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    When compared to other nations America is still a very young country, but what it is lacking in age, it more than makes up for in depth and dimensionality of character. The American population is composed of 319 million people with 319 million different backgrounds and experiences which together make up a cumulative American identity. Although the identity of America is subjective to every person who experiences it, certain values and ideas such as the conflict between good and evil, the…

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    Bullet The Ap Analysis

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    NO THANKSGET THE APP Shattered society The shattered society The shattered society was an era of immense change that occurred in the United States of America for ten years between the years of nineteen sixty three and nineteen seventy three and marked America socially, shaping it the way it is today . It started with the assassination of the president thirty fifth president of the United States of America ;John F. Kennedy , who died on the 22 November 1963 at Dealey plaza in Dallas…

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    November 1st, 1955 to April 30th, 1975, the United States was deeply involved in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a tragic, bloody event that changed the mentality of America forever. The acting president at the time of the war was President Richard Nixon, who served as the president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. Many Americans believed that Nixon, in fact, had the ability and power to pull the young men fighting for our nation out of Vietnam. Unfortunately for America,…

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    The Vietnam War was fought from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The U.S. supported South Vietnam because it was democratic. In addition, the U.S. wanted to prevent the spread of communism. The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War has been a very controversial topic over the years. Some Americans believed that it was our duty to defend against the spread of communism while other Americans believed that it was an unnecessary war and it was…

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    The avant-garde cinema was born out of a ravaged post-World War I Europe in the 1920s. Various visual artists and writers took upon themselves to deride and challenge the conventional notions of plot, character, and setting, as they saw them as limiting and bourgeois. The aim of these artists was to point out how narrative films were artificial as well as contest the notion that there was only one way of filmmaking. “We should also add that internationally, experimental art was at that time…

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    In 1960 John F. Kennedy ran for president against Vice President Richard Nixon. When the votes were tallied in November, Kennedy earned 49.7% of the popular vote to Nixon 's 49.5%. The electoral college awarded the election to Kennedy by a 303-219 margin, despite Nixon winning more states than Kennedy. At the inauguration…

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    What does Zinn mean by “Under Control?” What I believe Zinn means by using the phrase “under control” is that the government had the opposite of over control. It is apparent the government lacked control in just about every aspect during this time. Meaning the system was out of control because there was a lack of control. The first indication that the government was loosing control during this time was found in the view of the United States citizens. People no longer had any trust in or showed…

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    the FBI, however I must admit I am quite horrified at my first case. President Nixon killed by a reel of recording tape… talk about irony. This is not a time to joke around which is why I’ve been busy investigating several suspects to the murder of Richard Nixon and I am happy to say I have found quite some convincing ones. As you know, there were quite a few clues found in a White House trashcan that was very incriminating for a few suspects. After thorough investigation, my senses tell me that…

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    The 1974 Scandal

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    in their leaders. How has such an important institution lost the support of the people it represents? When the New York Times published the first papers of the infamous “pentagon papers” outlining America’s involvement in Vietnam, Then President Richard Nixon demanded that the publication be stopped. The Supreme Court ignored the request, citing the constitutional right to freedom of speech. Americans were surprised to discover the…

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    Truman Capote wrote the nonfiction novel In Cold Blood with the accounts from the murderers and investigators of the Clutter family. While reading this novel, readers learn about the virtues of the Clutter family. Whenever the Clutter family’s life is examined, the family’s kind and charitable nature manifests. As long as the Clutter family lives, the members remain involved in the community and never turn down a chance to help others. As Capote grew up, he found himself neglected by his mother…

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