...sadness, and doubt. In these grave situations, inspiring historic leaders have stepped out of the masses to help lead America to be one of the top economic, political, and social countries in the world. The leadership of some Americans over the first centuries as a country is awe-inspiring. In periods throughout history, when America believed the country was on the brink of failure, determined leaders stepped in, to assist the country back to full success. After wars between countries, oppression of citizens,...
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...Harry Truman once said, “America was not built on fear. American was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand”. So therefore our country was built with all these great things and ideas in mind. America is still a growing nation and we can get stronger. We have room to better ourselves, we as Americans can be better. This great nation that I live in was built on unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. That means we can do the work and have the determination to do it. The kind of America that I believe in is a growing, confused country. We as the citizens have so much going on right now in our thriving country. Another way that I think of our country is that we are free to do whatever we want. We don’t have to have permission to cross our borders or stuff like that like other countries have. America itself is the greatest country but it has a lot of flaws. It has a lot of problems right now and we are doing literally nothing about all the problems in our country....
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...colonies of Great Britain were rising increasingly higher as time went on in the near mid-eighteenth century. Taxes on legal documents were placed directly on the colonists without representation in the Stamp Act, which resulted almost immediately in an outcry of protest and rebellion. The Stamp Act Congress was created to express the colonists grievances and Sons and Daughters of Liberty rose up in protests, continually pushing harder for independence from Great Britain. Protests grew rampant in many places throughout the colonies and one protest even led to the killing of five protesters after shots were fired into the crowd. These events led to the Boston Tea Party and the resulting Coercive Acts as punishment, further leading to the colonial alliance and the American colonies creating a separate and new identity in independence. While many colonial-American traditions and cultures stayed intact,...
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...Analysis on Open Veins of Latin America History is a subject most people tend to disregard and see it as only the class they needed to pass in school. Most individuals don't take the time to reflect how history has had an impact on them, their family and even their culture. By studying and understanding history and why events happened they way they did it can help us analyze our current situation and even help predict future events. This is what Eduardo Galeano tries to do in his book Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the pillage of a Continent. He discusses the events in history that have led to Latin America be in the state it currently is in. Galeano argues that because of both European and U.S intervention, Latin America has been led down a path which has caused damage to its politics, its society and most importantly its economy. The book begins with the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the Spaniard who tried to find a faster passage to Asia but instead would discover by accident the Americas. Columbus would get started with his voyage after asking the Queen and King of Spain to fund his expedition so he could bring wealth to the Spanish Empire. During this time, the Spanish had been fight a war to expel the Moors out of its Kingdom and all those who were not of catholic faith. This included people of Islamic religions and Jews. But the cost of this war was increasing by the day and the Spanish crown was running out of funds to continue this war. But...
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...internal political and cultural tensions in the Central America region from the colonial period to the present day? Describe these turning points in terms of the people who were involved in creating change and the controversies of the times. The history of Central America is considered to be a colorful one but rather complicated and even tragic because a lot of historical events took place and influenced greatly the political, economic and cultural development of the Central America region. (Perez-Brignoli, 1989) It is known that Central America has seen wars and dictators, foreign interventions and economic crises. (Booth & Walker, 1999) To my mind, the three turning points that have created the internal political and cultural tensions in the Central America region from the colonial period to the present day are the following ones: • Colonization of Central America by Spain in 1523. • When Central America declared Independence in 1821 and on June 1, 1823 five countries of Central America were united. • Revolution in 1944-1954 in Guatemala. The first turning point can be related to the period of colonization. The local population tried to stand against the Spaniards but Indian tribes had no chances to win. All the cities were captured by the colonizers. Some cities were burned and great deals of local people were killed. The Spaniards had control over the whole territory of Guatemala and other countries of Central America. The life of local population changed completely. They...
