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    Was President Nixon’s visit to China beneficial for the U.S? President Richard Nixon was sent off to China on February 21, 1972 for an official trip. He was the first president to visit the People’s Republic of China, which was established in 1949. The purpose was to improve the relations with a Communist country during the Cold War. When President Nixon arrived to China, he discussed with Premier, Zhou Enlai, and agreed to expand cultural contacts between the two nations. Also, Nixon discussed

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    situation that initially had nothing to do with them. Ecerpt from the lesson: “Isolationism had long been popular in the United States. Many Americans had favored isolationism even before World War I. After the war ended, Americans turned inward again. President Warren G. Harding rode to election in 1920 on promises of a "return to normalcy," which did not involve foreign alliances. Harding's

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    important to appreciate France for various reasons. France’s culture, history, government and contributions to the world are excellent examples of things that should be appreciated. Culturally and historically speaking, France is among the most important nations in the Western World (France, Britannica). France has a vast history, and many significant things have happened throughout time. For example, toward the end of the 18th century (1787-1799), the French Revolution shook France (French Revolution

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    towards US, it got complicated as Hover decided not to forgive the war debts. This led to Dawes plan which was a “negotiated an agreement in 1924 among France, Britain, Germany and the United States [...] American banks would provide enormous loans to Germany, which would use that money to pay reparation to France and Britain; Britain and France would agree to reduce the amount of those payments and, in turn, use those funds (as well as the large loans they themselves were receiving from American

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    Pacific area.” (Britannica) This conference was called to order on November 12, 1921 by the President at the time, Warren G. Harding. The conference, held in Washington D.C. lasted 3 months (November 12th to February 6th) Representatives from nine nations attended this conference! The nations were: the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal. As you can see, President Harding did not invite Soviet Russia to this

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    Jackson’s concept of the Manifest Destiny lead to the Trial of Tears because he believed it was a God-given right to attain land so he was willing to do all in his power as a president to expand the United States. He was blessed with the opportunity to expand the United States due to the global wars that transpired between France and other countries. In some word Andrew Jackson was an opportunist when it came to expansion. He also believed that the Americans were supposed to obtain the land whatever

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    Act put into effect that those who are immigrants can be exported as the president sees fit and will require a 14 year residency period before they are considered a citizen. The Acts changed the U.S. and impacted many freedoms that U.S. citizens enjoy. Theses controversies lead to the repeal and changes to the laws so that Americans could have all the freedoms that they deserve. Leading up to the creation of the Acts France and Britain were fighting in war. With these contentions present the U.S

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    world. England was losing its colonies in India and in parts of Asia while France had lost their South East Asian colony of Indochina. This defeat was terrible for France and to further exasperate the problem for the nation, the new independence of Indochina persuaded other French colonies such as Tunisia and Morocco to also revolt against their colonial oppressor and gain independence. However the biggest loss to France was its loss of their colony in Algeria. Algeria had been a French colony for

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    British University in Egypt 28-10-2012 Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussain was the second president of Egypt from 1956 until he died. “Gamal Abdel Nasser was born in 1918 and died in 1970”. “Nasser was born in Bakos, Alexandria he had six brothers and one sister” .At an early age Nasser was involved in politics. Gamal was one of the people who led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 with the first president Mohammed Naguib. Gamal is seen as one of the most important political figure in the 20th century

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    Council, the fledgling United States declared war on the leviathan that was the British Empire. Harry Coles claims that the United States from its inception wanted to maintain peace with the major European countries and, excluding the quasi-war with France, did so until Britain’s war against Napoleon. However, Reginald Horsman asserts that there was tension between

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