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“We choose to go to the moon in this decade” (Kennedy qtd in Space Race). On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the moon. (Race to the Moon). The accomplishments of landing on the moon, building bomb shelters, and passing education acts all contributed to the idea that America, as a whole, reacted in many different ways. Fear, excitement, happiness, and relief all shined through the dark smoky clouds of the space race. Although the Soviet Union continually surpassed the U…

Page 1 Source five states that Leopold put hospitals into effect at every important point in the region. He produced churches, schools, and laboratories, and organized government buildings. He cleared non-providing forests with land to produce rubber, cocoa, coffee, and other food-providing trees, vines, and crops. The locals would have noticed Leopold 's reforms in ways suggested in the picture documents. Railways, hospitals, and new currency were just some of Leopold’s reforms in order to…

After World War I, the United States became increasingly isolationist until World War II, when America was forced to become more involved in foreign affairs to support France and Britain against Germany and Japan. Originally, the devastating consequences of World War I including war costs, the failure of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations in the US, and the harsh treatment of Germany led to America’s isolationism and neutrality. After pulling out troops from Latin American nations,…

World War I, also known as the Great War, has transformed the lives of millions of people, leading to new innovations, and different forms of government. But along with new innovation, a lot of violence erupted, causing millions of lives to be lost. War is a transformative event for individuals because the deaths caused by war impacts people in a negative way, causing witnesses to have physical and/ or mental disorders, along with a feeling of helplessness and loss of faith in government. The…

Immediately after the allies rose victorious of the Nazis and the rest of the axis powers. A potentially more dangerous and devastating war broke out. This war, however was a battle about ideology and cultural habits and ways. This war would be against one of our crucial allies during WWII, the soviets. The tension broke out early after the russians had conquered their way back into the German heartland and had captured Berlin. But afterwards they would be hesitant to give all the land they had…

Throughout time, there has always been the question have who truly started the First World War and up to this day, many historians still discuss who is responsible. Although in the Treaty of Versailles Germany was designated to the responsibility and had to take on the consequences of the outbreak of the war, they were not the only ones who should have been blamed; Germany was not the only instigator of World War One. Other nations like Serbia and Austria-Hungary were at fault for the outbreak…

and overall create a better society. Furthermore, the UN created the Security Council to be in charge of world peace and security. There are 15 members, five of whom are permanent with veto power. The permanent members are the victors of World War II (UK, US, China, France, and Russia). In 1950, the United Nations won the first of nine Nobel Peace Prizes. The UN has done a lot to improve our society, but there is still a lot to…

The drooping of the bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the World War 2. The devastation from the bombs did untold damage then and years after the bombs had dropped. However, the bombs maybe would have never been dropped if the Japanese had not drag America into the war. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had inadvertently caused their own destruction. The act of retaliation by the United States was a double edge sword. It ended the war, but the death of some many…

from being done. Woodrow Wilson in his fourteen points lays a plan out clearly, and simply that would have saved Europe, but they did not want to hear it. Had it been listened to the European economies could have been saved, and prevented World War II. In addition to this, he also does not recognize that the United States would like to receive its loans of millions of dollars back. It is natural that Keynes an economist would see the plans as a set up for economic ruin as he is an expert in…

Extremism is a complex idea that has the potential to create progress in the world as well as mass destruction. Many people take to extremism to eliminate injustices, and extremism comes in many different forms. During Great Britain’s rule over India, the British treated the Indians with little respect and repressed the people for almost 200 years (McGregor). Due to the cruelty of the British, the Indians began to practice nonviolent civil disobedience. Though their methods were nonviolent, they…