American Civil War

is the sixteenth and one of the most famous president of American history . He lived between 1809 and 1865.He is elected for two money mandates of four years in 1860 and 1864 without ending this last one. He is the first republican president of the history of the country. The election of an anti-slave Republican pulls at once the creation of the confederate States of America formed by 11 Slave states and, a bit further, the American Civil War. After initial lapels backhands, the army of the United

dukes took all the trade but they were bourguignon enemies who were allied to the English. That’s why the kings of England were more powerful than French kings. The Aquitaine, the Bretagne and the Bourgogne were under control. The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) is often cited as the root of the traditional rivalry and at times hatred between the two countries. England lost their last territories in France except Calais (lost in 1558) England was few interested by Europe but English government

Ulster families go into exile. 1641 Charles I's policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England. 1649 Cromwell invades Ireland. 1653 Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land. 1689-90 Deposed James II flees to Ireland; defeated at the Battle of the Boyne. 1704 Penal Code enacted; Catholics barred from voting, education and the military. 1775 American War of Independence forments Irish unrest. 1782 Grattan's Parliament persuades British to declare

President. -Presidential campaign of 1828: John Quincy Adams : The Democratic-Republican Party splits: two factions : The Whig Party and the Democratic Party. - The first one: absorb by Republican Party - Many Democrats : end segregation and defend Civil Rights , liberties , equalities… (Roosevelt…) - Democratic Party: More progressives values, but not really as “left in France. Republicans : conservatives - Barack Obama (idea of the Democratic Party) succeeded in Politic and set his program up

Congress during a time of war. All five armed services are among the seven uniformed services of the United States; the others are the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps. From the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of national unity and identity was forged out of the victorious Barbary Wars, as well as the War of 1812. Even so, the Founders were

THE AMERICAN DREAM Who hasn’t heard about it? “The American dream”. Its creed: nothing is impossible, who wants can! A dream based on people’s hope of a better life, a brighter future; on the faith that anyone who has the willpower and works hard enough can enhance his living-standard. Put in other words: anybody’s life is susceptible to become a tale of rags to riches. This faith is something much anchored to US-American society. It is written in the Declaration of Independence itself: “all men

time was on the side of the West, and that the USSR would one day self-destruct and collapse. Many examples of the policy of Containment can be observed during the 1940’s, for instance the Truman Doctrine or the Marshall Plan. This meant that the Americans were providing financial and military assistance to the countries: this promised an efficient defense against communist countries and its spread. The United States actually feared the domino theory which consists in: “If you knock over the first

other technological devices of his making, have been integrated into his suit, helping him fight crime. Initially, Iron Man was a vehicle for Stan Lee to explore Cold War themes, particularly the role of American technology and business in the fight against communism. Subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have gradually removed the Cold War themes, replacing them with more contemporary concerns such as corporate crime and terrorism. Throughout most of the character's publication history, Iron Man has

Bouquins, Laffont, Paris, 1991 Emmanuel Todd, 2ème de la biblio Galbraith , Economie Hétérodoxe, Seuil, 2007   1960s - Background - Protest Movements  A short description of the movements  Understanding their significance - The Vietnam War - The end of the Gold Standard 1950S: Period of stability and prosperity in the US and a certain comfort of life, as opposed to a period of high tensions. We can see a shift in the period, this also applies to the economy. Demography From 1950

achievements of the civil rights movement, a grass-roots upsurge which transformed the American political landscape, that made this challenge and the song as a whole possible and even plausible. But it was Dylan’s genius to articulate the universal spirit animating the specific historical moment. The protest songs that made Dylan famous and with which he continues to be associated were written in a brief period of some 20 months – from January 1962 to November 1963. Influenced by American radical traditions