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    became sprawling. (Soja‚ 1996‚ p. 434). The sprawling effect was a result of the white flight and globalization. People were moving out to suburbs which had freeways that would connect them back into the city. Even farther‚ manufacturing jobs in Los Angeles were being spread outside of the country‚ through globalization (Soja‚ 1996‚ p. 435). Los Angeles was one of the most segregated cities because it forced these minority people to be in these impoverish areas. This only made it worse for them

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    “I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps” (George Takei). Japanese internment was a result of the Pearl Harbor bombing. The bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred just before 8:00 a.m. on December 7th‚ 1941. The Japanese bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu Hawaii on the island of Oahu. The Japanese bombing left more than 2‚000 American soldiers and sailors dead and 1‚000 wounded. The bombing nearly destroyed 20 naval vessels‚ including eight

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    Nineteenth century America was a time of rapid growth and expansion. The movement of settlers further and further west accompanied by technological advances led to the major growth of cities and industries across the American frontier. However‚ it was the major innovations of transportation that had the most significant impact on the expansion of Midwestern and western America. The construction of canals and roads led to the increase in the use of stagecoaches‚ steamboats‚ and ultimately railroads

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    Slavery was practiced in the south beginning in the 1600s and ending in the 1800s. Southerners were always in favor of having slaves due to the free and intensive labor the African Americans were having to endure that white southerners were able to get out of. The economy of the south heavily depended on slaves for agricultural and economically purposes. Buy and selling slaves also went into the economics of slavery which then tore families apart. The emotional and physical damage of slaves was endless

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    October 12th‚ 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas Upon his landing‚ Henretta stated that: “Believing that he had reached Asia — the Indies‚ in fifteenth-century parlance — Columbus called the native inhabitants Indians and the islands the West Indies.” (1) The term “Indians” became synonymous with describing Native Americans‚ and continues to this day. Columbus actually landed in the Bahamas. His discovery prompted further exploration of the Americas‚ sending the race of colonization into

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    What makes AmericaAmerica? Since America has been created‚ tons of people have been travelling here and starting new lives striving for the success they deserve. Different aspects can add up to the identity of America. America has been widely shaped by citizen’s uniqueness‚ their ethnicity‚ and chances they have to become successful. Though there is a lot that molds American Identity‚ America has been shaped due to different lifestyles‚ which is illustrated through people’s individuality‚ religions

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    “Analyze the extent to which early European colonists viewed the Native Americans as inferior people who could be exploited for the colonists’ benefit.” The early European colonizers of the Americas came to the New World to find sources of wealth for themselves and their country. They were greeted by Native Peoples who were later used as forced laborers to the benefit of the colonists. Most European colonizers behaved with arrogance and cruelty wherever superior power enabled them to rule

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    8 December 2012 Globalization: Prompt #2 Globalization is a term that is used by many to describe a variety of actions. Globalization typically refers to the integration of the people‚ economies‚ and governments of different nations and is commonly driven by foreign trade‚ investment‚ and proliferation of new technology. This process is intended to benefit developing countries and allow them to grow and become incorporated into the global economy. Some see globalization as an answer to Latin America’s

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    Motives of European conquest to America- land‚ trade‚ missionary: A series of wars began between Christians and Muslims. They were fighting for control of the area of Southwest Asia called Palestine. This area contained Christian shrines and holy places. Land: each noble ruled a piece of land and hoped to rule more. Strong rulers were able to unify nearby lands. Purpose of the American colonies in eyes of Europeans- Mercantilism: mercantilism is guided by economic principles. Governments held

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    European Colonization of the Americas It is largely believed that the Vikings were the first citizens to arrive in the Americas. They were a Scandinavian tribe of explorers that migrated from Greenland setting up several colonies in their travels. Following the exploration of the Vikings Christopher Columbus “founded” the Americas. The journey of Columbus to the continent made way for the rapid expansion of the Americas by European settlers. During the 19th century around 50 million people left

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