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  • Achieving The American Dream

    Achieving The American Dream

    From the nineteenth century to the present, the United States has been hailed as a "land of opportunity" where individuals could achieve personal, political, religious, and economic freedoms. The image of the "land of opportunity" was true to different degrees for the African-American sharecropper in the postwar South, the immigrant at Ellis Island, and the wealthy capitalist or manager in the period from eighteen-sixty five to nineteen-fourteen with the African-American being at the low end

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    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • American Beauty

    American Beauty

    American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes in 1999, is one of the best and most unique films I have ever seen. One of the opening scenes of the movie starts with a view of Lester Burnham, his attractive, blonde wife Carolyn Burnham and their daughter Janie and what seems to be what seems to be the Burnhams picture perfect life and picture perfect marriage. The suburban house with the clean cut lawn and perfect

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    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Japanese American Internment

    Japanese American Internment

    What was the Japanese American internment? * In 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, a U.S. military base. "Many Americans already disliked the Japanese as a result of racism when the Japanese were being used for cheap labor."1 * As a result "120,000 Japanese men, women, and children were sent to detention camps."1 They were forced away from their homes, schools, and businesses under the pretense of protecting the American citizens. * "The FBI investigated alleged

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    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Protecting Americans From Food-Borne Pathogens In The Meat Supply:

    Protecting Americans From Food-Borne Pathogens In The Meat Supply:

    Joe Brennesholtz PUB 529 Prof. Linden Protecting Americans From Food-borne Pathogens in the Meat Supply: Policy Analysis and Recommendations Introduction In January of 1993, medical staff at a hospital in Seattle Washington noticed that a large number of children were being treated for bloody diarrhea. Many had developed a rare condition known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, a disorder that often results in permanent kidney damage. It was soon discovered that these children had all eaten

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  • Consumerism Of The American

    Consumerism Of The American

    In today's modern world, we would expect people focusing on remove the planet's social ills such as poverty but we are not living by perfect system, there are many imbalances and for each problem that is solved a new one arises. Our main issue involves the disagreements surrounding American consumerism. The articles we studied depict three different points of view of people who have recognized problems in our modern world. They address their views in

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    Submitted: December 4, 2010
  • Satire In American Literature

    Satire In American Literature

    Many people go through life experiencing at one time or another "getting made fun of", however not many people would think of an author writing entire stories "making fun of" or using satire. Colonial authors explored different aspects of writing, but the theme that seems most present and persistent in the authors of the Chesapeake region is satire. Satire is a type or style of writing that was used in the seventeenth and eighteenth century,

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    Submitted: December 4, 2010
  • Structure Of American And California Governments

    Structure Of American And California Governments

    The United States of America is one of the most powerful nation-states in the world today. The framers of the American Constitution spent a great deal of time and effort into making sure this power wasn't too centralized in one aspect of the government. They created three branches of government to help maintain a checks and balance system. In this paper I will discuss these three branches, the legislative, the executive, and the judicial,

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  • American Sports

    American Sports

    College Sports in The Red-zone! American sports are becoming more like a new reality show. Every time we watch a game we are clued into the latest legal mishaps of particular players. As if this type of news were entertaining, but most of us do not care. "After all sports are supposed to be an escape from the ills of our society. You want reality turn on CNN," insists Christine Brennan, a columnist of USA

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  • Death The American Death

    Death The American Death

    The product of all of James Gatz's hard work is the longing Jay Gatsby, who epitomizes one of the main characteristics of the American dream: everlasting hope. Gatsby desire to win Daisy's love is his version of the old American dream: an incredible goal and a constant search for the opportunity to reach this goal. This is shown when Gatsby is first introduced into the novel. It is late at night and we find him

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  • American Federalism

    American Federalism

    Federalism, by definition, is the division of government authority between at least two levels of government. In the United States, authority is divided between the state and national government. "Advocates of a strong federal system believe that the state and local governments do not have the sophistication to deal with the major problems facing the country" (Encarta.com). Even before the Constitution was ratified, strong argument were made by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James

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  • African American Tv

    African American Tv

    Ready for the world to take its best shot...a sweetheart...god fearing...only people I'm scared of is Jesus and my mommie when she's mad ...church girl....thinks she can outsing half the chior...can quote bible verses in the midst of adversity...thinks that cursing and smoking is not lady like...loves to cook...smothered porkchops, homemade mac n' cheese and collard greens are my specialty...my grandmommy and mommy are my inspiration..most mommies and daddies love me... warm...sensual...affectionate.... loving..caring...successful...a major perfectionist...already

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    Submitted: December 4, 2010
  • The Crime Of American Passivity

    The Crime Of American Passivity

    The Crime of American Passivity Genocide is a crime on a different scale to all other crimes against humanity, and it implies an intention to completely exterminate the chosen group; genocide is therefore the greatest of the crimes against humankind. The massacres that transpired in Rwanda less than four years ago possess every quality attributed to the ramifications of genocide. There, in the clearest case of genocide since Hitler, a vast slaughter occurred which claimed

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  • New American Mindset

    New American Mindset

    Long-term social, economic, and political policies fostered by Britain before 10 thoroughly impacted the developing American mindset. These fundamentals, such as legislative assemblies, commerce laws, and religious events, provided the basis for what was to become an independent American nation. This sovereign and unique culture, which developed slowly inside the thirteen colonies, can be greatly attributed to the continuous policy, protection, and influence that Britain provided. The lack of unity inside the thirteen colonies

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  • Mccarthy & The American Psyche

