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- 1211: Cuba And The Cuban Missile Cri
- ... opportunity to make extra money, regardless of opposing economic systems. Back in Cuba, Castro has begun to make enemies for himself. The many policies he has instilled angered many who fought beside him in the revolution to overthrow Batista and many didnt approve of the socialist reforms he made such as the naturalization of businesses and his collectivization of agriculture. Castro felt he needed protection against the United States and ... As time, went on, Cuba became increasingly dependent on military and economic aid provided by the Soviet Union. Russia made up much of the Cuban trade interactions including the purchase of sugar and nickel. The American government became aware of Cubas growing success and began to wonder if Cuba would act as an example of successful Socialism, persuade other countries in the Western Hemisphere to revert to a socialist form of government or even serve as a base for anti-American propaganda. The United States was more threatened than ever by this socialist island nation on the rise. The Cuban Missile Crisis The date is October 14th, 1962. U.S. spy planes are making a ...
- 1212: A Fatal Mistake The Vietnam Wa
- ... S. won, it would achieve very little, but the goal did not seem to be to reunite the country under a specially crafted democratic government, and there would be nothing to gain from victory. Most American soldiers had no idea why they were fighting, while Viet Cong and Vietnam nationalists were fighting to be free. The U.S. based its decisions on assumptions and underestimates, and lacked the necessary understanding of ... condition as a sign pointing to escalated involvement (Chant 31). Up until that point, U.S. involvement of military personnel had been limited to advisors. The total of eleven thousand was more than two-thirds American (Chant 31). In October of that year, Kennedy sent General Maxwell D. Taylor to Vietnam to assess the situation, and Special Forces to provide tactical training to the Vietnamese Civilian Irregular Defense Groups (Chant 31 ... b) the India-Pakistan front; (c) the Southeast Asia front. Any decision to continue the program of bombing North Vietnam and any decision to deploy Phase II forces involving as they do substantial loss of American lives, risks of further escalation, and greater investments of U.S. prestige must be predicated on these premises as to our long-run interests in Asia, (McNamara 218-219). This was a true example ...
- 1213: One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins, Popularity and Demise
- ... seen in China and Taiwan.[35] Nonetheless, the manner of the abolition of footbinding was both chaotic and unfair, with sloganeering and excesses of the anti-footbinding movement of the 1920's reminiscent of Cultural Revolution excesses, claiming many families as its victims.[36] Ironically, those with bound feet suffered once again as targets of this anti-footbinding movement by being forced to unbind their feet, an act only marginally less ... Curious Erotic Custom of Footbinding in China (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1992) 146. 14. Maria Jaschok, Concubines and Bondservants (London: Oxford University Press, 1988) 97. 15. Gerry Mackie, "Ending Footbinding and Infibulation: A Convention Account", American Sociological Review, December 1996, Vol.61: 1000. 16. Blake 682. 17. Mackie 1000. 18. Jaschok 5 1. 19. Blake 683. 20. Goody 128. 21. Blake 679. 22. Ko 16. 23. Blake 688. 24. Bernadine Z. Paulshock, MD, "Chinese Footbinding", Journal of the American Medical Association, August 12, 1992, Vol.268, No.6: 736. 25. Butler 60. 26. Goody 49. 27. Davin 28. 28. Goody 284. 29. Mackie 1002. 30. Levy 247. 31. Blake 692. 32. Feng 235. ...
- 1214: Player Piano
- ... industrial plant and its first general manager. All Paul's career is before him, waiting for him. He is a candidate for a better job, and he might grow up in the hierarchy of the American industry to be offered the seat of general manager of the state industrial division. His wife Anita relies on him and she still keeps telling him to be a correct son of his father. She ... he starts to think about the system of the society and social life, about his professional career, which he starts to see as not as important as it seemed to him before, and about the revolution. He starts planning. Firstly he wants to remain only an internal revolutionary. He buys one of the last farms in the country and he tells his wife to come to live there with him. She ... being hidden in a cell as a prisoner, and he is only an Official Head of the Brotherhood just a puppet to be shown to people. From this you can see that the idea of revolution was not bad at all, but it turned worse with the people's want for might. So it happens. The government does not accept their request, which means violence is used. The common people ...
- 1215: The Welfare System Must Remain
- ... between reward and effort. People must be held responsible for their actions: economic and moral failures are not society's fault. As Speaker of the House Gingrich said, "We are re-establishing work as an American tradition." (US News & World Report 12) The welfare system is an important aspect of American society. It assists the impoverished individuals and families of our nation. It helps support the unemployed during their time of need. The welfare system must remain to help people get back on their feet, as it was designed. However, it must be reformed so that dependence on government aid is avoided. Works Cited American Civil Liberties Union: The Civil Liberties Issues of Welfare Reform. New York: The American Civil Liberties Union, 1995. Five Media Myths About Welfare. Extra 1-3. Hoehn, Richard. Blueprint for Social Justice: Let's ...
