I have stayed in America for almost a year now‚ and it’s a lot different from France. From their enormous pride‚ and their music‚ to their unique style of art. Seeing these examples clearly represents how proud they are to be an American. Those three things show what it means to be an American in the 1800’s. America just newly passed the Indian Removal Act‚ which mean they can keep expanding and getting bigger. America is one of the fastest growing country‚ almost doubling its size in only a few
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The Algonquin people wore clothes made of deer skin. The covered very little of their bodies. They did not have guns or swords; only arrows and spears. Bows were made of Witch hazel and arrows were made of reeds. Some spears were made of some wood. They did not have anything to protect their body with. The Algonquins only carried targets cut from tree bark. The Algonquins made armor from sticks that they tied with thread. The Algonquins lived in small towns of 10-12 houses. Some larger towns spotted
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succeeds Hans Luther as Chancellor of Germany. The American economy was thriving in 1926 after the post WWI production boom. The individual worker productivity would rise an incredible 43% over the course of the decade. The stock market was approaching an all-time high but as history shows this was largely artificial and the Great Depression was looming. American’s at the time were completely oblivious to this impending disaster. Some of those Americans were Martha and Henry Berry who had just witnessed
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people of Mexico suffered greatly. Diaz controlled the immense population of Mexico through bullying and fear. Diaz did not tolerate free speech during his reign. He wanted to control how the public thought to keep the public working enthusiastically working. Although Mexico was essentially industrialized through Diaz’s of non-stop economic progress‚ political and social progress did not occur (Porfirio Diaz‚ n.d.).
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Culture and Politics Culture and politics: An interesting concept‚ the idea of culture is hard to define. What exactly is culture? How does it affect us? In J. Harry Wray’s book Sense and Nonsense: American Culture and Politics‚ he says culture is "a shared symbol system‚ linking members of a group to each other and to history‚ thus providing them with an identity." What this means is that culture is how different groups respond to and interpret symbols. As examples Wray talks about a aboriginal
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The Europeans first started building settlements in North America in the 1500s‚ bringing not only germ cover blankets‚ but also new art techniques. Before contact with the Europeans the art style of the Native Americans consisted of carved totem poles‚ pottery decoration to show lineage‚ and complex paintings on stone. Imagery was used as a symbol of sacred events‚ rituals‚ and natural forces‚ which could include everything from celestial bodies and weather to the indigenous animals of the region
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There were two significant leaders during the 1980’s that influenced American society by establishing conservative government. Their conservative thinking influenced the United States as well as countries abroad America. The first president‚ the one who returned the idea of bringing back conservatism to the United States‚ was Ronald Reagan. His first objective was to improve the nation’s economy‚ so when he was elected in 1981‚ he immediately began to uphold his promises he has made during the campaign
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those who were taken from their native lands‚ denied their identities and their religion. It has since absorbed some beliefs and practices from other cultures such as Native American spirituality and European Ceremonial Magick. The slaves found themselves in a place where they were considered the property by the slaveholders. African and Native American slaves often found themselves working alongside one another and it is believed that through this mingling the slaves learned a great deal about the
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Development of the United States The development of the USA is something that should be considered and talked about more. For example‚ ranging from colonization to how they met the native Americans and made new connections with other groups besides themselves. Then dealing with the problems they left behind and trying to establish independence while debating with other European countries over control of what was to be America. Later on‚ after successfully fighting to gain independence‚ having to
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Ever think of how the United States became what it is today? Or how the culture and life here has changed so much over time. Immigrants from other countries made all these changes possible. Many of these immigrants came from poor countries and had nothing . Immigrants contributed to the fields of music‚ entertainment‚ and technology- science in a way that changed our country for the better. Albert Einstein was an immigrant who had major contributions to the field of science. Born in Ulm‚ Germany
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