    Mccarthy & The American Psyche

    The American psyche has always been a point of discussion among other cultures; they are often called stupid, ignorant and war-happy. During the McCarthy era of 1950-1954, however, they were more so being cautious of the Communist threat than being paranoid. Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957) knew "how to win power, headlines and a passionately loyal following by manipulation" (Hugh Brogan). It was said "The McCarthy witch hunts were not born of fantasy," (Alan Axelrod) that

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  • Bruce Lancaster's "American Revolution"

    Bruce Lancaster's "American Revolution"

    Bruce Lancaster is an established historical writer. He graduated from Harvard College, and is known for many of his novels, including, The American Revolution. This particular book presents the story of the American struggle for independence. Lancaster examines, in great detail, the historical facts and military battles of the Revolution. A reader truly gains a sense of the heroism and the sacrifice that American people put forth during the eighteenth century. Lancaster begins by discussing

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  • American Family

    American Family

    The American family has come a long way and has changed a lot overtime. Liberals and conservatives have their own views on the American family today. It is very tough to raise a family nowadays. However, there are some easier ways to raise a family today as well. Some of the things that I will talk about are divorce and its effects, welfare, abusiveness on children and wives, and a couple of articles in the

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  • American Ignorance

    American Ignorance

    Many cultures throughout the world have a unique gesture or phrase that they use as a greeting. A few cultures even rely on age and seniority when choosing the right form to use. From kisses to bows, every distinctive action should be respected and used when within a particular country or culture, hence the saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." In "Interpreter of Maladies," Jhumpa Lahiri uses this shared practice of saying

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  • Hispanic American Diversity

    Hispanic American Diversity

    Hispanic American Diversity i Hispanic American Diversity Nicholas Skelly ETH 125, Cultural Diversity Professor Wilfong October 13, 2007 Hispanic American Diversity 1 Mexican Americans Mexican Americans language is made up of a mix of their national language Spanish and English, sometimes referred to as Spanglish. Politically Mexican Americans were very active in the Mexican American Civil Rights movement spearheaded by Mendoza, V Reies LÐ"Ñ-pez Tijerina and the land grant movement, is picked up by Rodolfo

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    Submitted: December 5, 2010
  • What Is The Concept? - The Cases Of Bosnia, Haiti And Somalia In The Early 1990ies And Their Importance To American Foreign Policy Values.

    What Is The Concept? - The Cases Of Bosnia, Haiti And Somalia In The Early 1990ies And Their Importance To American Foreign Policy Values.

    In my paper "The undone change of American Foreign Policy after the Cold War" I addressed the inability of the U.S. institutions to meet the newly created challenges of the post-Cold War world. I argued that due to a lack of leadership, especially by the President, the opportunity to "reconfigure" U.S. foreign policy institutions; supported by an absent corresponding ideology; the U.S. had missed its chance to change its foreign policy in the post-Cold War

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  • Why Europeans Hate Americans

    Why Europeans Hate Americans

    "Democracy may, after all, turn out to have been a historical accident, a brief parenthesis that is closing before our eyes." With those words, French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel sounded an alarm as the ramparts of democratic conviction were under attack by the political left. Revel, one of the most important conservative thinkers in France, saw European intellectuals and the political left in America undermining the very foundations of democracy. "Democracy tends to ignore, even deny,

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  • Factors Leading To The American Revolution

    Factors Leading To The American Revolution

    Some say that the Revolution was doomed to happen ever since people stepped foot on this continent, others argue that it would not have happened if it weren't for a set of issues that finally drove the colonists to revolt. These issues, in order of descending importance, were Parliamentary taxation, the restriction of civil liberties, the measures of the British military, and the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas. The most important issue prompting

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  • African Americans: The Loss And Gain Of Freedom(1865-1900

    African Americans: The Loss And Gain Of Freedom(1865-1900

    African Americans: The Loss and Gain of Freedom(1865-1900) The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865. The period known after the war was called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction (also called Radical Reconstruction), the South was in economic, political, and social trouble. In 1865 Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. This became known as the Freedmen's Bureau. It was a bureau ran by the United States Army, with several field agents that

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  • Children Fighting In The American Civil War

    Children Fighting In The American Civil War

    More than 2,000,000 Federal soldiers were twenty-one or under (of a total of some 2,700,000)- More than 1,000,000 were eighteen or under. About 800,000 were seventeen or under. About 200,000 were sixteen or under. About 100,000 were fifteen or under. Three hundred were thirteen or under-most of these fifers or drummers, but regularly enrolled, and sometimes fighters. Twenty-five were ten or under. A study of a million Federal enlistments turned up only 16,000 as old

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  • American Studies

    American Studies

    Table of contents Introduction Page 3 America - the role of American Studies Page 3 Perception of America in the world - The sense of living in the Eagle's shadow Page 5 American development - a parable of modern development Page 6 Fact and Dream Page 6 Introduction The following pages will briefly sum up, why I believe American Studies is vital in 2005. Although American Studies has always been and still represents a major

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    Submitted: December 6, 2010
  • How Did The Lives Of Other Asian Americans (Non Japanese) Improve During Ww Ii?

    How Did The Lives Of Other Asian Americans (Non Japanese) Improve During Ww Ii?

    1. How did the lives of other Asian Americans (non Japanese) improve during WW II? Filipinos- During World War II, Philippines was taken by Japanese Army. Filipinos in America worried about their home land, Philippines. They wanted to join U.S, Armed Force to get back Philippines to fight for the liberation of their home land. According to page 359, chapter 10, "On February 19, 1942, Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced the organization of the

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    Submitted: December 6, 2010

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