J.J. Augusta
The effects of the collapse of the USSR were felt through out the world in many aspects of peoples day to day life but it also impacted hugely upon Western countries foreign policies in ways such as; defense spending in key countries such as the USA went down in certain areas and also because a huge threat had been erased, many countries warmed up to former enemies. Defense budgets around the world became more and more pressured as liberal, peace seeking governments gained power throughout the world seeking to reduce world ...
Chivalry is the type of thing that would be great to have in our society but I don't believe that it exists too much anymore in the world today. Let me break down here some of the chivalry rules compared with the actions of the people of the current world. One rule of chivalry is that you have to honor and respect women. Back in the days o...
Following the American Civil War came the Act. This is when the North helped rebuild the South from the total destruction which happened during the Civil War. Discussed below are three effects the Act had on the North and the South. First, the U.S. government enacted the 13th Amendment. This amendment freed all slaves. This, in a way , was goo...
A case for the connection of America?s colonial and revolutionary religious and political experiences to the basic principles of the Constitution can be readily made. One point in favor of this conclusion is the fact that most Americans at that time had little beside their experiences on which to base their political ideas....
Life in the 1900's was depressing and was an era filled with extremely hard and strenous work that didn't offer any future for the average canadian in doing better. If you were an average wage earner you would be virtually stuck in the same job for the rest of your life, while rich maintained their wealth mainly caused by the low taxe...
The Vietnam conflict began in the late nineteenth century. The French conquered Vietnam and made it a protectorate. For nearly forty years, Vietnam had not experienced settled peace. The League for the Independence of Vietnam ( Viet Minh ) was formed in 1941, seeking independence from the French. On September 2nd,1945, Ho Chi Minh...