American Myth American Myth Louis Armstrong: American Myth‚ American Master L ouis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of all time. He dazzled audiences with his stunning high notes‚ gorgeous melodies and soul-stirring rhythms. Ground-breaking recordings such as “West End Blues” changed the face of music. But by all accounts‚ his live performances were even more amazing. Both as a trumpet player and a singer‚ Armstrong routinely performed musical feats that no other musician could match
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American Me American Me The film; American Me is an epic depiction of 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles‚ California. The movie focuses on the life of a 1950s teen named Montoya Santana‚ who forms a gang with his close friends. The gang is arrested for a break-in‚ and sentenced to time in juvenile hall. Santana finds trouble on his first night in juvenile hall and goes from juvenile hall to prison for 18 years. There he created and led a powerful gang that operated both inside
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Since 2001‚ a devastating 3.2 million Americans have lost their jobs due to corporate outsourcing (Peralta). Outsourcing is laying off American workers in positions such as manufacturing‚ nurses‚ call centers‚ and even research/development; now‚ these jobs are still needed‚ so they send those jobs to other countries. Jobs are outsourced because other countries do not have minimum wages and therefore the extreme and desperately poor citizens will work for next to nothing. The debate presented by this
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Ch. 7-10 Questions 1. Were all the American grievances really justified‚ or were the British actually being more reasonable than most Americans have traditionally believed? The British were actually more reasonable than most Americans have traditionally believed. For example‚ the navigation laws‚ laws that regulated trade to and from the colonies‚ would be seen as an American grievance but were not really enforced by the British government until 1763‚ which allowed people to smuggle goods‚ “But
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American Culture American culture is something that is kind of hard to define. As an “outsider”‚ I think this is a good thing. It is easy to be impressed with other cultures such as Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and European cultures‚ just to name a few. These civilizations are so much older than American culture‚ it is to be expected that theirs may be more impressive to some‚ and there is nothing wrong with that. In referring to American culture‚ I realize that Native American culture is a large part of
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is an American? The very definition of American can be disputed by people of different nationalities. The accepted school of thought is if one is born in the United States or naturalized through a set process‚ they are an American. To begin with‚ the United States has had a functioning government for no more than two hundred and forty years. Every modern American prior to becoming a proper “American” held another nationality. But it is not only the technical terms that separate Americans and non
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American Imperialism During the late nineteenth century America was a growing and prosperous country. The Civil War had ended and the United States was once again unified. As the United States gained more money and power‚ it looked to overseas trade to monopolize on their raw materials. The United States began to trade with Japan‚ China Latin America and other countries to acquire these distant resources. In order to protect these investments‚ the U.S. had place upon these foreign countries their
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What is an American? The American Dream... a concept‚ which is very popular amongst the people who reside within the United States of America. When asked the question “What exactly is the American Dream” the answers most people will get would be quite similar to each other‚ but the way people interpret that answer differs based on what their values are. The problem is that Americans have many different values due to the fact that most Americans come from different ethnic
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The Revolutionary War During the Revolutionary War‚ there were many hardships and disadvantages the Americans faced while fighting for their independence from Great Britain. For example the British army was much bigger and better trained than the American army‚ they had lots of food and ammunition shortages‚ and there was a weak and divided central government. The Americans met and overcame these challenges to win the Revolutionary War by receiving help from France‚ Spain‚ and the Dutch Republic
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On June 11th‚ 2002 American Idol became a major hit on reality television. It featured amateur singers trying to make what seems like their most precious dream come true. All these contestants had the dream of “attaining world renowned fame and stardom through the art of song”. American Idol is a musical competition which focuses on the various aspects of music and their genres. Each week themes are chosen by the producers of the show that will showcase superior vocalization. This gives the contestants
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