Balancing military power along with a willingness to use that power, challenging communist aggression wherever it raised its head had been the dominate theme since the Truman Administration. ... Essentially, it caused doubts regarding the usefulness of the chosen means towards containment: not only was success unrealized, but the war had become grossly expensive relative to American lives and its resources (435). ... Although a lull in the tensions between the two was welcome, the shift towards parity between the two nations was difficult for a country with a historically absolutist and morali...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Representatives of the northern states claimed that if the southern slaves were mere property, then they should not be counted towards voting representation in Congress (Harrison 1)". ... This was the first and possibly biggest problem in the new constitution, and is what many claim the South used in later years to protect themselves from Northern aggression. ...

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Movements towards the end to poverty, helping the environment, and the women's rights all came to be in the sixties. ... Many feel that because of Kennedy's aggression that perhaps WW1 or a Nuclear war was avoided. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ...

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• Grade Level: High School