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Cooper Sr. He was born on August 15, 1893 and was an African-American male who lived in Weeksville, North Carolina for the majority of his life. According to my mother’s first cousin Lonnie Melton, both he and his wife, Hestor Sutton, had traces of Cherokee Indian through previous generations. In order to support his wife and seven children, Riley Cooper…

Reliance on U.S. Airpower The Easter Offensive is one of the most important conflicts of the Vietnam War, as North Vietnam troops invaded South Vietnam in a widespread surprise offensive that would ultimately serve as a catalyst for the withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam. Hoping to discredit the Vietnamization policy, disrupt pacification, and gain territorial ground in South Vietnam, North Vietnam sought military victory in launching this three-pronged attack on March 30, 1972. By…

The North American French, Spanish, and British settlements differed both in objectives and religiously, yet held similar economical achievements. The North American French settlements stretched from the north of present day Canada down to the state of Louisiana. The goals of the French explorers were to obtain wealth by finding a route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that would promote trade and finding good along the Great Lakes. King Francis I sent Jacques Cartier to accomplish…

Lanning and Cragg stated that any supplies, money, and weaponry entered North Vietnam through the Port of Haiphong. The Port of Haiphong was a sea port that was knowingly used by the Soviets and yet the port had been immune to any United States military action (120). Early on regular munitions and missiles were known to be shipped…

characters, comic books, Hollywood movies," remembered McCracken (“Cultural Invasion”). These things are the significances of American cultural invasion. The reason of these things could easily invade Canada is Canada and America is close and they have North American Free Trade…

The North American Police State Hidden Beneath our Noses For us North Americans, it is difficult to understand the life in a police state. Why? It’s because we have rights and freedoms and privacy that are all taken very seriously by the law as well; we even have our own privacy commissioners to monitor the protection of our privacy. Everyone in North America, even criminals, is treated lawfully so it’s hard to believe that these are all lies that we were told. We North Americans are…

Harriet Jacobs was bron into slavery in 1813 near Edenton, North Carolina. But she never knew she was a slave until she was six years old which coincidentally was around the same times her mother died. Margaret Horniblow, who was Jacobs 's mistress, took her in and cared for her, teaching her to write, read, and sew. When the mistress died, Jacobs was willed to Horniblow 's niece. Her new mistress 's father, Dr. James Noecom, also, known as Dr. Flint, subjected Jacobs to aggressive and…

Analysis Essay: "A Model of Christian Charity" In 1630, Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop delivered a sermon to the Puritan people on board the ship Arbella while en route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Unbeknownst to him or those in attenedence, his sermon would go down in history and serve as a defining literary example of American colonization. The main purpose of his speech can be linked to preparing the puritans on how to develop a new society in a dangerous environment. During the…

selection is a photo-shopped CNN Breaking News Headline. The photo is of North Korea 's supreme leader, surrounded with weaponry, and the North Korean army. In this breaking news headline, North Korea has declared war on China. For decades China has provided both financial support and food to North Korea, but due to North Korea not cooperating with Chinas terms. China has decided to deny any funding or help to North Korea. North Korea has decided to retaliate towards China, out of anger since…

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…