United They Stand, Divided They Fall Being commonly referred to as the ‘cultural melting pot’ of the world, the United States of America has many demographics and divisions of its people. Despite these groups, America is drawn together in times of havoc and will never be pulled apart. As observable in events like the World Wars, the Cold War, and the War on Terror; America is often strongly unified under chaos. In her article The Quilt, Anna Quindlen refers to these events with the use of logos and how they bring “these disparate parts… together” (3).…
In the essay “ Quilt of Country “ by Anna Quindlen, argues that having a common enemy and having a nation built with divergent pieces are the forces and ideas that connect the people of the United States. She communicates this argument by giving the reader informational facts and quotes. Quindlen invokes that America as a mongrel nation due to how distinct people have made up our country, “ a great national striving consisting frequently of failure.” Our community has been in constant conflict by cause of our different backgrounds and this hurts our idea of unity. Quindlen also states that tragedy brings us to unity, “ Terrorism has led to devastation “ the 9/11 attack caused damaged to the people of America ,…
The Great Depression and World War II left an imaginable and remarkable mark on America’s history and its citizens. Through these trying times, some Americans were able to unite, come together, support one another and try their best to live the best standard of life they could, while other americans become more divided and began to turn against each other. During the Great Depression and World War II, some American’s became more unified through things such as FDR’s New Deal, the Bonus Army March, the generosity of farmers and the Salvation Army and Rail Riding, while other American’s became more divided due to cultural differences, the implementation of Japanese-American interments camps and the disownment of family members due to a lack of resources to support one another.…
“Today the citizens of the U.S have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack.” This is a quote from a quilt of a country explaining how the U.S came together. America was formed by problems, immigration, and differences.…
Within the years of 1750-1781, Bostonians watched their fellow colonists lie dead on the floor. This incident, known as the Boston Massacre, had a strong effect through the colonies. The Massacre, along with numerous taxes and other burdens, led the American colonists to begin to realize that only by standing together could they stop the British burdens. After Boston trade was hindered by the British, colonies as far as South Carolina showed support for the city by sending over much needed food and supplies. They developed a sense of unity and experienced a feeling of a new identity. They were no longer British, but Americans. And they were going to unite to defend those rights and liberties that made them Americans from anyone, including the British. Major points to defend this would be The Boston relief, The great awakening and the famous “Join, or die.” cartoon.…
You are a trainer for your chosen public service and have been asked by your superiors to put together a report on concepts of citizenship and diversity. The emphasis of the study programme is the importance of citizenship and diversity in the public services, explaining key terminology and concepts. You are also required to assess the benefits of good citizens to both the public services and society in respecting fairness and equality.…
For the English colonies, the French and Spanish colonies were an hindrance to westward expansion, trade and cooperation with Native Americans. They saw the French and Spanish as a potential military threat in the new world. The English, who where mainly protestant, thought of the French and Spanish colonies as a bastion of Roman Catholic Christianity, which bothered them greatly. In 1739, Great Britain declared war on Spain in what was known as the War of Jenkin’s Ear, which was fought mostly in the New World. Then this war merged into the much intenser and larger war of the Austrian Succession, which saw Great Britain and France as opponents. This war started in 1744 and lasted until 1748. The war had turned out to be a draw but intensified British and France rivalry, and both kingdoms increased its military and fortifications in the New World.…
The country that was once unified is now divided. How did it come to this? Though, there are several possible answers to this question, one stands out in particular, political correctness. The Oxford Dictionary defines political correctness as “The avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.” Even though there are times in which political correctness is needed, more often than not, political correctness is over dramatized. The American society has become so politically correct, that no one is able to speak their mind without facing major judgment or…
As Americans, we are blessed to be able to live in this wonderful melting pot of a country. By uniting, we can overcome the obstacles our nation may face, and enrich it for the better. Without your support, our nation will fall, never to rise from the ashes again.…
People tend to unite when they feel moved by emotions, feelings, and thoughts unfortunately the unity can be a double edge sword causing either positive or negative…
One thing all Americans have in common is diversity. Having diversity causes Americans to work together and form a bond and treat everyone as they would like to be treated. We also have our freedom in common. Everyone has rights of speech, religion, press, etc. so everyone can define who they are and who we will become. Everyone has different ideas as to what being an American means, but to me it means that we have individuality, that we take pride on our country, and that we can be opportunists.…
Additionally, the more police continue to arrest citizens based on their race, cultural background, and religion the more we lack unity in America. When police officers offend minorities by racial profiling, it makes the country divide even more. You would think that after the civil rights movement people would become as one; however, racial profiling only makes it worse. How can we unite as a country if we…
Between 1800 and 1850, the United States was a nation extending in all possible ways. America experienced a amount change in national unity. Territorial expansion destroyed national unity. Between 1819 and 1824 is when the unified nation of America began to divide and depart from one another. Triggered by the concept of Manifest Destiny, people believed that America should extend from “sea to shining sea”. It was the issues of the expansion of slavery into the new territories that separated the North and the South and split our nation apart.…
Ever since our founding fathers discovered this country, citizens have shown a great deal of respect for the men and women that have fought to preserve the independence and the freedoms that this country is built on. Throughout the history of this nation we have only seen a few instances of declined patriotism and it seems as if were are going through a downfall today. In the seventeen years that I have been a part of this nation I have experienced one of the deadliest terror attacks that the world has ever seen. The days after September 11th, 2001 were spent admiring the armed forces and first responders that risked their own lives for the nearly 3,000 people that died on that day. In the last four years it seems like our patriotism has greatly…
Everyone of us must have heard the well known proverb "Unity is strength". No country which is run by internal dimensions and divisions can stand against enemies.…