Congress chartered the American Legion in 1919 under Title 36 of the United States Code. They were founded by veterans returning from Europe after World War 1. It is the nation’s largest wartime Veterans organization headquartered in Indianapolis‚ Indiana. At last polling there are over 3 million members in 14‚000+ posts throughout the globe. They are committed to the mentorship of our youth and provide sponsorship of programs within the communities they are located in. I am a member of this organization
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Adams and the other signers of the Declaration of Independence meant women also. It was kind of like a battle because they were arguing about it. 6. Was it their intention to include women?Slaves? Native Americans?Yes‚ of course it was their intentions to include Women‚ Slaves‚ and Native Americans. Why else would they say all men created equal. Which it kind of contradicts the fact‚ because you could be just talking about men .7. What are some of your thoughts and reactions to these letters?Well‚
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Affluent Society or “golden age”. American idea of freedom was economic abundance. This was a time of prosperity for the middle class (60% of Americans). Between 1946-1960‚ American gross national product more than doubled. The Cold War fueled industrial production. This lead to an increase in wages and more jobs. II) American Standard of living increased. Former luxuries became standard. Home ownership‚ cars‚ TVs‚ refrigerators. Owning a car was the American idea of freedom. Automobiles
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Barbie- An American Icon Icons like Barbie recognized for their popularity and effects on society. Barbie is a subject of obsession all over the world. Collectors‚ consumers and even some designers become enthralled in the Barbie world. Designers create special designs to fit a specific trend of the high fashion runways. Collectors all over the world collect and spend amazing amounts of money to have the original Barbie in their collection. The consumers have made Barbie a true icon in American culture
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involves fighters to close the gap between him or herself and gain supremacy over one another. The last man standing is offered a reward. A sport loved my many people around the world today‚ who would have ever thought that there was a time in America history for which this event played a very important role in hardships‚ slavery and racism. In modern times‚ the name Battle Royal has been used in a more general impression to refer to any fight involving a great number of people that are not grouped into
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The Progression of African Americans from 1865 to 1920 America has changed‚ as a whole‚ throughout this time period. There have been many different presidents‚ elections‚ wars and other world issues. These factors contribute to the drastic change in America and to the American people. African Americans have gone through many different changes other than those of the other races. With the end of the Civil War‚ African Americans went through a lot of change with the end of slavery. Throughout this
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Nationalism 1. In the wake of neocolonialism‚ Latin Americans remade the nativist rhetoric of the past to push a new nationalist cultural and economic agenda. I. Nationalism 1. Latin American nations had been defined by their internal diversity 1. Transculturation 2. Racial mixing 2. Europeans had associated Latin American difference with a negative meaning 3. Nativism challenged this attitude 4. Nativism faded after independence
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undervalued technologies have become hugely important throughout their existence in places like the Third World and have become overshadowed by novelty inventions like the V-2 rocket or the Concorde jet. In The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900 written by David Edgerton‚ a well-known and leading British historian that has challenged conventional analyses of technology for over twenty years‚ offers an alternative way of understanding technology‚ technological change‚ and the role
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with the labor required. Lastly‚ the English looked at Africans as different and inferior so English laws did not apply to them. This racial superiority led to the bondage of 10 to 12 million Africans and the largest migration of people in world history. The reading by Olaudah Equiano‚ an African slave who retold his horrific experience with the middle passage and life as a slave‚ really touches on just how bad these
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world. - 35‚000 YA & 10‚000 YA SFI: Ice freezing oceans to glaciers Nomadic Asian hunters took 250 centuries to cross Incan‚ Mayan‚ Aztec civilizations - 2‚000 languages‚ approx. 54 million peoples Themes: American Diversity Culture Religion Environment The Earliest Americans MI: Agriculture‚ esp. corn growing‚ spread through civilizations slowly‚ creating civilizations that grew in population and sophistication‚ all the while showing no dominion over the land. Some of these tribes
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