Taiwan - a small island off the coast of China
Proclaim - to announce or declare publicly, in
writing or speech
Abandon - to give up control of, or to let go
Warlords - military commanders who use force to
govern a small area
Effective - impressive, striking, or able to create a
desired result
Life at War is a poetry book that talks about the Vietnam war, but it also reflects on how wars and conflicts have been internalized as something natural in our daily lives and how much they influence in our mindset and worldview. The best image that supports this idea is expressed in the verse “. . . the mucous membrane of our dreams/coated with it”, because it refers to the wide control War ideas have on out thoughts and dreams.
The answer is D because the U.S. did not become economically stronger as a result of the impressment issue
One of the major obstacles of Kennedy's campaign for the presidency was his "religion," since he was running as a Catholic, and Catholics faced a great deal of opposition in the US during this time.
In 1956, people in Hungary demanded that soviet troops to be removed as the part of a call for democratic reforms.
Back in 1956, a Hungarian Uprising took plac eexposing comunism in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union had been affected of this but not severely. Inconsistencies in the government may have led to such protests. This gave way to economic and social reforms.
