The American Dream Assignment 1: Text 2 interprets the American dream as something every man or woman can achieve if they have the right attitude. “Everyone is the architect of his own fortune” is a common used speech of many immigrants in America. According to this belief everything is possible to archive if you just work hard enough. In text 2 Arnold Schwarzenegger also describes his travel from Austria to the big U.S.A. According to Arnold the travel was about fulfilling his dreams instead of
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American Revolutionary War Helen Dunlap COM/150 29 January 2012 Lisa Pope The American Revolutionary War was an event that lasted from 1775 to 1783. This war has begun as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the former 13 United British colonies, but ended in a global war between several European palatable powers. For about a decade, tension had been mounting between Great Britain and the American Colonies. The British government had passed a series of laws in an attempt to take
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Gov. Cuomo: Sandy's toll on NY could hit $33 billion By Zack Colman - 11/09/12 10:16 AM ET Hurricane Sandy's damage to New York could total $33 billion, the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo (D), said Thursday, according to The Associated Press. In all, Sandy’s tab could reach $50 billion for the East Coast. That would make it the nation’s second most costly storm, with only Hurricane Katrina topping it. So far, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided $327 million in disaster assistance
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Primary Colors is a film that was released in 1998 based on the presidential campaign of Bill Clinton in 1992. The main character Jack Stanton, who is played by John Travolta, is a governor from the South who is eagerly trying to win the nomination for the Democratic Party. Henry Burton, who is played by Adrian Lester, is enlisted to join the campaign of Stanton. Lester appreciates the way Stanton presents himself and perceives himself to be therefore deciding to become a part of Stanton’s political
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of America from 2000-2004 and was running for reelection. Because of Bush’s experience holding the presidential office, he had a greater situated ethos than John Kerry, his opponent, who had only served as the governor of Massachusetts at that time. However, through Barack Obama’s speech The Audacity of Hope at the 2004 Democratic National Keynote Address, the gap between the pre-existing ethos of the two candidates is bridged and the audience is swayed in Kerry’s direction. Obama uses personal
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Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. He served two terms from 1981 to 1989. Before he became, President, Reagan served two terms as governor of California. During his presidency, Reagan revitalized the military, created an efficient economic system and ended the Cold War. His impact on the country during his term makes him one of the best presidents the United States has ever had. As a result of the previous president, Jimmy Carter, the U.S military was at its worst. Soldiers
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May of 2011 and signed by the governor in the 82nd legislative session. The Texas attorney general petitioned a declaratory case under section five of the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court ruled that the coverage formula for determining states and local governments fall under the Voting Right Act. Following these rulings, Texas County was allotted 36 congressional districts which paved the way for a congressional redistricting bill which was passed during the first called session in June of 2011
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Cahokia(地名)：City of Cahokia near present-day St. Louis. A culture flourished in there with 10000 to 30000 inhabitants lived there for 1200 years. It stood as the largest settled community in what is now the United States until surpassed超过 in population by New York and Philadelphia around 1800. “cousinocracy” : In the early colony period, America had no title aristocracy贵族 as in Britain. But throughout British America, men of prominence突出卓越 controlled colonial government. In Virginia, the upper
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acted as the first and closest thing to a constitution for the two Virginia Companies’ proposed colonies. This is because it gave them granted them the right to settle in North America (by the Atlantic Coast) and gave them the rights and privileges that English people in England would have.
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nor even had a chance to. “It is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and institute a new government” (Page 19). This quote shows that without the Declaration society could not vote for things such as president, vice president, and governors, we as Americans could not have the right to express opinion on government, nor even have the opportunity to change it for the better. “The Bill of Rights” was written by James Madison in 1789, which has all of the basic human rights as an American
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