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- 2511: Inevitability Of Independence
- ... The poor governing of the British parliament and king left the colonies in a position where seceding from great Britain was the most logical solution. Colonist is a term used loosely in reference to the revolution. The people responsible for the declaration of independence and other important revolutionary acts were not the average colonists, rather they were the rich and powerful land owners. These men, like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington ... off by an act of parliament; by another several of them were entirely prohibited from the fisheries in the seas near their coasts, on which they always depended for their sustenance.When one thinks of revolution, one may conjure up images of angry citizens bearing arms with a mind set to gain political change. The British were clearly inciting a revolution.The colonists felt that they were being greatly wronged by the English government. Not only were their goods being taxed, controlled and stolen but the people themselves were being generally oppressed. One of the ...
- 2512: Summary of "Ceremony"
- Summary of "Ceremony" Ceremony is the story about Tayo, A Native American World War II Veteran, and his struggle to find himself. He struggles to adapt to a world where his people have to fight between the what "whites" say is the true path, and what his culture says the right path. Ceremony displays Tayo's struggle by comparing his struggle to find his own path, to the other Native American's and their fight to their own path. The book starts as Tayo is in bed going over the war in his mind… He remembers how the Japanese looked like him, same skin color and ... because he loved Rocky, and yet could not understand Rocky wanting so badly to leave the old ways. Rocky believed in the white man's science, when all Tayo wanted to believe in was Native American science, for example the cattle raising… Josiah was bringing cattle home that he'd bought and was reading books on it, and saw the "white man's" definition of "perfect cattle" and laughed, and ...
- 2513: The Indian Awakening in Latin America
- ... by the Europeans who invaded their lands. Many of the customs and traditions of the Indians in Latin America have struggled for survival throughout the centuries from the problems that the whites have caused. Latin American Indians have struggled through hardships created by the whites that include a loss of lands, slavery, discrimination, a complete rearrangement of their beliefs and cultures, ethnocide, and genocide. The Latin American Indians have struggled for centuries since the invasions of their lands to reclaim their lands, and way of life. The lands for them is not simply dirt for them to cultivate. The various Indian cultures ... This is a difficult task to accomplish. Their struggle is not as strong as it could be if the Indian people of Latin America continue to be devided. What is important to the native Latin American people has been pushed aside by the European settlers. This motivation has been driven by greed. Many of the Indians are very skeptical now when the white man says that they want to assist ...
- 2514: Indian Frontier
- The Indian Frontier of the American West tells a story of the different Indian tribes and whites from 1846 to 1890. This period of time is very famous in American history. It produced some of the most widely heard of names in the battles between Indians and whites. These names include Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe, Sitting Bull of the Oglala Sioux, Cochise ... In this book, Robert Utley describes how many different Indian cultures survived between 1846 and 1890. Utley also spent some time in discussing how Americans felt about Indians. This book also talked about how the American government was run, and how they dealt with the different Indian cultures. This book had a couple of interesting stories in it also. The dozens of cultures depicted in this book really made it ...
- 2515: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin. Robert Kennedy, his brother, served for a time on the Government Operations Committee staff as an assistant counsel. At the time, McCarthy was the most controversial figue in American politics. Many people praised him for his attacks on communist influence in government. Others critized McCarthy because they felt he had violated the civil liberties of persons investigated by his committee. Kennedy felt that McCarthy ... legislation, the President said, "The time has come for the Congress of the United States to join with the executive and judicial branches in making it clear to all that race has no place in American life or law." Kennedy's Democratic party gained four seats in the Senate and lost only two seats in the House in the 1962 elections. This was only the third time in the 1900's ... the quarantine. In 1961, Russia threatened to give Communist East Germany control over the West's air and land supply routes to Berlin. The threat was part of a Russian effort to end the combined American, British, French, and Russian control of Berlin, begun when World War II ended. The western nations opposed any threat to the freedom of West Berlin. In June 1961, Kennedy discussed Berlin with Khrushchev at ...
