I think the United State of America is heading to the same fate as the Roman. First, the election spend were expensive at the Roman Replulic election and it was one of the reason that they fall. Today the American election is costing too much money which is just smiliar to the same thing the Romans politican went through. Second, one of the fastest way at the Roman Republic to get rich is to hold a public office. In contrast to the American Republic politican these days start their election poor…
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In the years between 18301900, America saw an influx of immigrants coming into the country. Just in a thirty year span, 18301860, 4.8 million immigrants were granted access into the United States. Among those 1.9 were of Irish descent while 1.5 million were German. While the immigration of the German and Irish was similar in some ways yet some differences were made known. Native of Europe, they fled across the great Atlantic to the United States for different reasons. This cause many and varying effects on the people and the land…
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Was the Mexican War justified? In the mid 1800’s, the United States of America was a relatively new country, eager to expand its land. America had already bought the Louisiana Purchase, and was looking for more suitable land to settle into. America’s reason for increasing its land was Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was a belief that it was God’s plan for America to expand its territory across the continent to the Pacific Ocean, and spread democracy. Once Mexico declared itself independent…
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Shea Hollwedel AP US History E Mr. White 4/16/2024 The Effect of the Seneca Falls Convention on Women's History The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was the first prominent women's rights convention in the then-newly progressive United States of America. This convention is seen as one of the biggest steps forward for women and the women's rights movement because it was the first step towards women getting the right to vote, and it was in the midst of a reformative period in the Jacksonian era. It…
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“But the question remains, how did a man who never set foot on North America get a federal holiday in his name?” Lakshmi Gandhi Christopher Columbus, a highly experienced Spanish explorer, was on the hunt to find the quickest trade route to Asia from Europe. With the help and financial support of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, on October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahama Islands, believing that he actually arrived in India. Undoubtedly, this landing marked the beginning…
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About seventeen years ago from today, there was a massive destruction that caused the United States of America to be distraught and fearful. The destruction that occurred in New York and Washington, DC; to the Pentagon and the World Trade Center created the nation to become together as one with pride. Although, the ones who caused this devastation was Osama bin Landan's terrorist but there are some who say there is more. There are claims that the attack was an inside job within the government, the…
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The Vietnam war was a very confusing situation because people didn't know what to believe. There were definitely both positive and negative aspects, however most were negative. The United States didn't want other nations to fall to communism due to the domino theory, but was it worth bombing and killing civilians or worth soldiers fighting for a cause and no being acknowledged for what they did. The worst part was that while all this was going on, the government wanted people to believe this was…
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“America’s ‘Oh Sh*t!’ Moment”, written by Niall Ferguson, a historian who teaches at Harvard University, in 2011, explores why civilizations collapse, and how America can avoid this. He does not focus only on America, but many civilizations in the past that have collapsed. Niall Ferguson is the author of Civilization: The West and The Rest. The article is creatively and cleverly written using the metaphor of modern technology to describe the way in which the societal collapse occurs. This shows that…
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immigrant to the United States. I appreciate that it was my family’s goal when I came to the United States with my brothers and my mother. Success in America to me would be providing for my family without . Achieving success in this country is why I chose to apply to the University of St. Thomas in spite of family and health issues. I had contemplated being a Tommie since my freshman year in Careers class, when we researched colleges. I decided to apply to St. Thomas for numerous reasons. My greatest…
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life. Many events these days states the obvious that racism will never be gone. As the fact that was written in “The Cult of Ethnicity” by Arthur Schlesinger, “[t]he pot did not melt everybody…” (Schlesinger 14). According to Schlesinger, ethnic and racial differences in America will always be a problem and I agree with his point. I am agreeing to the statements he had made of society’s deal with racism that is a “salient fact of the age” but the Unites States of America handles this problem to an…
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