Midwestern United States

Introduction The United States emerged between 1865 and 1920 and helped shape people 's way of life. Industrialization did improve American life in some ways. However, it also created issues. The United States ups and downs had a major effect on the changing in society. It modified how the common man or woman lived and the way they earned money to provide for their family. Industrialization, after the Civil War, affected the United States in numerous approaches which including agriculture,…

United States Nationalism after the War of 1812 The war of 1812 was primarily fought between the United States and Great Britain. The Outcome of the war was a draw, but even still after War of 1812 the United States ' nationalism grew. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines nationalism as "a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries". Though the United States had a sense of nationalism…

white supremacist group and national crime syndicate. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the gang was founded in San Quentin State Prison, California in 1964 by white supremacists Barry Milles and Tyler Bingham as a form of protection for white inmates in newly desegregated prisons, and is today’s oldest, largest and deadliest prison gang in the United States. With an estimated 20,000 members and increasing both inside prisons and on the streets. Their motto is “blood in, blood out”,…

I have always been interested in other cultures, despite growing up in a small midwestern town. As a young child, I was fascinated with flags and maps of countries and dreamed of traveling to other parts of the world. Although my parents were not wealthy we had done a fair bit of traveling within the United States. My first recollection of people outside the United States were refugees sponsored by the church my parents belonged to. The refugees were from the country of Laos escaping the…

In Broken Heartland, Osha Gray Davidson argues the “farm crisis” and the pain it brought to communities in Iowa was only part of a longer decline of rural America brought about by failed governmental policy and the rise of industrial agriculture, which is turning once prosperous small towns into what he terms as “rural ghettos.” He argues that without a substantial course correction rural America will continue to decline and the residents of these rural ghettos, “bitter, desperate, and cut off…

cargo hold. Seattle's climate and location made it an obvious transportation and supply center for those heading to and from the gold. Into the 20th century, Boeing, the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, and the largest exporter in the United States, started its foundations in Seattle. William Boeing, the company's founder, had started in the timber industry that had previously dominated the city. His knowledge of timber allowed him to begin designing planes and eventually, he founded…

As in any other state in this country or country in the world, Iowa and the Midwest have a history of hate. While Davidson describes in fascinating detail a growth of hate groups and ideologies in the 1980s, the lack of discussion of the history of hate in Iowa and Midwest could give a reader the false impression that hate is something new to the region, a product imported from the former Confederate states to meet a market created by the loss of family farms…

The organization runs somewhere in the range of 235 stores in eight Midwestern states. About a moiety of its supermarkets are in Iowa, as are the vast majority of its 20 or more Hy-Vee drugstores. It circulates items to its stores through a few auxiliaries, including Lomar Distributing (specialty sustenances) and Perishable Distributors…

Lastly, is the interactionist perspective is a sociological approach that generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole. (Schaefer, 2009) Unfortunately, in today’s economy it is hard to make ends meet with minimum wage pay (7.25 per hour) having to spend $3.00 per gallons at the pumps and $8.00 to buy a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk. Everything has increased. The cost of living is through the ceiling for those on fixed or low income. To…

One of the movements that the DFWC members campaigned in was for city playgrounds. Club members persisted, and succeeded, in their efforts for gaining support and funds for these playgrounds. To raise funds to build the park they personally went door to door requesting donations. Writing numerous letters along with many speeches, they managed to receive fourteen thousand signatures on a petition presented to the board of education. In doing this, they finally won over the school board who in…