- 2516: The Glass Menagerie: Struggle to Fit Into Society
- ... cannot realize the scope of the problem. In the warehouse, for Tom and the school for Laura were the places in which dreamers do not fit in. Everyone is thinking of advancing themselves and the “ American Dream” in the same breath. Tom was in the warehouse and it wasn't a place for him. He attempted to rein in his wishes but was unable to do it. He still had to ... of .... on poems”(68), Was what Tom was saying towards Jim. Jim was one who didn't care of what others did but just wanted to become one of the people who could fulfill the “American dream”. Laura, like tom snuck off to hiding places to dream and remember what it was like. Instead of going to the business school she snuck off to the menagerie and the museum, both places ... and the fact that another dreamer had been changed by the rules of society and could not stand away any more. Jim had brought Laura over to his way of thinking and that of the American society. In “Make him feel less--- freakish!, Now he will feel more at home with the other horses, the ones that don't have horns...”(104). Laura was that horse and felt freakish in ...
- 2517: To Kill a Mockingbird
- To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a highly regarded work of American fiction. The story of the novel teaches us many lessons that should last any reader for a lifetime. The messages that Harper Lee relays to the reader are exemplified throughout the book using various methods ... higher grade and save Scout from going through a school year that teaches her stuff that she has already learned. Public education is not the only element that Harper Lee uses irony to criticize, however. American political attitudes are also criticized using irony. Harper Lee also uses sarcasm to criticize the American political attitudes that were clearly evident in the South. "(When Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in Maycomb County knew it.)" (pg. 21) ...
- 2518: Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men: Character Study
- Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men: Character Study The American Novelist, John Steinbeck was a powerful writer of dramatic stories about good versus bad. His own views on writing were that not only should a writer make the story sound good but also the story ... and denunciatory…" This serious focus was not exempt from his two works "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men". "The Grapes of Wrath" has been recognized by many as "the greatest novel in American History" and it remains among the archetypes of American culture. Although "Of Mice and Men" may not have received as much fanfare as the other it is still a great classic that was recently made into a motion picture. The focus of "The ...
- 2519: How America Lost The War In Vi
- The Vietnam War was the most controversial war in American history. Costing more than 47,000 U.S. lives and $140,000,000, the war had momentous impact on the country, politically, economically, and socially. More significantly, the United States failed to achieve its stated ... Vietnam. The U.S. emerged from the war disgraced: a global superpower had been bested by the nearly third-world nation of North Vietnam. But how? Antiwar sentiment among the civilian population contributed to the American defeat, but the most fundamental fault lay in the flawed reasoning behind U.S. involvement. As the human and material costs of the war increased, the American public questioned the objectives of the war. The nation became divided into two opposed groups: the “hawks,” who believed that the war must be won to prevent the spread of communism, and the “doves,” ...
- 2520: Canada in WWI
- ... reasons for the pick up in Canada's economy was increase trade with the U.S. The US purchased most of Canada's raw materials, and they set up branch plant in Canada to produce American products. In addition Canada was continuing to expand its economy. Resource industries were broadening, immigration and railroads were continuing to expand the west, Canada was truly a country on the rise. Women also were working ... stock market crashed many Canadians lost everything. The same occurred in the USA, and this meant even bigger problems for Canada's economy. The US was now Canada biggest customer of our exports, however many American companies went bankrupt after the crash meaning that there were less customer to buy Canadian products. This led to the bankruptcy of many Canadian companies. To add insult to injury, Canada's biggest industry-wheat ... the government had to introduce a new tax called the GST; to get some added income. IN an effort to ensure that the US remained Canada main consumer of exports the government signed the North American Free Trade Agreement. This eliminated tariffs between the two countries, and encouraged trade. Although it did help, many people in Canada lost their jobs because Canadian just bought American products. The Recession hit Canadians ...
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