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What would be the best way to honor 16 million war veterans? The United States choose to build an everlasting WWII memorial to honor those and their families who gave there life for this country and our freedom. Imagine if these men did not risk their lives and just did not care and we didn't win the war the world would be a mess and people would be telling us what to for everything in life. In 1987 a WWII Veteran approached Representative Marcy Kaptur a democrat from Ohio to ask to build a…

Development Of Germany: Once achieved the unification of the German state, was significantly boosted the process of industrialization. Germany became the first European power of the century, with a need to control more colonies to deposit their production. This was only possible by force of arms. An Organization of the…

Ocean. In the eighteenth century, the belief in Manifest Destiny no only made a way for physical expansion but also political, social, and economic aspects of the early United States as well. The physical changes in the 1800s consisted of the geographical growth in which they tripled in size. Within the growth of the United States, the lifestyle of the average American would change in how they ran economically and how they viewed social problems. The gain of land stated in the in the year of…

since President Washington took office. The main cause was over-speculation in frontier lands. The Bank of the United States was hated by western farmers because it foreclosed on many farms. Growing Pains of the West Between 1791 and 1819, 9 states from the West had joined the United States. People moved west because of cheap land, the construction of highways, and many Indian territories had been eliminated. The Land Act of 1820 authorized a buyer to purchase 80 virgin acres at a minimum…

Chinese immigrants would be banned, and looking for work for 10 years (Lee 1882-1924). The Chinese Exclusion Acts were federal laws passed in 1882, 1892, and 1902 to prevent Chinese immigration to the United States(Glory 1900-1906) . Some of the rights of Chinese to immigrate to the United States received formal protection. In 1879, Congress passed an act stating Chinese immigration, but the act was vetoed by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, however, suspended…

The Midwest, a place in the world where communities are closely aligned to one another. These small, rural communities rely on every person in order to create that community. It seems as though that knowing everyone around the small communities was what made a person successful in life. Additionally, these communities valued hard-work and honesty when it came with almost everything they did in their lives; whether it was working in the farmlands or spreading information throughout the…

the Americans views on slavery. Americans could not decide whether slavery should move westward as the country expanded or if it should stay in the states it was currently in. There were many attempts to compromise and keep the peace, however, this ended up driving a wedge further into the difference between the free states views and the slave states views. Overall, the Mexican War and its aftermath led to further disagreements about slavery between the north and the south. The Mexican War,…

U.S led to conflict . Mexico was Catholic and the U.S. mostly were Protestant/Pro-Slavery. Once James K. Polk was elected, everything changed. Polk not only wanted Texas, he wanted California as well. The thing is, California was still Mexico’s territory. Texas, however, was not, after winning their independence from Mexico in 1836. Polk tried to settle the dispute over the land by sending General Taylor and the American troops into the disputed area in the southern part of Texas. Polk also sent…

Intro (G) The United States (US) should no longer support the various groups in the Iraq-Syria region who oppose Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Instead, those groups should deal with ISIS themselves. The history and violence of ISIS has been a prime example of why intervening in the conflict abroad will threaten security of the United States. The rest of the introduction should summarize (or at least introduce) the key points of the rest of the piece. Historical Background (M+Z)…

imperialism are that we are just trying to extend our land to make more businesses and trade to help our economy. These are the justifications to our actions about taking over other countries. Anti-imperialist do not believe in the extension of land and territories. "the anti-imperialist's did not oppose expansion because of commercial, religious, constitutional, or humanitarian reasons but instead because they thought that an imperialist policy ran counter to the political doctrines of the…