In his meticulously crafted document “The American Crisis”‚ Thomas Paine‚ author of multiple important American papers and secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs‚ cleverly articulates and emotionally influences the soldiers and citizens of the American colonies to convince them to keep fighting even through the relentless winter and argues that everyone who wants freedom for themselves should have to join the fight for it. He establishes credibility through recalling personal experiences‚
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American Studies 356/History 356K Main Currents in American Culture Since 1865 Fall‚ 2010 Dr. Mark Smith TTh 2-3:30 Burdine 428 Burdine 134 Tues 10-11‚ Th 12:30-2 and by appt. 232-2150/471-7277/e-mail: mcsmith@mail.utexas.edu Teaching Assistant: Jeanette Vaught Office: Burdine 408 Hours: TTh 3:30-5 and by appt. At the end of the Civil War‚ American society became flooded with new technologies‚ ethnic groups‚ ideas‚ and customs. A society‚ which had bewildered earlier
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The American Civil War‚ a war that had its origin in the issue of slavery‚ occurred from 1861 to 1865. In his book‚ Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution‚ James M. McPherson considered the civil war as the Second American Revolution because of the changes it brought about in regards to slavery in the Unites States. In this event‚ revolution can be defined as the overthrowing of a current system of governing for a new and better system‚ what also happened on the First American Revolution
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American Dream Nowadays‚ many people leave their native country to move to American in search of freedom‚ fantastic education‚ and successful career. They want to achieve their personal goals in life; for example‚ political‚ better standard of living‚ good service healthcare‚ and equality of their life that they could not back in their homeland. As D’Souza stated in "Becoming American‚" In American‚ by contrast‚ you get to write the script of your own life." (344). In my opinion‚ I agree with D’Souza
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is an American Indian? what constitutes a tribe? and what criteria needs to be met to claim tribal membership? How are race‚ cultural‚ identity‚ and politics linked in Wilkin’s discussion of American Indians? In the article it said "To considered an Indian one had to meet certain basic tribally of some criteria such as social‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ territorial‚ sociopsychology‚ and ceremonial." That means if you are Indian you have at least some of the traits to be consider an Native American. Which
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In the essay “The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American” (36-38)‚ James Baldwin recounts the difficulties of being a black American writer in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Baldwin talks about his constant search and battle in coming to terms with his role or place in the racial hot pot that was a white dominated society. He states how difficult it was for him and many other black American writers to find a sense of identity amongst the racial feud that had engulfed the majority
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Rationales of the Colonizers and Treatment of the Native Americans What were the rationales of the Spanish and the English colonizers and how was their treatment towards the Native Americans in the New World justified? How were boundaries created and/or destroyed? The Spanish colonizers and the English colonizers used the notion of Witchcraft and Climate to differentiate themselves from Native Americans and to justify their treatment towards the Indians. I will be comparing how Porterfield and Canizares
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story “In the American society” by Gish Jen‚ especially appealing. The plot of the story focuses on a narration by a daughter about her first generation immigrant father struggling to keep the balance between his own cultural beliefs and American culture. The narration cleverly portrays the father‚ Ralph Cheng’s behavior within his own society and the American society. Based on this story‚ I believe that first generation Asian Americans faced a substantial challenge adapting to American culture and
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The authors of the three texts provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be an american during the 1920s‚ by describing the lifestyle of americans in 1920s. First‚ H. L. Mencken in‚ On Being An American‚ he describes the happy and prosperous lives of americans. Second‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay in‚ I Like Americans‚ she described the safety‚ happiness‚ and prosperity of an american. Finally‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald in‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he described the parties‚ prosperity‚ and laughter in an
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“The American Dream” There is not much left of the “American Dream”. Standard of living is declining and American parents believe that their children will inherit a very bad deal (564). Essentially‚ Herbert believes that Americans are in denial about how bad the economy really is. The government is not adding jobs to the economy nor are they funding public schools as they should. The government is steadily cutting back on hiring teachers and firing more to “save money”.
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