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“Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be.” (Document 3). These were the words from President Woodrow Wilson to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. During the beginning of World War I, German submarine warfare sunk the ships of any nation, neutral or not, killing numerous amounts of people. Among these people were one hundred and twenty-eight Americans who were, up until this point, neutral to the war. I believe that American…

Informative Writing #1: US/ North Korea Relationship Ever since around the time of World War II, the relationship between the US and North Korea has been very complicated. Most recently, it has been centered around building and delivery of nuclear bombs. Over time the strained relationship has grown to include human rights and power within the region. After WWII North and South Korea were divided at the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union occupied the northern half and the United States occupied…

interest in purchasing Cuba had begun long before 1898. Following the Ten Years War, American sugar interests bought up large tracts of land in Cuba. Alterations in the U.S. sugar tariff favoring home-grown beet sugar helped foment the rekindling of revolutionary fervor in 1895. By that time the U.S. had spent more than fifty thousand dollars in Cuba and trade, mainly in sugar, was worth twice that much. War was becoming intense and had been growing in the United States, despite President…

has become more of a fairy tale as the generations change drastically. People do not wake up and just become “gay.” In some cultures, like Samoa and Guam, their cultures are uniquely different from the American dream and there is no prejudice for sexual orientation. “On June 2015, a federal judge in Guam ruled their ban to be unconstitutional, making Guam the first territory to allow same-sex marriage” (NCSL). For one, their families were very supportive of it, America revoked their stereotype…

There I stood, a short, awkward little girl with a boyish haircut that reached to just about my ears, replicating half of an upside down coconut. I carried a bright pink backpack with a matching lunchbox that looked massive next to my particularly small frame. My sneakers lit up with each hesitant step that took me closer and closer to my classroom. When I finally made it, rows of small chairs and a huge green chalkboard stood in front of me, and that was when I lost it. I cried so loud…

tropical island of Guam. Its scientific name is Alticus arnoldorum and it has made one of the most tremendous ecological transitions over time. The Pacific leaping blenny effectively established its population on land through an evolved variety of adaptations, such as: the ability to move efficiently on land and being able to perform respiration through its skin while still relying on its gills. The fish are limited to the “splash zones” of the intertidal areas around the island of Guam, so that…

atomic bomb (Little Boy) across the Pacific. Their destination was the island of Tinian, a massive military stepping stone for allied forces. Once delivered, the Indianapolis reported directly to CINCPAC (Commander-In-Chief, Pacific) Headquarters at Guam for further…

What would be the best way to honor 16 million war veterans? The United States choose to build an everlasting WWII memorial to honor those and their families who gave there life for this country and our freedom. Imagine if these men did not risk their lives and just did not care and we didn't win the war the world would be a mess and people would be telling us what to for everything in life. In 1987 a WWII Veteran approached Representative Marcy Kaptur a democrat from Ohio to ask to build a…

Non-native invasive species have caused conservationists and ecologists to stew. In simpler terms a non-native species is a species that is an alien to an environment, but will not cause danger. Invasive species are species that causes harm. More specifically, a non-native invasive species are a particular type of species that are foreign to an environment and causes risk towards that particular environment. Non-native invasive species, invasive species and NNS will be used interchangeably.…

as “A Splendid Little War”, due to the short duration it took for the United Sates to defeat the Spanish. The war ended with 1898 Treaty of Paris, which compelled the Spanish to abdicate claims of Cuba, and surrender the sovereignty of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines over to America. During the chaos of the war, the United Sates annexed the Hawaiian Islands leading the United Sates to institute its supremacy in Caribbean region and to pursue its economic gain in Asia. The Philippines…