The United States is the world’s biggest economy‚ hosts the most influential culture and is a prominent political figure in global affairs. With a defense budget that mounts the world‚ the United States of America is the only power that has a global project that is defended more aircraft carriers and military bases around the world‚ fortune 500 companies and one of the most successful media entertainment corporations. But what makes the United States a leading figure in many spectrums around
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any significant officials are elected by this system. The electoral process has three levels‚ the local‚ state and national election. Local elections include municipal elections‚ metropolitan elections‚ and the elections of local and district councils State elections include state legislature‚ governors‚ lieutenant governors‚ attorney general‚ secretary of state‚ supreme court members and state judiciary members. Finally‚ the presidential election includes the president and vice president. At the
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against‚ thus helping America establish itself as truly post-racial. Throughout most of its history‚ the United States has participated in discrimination. Discrimination against Blacks‚ Hispanics‚ Native Americans‚ Women‚ etc. The first and
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Reason why it was good The Reconstruction Period had a positive impact on the United States‚ because it was the time where it ended slavery. The 13th‚ 14th and 15th amendments outlawed slavery‚ defined citizenship and protected all Americans under the law with extended suffrage to all men. They had the right to vote and confederacy was completely demolished. Now ex slaves and African Americans were able to participate in the government for example being governors and senators. The Reconstruction
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through which people communicate their beliefs‚ values‚ and morals. Inserting one’s own culture in place of someone’s pre-existing culture is the basis of ethnocentrism. People have repeatedly become victims of deculturalization‚ especially in the United States‚ and by analyzing this ethnocentrism one learns the importance of sustaining different cultures in society. There are many methods of deculturalization‚ such as segregation‚ isolation‚ and forced change of language. When the content of curriculum
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Education is a privilege available to all people in the United States; however‚ education of bilingual students has always been tied with political‚ social‚ and economical debates. The United States was founded by nations of immigrants of various nationalities and multiple languages but as the desire for power rose‚ mostly from Europe‚ tensions grew because of these differences and the want of unification began. It was clear that the European language had its advantages and the indigenous languages
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It is easily conceivable that American exceptionalism has not been embraced by other countries. This is because that U.S. foreign policy and its lack of consistency based on exceptionalism‚ which claims American supremacy and missionary role‚ are effortlessly translated into “moral arrogance” (Davis and Lynn-Jones‚ 1987‚ p.31). However‚ the scepticism towards American exceptionalism has also become pervasive among American public‚ who once deeply believed in it. According to Pew Research Center‚
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term while still making a considerable difference in our communities. Poverty is defined as a deficiency in one’s financial ability to have their needs met. The United States has a system in place to measure poverty and give assistance to the poor when needed. To determine if an individual or family is living in poverty‚ the United States Census Bureau issues annual poverty thresholds that are considered
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powder keg of crime as desperate people try to provide and react to the injustice they perceive has been committed against them. Mixed with crime is the lower life expectancy for citizens. Dr. Singh from the department of health and human services states “that from 1980-1982 those individuals in the higher income bracket could expect to live 2.8 years longer than the most deprived group‚ by 2000 that
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In today’s current world there are many different threats that prevail each day and pose a threat to the United States and her allies. The most recent threat that has gained notable media attention is the formation of a large group of terrorists who call themselves ISIS. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and is also commonly known as ISIL which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. During the group’s first years after forming they chose to associate themselves
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