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sunk offshore of Cuba going to protect America’s economic aspects. Theodore Roosevelt gathered a regiment named the rough riders to fight in the battle against Spain. American had an easy victory over Spain taking control of Cuba, Porta- Rico, and Guam. As the rest of the world was building empires America feared if it did not do anything soon it would be over run. The Spanish-American war was a win-win for America it provided Cuba with safety from Spain and conquered territories. Then in early…

The I.B.E.W is a union that has about 750,000 workers and retirees in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Panama, Guam and several Caribbean island nations. It was founded in 1890 St. Louis, Missouri. About 1891 after every one was showing enough interest after the convention they had the IBEW, then known as National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (NBEW ) was officially formed. On January 15, 1893 they changed the name from NBEW TO IBEW. The union went through some bad…

Idealism and self-interest were the two largest factors in American foreign policy decision making; however self-interest was a larger factor than idealism. American business interests in Latin America, Caribbean islands, and pacific islands played a large part in policy making decisions in the United States. Social Darwinism was a large influence on American foreign policy decisions and a driving force for the United States to become an imperialist power. As the United States moved away from…

World War II was easily one of the most impactful wars in human history. It destroyed the lives of tens of thousands of people and has directly impacted the future of nearly every nation on earth. Starting with the Japanese invasion forces that spread across the Pacific Islands until the aftermath of the post-war period in the Pacific of the 50’s and 60’s, the changes wrought by the Pacific War on the island civilizations were drastic and severe. During the war, more troops were stationed on…

Introduction Employee motivation is one of the leading factors in determining job performance. As employees continue to work more and more job hours, they begin to lose the motivation and the drive which keeps them from staying with their companies. Because this occurrence is inevitable, managers figure out ways to increase motivation to retain as many employees as possible. Managers go through the task of creating incentives, giving positive performance appraisals, and even creating competition…

Child of Two Worlds in Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora was written in 2005 by Andrew Lam. In the beginning of the Child of Two Worlds, Andrew Lam talks about how he was not believed that the outside world exist. When he was younger, he would sing the national anthem, “Lets walk together and sacrifice our lived. Blood debt must be paid by blood.” (Lam, 3), every morning with white shirt and blue shorts. He informs that when he was in school, he and his friends would play…

wanted the country to engage in foreign expansion for economic and political reasons. The U.S flexed its muscles when several problems arose during the foreign expansion. American Imperialism grew which gave Cuba independence but Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines were taken under…

able to sink every single American Pacific carrier, no battleships were left behind. The Americans were greatly unprepared and were no match for our brave imperial forces. We attacked the beast with a preemptive strike. We easily took Wake island, Guam, Shanghai, the Philippines, and Thailand. Our glorious emperor now rules the waves. Now that we have awakened this sleeping giant, we must be vigilant defending our God-given territory. This means sacrificing your life and being for our emperor.…

In 1783, the United States of America won its independence from the Great Britain after the American Revolution. From that time until 1848, the United States expanded greatly across the continent of North America, from the East Coast to the Pacific Coast with the total of 48 states. This indicates the nature of the United States is expansion, and such an expansion did not stop in 1848. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the United States became a global power with a well-equipped military…

The current state of North Korea is an unstable dictatorship threatening the globe with nuclear attacks. The People’s Republic of Korea, or better known as North Korea, is an authoritarian, dictatorship where all power and “knowledge” hails from Kim Jong-Un. Currently North Korea is in a loose partnership with two of the world’s powerhouses, Russia and China. Russia and China can both contribute and aid North Korea if they were to release Nuclear weapons or threaten another war. Because of this…