Summary of the video “Episode 2: Empire of Dreams” The video talks about the Latinos in the United States. It tells us about the history of the Latino Americans‚ about the Cubans‚ the Puerto Ricans‚ and the Mexican. They think of United States as a paradise because they had jobs for everyone so they tried to get across. Thousands of them tried to immigrate to the United States. They risked everything not knowing whether they could achieve anything. The video tells us how the Latinos in the United
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growing America. The canals and roads set forth by Henry Clay’s American System where vastly improved and expanded by elongating and smoothing out the passage ways. The railroad system spider webbed out from more cities connecting people all across the continent. As the improvements spread‚ new immigrants flooded in from the old world looking for jobs. They looked to build and support their families in the steadily increasing American industrialism. They looked right away to the powerful transportation
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"The American Dream" The American Dream is the idea for any person‚ no matter race‚ color‚ or creed to become wealthy in a society by hard work and dedication. The idea starts when you’re a child if you see your parents working and earning a living. The idea absorbs in the child’s head to do good in life‚ so he can succeed and do the same things as them. It all starts when you are 22 coming out of college. During those four years of college you choice your career and hopefully adept to
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Kimberly 9/21/2012 Essay Writers who have the same or similar ideas often interpret and present them in many different ways. Tone and style are two key factors that can differ one writers work from another. In American Fat by Russell Baker‚ he gets his point across in a more comical way as opposed to Politics and the English Language by George Orwell. George Orwell gets his point across in a more formal way with more facts and research. Even though both writers share the
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American Culture American Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns‚ arts‚ beliefs‚ institutions‚ and all other products of the human worth and thought. In plain English‚ our culture is the great combination of all alien cultures that immigrants bring here that end up being dwindled down and Americanized. It is easy for others to believe that America doesn’t have a culture‚ and they have the idea that we only consist of materialistic things. Our culture isn’t just about
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The American Family Family Patterns The US has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional‚ comprising a father‚ mother and one ore more children‚ there are families headed by one parent‚ usually a woman. In a few families‚ like everywhere else‚ there are no children. Other families in the US have one adult who is a stepparent. Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the US‚ people have the right to privacy and Americans do not
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In "The Europeans"‚ the Americans (symbolized by the Wentworths) are Puritans who abide by strict Puritan rules‚ which promote the Puritan way of life. The Europeans‚ on the other hand (symbolized by Eugenia and Felix)‚ are not Puritans but are sophisticated‚ opportunistic‚ and sometimes lax in their way of life. This sometimes causes confusion and conflict when their lives are enmeshed. But it also sometimes brings about an understanding‚ respect‚ tolerance and appreciation of one another ’s beliefs
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Asian Americans Asians are not a homogenous group. They do‚ however‚ constitute a significant minority group in the United States. Asian Americans represent many distinct subgroups that speak different languages‚ worship through different religions‚ and practice different customs and beliefs. The main groups are East Asians (Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean)‚ Pacific Islanders‚ Southeast Asians (Thai‚ Vietnamese‚ Cambodian‚ Laotian)‚ and South Asian (Indian and Pakistani). Threads of similarities may run
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20152306 American Industralization in the Gilded Age The Gilded Era‚ a term coined by author Mark Twain‚ is named for the years between 1865 and 1900 when the United States experienced a nation wide industralization. America once was a nation of agriculture‚ however with the introduction of the railroads and steel industries‚ more and more citizens were urbanizing into major cities for the oppertunities they held. This occcurance dramatically altered the demographics of the U.S.‚ socially and
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At the Beginning of American "No taxation without representation!"; "These are the times that try men’s souls."; "Give me liberty or give me death!" All are famous phrases that sparked the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the creation of the Articles of Confederation represent the American colonies’ first attempt to become a nation. This development was tentative at best‚ but ultimately led to success. Fundamentally the Declaration of Independence
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