- 1216: Is The Unites States Political
- ... occur. The U.S. government may be considered legitimate in some aspects, and illegitimate in others. Because voting is class-biased, it may not be classified as a completely legitimate process. Although in theory the American system calls for one vote per person, the low rate of turnout results in the upper and middle classes ultimately choosing candidates for the entire nation. Class is determined by income and education, and differing ... considered 60% legitimate. Furthermore, most of what the federal government does never reaches the public. Public opinion polls represent the small percentage of issues that people have heard about. Though the individual workings of the American government may not be particularly democratic, it must be somewhat legitimate overall because without legitimacy, government fails. However, "the people who run for and win public office are not necessarily the most intelligent, best informed ... government which was designed not to work, complete democracy is most likely impossible. Bibliography Dye, Thomas R. Whos Running America? The Clinton Years. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995. Lind, Michael. The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution. New York: The Free Press, 1995.
- 1217: Jazz
- Jazz Jazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900 and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings jazz has branched out into so many styles that no single description fits all of them with total accuracy. Performers ... simply to embellish or paraphrase a tune, Armstrong himself was a master at both. Armstrong^s command of the trumpet was arguable greater than that of any preceding jazz trumpeter who recorded. In actuality, the revolution initiated by Armstrong took place in fits and starts, and with little fanfare at the time. After Armstrong^s departure from the King Oliver Creole Band, over a year would transpire before he would record ... pianist in jazz. His style originated with aspects from the approaches of bud Powell, Horace Silver, Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner and the classical pieces of twentieth-century composers Paul Hindemith and Bela Bartok. Latin-American music also inspired Corea^s style. Early in his career, Corea had played in several bands that featured Latin-American music. Corea^s crisp, percussive touch enhances the Latin feeling. It is also consistent ...
- 1218: Vietnam War - The Vietnam Conflict And Its Effects
- ... attack and concealment. The United States soldiers realized that the war would last for many more years and wondered if the U.S. war effort could succeed. At the end of 1968, The number of American troops in South Vietnam reached it's peak of 542, 000 men ( Pimlott 1982, 53 ). The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese launched a major invasion against the United States called the Tet offensive from January 30th to February 25th, 1968. At the Khe Sanh U.S. firebase, there was a major ground battle. There was a siege from January 21st to April 14th. It was thought to be the " American Dien Bien Phu ". The United States turned it around however, with their victory at Hue. By 1969, combat decreased rapidly and American troops began to return home. The role of Communism was extremely important in this conflict. Communism was one of the main reasons of why the United States entered the war in the first place. ...
- 1219: Attempts to End Slavery
- ... south still considered it a positive good. The antislavery movement, which eventually developed into the abolition movement became radicalized during the early 1830s. The beginnings of the antislavery movement were evident right after the revolution. Every state except for Georgia and South Carolina had outlawed the slave trade. Then, in 1782 Virginia passed a law that stated that owners must free their slaves. Consequently, by 1790, over ten thousand slaves ... Liberator. His determination to abolish slavery was the basis for this theory to call for immediate freedom for all blacks, rather than gradual emancipation. With the help of his followers, in 1832, he established the American Anti-Slavery Society. Along with Garrison, Theodore Dwight Weld wrote a famous novel condemning slavery. During 1935, he traveled around Ohio and western New York preaching abolitionism. Even though he and his associates faced angry ... Two of the very first women that were given a right to speak publicly about the immorality of slavery were the sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke. They argued that if a great moral reform of American society was to occur, that women had to have equality in dealing with the issue. Later on, more women such as Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton took a stance against slavery. These abolitionists ...
- 1220: The Declaration of Independence
- ... courts of Virginia. In 1768 Jefferson got his first taste of politics as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses; which would help lead up to his involvement in the political side of the American revolution. Then on June 21, 1776 Jefferson received a seat on the Continental Congress, soon after Jefferson was unanimously elected by a Committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson Took to work at his desk ... to the King of England, even though Jefferson knew that the king did not cause some of the problems the people were facing himself but were caused by Parliament. However Jefferson knew that the common American Citizen did not understand complex British politics. He did know that the people understand grievances pointed at the king instead of an assembly which they did not fully understand the powers held by these ...
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