such as gay marriage‚ health care‚ gun control‚ to some of the lesser known topics such as gerrymandering‚ voter fraud‚ and pension reform‚ Americans want the right to have a say in where our country goes. Although voting is an important gateway to influence and shape the government’s decisions‚ course‚ and future‚ 10% of Americans are politically disengaged‚ or political bystanders. Americans also often choose not to vote often for reasons such as being “too busy”‚ “not interested”‚ and “illness/disability”
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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms‚ it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” -Abraham Lincoln- In the last few years‚ Abraham stopped slavery. That helped our country in so many different ways! Black people now have so many freedoms since Abraham Lincoln was a good man‚ and realized‚ that slavery was not very good‚ at all. We‚ people this time in our lives‚ black or white‚ now have a lot of freedoms. Some of these freedoms
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Reader Response to Growing Up Asian in America Growing up Asian in America by Kesaya E. Noda deals with growing up culturally different in America. There are some important components of a culture like identity‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and dialect. These components are influenced by our family‚ friends‚ social environment‚ and the community we live in. In her essay‚ Noda talks about dealing with knowing and defining herself. She explains that there are two mindsets for her. The first one‚ inside‚ which
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Music has always been a part of us ever since the begging of time. It’s been with us threw the happy‚ great times and also for the not so happy bad times. We can express ourselves with music by telling a story with in the lyrics and even with the beat showing‚ telling how we are feeling. It can be a cheerful‚ carefree‚ joyful beat‚ to gloomy‚ mournful‚ blue beat‚ but not everyone has the same taste in music. Music it’s self is unbelievably stunning and so breathtaking. Music has made an impact
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The ASEAN Leaders adopted the ASEAN Economic Blueprint at the 13th ASEAN Summit on 20 November 2007 in Singapore to serve as a coherent master plan guiding the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community 2015. ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations was founded in 1967‚ currently consisting of Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Brunei‚ the Philippines‚ Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ Laos‚ Myanmar‚ and Thailand. Since its establishment‚ ASEAN countries have gradually and continually strengthened their
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The average human being spends 78‚894 hours of their free time watching television. That is more than 3000 days or 9 years. With such an immense amount of time invested into television‚ it is only obvious that the television shows have some influence on the way humans live their lives. Television and films are one of the many extensive parts of what is known as popular culture. Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images‚ and much more. The United States has been
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transportation over long distance and a powerful military tool. The convergence of several cultures and environments provided great technological advances in the European civilizations. Consequently‚ we observe a European influence over the Americas instead of an Americas tribes influence on Europe. During the XV century‚
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military minds was a ruler from ancient Macedonia‚ Alexander the Great. Sometimes charismatic and ruthless‚ while other times diplomatic and bloodthirsty‚ his men were so loyal to him that they would die for him if necessary. Alexander influenced Asian and Greek culture so profoundly that a new historical epoch was inspired‚ the Hellenistic Period. Born to King Philip II‚ an impressive military leader who turned Macedonia into a force to be feared‚ who also wished to conquer the Persian Empire. Even
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define a person or group that is unfairly blame for the actions of others. America has a long history of scapegoating a minority group. Muslims are now America’s latest minority group that are being unfairly blamed for the action of the terrorist. After the 9/11 terrorist attack committed by radical Muslim terrorists‚ Muslims have been at the front line of scapegoating. The actions of these extremists had a big influence on how American society views all Muslims as if they were terrorist. People
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After World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as two of the strongest powers in the world. Each had a strong influence on the rest of the world‚ and as a result of this‚ they faced half a century of conflict. While America held strong to its democracy‚ the USSR was convinced that communism was superior‚ and before long‚ the Cold War began. During the Cold War‚ the struggle between American Democracy and Soviet Communism brought about a newfound pride in the American way of life
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