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...“The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world” (The Great Depression-History.com 2012). The great depression is said to have begun after the First World War, It was a time of hardship and uncertainty. Although the great depression began in the United States it spread throughout the globe and affected almost every country. It brought about drastic declines in output, severe unemployment, and serious deflation. Many countries such as Britain, Germany and France came out of the war with large debts to pay, this was due to the fact that they had been borrowing from The United States of America, after its entrance into financial crisis the rest of the countries depending on its financing would inevitably enter down turn and face similar crisis. World War 1 also left many industrialized countries weak and in large debts, they needed to finance the rebuilding of their economies and industries that were damaged during the war, this made it harder for them to recover. There are a number of explanations to as what brought about the great depression in 1929. These are structural and monetary weaknesses as well as a number of specific events that enhanced the effects from one country to another and eventually to all major industrialized countries. What Caused the great depression? The depression was also said to have partially started with the crash of the stock market in...
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...interesting facts about North America. As I've done several researches and readings about it, I learned so much about this great continent which is the 3rd largest continent in the world. It is consisted of Twenty-four countries in North America. There are approximately 502 million people inhabited North America. And North Americans speak English, Spanish, or French. Its name came from explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Mexico City is the largest city in North America. It is the only continent that has every kind of climate. The Mount McKinley in Alaska is the tallest point in the continent. Death Valley in California is the lowest point in the continent. North America is a continent of wide diversity, with...
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...Sense’ pamphlet is known as Americans first steps into gaining independence from Great Britain. After colonists of the time read Paine’s pamphlet, the idea of breaking away from Britain’s authority became more realized and wanted. In the pamphlet, Paine provided ample persuasive arguments to attack the colonists minds and shift their thoughts towards independence. Paine's assertion that Britain exploited the colonies for its own financial advantage was most persuasive to the colonists because this argument made them reevaluate their view of the British Empire as a protective mother country. It also attacked mutual feelings which were felt amongst colonial Americans; placed those feelings into words and documented them. Colonists whom remained loyal to British reign believed that Britain was a mother country and that Britain had America’s best interest heart. These accusations of over-empowerment enlightened the American people to make independence reality. According to Paine, some beliefs that America had ‘flourished’ under the control of Britain arose. Paine used the metaphor” a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat”, meaning that the country although began by Britain (colonists were of English decent), had all characteristics and strength to be able to flourish without any European assistance. On the argument of protection, Paine encouraged that Britain weren’t protecting America from any of its own enemies or problems, but furthermore protecting itself from...
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... “PROGRESSIVE ERA THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION” August 3, 2013 Introduction: The Great Depression was an era in the American history that so many people would wish to forget. The 1920s saw the country going through various phases of poverty resulting from the crash of the stock market, job losses, collapsing of businesses in all industries in the country. The Great Depression was like no other crisis the country faced, it was never ending and there was suffering everywhere especially among the poor. There were three major factors that contributed significantly to the Great Depression with the most important being the ‘crash’ of the stock market, this is due to the fact that the strength of the United States of America was measured in many ways by the success of the stock market and with the stock market thriving as it was there was noticeable growth in various business entities. With the growth of the stock market, the rich investors also prospered as they could afford to purchase various stocks, at the same time the Federal Government reduced taxes especially for them. Not long after, came the ‘crash’ of stock market which sent Wall Street into a state of panic and literally crippled many big investors, and this ricochet to other industries such as Agriculture, which was already on the decline, the automobile and the construction industry also suffered as a result. www.history.com Another interesting contributor to the Great Depression is the European economy...
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...voting. Instead, I feel that we should be explaining the importance of this issue to the generations to come. To further let them know that to make America great again, the issue lies within the countries youth, not with the current president. Knowledge is the greatest known power in the world. Knowledge brought us to the democracy we have for the Unied States today. Voting is our chance to exercise those freedoms and powers of the people, so why do so many teens refuse to vote? Maybe we're scared to make the wrong decision and have that weight on our shoulders, but i know that without a voice, you are speechless. Everyone with such a big responsibility should take the time to really know what each canidate is promising. We need to explain this to our youth so they understand that this is their country too....
