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    the 1970s the 1970s was a time of change. america was at war with vietnam. nixon was corrupting the us . and the protesting was worst than ever .america could not take the war Nixon Nixon was the president of the us during the vietnam war. he filled people with false hope. saying things like he is the cure of america ,he will change the war and stop the riots.but everybody voted for him for one thing.he promised to stop the leftist organization and the antiwar protests.…

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    John F Kennedy John F. Kennedy was the 35th president. He became the youngest man and orthodox catholic to hold the office of the presidency. He was immensely popular with the citizens. His entire family was in politics. He was a huge opponent of communism and faced many challenges with foreign policy, this led to and escalated the United States involvement in Vietnam. He also oversaw the launch of the Peace Corps, which was a volunteer program for people outside the United States to help…

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    I. Affirmative Action - Affirmative action should be in effect at all school sites and jobs. II. Introduction A. Importance [Eugenia]- Affirmative Action is important to create equal opportunities for all citizens. It may be put in place to “boost” minorities and people who are less privileged than others, and to help them get a higher and better education and better jobs. This would help them create a bigger impact on our changing society. However, some people believe that this…

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    Co., 1973). The article argues that Nixon on met the minimum requirements during Watergate (The Washington Post Co., 1973). On April 17 Nixon made an announcement on the severity of the Watergate situation, stating that he had serious concerns (The Washington Post Co., 1973). There was speculation on the actions of the president and whether his course of action was to appease the public (The Washington Post Co., 1973). Examinations went into the actions Nixon took (The Washington Post Co.,…

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    Born in 1941. Bernie Sanders started out his political career in the early 70’s but wouldn’t come to actually hold a political office until 1981 when he won mayoral race in Burlington, Vermont’s biggest city by a mere 10 votes. Bernie ran as an independent and winning the race was a big shock for many knocking off a six-term local mayor. I chose to do this paper on Bernie Sanders because, over the last 6 years I have become heavily interested in the political state of this country and world. The…

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    5.2 BOOSTERS Table 4: The frequency of boosters used in each of the corpus NO CATEGORY CORPUS TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5 1. MUST 3 8 6 18 9 44 (51.16%) 2. ONLY 3 5 2 2 6 18 (20.93%) 3. NEVER 6 2 5 0 1 14 (16.28%) 4. ALWAYS 2 1 0 1 2 6 (6.98%) 5. CRUCIAL 1 0 0 0 3 4 (4.65%) 15 (17.44%) 16 (18.60%) 13 (15.12%) 21 (24.42%) 21 (24.42%) 86 Boosters on the other hand were mostly used in both fourth and fifth corpus with the total usage of 21 boosters. Corpus 3 appeared to have the least usage of…

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    more issues of accountability arising but one issue that is very important in U.S. history is a case known as the Pentagon Papers. This case occurred in 1971 when the New York Times released documents from the Vietnam war accusing former President Nixon and his Administration. The Pentagon Papers were a series of papers that were a classified Defense Department research from the United States activities in the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1967. The Pentagon Papers were also known as “Report of…

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    Event Name Type of Event Causes Course Consequences 1980 Election This was a political event because it caused a change in the government. Americans wanted a firm, patriotic leader who had a plan to fix the economic problems carrying over from the 1970s. Jimmy Carter was running for reelection, and Americans overall were very unhappy with his leadership. Ronald Reagan emerged as his challenger, a former actor with great public skills and a plan. They elected Ronald Reagan in 1980 who had a…

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    Affects the Vietnam War had on Veterans The Vietnam War started on November 1st, 1955 and lasted until April 30th, 1975. There were 58,220 American casualties recorded to date, but there are so many more lives lost not on record. The U.S entered the war to stop the communist takeover of South Vietnam because we thought it would trigger “The Domino Theory.”The Vietnam War affected the soldiers who fought in it by causing long-term injuries, addiction, and P.T.S.D. The Vietnam War caused many…

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    you. These two stories are opposite. Which one you would like to listen first? No matter which one you want to listen, that’s up to me! All right, the first story I’d like to tell you are about a politician. His name is Nixon. He was also the 37st president of America. 1972s, Nixon re-election and because he had gotten good grades before, he became the next president. Most of the political commentators thought he would win in the campaign. But he was not so confident of himself. He had lost…

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