is not hard‚ really. We have an opportunity to make a country that future generations will thank us for. We just need to rely slightly more on patriotism‚ working together‚ and our responsibilities as a citizen of this great country. Some of the responsibilities of an American citizen include paying taxes‚ casting votes‚ and obeying laws. Taxes put on the American public are found from everywhere. They come out of a paycheck‚ we pay them when we buy a bag of chips‚ we even write the community a check
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The Great Migration to the North After the Civil War in the Southern United States although African Americans were free they still suffered in poverty and discrimination. As a result they left the South to find better lives elsewhere. The movement of the African Americans to the North from the South was called the Great Migration‚ it caused the North to be over populated and not enough jobs for everyone. A couple of reasons for African Americans moving to the North. Prejudice‚ discrimination
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What it means to be an american There are many ways to describe the american identity today like family traditions or or how you feel in time of tragedy. Another way to describe an american identity is the age of the person. How old the person is will affect their american identity because they have seen more than us more tragedy and that may have shaped their identity differently according to how long they have been around. A person who has been around longer knows more about America. How does
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The American Dream We hear the term American Dream referenced many times in our lives‚ but do we really know what the American Dream is? Is it having more money and more power than everyone else? Is it moving to Hollywood and becoming a famous movie star? What is the American Dream? According to James Truslow Adams‚ the author of the book The Epic of America‚ the American dream is‚ “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each
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The typical American city has gone through quite a few changes in its short history. These changes range from aesthetics to planning to size. Many of these changes then have occurred within the past hundred years. In Joel Garreau’s Edge City‚ though‚ he asserts that today’s image of cities is essentially still a nineteenth-century one. For while American cities have come a long way since their founding and first construction in the 1600’s‚ much of their layout‚ organization‚ divisions‚ and building
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Americans wanted their own freedom from British Parliamentary rule‚ which was the main cause of the American Revolution. The two main contributors to the American Revolution are arguably both political and economic. The harsh and unfair British Parliamentary laws restricted the colonists from having their freedom by imposing drastic measures on the colonists. The economic side is that the British force ridiculous taxes on the colonists and used the colonies to make a profit for themselves. I disagree
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What Unifies Americans? The United States is a diverse nation of people with origins around the world. Since the nation’s colonial days‚ people have moved to the United States for different reasons. Most come to seek greater opportunities for themselves and their families. They come speaking different languages‚ having different beliefs‚ and practicing different customs. The differences lend themselves to different ideas about how government should function as well. With a population well over 310
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Was Disease the Key Factor in the Depopulation of Native Americans in the Americas? Did Europeans purposefully infect the Native Americans? That question will never be answered. Whether intentional or accidental‚ the truth remains that disease was indeed brought to the early Native American culture due to European expansion. The true question is in Taking Sides‚ issue 2‚ Was Disease the Key Factor in the Depopulation of Native Americans in the Americas? In this particular issue two sides
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at was the I. What was the American diet like 50 years ago? a) Over the past 50 years‚ American diets have changed from leisurely family meals that were usually prepared at home using natural ingredients to today’s prepackaged‚ processed and convenience foods that are often eaten on the run with little thought towards nutrition or content. b) American diets have evolved in the last 50 years from natural ingredients to processed‚ high fat ingredients and will continue in the future
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What is the "American Dream"? When people from oppressed lands hear America‚ they immediately think of jobs and freedom‚ an opportunity to begin a new life. They imagine a place in which the streets are literally paved in gold‚ and they dream of a country where everyone is treated equal. Immigrants envision a country where their children can attend school to obtain a proper education‚ and a country where their children will not go to bed with hunger in their stomachs. Also people view it as the faith
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