For English homework‚ I read a passage called “Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public” which the title portrays the main objective of the article. The writer explains why she and her family‚ outside of their home‚ speak in their native language‚ Spanish. She illustrates her background and culture and takes pride in her heritage by defending her right to speak Spanish in America. This article was very passionate which caused me to be compelled by the words she spoke. I loved the way to which the
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1153 September 15‚ 2013 The Differences between Learning English from Spanish and Vietnamese. Reading‚ “My English”‚ by Julia Alvarez somehow reminds me the process of studying English. Unlike the author‚ I was born and grew up in a place far from the United States‚ Vietnam. Generally‚ English is our second language. Yet‚ the way we achieve it consisted of both similarities and differences. First of all‚ Vietnamese and Spanish use the same Latin alphabet that English does. However‚ in Vietnamese
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independence or not. Spain’s Prime Minister‚ Mariano Rajoy‚ is trying to invoke Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution‚ which would allow Madrid to seize control of Catalonia and stop them from making independent political decisions. The socialist party in Spain typically expresses the most political opposition to Rajoy’s policies; however‚ they expressed support for Rajoy’s idea to enact Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution. Pedro Sánchez‚ leader of the socialists in Spain‚ supports
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The Spanish American War of 1898 was a war that lasted only ten weeks between the United States and Spain. A declaration of war was declared to Spain by the United States because of the sinking of the United States Ship Maine‚ but other causes that fueled America with the desire of war was the United States support for Cuban independence‚ business interests within Cuba because of their sugar‚ as well as the growing instigation of the United States newspapers that is called “Yellow Journalism”. During
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conquests of the all time is the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. This is a puzzling conquest to historians because while the Spanish had the advantage of technology‚ it shouldn’t matter when compared to the Aztec’s superior numbers and home advantage. These factors should have allowed the Aztecs to surround Cortes’s small force and soundly defeat them yet we know that this isn’t what happened. The Spanish were the ones that actually prevailed and ended up the conquerors
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The Spanish Civil War was the main clash that overwhelmed Spain between July 17‚ 1936 through April 1‚ 1939. It began after the attempt to over-throw the government by a group of Spanish Army generals against the Second Spanish Republic‚ who at the time was under the leadership of President Manuel Azaña. The nationalist rebellion was supported by the traditional Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right‚ monarchists known as Carlist groups‚ and the Fascist Falange. Following the military rebellion
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Anti-Imperialism Editorial- Spanish American War The Spanish American War is simply an abomination of American morals and ideals. Spain and the United States are currently in conflict‚ as a result of American intervention in Cuba. America has yet again impressed its indomitable will upon fledgling nations‚ and in this case‚ one that did not even need “help” especially since it was already under Spanish control‚ regardless of how relaxed or ineffective that role may have been. This war has become
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The Spanish conquistador‚ Francisco Pizarro (Pizarro) once argued‚ “There lies Peru with its riches; here‚ Panama and its poverty. Choose‚ each man‚ what best becomes a brave Castilian.” Reports of Peru ’s riches and the heroic stories of other conquistador’s success against the Aztec Empire in Mexico tantalized all of Spain. This influenced Pizarro to plead with the Spanish king‚ Charles V‚ for permission to undertake an expedition to claim Peru‚ the home of the Inca Empire‚ in the name of the Spain
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“American imperialism in 1898 was not a sudden abandonment of anti-colonial tradition but was a logical extension of commercial expansion‚ something the US had been doing throughout its history” (SparkNotes: The Spanish American War‚ 1898-1901‚: Effects of the Treaty). President McKinley was not interested in wars of conquest or of territorial aggression. His interest in expansion was “to make the United States first in international commerce and as a means to implement its humanitarian and democratic
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Although the Spanish American war endured around ten weeks and not as many lives were lost‚ it was a big part of the beginning of the United States. During the Spanish American war‚ there were a variety of disasters as well as gossip and fear around the people that lived during that period of time an example was the Maine battleship. The Spanish American war of 1898 was a huge contribution of the Cuban Insurrectos behavior which led the rising of the barbed-wire concentration camps‚ as well as the
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