different races or cultures) in a group or organization. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The United States gotten increasingly diverse over the past 50 years. In 1965 the American population was 84% white‚ and only 3% of congress was made up people of color. Today the American population is 62% white‚ and 17% of congress is made up of people of color. Although there is still a long way to go before the United States embraces all of it’s people‚ this is a drastic improvement. But racial diversity isn’t
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3.02 Assignment Before the Spanish-American War even started‚ the United States predicted conflict with Spain. Because of this prediction‚ the USS Oregon (captured above) was sent from California towards Cuba. The journey was very long and the crew had to make many stops. It was more than 14‚000 miles and took around 60 days. By the time the ship reached Cuba‚ the Spanish-American War had already begun. This incident sparked the idea in many Americans that something had to change. There had to
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purposes. (Jobs) Moves voluntarily. Refugee- Forced to move for purposes such as war. 2A) Write a letter as a migrant explaining why you want to live in the USA and what the USA might gain from you being there. I would like to move from Mexico to the USA because I would like to have a stable job and a decent home to live in. I want my children to be safe‚ have a good education and a bright future. I am willing to have a lower pay than Americans‚ new music‚ new foods‚ and many others that
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in the late 1800’s. Because Hawaii was located 2‚ooo miles west from california it was a great place for coaling stations and naval bases for ships going to and from Asia. Americans were not the only ones interested in hawaii. A british explorer named Captain james cook‚ has been to the island in 1778‚ and then hawaii was very well known to other parts of the world. After cook’s arrival chief kamehameha united the eight major
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Moving to United States The most memorable event in my life was when we moved out from Russia to a country that changes lives and is known as a dream land called the United States of America. When we sat on the airplane that was going toward the United States in August of 2004‚ we knew our lives are going to be changed in the way we always wanted them to. After twelve years of not going to school and being discriminated by Russian citizens‚ this moving to a new country was the most amazing‚ not
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Swarnkar Period 3‚ APUSH Foreign and Domestic Policy Questions Foreign Policy Questions 1. The United States adopted a broad foreign policy strategy that has come to be known as containment‚ which is still somewhat utilized today. Containment was designed to “contain” the spread of communism. Containment policy was created by George Kennan‚ and it became the foundation of Truman’s foreign policy. The Truman Doctrine was the first implementation of this containment policy. In 1947 at a speech‚ Truman
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According to pbs.org‚ Theodore Roosevelt’s strong approach to foreign policy began during his term as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley. He advocated war against Spain and mobilized the Navy while his boss was away. When the U.S. declared war on Spain‚ Roosevelt assembled the Rough Riders and led the First Volunteer Cavalry to victory on Cuba’s San Juan Hill in 1898. Pbs.org also reports that as President‚ Roosevelt followed McKinley in ending the relative isolationism
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The Reagan Tax Cuts and Foreign Policy During the 1980’s President Ronald Reagan’s (our 40th president from 1981 to 1989) domestic policy of a substantial tax cut led to greatly increased economic prosperity for our country. During Reagan’s administration marked changes were made to the tax code and economic statistics showed a major change for the better. However‚ at the same time‚ the Democrats controlled the Congress and continued increased spending against Reagan’s wishes. The Joint Economic
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Healthcare is the biggest problem in the United States. Most of insurance got more expensive and offer worst benefits and cover less than before. As we know already is 4.6 million uninsured people in the United States. Citizens are waiting for better opportunity to get health insurance. They are waiting for some changes every year. The United States is the only modern industrialized country without a sound health care system. It is the most privatized in the U.S‚ which means that in order to take
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The Barbary Wars The Barbary wars were a set of conflicts between the United States and several of the Muslim nations on the coast of North Africa in the 1800’s. The North African countries on the coast were involved in piracy on the open seas against merchant shipping. The piracy against American shipping continued until the U.S. gained the military and naval strength to protect American-flagged ships. The First Barbary War The first Barbary War was also known as the Tripolitanian War. This
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