The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800’s, the railroad, which was invented in England, had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. “Railroads were born in England, a country with dense populations, short distances between cities, and large…
Lyndon Johnson led the country for five years (1963-1968) after President John Fitzgerald Kennedy died of gunshot wounds on November 22, 1963. He formulated many policies and carried out many others that Kennedy could not finish. He faced many foreign problems as well, including the Vietnam War and the Cold War. How he dealt with…
Facts The evidence in the records discloses a conspiracy of amazing magnitude to import, possess, and sell liquor unlawfully. Involved were not less than fifty employees, two sea-going vessels for transportation of the goods to British Columbia, a ranch beyond the city limits of Seattle with a large underground cache to store the liquor, and…
Civil Rights Movement in the United States, political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. The civil rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation, the system of laws and customs separating blacks and whites that whites used to control blacks after slavery…
“If this country is preserved in tranquility twenty years longer, it may bid defiance in a just cause to any power whatever; such in that time will be its popularity, wealth and resources,” stated by George Washington in response to demonstrators over the Jay Treaty. 1 Washington’s remark was regarding the public’s uproar following the…
In 1923, this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed, it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other. …
Divorce involves the recognition that a marriage has hopelessly failed and that at least one of the partners has no desire to continue the marital relationship. Divorce legally dissolves a marriage, and permits the partners to remarry if they choose. Divorce differs from an annulment, which declares a marriage invalid because of some flaw in…
The third president of the United States, a diplomat, statesman, architect, scientist, and philosopher, Thomas Jefferson is one of the most eminent figures in American history. No leader in the period of the American Enlightenment was as articulate, wise, or conscious of the implications and consequences of a free society as Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson…
Nations Involved The Japanese and Americans were fighting over this small island. The Japanese had already built two airfields and were constructing a third. The airbases would allow Japan to be able to intercept any B-29 bombers bombing Japan. The United States wanted the island because it would provide them with a fighter base and…
Date: Sunday December 7th 1941 Location: United States Naval Base (Pearl Harbour), Hawaii Party’s Involved: Empire of Japan vs. United States Key Figures for the United States Husband Edward Kimmel: Four Star Admiral in The United States Navy He served as commander-in-chief, of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during the Pearl Harbour Attack. Because of the…
The ‘Long Telegram’ was sent by George Kennan from the United States Embassy in Moscow to Washington, where it was received on February 22nd, 1946. Kennan was an American diplomat on the Soviet front, beginning his career as an observer of the aftermath of the Russian Civil War. He witnessed collectivization and the terror from…
Reasons for Involvement Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: In January 1917, failed crops as well as a naval blockade caused severe food shortages in Germany. Desperate to attack back, Germany decided to establish its own naval blockade around Britain. They decided to sink any ship in the waters around Britain without warning, through the use of submarines.…
In the article “Genetically Engineered Distortions”, there is much made over the misguided management of genetically engineered foods. The article opens by showing that there is a distinct split between two sides in terms of how to deal with the breeding of genetically engineered organisms. In the United States, eighty percent of cotton, corn, and…
The two major parties in the United States, the Republicans and the Democrats, vary widely on all issues. The Democrats align themselves to the left and center of the political spectrum, while the Republicans are further to the right. The Republican Party has a more conservative viewpoint, while the Democratic viewpoint is more liberal. The…
In the United States, there is an election every four years to determine the president of the country. This statement does not tell the full story of the steps which need to be taken to become the president. It is a process which begins about two years before the actual election itself. The first step…
Subsequent to the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August of 1945, WWII finally came to an end. Along with the death of “The war to end all wars,” came an ideological battle that started a stagnant nuclear war which had the potential to eliminate mankind. Following the over-glorified allied victory of WWII, two…
The British Empire A former collective term for the territories under the leadership or control of the British crown, including those in the Commonwealth of Nations and their colonies, protectorates, dependencies, and trusteeships (including the Dominion of Canada, Australia, India, & much of Africa) “Why does the sun never set on the British Empire?” “Because…
The Cold War Intensifies (327) August 29th, 1949: Soviet Union detonates an atomic bomb at a test site in Siberia Military balance shifts: both sides in the Cold War have nuclear weapons This triggers an arms race to develop more powerful thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs) 1952: United States detonates world’s first hydrogen bomb 1953: Soviets…
On November 4, 1979, several hundred Iranian students and other demonstrators took possession of the US embassy in Tehran by force, in protest at the admission of the deposed Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment. The demonstrators were not opposed by the Iranian security forces. US consulates elsewhere in Iran were…
Murder Canada: First degree murder – mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years (but someone guilty of a single murder could be have his non-parole period reduced to no less than 15 years (see Faint hope clause). Second degree murder – mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of…