History of the United States

The Spanish language has been an influential and constant part of American history in not only recent years, but dating back prior even to the colonization of the European settlers and pilgrims. Spanish has continued to be a prevalent force in America that is changing/impacting the culture in many ways, such as through its business transactions, education, and media. Therefore, the benefit of knowing the history/origin of Spanish, and how it’s important to the U.S, will convey the significance…

The United States would have never defeated Hitler or Nazi Germany, if not for the wartime alliance with Stalin’s totalitarian Soviet Union. Throughout history the United States has always partnered with both friendly dictatorships and friendly democracies depending on their interests. But history has also shown that working with a government that has such differing ideological ideas, no matter how peaceful, is not productive. In the long term, it is best that the United States prefer hostile…

between the United States and Mexico greatly affected many people, during and after the war. It was unique and unlike any other war, because it was fundamentally about violence. The violence did not end once the military phase of the world ended. Ultimately the war was about land, labor, and wealth. It was also about language, culture, race, and religion. The affects of this war greatly affected many people during and even after the war was over. The war greatly changed both the United States…

world control between the Soviet Union and the United States. Though it was never resulted in actual combat supposedly, it could be seen as one of the most influential wars of the world. Specifically to the United States, it significantly changed its social, cultural, and technological progress. However, one of the largest changes was to US foreign policy, especially during the Eisenhower Years. During the Eisenhower administration, the United States became a much larger power on the global…

group called Al-Qaeda (“History”). Osama Bin Laden was a Saudi fugitive who founded Al-Qaeda in 1989. Al-Qaeda was originally formed to fight a jihad, a war or struggle against unbelievers, against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, but soon turned its attention towards the United States (“Events”). Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for over a year and had completed flying lessons. The remaining terrorists had snuck into the U.S. prior to the attacks (“History”). Al-Qaeda had…

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico has many amazing things. The scenery of this island is beautiful along with its many great landmarks. Puerto Rico has a very interesting history. It is a United State territory, but does not have the same taxes and laws. Along with the history, comes the culture. Overall, Puerto Rico is an incredible island. Puerto Rico is an island located in the Caribbean Sea, along with the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Puerto Rico is about the size of Rhode…

An event in which occurred in early American history is the Whiskey Rebellion. This event took place in Western Pennsylvania and started in 1791. Alexander Hamilton, who was George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, had an idea to impose or to put taxes on all whiskey products produced and sold in the U.S.A. Congress in 1791 established excise tax. This way, the U.S can pay of the enormous debt they are facing because of the Revolutionary War that occurred prior to this event. With nearly…

of the most brutal war in U.S history. The war started November 1, 1955 and ended April 30,1975. During these twenty years America changed forever and will never be the same.Today, the American lives was forever changed and the nation was divided due to this gruesome war. Before the Vietnam War officially started the U.S was more aggressive and the nations was not happy at all. The U.S was dealing with internal affairs for their actions overseas,”1970 united states bombs vietcong sites in…

been a lot of fundamental wars and battles in the history of the United States. From the Revolutionary War to our ongoing military intervention against ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), all these battles/wars have played major roles in the outcome of the United States history. One battle that shaped up the United States would have to be the Battle of Palo Alto. The Battle of Palo Alto saw the first battle between Mexico and the United States, which would eventually lead to the famous…

1. American History is very interesting. It is extremely important to know and understand how we got to where we are today. Throughout the slides there is some of the major events in our history. The World War I also know as the Great War, was caused by militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism and much more. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started everything (Greenspan, 2014). He was the Archduke of Austria. The United States entered the war in 1917. President Wilson went…