com AMERICAN PATRIOTISM Patriotism in America is the love for or devotion to America. Patriotism represents people who love this country and support the country’s authority and interests. American patriotism does not only mean an unquestioning loyalty to the decisions of the United States government. Patriotism is staring unblinkingly into the face of history. It is to acknowledge the injustices and cruelties that have been a part of the nation’s history‚ as well as the marvelous accomplishments
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It has been stated that America is a melting pot of many cultures‚ but it seems that for many cultures who do not coincide with the “normal” American culture‚ they are more persecuted and judged harshly in society. In this week’s readings there is an analysis of two major immigrant populations who immigrated to the United States. The Irish‚ who seem to assimilate and thrive in America‚ and the Chinese who struggle so much in assimilation that the US government creates legislation to exclude them
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“History‚ despite its wrenching pain‚ cannot be unlived. But if faced with courage‚ need not be lived again.” So wrote the American author Maya Angelou. A fellow writer‚ James Baldwin also noted: “Not everything that is faced can be changed‚ but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” These were both reminders that we need to know our history in order to understand perhaps where we are today and how we came to be where we are; that we need to understand reality and to face it in order to progress
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History Essay Word Count: 960 In the south of America during the racist 30-50’s‚ racism‚ segregation and white supremacy were prevalent and largely accepted in society. As these discriminatory beliefs were so embedded in the culture at the time‚ it was extremely difficult for the repressed African Americans to overcome them‚ and this process took time and many different methods. Using mostly peaceful protests and the power of numbers‚ African Americans were ultimately successful in shifting
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TAKE-HOME MIDTERM ESSAY The decision to drop the A-bomb was chosen for several reasons‚ first and foremost to end the war against Japan. This strategy was decided upon because Japan’s war-fighting industries were highly concentrated in metropolitan areas‚ but weren’t zoned away from residential areas‚ and those cities had a high proportion of flammable materials. Operation Downfall was the original plan which caused for a massive invasion of Japan by mostly US forces. The casualty estimates
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Here is good news for you: according to the New York Times‚ the unemployment rate in America dropped to 7.7% which is the lowest rate in four years. But is this rate low enough? The answer is no. The labor market is far from recovery. There are around 11 million people who still need jobs. Throughout American history of unemployment‚ The United States has experienced 11 recessions since the end of the postwar period in 1948. The U.S. unemployment rate rose steadily from 5% in January 2008 to a
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came the spiritual view of Deism and the intellectual framework American and French Revolutions. The document that officially separated America from Britain was the Deceleration of independence‚ which was heavily influenced by the concepts of the Enlightenment and Rationalism. Through the analysis of the Deceleration of independence‚ one can conclude that America was shaped by the Rationalist ideas of Philosophe John Locke‚ Deism‚ and the writings of Thomas Paine. John Locke was a philosopher whose
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because they do not support the "disinterested investigation" required of the discipline of history.[8][9] Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. Herodotus‚ a 5th-century B.C. Greek historian is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history"‚ and‚ along with his contemporary Thucydides‚ helped form the foundations for the modern study of human history. Their work continues to be read today and the divide between the culture-focused Herodotus and
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4/12/12 Sports in America Sports in America‚ as the 20th century‚ created a different age. There were no National Football League‚ no National Basketball Association‚ no Rose Bowl‚ no professional tennis or golf and no NASCAR esc... There was only one league in Major Baseball League. And also there we no radio‚ no TV‚ no ESPN and even no Internet. Fans were learning their favorite team or player only through the written word. Over the years thing were changing and America was becoming a very
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Racism has taken on several forms in America over the past several hundred years. The most substantial or well known is the plight of the African American slaves and the injustices they suffered. Today‚ a new form of racism is developing; one that has always been around but has now entered the forefront of most Americans minds. This new racism is against members of the Middle Eastern culture and religion. The actions of September 11th have not created a new problem‚ they have just shed light
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