jumped in to help defend what we now call South Korea. This small battle between the North and the South of Korea started little, but when an additional country jumps in you can 't do much but call this war. The Korean War started when Korea was one solid country. Nowadays Korea is two separate countries. There is North Korea and there is South Korea. North Korea were more of trouble makers than anything else. North Korea didn 't have much and they were too lazy to do anything peaceful…
threatened action is required. Confederation was essential to make Canada what it is now. Without Confederation Canada may have been controlled by the US or in a very fragile state. Confederation was was an act in the 1860’s to unite the British North Colonies as one strong independant nation. John A.Macdonald was credited to influence Confederation as he was an Father of Confederation. John A.Macdonald was a Scottish-born Canadian politician and lead to be the first Prime Minister Of Canada…
Short-Answer Questions: 1. The strength of the British empire in North America was due in large part to the religious toleration and freedom established there. This liberation from persecution in many colonies was the deciding factor for many immigrants as they wanted to escape from the Anglican church in England. Also, mercantilism in the British American colonies helped to create economic diversity and success by creating a higher demand for colonial products. In addition, with the labor of…
The 1950’s was the start of a changing point for the United States. We were still recovering from the second World War and many things had changed for the United States, things like relations with the Soviet Union. Not only that but things within the United States were changing very rapidly also. The 1950’s was seen as a high point in the United States history, just like the 1920’s were. Many things happen within the 50’s. One of the most famous events from the 1950’s started in the year 1950,…
Oregon Trail Introduction: During the 19th century, America started territorial expansion,which evolved the South Oregon area where The United Stated brought from Napoleon. Thus, during these periods, the process of expanding provided a lot of new opportunities for the mass who lived in east to obtain totally new life. Then, Oregon Trail, a key of that expansion was created and named by later generations. Oregon Trail is a legend of American, but it is the truth story. At that time, people…
According to the World Health Organization, the number of people aged 60 years or older will rise from 900 million to 2 billion between 2015 and 2050. This means that the number of elderly people in the world’s population will move from 12% to 22%. As we age, we gain the privilege of many years of experience and the wisdom that follows it at the cost of time and youth. Often this creates a rise in income and the potential to retire, although aging also comes with several drawbacks. Among these…
I remember back when I was a child more than 30 something years ago, my mother talking about John Fitzgerald Kennedy and how good of a President he was and how people around the world loved him. You would think that my mother was an American but no! Back then when she was stating these words she lived in her native country; Panama Republic of Panama. I learned in an early age to see the US as something heavenly and magical. John F. Kennedy helped Panama a lot with humanitarian relief back in the…
Prior to the 1800s, the world’s investment in human capital (its people) was not considered especially significant anywhere on the globe. Expenses on education, apprenticeships, and other comparable arrangements were quite minor. Education was reserved for the wealthy and affluent in society. However, changes came quickly with the use of science to develop new goods and more efficient methods of production, first the industrialization in Britain, and then gradually in other countries to include…
The Korean War was “fought mutually for unknown and incommensurable(if not incomprehensible) goals “(Cummings.205) by the 2 most important sides, North Korea and the US together with the UN. Kim Il Sung decided to attack the south for several reasons and even though he risked the possibilities of the intervention of the U.S (which occurred), he downplayed its importance because he thought that his allies both Stalin (USSR) and Mao (Communist China) could and would take care of the U.S…
The United Fruit Company was established on 1899 in Central America, as the first U.S. company to take business in another country, portraying inequality between the authority figures, and its’ farming laborers. Few holding high charge positions of this company got rich while abusing and exploiting plantation workers who were in deplorable conditions while earning low wages. United Fruit kept gaining power by acquiring a wide number of lands and plantation in the vulnerable countries of Central…