South Canyon Fire

HIV/AIDS, although not as prevalent a topic in North America, is a disease that has left the African continent devastated, both economically and socially. Both HIV/AIDS have had and continue to have an immense negative impact on the African population. Theses diseases have caused and are causing poverty, decreasing the size of the economy which is impacting citizens at both a macro and micro level, restructuring the livelihood of African households, and lastly HIV/AIDS are intensifying the…

communism. When the influence of communism extended to Vietnam a civil war began between North and South Vietnam. At France’s request the United States intervened in the battle to help the South combat the Vietcong and the communism that they represented. Also known as “America’s Longest War” the Vietnam War was ultimately a political disaster and after 9 years the United States pulled out, leaving the South Vietnamese to fight on their own. But the question remains, what went wrong? There have…

the agreement allowed POWs to live wherever they want; drew a new boundary near the 38th parallel, giving South Korea an extra 1,500 square miles of territory; and created a 2-mile wide demilitarized zone (DMZ) Nearly 5-million people died, more than half of these-about 10 percent of Korea’s pre-war population-were civilians. Almost 40,000 Americans died, more…

equal;’ and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man’s making a slave of another.” Here, Lincoln expressed the Union’s future motto and incentive in the war; they symbolized the hero. On the other side, there was the Confederate South that proclaimed slavery as being morally right; they were designated as the villain. Frederick Douglass was determined to inspire the attack on the foe and it is evident in his “Men of Color, To Arms!” speech when he says, “Action! Action! not…

has a hard time adjusting to the world around him. He has an even harder time understanding world history and what has actually happened, not the falsified history he had learned. In the camp the North Korean government “has taught [students] that South Korea started the war”, this explains why the people and prisoners are so loyal to their government (163). The prisoners were manipulated into believing exactly what their government wanted. This opens the reader’s eyes to how harsh life in camp…

mines set to kill U.S. soldiers. Many men in the war were subjected to these traps and many died. One of the Viet Cong’s most used and effective traps were punji sticks. These were small or large shafts of bamboo that had been sharpened and fire hardened at the ends. After this was done, there was usually poison or excrement rubbed on the punji sticks to make the wounds of the unfortunate victim become infected, which often result in death. These traps were used in many ways.…

forty-six years during the Apartheid in South Africa, Africans were treated with disrespect and treated inhumanely. 21,000 South Africans lost their lives. A man devoted to his country once said,“The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.” - Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela showed us that sometimes just one person standing up for freedom can change the world. When the all white National Party gained power in South Africa in 1948 they instantly began…

South africa is a nation that is going through poverty and hunger. South Africa is slightly less than the size of texas. The population is 48,601,098 which makes it the twenty eighth largest in the world. the terrain is a vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and a narrow coastal plain. their climate is mostly semiarid, subtropical along east coast, sunny days, and cool nights. there are three major rivers they are, the orange, vaal, and limpopo rivers. The only major lake is the Fundudzi…

The end of the 1st Reconstruction brought new laws of segregation and institutional racism that, to black outrage, would not be challenged until the civil rights movement of the mid-1900s. At first, African Americans relied on white leaders to take action on desegregation decisions including Brown v. Board of Education, but these decisions failed to gain momentum. Exasperated, black people started the process on their own with boycott movements, yet these actions were still reactive and passive…

Globalization allows for the voice of those who would otherwise not have a platform to speak to be heard. This allows people to be exposed to different mindsets, cultures, and beliefs, often without ever needing to leave home. Personal blogs, independently-run web sites, and forums all allow people to share their stories. In modern times, people have seen the power platforms such as Twitter have, where citizens of authoritarian nations are able to reach out to the global community to inform them…