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the speech made by Franklin D. Roosevelt was very efficient in addressing the situation. Due to hostility from foreign Japan, The United States will be taking an offensive position. Being that the nature of this attack was unprovoked, our country cannot allow it to go unreturned. As Franklin D. Roosevelt said in his 1941 speech, “With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph- so help us God.” [“Pearl Harbor Address to the…

Whiskey Rebellion In 1791 the government of the United States was just recovering from the Revolutionary War, during which time a great amount of debt had been incurred. United States Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, proposed a bill to help prevent the national debt from growing any larger. This bill would put an excise tax of 25% on all distilled spirits and was approved by both houses during the 1791 winter session of Congress. “The Treasury Secretary considered liquor a…

of 27 states, including France, Britain, Italy, Japan and United States. During this time Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States. During his first term he was able to keep American troops out of the war. Tension grew between the United States and Germany, after several U.S. ships were damaged or sunk by German mines. In 1915, Germany declared unrestricted warfare on all ships, no matter if they are neutral or not. Germany attacked many ship that had unarmed…

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a trade agreement between the states of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The document was signed in 1992 by the President of the United States George Bush, the President of Mexico, Salinas and the Prime Minister of Canada Mulroney. The United States didn’t sign NAFTA into law until 1993, when Bill Clinton signed the treaty into law. The treaty passed the US House of Representatives by a 234 to 200 and the US Senate by a margin of 60 to 38…

In early 1915, Germany had a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare which meant they could torpedo and sink armed merchant ships but not passenger ships. They broke this policy on march 24th 1916 by attacking a French cross-channel passenger ferry called the Sussex. 50 people died and even though no US citizens were killed, the attack caused president Woodrow Wilson to declare that if Germany continued with this behavior, the US would break diplomatic relations with them. In 1915, the first…

to the United States who responded ordering them to exit the gulf immediately. This was on August 2nd of 1964. Only two days later the Maddox returned into the gulf. The ship relayed information to the…

000 Cubans fled their home with many coming to America in order to seek shelter from Castro’s regime. In April 1961, the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) had a plan to invade Cuba using exiles as a trained Army personnel. This was to keep the United States involvement as covert as possible in hopes that the invasion would overthrow Castro and insert a US favored government. After the failure of the Bay of Pigs, the Soviet Union started to increase economic and…

fight each other after Israel was established in 1948. OPEC raised oil prices after the United States sent aid to Israel causing the oil embargo of 1973. Among these conflicts, a little-known president, Saddam Hussein, would grow to become one of the worst leaders since World War II, and cause a seven year war between Iraq and other nations. The Iraq War was a conflict in which the United States and coalition forces destroyed the regime of Saddam Hussein to establish a democratic government and…

The geopolitical idea that “He who holds Alaska will hold the world,” became popular during the Second World War and focused attention on a little known theater of that war. Alaska was a gateway for both the United States and Canada to the Pacific. Though the United States already had the Pacific coastline with Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington, Alaska was strategically useful for trade, resources, and even possibly war. While some American decision-makers found strategic value in the…

international terrorism refers to terrorism involving the territory or the citizens of more than one country (CIA). The Federal Bureau of Investigations explains that, "terrorism involves in violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law (FBI). There are many ways to define terrorism and terrorist. In addition, there are some elements that helps to increase terrorist activities, i.e. religion, political grievances, discrimination, and economic reasons. In recent…