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The light rain that fell early in the morning of November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas had stopped, and thousands of people lined a ten mile route that would take President John F. Kennedy from the Dallas airport to the Trade Mart where he was scheduled to speak. At approximately 12:30 pm, the Presidential motorcade turned off Main Street and entered Dealey Plaza. As the limousine passed the Texas School Book Depository, shots rang out in the plaza. President Kennedy was hit in the head and neck…

The United States and Cuba have had a history marred by conflicts, but is this justification for the U.S to isolate Cuba? The Cuban embargo was designed to destroy Cuba’s post-revolutionary government, yet the Castro regime is still in power and both the American and Cuban governments have been damaged; therefore, Congress should lift the Cuban embargo. The United States and Cuba were once strong trade partners who relied on one another. By the late 1800s, the United States was purchasing…

When considering culture in the 20th century, film and literature are two of the most important components. Both mediums create huge responses from their audiences, as these forms of art serve to let the audience experience something viscerally, all the while letting them connect these emotions to specific events occurring around them. Both world wars and the Cold War greatly impacted film and literature in Europe, ultimately leading to different ways to connect and understand art. At the…

As soon as World War II started it was easy to see that there was some differences as well as similarities, but much more dangerous. The Great War was when the technological advances in weapons was just starting as well as it did not involve as many people as World War II would involve. This is mostly due to how the Axis powers were pushing for much more land as well as the communistic countries wanted everyone to fall to communism. Like previously stated the Great War was just the beginning…

atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII (Nelson 212). These bombs served as a demonstration to the world of the immense power created by splitting the atom. This fostered the exigence for the prevailing global superpowers, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States (US), to develop larger, more destructive nuclear weapons as each side braced its country for the possibility of global, thermonuclear war. By the mid-1950’s, both the US and the…

One of the results of the war that furthered the economic chaos in Europe and eventually the U.S. was many European nations became debtors to vice creditors of the U.S. This economic shift greatly impacted the international economy and reduced the international market for U.S. goods. This is not to imply concerns over the post-war global market caused the great depression of the 1930s, but it certainly contributed. By the early 30s, things in Europe began to unravel from the previous treaty,…

For my ethnography project decided to study the Russian culture. The Russian culture is very unique in many ways. Growing in a big Russian family and seeing how different I am from others around me I wanted to learn more about the Russian culture. In many ways it is different and interesting to learn what my ancestors were like and how they lived. Just imaging all the amazing things that they did and I am proud to be part of this culture, even though I don’t know much about it. There are many…

Raoul Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg was a well educated Sweed. Why would he risk his life for something that does not affect him? Some people want to make money settle down and have a family, but not Wallenberg. Raoul Wallenberg was one of the few men that was very determined and willing to risk his life to help the Jewish community; if more people had stood up for the victims, the Holocaust would have been lessened. Background In the book “The seven habits to be a highly effective person,” it…

people was tenacious and unequivocal; undeterred by the callousness, destructiveness, and indomitability of the Wehrmacht (German armed forces). Despite this, many suspected that the Soviet Union would capitulate within months of the commencement of Unternehmen Barbarossa (the German invasion of the Soviet Union); including Winston…

Improving a country’s standard of living aims to increase the degree of wealth and comfort that a group of people in a certain geographic area experience by promoting economic growth. The standard of living takes into account many factors, some being; income gap, unemployment rate, poverty level, inflation rate, and gross domestic product. Gross domestic product or GDP is the sum of a country’s consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. The most common measurement of a…