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    compared to what Oswald was used to shooting in the Marines. Oswald was highly skilled with the M-1 Grand rifle. The standard issued rifle at the time. Oswald could engage targets effectively without a scope at 200 meters. Oswald wife Marina claimed that Oswald would train with the Mannlicher rifle. Marina told the authorities that Oswald was proficient enough to pull of the three shots in 8.4 seconds with that rifle. After police officer Tippit was murdered by Oswald the police found three…

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    Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was an event in history that everyone is aware of; however, some don’t understand the true impact it had on history and the people around it. Discussing the main points might be hard for one to do because some don’t truly understand the motive behind it and how it affected people around at the time. A lot of factors were involved during this assassination to make it a crisis everyone would be sure to remember. Opinions about this will be considered throughout the…

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    John F. Kennedy was one of the greatest American President to have ever lived. He had good looks and was extremely dedicated towards serving the American people. Kennedy often fought for the minority, by advocating for civil rights and showing deep commitment to public services, as well as space exploration. However, for every great person, there are those who wish them harm. On November 22nd, 1963, president Kennedy was fatally shot by a Lee Harvey Oswald, while he was waving to the crowd.…

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    The author arrives at his conclusion by making comparisons of his thoughts to government and private authenticated publications that give a narrative of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. This is arguably a good approach to follow because it reduces any form of doubt from the reader's mind. While there exist numerous publications on the life and times of President JFK, the author limits himself to credible and authenticated publications to avoid creating any level of doubt from the readers. The…

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    On 1873 Susan B. Anthony wrote a speech. In the speech “On Women’s Right to Vote” Anthony is trying to ask the people to prove woman’s deserve it. When she was beginning the speech she was explaining to them that she was charged for a crime of voting at their last presidential election in 1872. In several states laws were made for discrimination against women. When Anthony quoted the Federal constitution it said “We the people of the United States…” then she goes on to say that is says we the…

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    Abstract:The purpose of this research paper is to distinguish between the two stereotypes that the very popular and political family, The Kennedy’s, fit into. Introduction: The Kennedy family is one of America’s most well known family. From actively stepping into American politics starting the 1940’s until present day, to becoming prominent in great amounts of public service, many Americans believe that the Kennedy’s fill the role of “an American royal family”. Being in the public eye, the…

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    There are many people in this world we call leaders. If they are leaders they will go above and beyond for any circumstance. Leaders are usually remembered for what they have done and what they will do. I have two particularly in mind. The two leaders I am speaking of are Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented a speech titled “I Have A Dream”. “I Have A Dream” is a public speech delivered by American Civil Rights August 28, 1963.…

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    established when US President John F. Kennedy showed support of South Vietnam, whose neighbor, North Vietnam, was trying to take over and convert them to communism. Three different presidents were in office over the entirety of the war, JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. With the most controversial decision-making coming from Lyndon Johnson, whose presidency by 1968 saw 30 billion dollars spent on the war a year and large numbers of…

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    Many students, both men and women, had been protesting the government that is continuing to fight the war in Vietnam. The protesters believed the government was corrupt and something needed to be done. They thought that the best thing they could do was to protest, and that's what they did. All of these protestors had been getting furious with the war in Vietnam. From the early 1960s and 1970s, there was over 450 colleges protesting Vietnam around the United States.(history.com) There was a…

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    The cold war was one of the longest international conflicts of the twentieth century, in which capitalism and communism fought to rule over each other. Within this conflict lots of wars and battles where held in order to try and solve the different issues, although none of this wars took place neither on the United States or the Soviet Union. So the satellite states that each of these nations had been used for this purpose. The Vietnam War was one of the cases in which the Cold War turned into…

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