century Columbus encountered African Americans which was a factor to how the race was invented. The race was set by a system of rules and a hierarchy where people were set on a scale depending on their race. The color of people’s skin and their cultural beliefs are what set up the idea of race. Race in the American West was based off certain rights and if the people in the American West during this time weren’t considered fully white they were discriminated in American societies. The race is looked upon
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America is considered the land of opportunity because it provides more opportunities for jobs or a better lifestyle than other countries. I believe that America is not the land of opportunity for all people equally. Even though people can have a better future in the United States than other countries‚ sometimes people are discriminated based on race‚ social class‚ education and gender. Nowadays‚ people are discriminated based on the color of their skin. According to James Henslin‚ people divide
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Were the Risks of the American West Worth it? I believe that the risks the American West posed to those who were brave enough to venture out to the American West were worth it. I also believe that I would have moved to the West despite the dangers and corruption happening at the time for two reasons. Number one and most important reason were the economic opportunities. Many immigrants chose the West because of the hope for economic prosperity. Chinese immigrants for example‚ having heard of
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Stephen Aron’s book How the West Was Lost gives a complex and yet insightful view of the transformation of the Western Frontier and the role Kentucky placated on Americas expansion. Aron agrees with in Frederick Jackson Turner’s view of Kentucky’s significance in the westward expansion of America. Aron starts off with “the world of Daniel Boone gave way to that of Henry Clay.”1; this sets the stage with Aron showing a link from one way of life to the transformation to the next stage of the transformation
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one of the largest tribes in the American West‚ so they were known as a nation. They are also called Lakota or Dakota. The name Sioux means ‘little snakes’. Like a lot of the other tribes‚ the Sioux were nomadic and lived in places like Wisconsin‚ North and South Dakota and Minnesota. The Sioux nation had a rich history and was a very powerful tribe. A Frenchman‚ Jean Duluth‚ moved into the Sioux territory in the 17th century and took control of most of their land. The people of Sioux were hunters
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the West Was Won Over the years some 25 million people have come to America. Some came for economic reasons‚ others to freely practice their religion without persecution‚ others to escape war‚ political unrest‚ and overpopulation. Whatever the reason‚ they all came to enjoy America’s promise of freedom and prosperity. There have been several major waves of immigration throughout the history of the United States. The first dated from 1783 to the early 1800s. Between 1820 and 1870‚ there was a rapid
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and popularization of the American West has left an indelible and lamentable stain upon the historical record of the United States for both European and Native Americans. Moreover‚ this revisionist history has obfuscated the objective reality of the American West. Relations between European and Native Americans have been vexed by this miscarriage of justice all the way through the present era. In this fallacious and farcical narrative of rugged individual European Americans conquering and enlightening
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McCarthy´s all increased the Red Scare‚ therefore limiting American Opportunity through fear. The first event to increase the Red Scare‚ and limit American Opportunity was the Korean War. The Korean War started June 25th 1950‚ when north Korean soldiers invaded the south Korean territory‚ it was a civil war in Korea‚ that had started because the nation could not decide whether to be a communist country or not. dividing the nation in two‚ ¨American forces held the southern half of the country below the
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American: Land of Liberty? About America‚ there are many things to think of and talk about. The more we acknowledge about that country on continent on the opposite bank across the Pacific‚ the more we seem to notice things more essential than the prosperous world of material on surface. The country is known by reputation as the land of liberty on the earth‚ and that‚ I believe actually refers to and represents not that little as we might think. We Chinese usually relate the word liberty to
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United States of America-Land of the free home of the brave‚ for whom? The United State’s anthem suggests that they are the “land of the free and home of the brave” (Smithsonian‚ 2007). For most European migrants‚ the United States meant liberty and they hoped to do well in their new country. The United States seemed like the land of great opportunity for the Europeans‚ however‚ for Afro-Americans this was not so. Slaves were taken to the United States‚ where they encountered difficult tasks
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