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- 4611: Vietnam War - The War We Should Have Won
- ... 52 also. During World War II, the allies could depend on decimating the industry of their enemy, thus destroying its fighting power. As will be explained later, the VC didn't rely on industry and big guns, but guerrilla tactics and small arms. The U.S. also believed by bombing the living hell out of the population centers and by using napalm, the enemy would be demoralized and surrender. Both of ...
- 4612: Vietnam War - The Vietnam War
- ... boyish-looking. He was a mere five feet-three inches tall, and seemed jealous of the respect the soldiers had for Medina (Hersh, 19). Troops under Calley said "he was always trying to be the big man; always would be the one to beat them [Vietnamese] up. He didn't know what was going on half the time."(Hersh, 20) Calley, unlike Medina, placed high emphasis on respect towards himself; respect ...
- 4613: The New Deal
- ... olds were barred from dangerous work. All of these bills were part of Roosevelt’s complicated, experimental, and radical plan, supported by his "three R’s", Relief, Recovery, and Reform. Roosevelt’s ideas of a big government were opposed by conservatives and businesses, who had enjoyed years of laissez-faire. However, most Americans gladly embraced the New Deal as saving the country. Roosevelt was criticized for spending so much, but now ...
- 4614: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... name given to the research to develop such technology. In the Korean War of 1949 President Hary S. Truman announced the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic device. The US reacted by setting off a big bomb called "Mike". The US had superior design, they were more accurate. The Soviet Union feared American technology on weapons was superior (which it was) and that the Americans knew they knew it too. Since ...
- 4615: The Constitution
- ... to have. Article 1 section 8 clause 18 is called the elastic clause. This clause states that congress can make any laws necessary and proper to carry out their powers. This is one of the big reasons the constitution can not work. this clause is just too vague to allow any understanding of what congress’s powers are. Congress would take this clause to the extreme. It does say the can ...
- 4616: Panama Canal
- The Panama Canal has been called the big ditch, the bridge between two continents, and the greatest shortcut in the world. When it was finally finished in 1914, the 51-mile waterway cut off over 7,900 miles of the distance between New ...
- 4617: Organized Crime
- ... state of its homeland, Europe. Our society is convinced that the so-called Mafia is a family of pure criminals, pimps, and murderers. Whatever the opinion, there is no doubt that the Mafia played a big part in the history of America and the way Americans view crime today. "The origins of the secret society known as the Mafia are believed to be as old as the 9th century" (Mafia History ...
- 4618: Normandy
- ... on the right near St. Lô. Behind an intensive aerial bombardment that utilized both tactical aircraft and heavy bombers, the First Army attacked on July 25. By the second day American troops had opened a big breach in German positions, whereupon armored divisions drove rapidly southward twenty-five miles to Avranches at the base of the Cotentin peninsula. While the First Army turned southeastward, the Third U.S. Army under General ...
- 4619: New Deal America
- ... National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), and the Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA). The SEC functioned in regulating the stock and bond markets. The NIRA and AAA were aimed at recovery through regulation. The NIRA played a big role in restoring faith and confidence in the system and helped to increase demand and wages, but realistically it was impractical; it abandoned the American market system. The NIRA did work for a short time ...
- 4620: Native Americans
- ... numbers, ignoring Indians rights and demanding military protection if the Indians opposed them. This kind of situation was the cause for many of the largest fights with Native Americans, for example the battle of little big horn (otherwise known as Custer’s last stand) in which Indians that were ready for the arrival of the Calvary killed every soldier under General Custer’s command. A battle which United States citizens viewed ...
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