American Civil War

Harvard University. He joined the United States Navy in 1941 and became officer. After the United States entered the Second World War, Kennedy was given command of a PT boat.Sent to the South Pacific his boat was hit by Japanese. Even when badly injured, he led his team to safe place, so, he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his bravery. Back from the war, Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat

témoignent les Américains aujourd'hui est en grande partie due au fait que l'arme a occupée une grande place tout au long de la construction de cette nation. En 86 ans seulement avec la révolution américaine de 1775 et la guerre de Sécession (guerre civile entre les Etats unis d’Amérique : « l’union » et le rassemblement de certain états du sud esclavagistes) de 1861,la population d’esclaves est passée de 700000 a 4 millions. Dans certaines régions agricoles du sud, les noirs étaient alors trois fois

[pic] On May 13, 1931, the International Olympic Committee, headed by Count Henri Baillet-Latour of Belgium, awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. The choice signaled Germany's return to the world community after defeat in World War I. Two years later, Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany and quickly turned the nation's fragile democracy into a one-party dictatorship. Police rounded up thousands of political opponents, detaining them without trial in concentration

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Parliament and Government a. House of Lords and House of Commons 1. The House of Lords (the Upper House) 2. The House of Commons (the Lower House) b. The role of the Prime Minister and Cabinet c. The Civil Service II. A Party Democracy more than a Parliamentary Democracy? a. Parties b. The electoral system or how to count votes into seats? c. Reform of the electoral system? III. The end of parliamentary sovereignty

Coca cola The coke (coca-cola in France ) is a soda . The name "Coca-Cola" is an American trademark put down(deposited) in 1887. Since the end of the Second World War, this original drink is, in the collective imagination, a symbol of him(her,it) américanisme . He(it) pulls(fires) his(its) name of his(its) first composition: the sheet(leaf) of coca extract(Coke) and the use of walnut of kola, the drink was then recommended by his(her) inventor, the pharmacist John Pemberton, as remedy against

That’s finally, in 1817 the New York Stock & Exchange Board appeared in Manhattan. So, 44 years later, broke out in New York (in United States of America generally), the civil war between 1861 and 1865 (the secession war). During all this bloody period, the American government demanded to Wall Street to finance this war. During this long period, there was a lot of little event like the Wall Street Journal creation in 1889. In 1896, the very special Dow Jones appeared which brings together at

lors de se congrès, mais seulement le désir d’être indépendant. Le document de Déclaration d’Indépendance n’est même pas encore existant. Également, il est vrai que les opinions étaient partagées. On parle parfois de cette guerre comme une guerre civile, car celle-ci ne faisait pas l’unanimité et certains s’enrôlaient dans l’armée britannique et combattaient leurs propres voisins. Voilà ce qui explique le vote de 28 pours et 12 contres, malgré que ces chiffres sont probablement fictifs. Finalement

well paid and high status occupations. But through the 20 th century, opinion’s changed as the workforce moved to office job and women acquired a better education because of a civil war. In 1914, the World War I allows women entering in the workforce because there was a high demand of production in Europe. World War II had a similar impact but at a very higher level. On one hand, thousands of women joined the military in non combative positions and were paid like men on the same job. On the other

and the humiliation of the civil war (1861-1865). After 1865 follow a period of reconstruction. During reconstruction, the federal government took measures to protect Black people but the southern states did not accept it. They were determined to “put the Black man in his place” with Jim Crow laws, segregation laws which were meant to preserve what they called “white supremacy”. * The Ante-bellum South Slavery was qualified as a “positive good” before the civil war, also presented as a peculiar