Belonging to America My grandfather always used to explain to me how lucky I was to be able to be an American. He would inform me on how valuable it was and how I should never take it for granted. He expressed that I should feel honored to be able to have all the opportunities I do. I never understood him growing up. I did not understand how growing up somewhere‚ like America‚ versus another country could be any different. I understand now. When I was younger‚ my mother would tell different stories
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The Demise of America as a Superpower There is an old Italian saying that states “I came to America because I heard that the streets were paved with gold.” Even though American streets are really not golden‚ this saying is metaphoric to that era where America was a dominating superpower. It was a time in American history when hard work was valued‚ and families had strong virtues. A great amount of time has passed since the industrial age and so‚ America has evolved. This once a God-fearing nation
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The formation‚ construction‚ and operation trains brought social‚ economic and political change to America. America came to see bridges and other structures on which train would operate crossing the country. In addition to transportation‚ railroads contributed to other industries like iron and communications. Iron production grew as well‚ even more than the population during the 1860’s since the demand was so high for railroads. Communication also became important for railroads. According to Understanding
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that we live in today. Globalization reached the Americas when Hernan Cortes and his crew of 600 conquistadors reached the Americas to conquer the Aztecs. The battle for the Aztec Empire was the first time Americans were introduced to Spanish culture. The Americas benefited from this in many different ways. To start‚ they were introduced to all sorts of goods and animals that they had never seen before. Sugar was a major benefit for the Americas as it stimulated trade and was used in all sorts of
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Homosexuality in America America was founded upon such principles as equal rights for all‚ including that of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. However‚ with the high degree of equality and tolerance as this demands‚ it is not hard to comprehend when inequality and intolerance take place; and the occurrence is more prevalent than would be expected‚ considering the words of the Constitution. One example of a widespread issue aggressively debated in the United States today is homosexuality
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The thing that I see that represents America is Independence Hall in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. There have been numerous historical events that have been the basis for the forming of the United States of America that took place inside Independence Hall. Basically‚ everything that happened during the time of the Thirteen Colonies and a period of time after the Revolutionary War that involved political affairs‚ all took place in Independence Hall. This place was pretty much the earlier version of
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obesity has become an enormous problem. In the last 3 decades‚ the number of people overweight has increased dramatically. A study done by the Centers of Disease Control showed that since 1980‚ one third of our adult population has become overweight. America is the richest but also the fattest nation in the world and our obese backsides are the butt of jokes in every other country (Klein 28). The 1980s were a time when Americans suddenly started going crazy over dieting‚ jumping onto the treadmills‚ and
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Due to a lack of opportunities in America poverty seems to be a rising case. People are becoming homeless‚ homes are foreclosing‚ and businesses are going out of sale. In the last eight years the economy has been going in a downward spiral. It seems to me that there is a lack of help from the government or the president‚ there are a lot of unstable households‚ no one is truly successful‚ and incomes are falling incredibly. One of the major causes of poverty is the inequality in the distribution
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counterculture in the US: The Other America What is the Other America? Is it correct to talk about the “Other America”? Who are the “other Americans”? Indians‚ “Nigros”‚ workers‚ immigrants (emigrants?) can all be accounted for that role. But why are they called “others”? Others to whom? Isn’t it correct to say that the Other America actually is the real America? History first. When did this phenomenon start? The date that most recognise as the beginning of the Other America is the December 29th‚ 1890
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The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Inca civilizations were the largest empires in the lands we now call Latin America. The Mayans‚ the oldest of these three great civilizations‚ built their empire in what is now southern Mexico and Central America. Mayan civilization had collapsed when the Aztecs built huge pyramids to their gods. The Aztecs built well-organized cities and developed a writing system. The Incans created a road system to connect their empire in the Andes Mountains. They also developed an irrigation
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