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...1 Percent vs. General Public Upper class vs. the common people and the effects of the upper class interest to keep power; how well does the 1 percent of America represent my interest? I say it is a 50/50 relationship. They like money and power, and they, would do whatever it takes to keep it, so the decisions keep business as usual helps keep people employed but at the same time business as usual can mean the opposite. Money equals power, and I believe that, there (Americas 1 percent) interest to keep making money and to keep power they would do what’s required to keep our economy going witch mean job security for right now. Job security is something scares right now, and economy is not getting better. When the upper 1 percent of America that’s controls large businesses that employee a majority of our community decide to move to another country to save money that is when we (community) have conflicted interest with the upper 1 percent. Interest and conflict is something happening all too much now a day. America’s general public is not much different from the upper class when it comes to interest. The upper 1 percent wants to make money and so do the general public the only difference is that if the upper 1 percent decides to take their assets to another state let alone another country our general public will end -up with conflict. This is just one of the main reasons our economy is hurting, and our general public unemployment rate has gone up. It is a 50/50 relationship...
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...Effects of the Great Depression on other countries During the Great Depression there was a worldwide economic decline in government tax revenues, prices, profits, income and international trade. Unemployment grew at high speed and political upturn developed in many countries. While many first think the Great Depression only affected the United States, it largely affected and involved many countries throughout the world. Every country had direct or even indirect ties; both industrialized countries and those which exported raw materials were hurt and affected as a result of America’s collapsing economy. One of the worst-hit was Canada, because of its economic position. The Great Depression that started in the United States in 1929 quickly reached Canada. At the time, Canada’s economy was just starting to shift from primary industry to manufacturing. Exports of raw materials drop, and employment, prices and profit fell in every sector. It was further affected as its main partners were Britain and the United States. Between 1929 and 1939 the gross national product dropped 40%. Unemployment reached 27% at the depth of the Depression in 1933. Canada did have some advantages over other countries, especially its extremely stable banking system that had no failures during the entire depression, compared to over 9,000 small banks that collapsed in the United States. But, at the same time, was hurt badly because of its reliance and other commodities, whose prices fell by over 50%,...
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...2) great wall represents china and hoover dam america All countries have symbols or unique history that set them apart. Constructed during the Qin Dynasty, the Great Wall of China’s significance stems from its unique history; the architecture was incredible for its time. Similarly, a powerful symbol in The United States of America represents American ingenuity and is also a amazing architectural feat, the Hoover Dam. Consequently, the Hoover Dam of the United States of America and the Great Wall of China are comparable. Similarly, they are both considered wonders of the world; therefore, they are obviously incredible. Because the Great Wall of China and the Hoover Dam of America were such large projects, they both required lots of manpower....
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...Many Americans today feel that our country stands at a crossroads. As America faces worsening economic problems, spiraling national debt, the threat of domestic and foreign terrorism, and diminishing prestige around the world, many at home and abroad have asked if America can ever be the great nation she once was. It might surprise people that Ronald Reagan asked Americans this same question 35 years ago. In a 1980 speech he said, “For the first time in our memory many Americans are asking: does history still have a place for America, for her people, for her great ideals?” History does have a way of repeating itself. Americans were also fearful of our nation’s future during the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Great Depression, two World Wars, and during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Each generation had its own obstacles to overcome, and each generation did just that. Just before his death in 1979, John Wayne said “Just give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick." He believed in the American spirit, in our courage and in our ability to overcome adversity. In other words, he believed that Americans weren’t quitters. After September 11th 2001 when the World Trade Towers were...
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...Between the time periods of 1700 to 1900, reasons for migrations differentiated from region to region, but also some changed within their own region throughout that time period. Such as the migration of the European people to the Americas, due to imperialism, starvation, and industrialization. Also, the migration of the African people to the Americas, due to the beginning and end of slave trade. However, when the Europeans migrated over to Africa and Asia, they colonized and conquered territories. During the 18th century, migration of the European people into the Americas was mostly based around imperialism. European countries felt the need to expand and colonize, such as Great Britain, which had many colonies along the east coast of North America. Additionally, Spain colonized the Caribbean and also areas in South America. However, when the Africans came over to the...
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