dos años se convirtieron en el fabricante de calcetines más importante del

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    Submitted: December 8, 2015 By: barbaradiaz
  • American Involvement in the Vietnam War Occurred Due to a Number of Reasons

    American Involvement in the Vietnam War Occurred Due to a Number of Reasons

    American involvement in the Vietnam War occurred due to a number of reasons. Following from the cold in 1947 war the US became fascinated in the idea of containing Communism. The US took a course attempting to uphold Truman’s, ‘Policy of Containment’, leading to a spiraling escalation of further US involvement after Diem’s failures and support of South Vietnam after Diem’s death. Equally Ho Chi Minh’s Brilliance and Vietnam’s determination to fight for independence led

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    Submitted: February 27, 2017 By: nbarnes17
  • How the Cold War Affected United States Domestic Policy and American Society

    How the Cold War Affected United States Domestic Policy and American Society

    In the late 1940’s, American society underwent several changes. World War II was over, and most of Europe had been forced to pick up the broken pieces of what was left of itself. But despite Europe taking the brunt of the war, America also went through its fair share of struggles. Due to the expanding threat of the Soviet Union, or mainly its Communist way of life, America took a step into what is now

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    Submitted: April 24, 2017 By: sashanash130

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