Once emerging as one of the strongest world powers‚ America soon plummeted down in a steady‚ spiraling decline. The United States used to be seen as an invincible‚ riveting country. Constantly attracting immigrants‚ ensuring a booming economy‚ and creating a new era of unity‚ America quickly became a steadfast melting pot for all. After its peak‚ decline soon followed behind nation wide. The main factors of this decay was the uneven distribution of wealth‚ outsourcing of jobs‚ and the lack of balance
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homeland. It has occurred all over the globe and alters the lives and cultures of many groups of people. One of the most notorious diasporas that the United States is familiar with‚ went on from the 1620s to 1865; the African slave trade. Slavery in America commenced when the first African slaves were conveyed to the North American colony of Jamestown‚
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Here is good news for you: according to the New York Times‚ the unemployment rate in America dropped to 7.7% which is the lowest rate in four years. But is this rate low enough? The answer is no. The labor market is far from recovery. There are around 11 million people who still need jobs. Throughout American history of unemployment‚ The United States has experienced 11 recessions since the end of the postwar period in 1948. The U.S. unemployment rate rose steadily from 5% in January 2008 to a
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Racism in America Alton Dawson Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to show the effects of racism in America. Racism is defined as one group assumes superiority over other groups that develop attitudes of arrogance and ignorance. Despite many laws and legislation attempts to eliminate the evils of racism‚ the problem focuses on the cultural differences of race‚ color and biological supremacy. Racism comes in the form of ethnic cleansing‚ hate groups‚ discrimination
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In Americanah‚ Chimamanda Adichie’s protagonist‚ Ifemelu‚ migrates to America from Nigeria. In Nigeria‚ Ifemelu thought of herself as a normal human being. She was educated‚ knew English‚ and had a successful career. Yet‚ when she enters America‚ the identity she had given before is quickly shoved up against American norms‚ clichés‚ and expectations of the “black woman.” Ifemelu is immediately pitied by her lighter skinned and white friends‚ and thus alienated from a people who are much more fitting
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“Made in America” The trend towards outsourcing overseas and the slowly decreasing of American manufacturing has made it very difficult to find American-made goods‚ but not impossible. There are a few small businesses that are still dedicated to manufacturing goods in the United States‚ but in today’s society‚ they are hard to come by. Buying goods manufacturing in the USA is something that us consumers‚ business owners and even the government can do to support these businesses that manufacture
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The Bridge of the Americas The Bridge of the Americas (Spanish: Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama‚ which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Completed in 1962‚ at a cost of US$20 million‚ it was the only non-swinging bridge (there are two other bridges‚ one at the Miraflores locks and one at the Gatun locks) connecting the north and south American land masses until the opening of the Centennial Bridge in 2004. The bridge
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Audrey Hepburn March 4‚ 2013 Mr. Miller AP U.S. History South vs. North 1800-1850 FRQ: In spite of sharing a country‚ the Northern and Southern areas of America had many differences and distinctions‚ which ended up dividing the nation. During the first part of the 1800’s the North and the South grew in different ways. In the North‚ cities were centers of wealth and manufacturing. There were many skilled workers. In the South there was not much manufacturing. There were not many skilled workers
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J Soh Prof‚ R.man History of America 26 March 2013 The American Revolution: Revolutionary or Nonrevolutionary? Three months ago‚ we had a presidential election in my country. This election also was a showdown between the conservative and the progressive camp. The election was a close-run thing. No one could predict this very close election. We had two strong candidates‚ Guen- hye Park and Jae-in Moon. My parents supported conservative group. And I was kind of attracted to progressive
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descendant of a European" but an "American‚ who‚ leaving behind all his ancient prejudices and manners‚ receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced‚ the new government he obeys‚ and the new rank he holds." Crèvecoeur presumed that America was a melting pot‚ that the environment created a homogeneous American culture‚ with similar values‚ beliefs‚ and social practices. Such cultural uniformity is inherently plausible. After all‚ most white colonial Americans worked the soil‚ enjoying
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