think of America what do you think of? What is the America you believe in? The America I believe in has peace‚ opportunity‚ and freedom. Peace is freedom from disturbance‚ quiet‚ and tranquility. America tries to avoid war and stay at peace with other countries. America has peace along with freedom and opportunity. America allows things like freedom of religion. The first Amendment to the Constitution stated that "Congress shall make no law respecting a establishment of religion-". America holds
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America and World War I Prior to his re-election to the presidency in 1916‚ Woodrow Wilson promised to keep America out of World War I. However‚ following the election‚ his determination was turned down by Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare‚ sinking seven American merchant ships on 21st of March. 12 days later‚ Woodrow Wilson stated‚ “It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk‚ American lives taken‚ in ways that it has stirred us very deeply to learn of‚ but the ships and
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be an American. Americans can be any race or ethnicity. “As one of the dumb‚ voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of the immigrants.” Chunk 1‚ America and I. America comes from all different types of backgrounds. Lady Liberty is wearing “non-fancy clothing” and open toed shoes. One of America’s most symbolic statue is an immigrant. America wouldn’t be America if it wasn’t for immigrants. America is built off of freedom and people from all over the world. A true American isn’t just a white
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The poem "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes purposefully is reminiscent of Walt Whitman’s "I Hear America Singing" in which Whitman is optimistic about this land of democratic opportunity. Hughes‚ however‚ writing from a black man’s perspective‚ is much less optimistic about what American has been or will be. While Whitman’s’ poem was very unstructured in blank verse‚ Hughes’s poem is more tightly controlled with rhyme‚ tone‚ rhetorical questions‚ and more unified with repeated anaphora
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For this week’s post the poem I focused on is “Next to of course God America I” written by E. E. Cummings. E. E. Cumming is becoming my new favorite poet‚ I like his use of words both stylistically and for meaning‚ the way he makes them play together. This poem is not very forth coming with the 5w’. It’s only after reading it multiple times and looking up definitions that you start to have a slight sense of what is being illustrated. The poem is written in a way that it can carry multiple interpretations
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difficult time is the period when I came to America. I was born in China and lived there for 20 years. The new environment for me was unfamiliar and challengeable. My English was poor and hard to understand‚ so that I was afraid to speak English to people. But if I want to stay here‚ I must solve this problem. Therefore‚ I went to the adult school to improve my oral English. During the idle time‚ I watched the CNN student news to broaden my horizon and to know more about America. Nowadays‚ my English has
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America is a great place. We are only here today‚ with the freedoms we have because of our amazing veterans. In this day‚ the United States has so many opportunities to go to school and college. Even if you were a high school dropout‚ there are so many options to get back in there! To get a degree so‚ you can provide your family and make yourself successful. No matter where a person starts‚ they will always have opportunities to succeed and be the best they can be in America. Every single person
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Before the end of World War I‚ the United States at first was very un-isolationistic. Before the war‚ America was a very expansionist nation. It had taken up military occupation in Cuba in 1906‚ taken the Philippines‚ taken hold of the country of Panama‚ and begun relations with Japan and China. But when World War I suddenly occurred‚ it was an unprecedented war. Never before had America seen such a large war that involved so many countries. The devastation that resulted from the war dispirited many
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Though it was never put into law‚ this statement has played a major role in the American foreign policy of isolationism. American isolationist sentiment stems from the fact that America is geographically isolated from the rest of the world. American isolationist sentiment was at its peak in the years following World War I. "In the war of 1914-1918 that had set the stage on which Hitler now strutted‚ no people had been more reluctant combatants‚ and few more disappointed with the result‚ than the Americans"(Kennedy
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Throughout the movie “I Learn America” the teachers in in the NYC international school are very involved in their students’ lives and are very caring towards their students. The students at this school come from a variety of countries and speak a variety of different languages. Due to the fact that the students at this international school come from all over the world they all grew up very differently. This different way of evolving from such a young age can affect the daily lives of each individual
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