… the last years of Diefenbaker as Prime Minister came to an end, the relation between Canada and the US reached an all time low. As the Cold War deepened, the tension between the two countries worsened. It didn’t help at all when it…

… throughout time who sought constantly to identify a Universal History. These philosophers believed in continuity. History to them was a progressive revelation of the way the universe was structured and through this belief, they felt better…

… war, the price of the war was devastating to our country. What started in a war resulted in us getting independence and sovereignty in Canada. With many strained relations during the war, was the outcome worth it? Things such as racism and discrimination…

… was defeated near Medina Sidonia by the Berber governor of Tangier, Tariq ibn Ziyad. This defeat marked the end of the Visigoth Empire in Spain. The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula began in the summer of 711 with Tariq's expedition through…

… was to heal the wounds inflicted by both the North and the South left by the Civil War. The Reconstruction, which dated approximately from 1863 to 1867, succeeded in reuniting the nation nearly separated by the Civil War. However, the…

… 1866, Gen. Phillip Sheridan, commander of the military division of the Gulf of Mexico, was assigned the duty of creating a regiment of “colored” cavalry. This would be designated the 9th regiment, and would be the beginning of a storied history involving…

… by twenty-three million dollars. The first ship to cross the isthmus was the concrete ship Cristobal, the official and publicized ship to make the voyage was the Ancon. Unfortunately, the opening came just as World War I started in Europe, and so…

… most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll, 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10,000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy…

… in Poland, my parents were discriminated against, and they were put into isolated ghettos. By 1929, they had decided to escape to the New World when they arrived in Cuba. For the first years in Cuba, my father had many financial difficulties. He…

… delivered a very well known speech; he spoke of the “date which will live in infamy,” December 7th. It was the date of the surprise attack on the United States Naval Base Pearl Harbor in the midst of World War II. Americans, and their allies worldwide,…