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    Johnson’s presidency, he would wage a war on poverty to combat the poor living situations he once experienced in which he would build a better economic future for the country by implementing many economic government aid for the citizens of the United States. It was because of Johnson’s exposure to struggle and poverty while growing up in Hill Country, Texas, he started his fight against these poor living situations. After growing up in the hard country life with his parents, Johnson found…

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    The Civil War was by far the United States of America’s bloodiest war, stretching from 1861 to 1865 and having more casualties than World War I and World War II combined. While the causes of the Civil War are complex and numerous, the issue of slavery versus non-slavery was the central cause. The northern states were fighting for African American freedom, while the southern states were fighting to upkeep the tradition of slaves. In wars like this, where people are trying to bring about social…

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    allegiance and armistice the United Nations was fashioned to uphold. Deep-seated into the fifteenth year of Vladimir Putin's ideological campaign for reclaiming a throne once held by the USSR, Russia is once again taunting international boundaries, asserting the weight of Putin’s militaristic, expansionist Kremlin against little global resistance. Since…

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    The United States was changed forever on the morning of September 11, 2001; the day that foreign Iranian terrorists planned and executed the first major domestic attack on the United States homeland. The planes that attacked New York City, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania (that was possibly en route to the White House or U.S. Capitol building) did more than just demolish infrastructure across the United States, kill nearly 3,000 Americans, and injure 6,000 more; it damaged the entire nation by…

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    harsh north African desert. On march 1943 Patton was promoted to lieutenant general and given the command the seventh army into Sicily. After the U.S, Canada, and the British fought through Europe and into Germany, Patton insisted they attack the capitol of Germany, Berlin. President Eisenhower said no because he deemed the cost too high and it was already under pressure from the red army (USSR). A show of Patton’s skill as a commander his third army after being operational for nine months they…

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    This week, the discussion revolved around the Social Welfare System, Poverty and Diversity. Inequality has emerged as a central issue in the 2016 United States presidential election. As we end the Great Recession, the development of Occupy Wall Street, talks of the 99% versus the 1%, President Obama’s State of the Union address, suggest that inequality matters. Homeownership rates are beginning to rise since the fall of the Big Five Automakers and Banking systems. However, the distribution…

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    slightly smaller than Montana.” The population of Germany is 80,722,792 and is the nineteenth most populated country in the world, but “most populous country in Europe.” The capitol of Germany is Berlin. In the more Northern part of Germany it borders the English Channel. The terrain in the north is lowlands,…

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    bigger. Folk singers started the anti-war music than rock came in, it was a way of bring protesters together mostly played in college campuses and by the younger generation of American’s. Anti-war music was a big factor during this time because it united protesters throughout America and what their opinions were in lyrics, it also showed how confused Americans really were about the…

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    How 9/11 Changed America

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    firefighters, police, and civilians. The United States was attacked by cruel people for unjust reasons. We were attacked by a terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda. While the day was coming to an end, many were feeling overwhelmed and terrified. People feared that their loved ones were dead under the fallen towers unidentified. 9/11 changed the outlook of civilians in both the United States and around the world forever (History). On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by terrorists.…

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    American Influence On 9/11

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    White House or the Capitol Building. Al Qaeda was very resentful of the Western influence on their own culture and wanted to try to stop it (“FAQ”, para. 17). They stood close to no chance against…

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