U.S. History Essay

growing about 7-10% a year. To help us understand what a dynamic society must look and feel like he references the rags to riches example of China. It is easy to be dynamic and growing when there is significant room to grow like there is in China. The U.S., however, has reached a higher overall level of income and social balance compared to post Mao China. In chapter 7 he refers to the story of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba who was dirt poor before starting the multi-billion dollar company…

The American Revolution was important to the U.S. because it created and affected many differing parties almost like The Big Bang which created the solar system. The constitution caused the eruption of the Federalist Party which focused almost all on having a stronger central government. The Anti-Federalist which would be later known as the Democratic-Republicans their main focus was to be the representatives of the ‘common people’ or dumb,dirt, poor farmers. These two parties were the first…

The Lincoln Penny over the Years Most people think the one-cent coin known as the penny, only takes up space with not much value, and they don’t really think of the changes the penny has been thorough to get where it is today. Over the years, there were many reasons for change to the Lincoln penny. These include many changes made to the appearance and composition of the penny. The first change has to do with the initials of the penny-maker, Victor D. Brenner (VDB) His initials were placed…

United States as nation. Excepting Native Americans, none could affirm not to have foreign ancestors. This is a point of controversy with the current state of things despite it has been regulated many times during nation’s history. To this end, U.S. Government through the history of the country has enacted different laws and has regulated the entry of foreigners to the country. The first immigration law enacted by the US government was precisely made by the Framers when they drafted the First…

The United States of America has had two types of governance throughout the history of the country. From 1738 to 1937 the United States used a dual federalism. In this type of federalism the powers between the state and the national government were divided. The states took care of property laws, license, commercial laws, etc. While the national government took care of the roads, tariffs, money, etc. This type of federalism government was created in order to stop one government from gaining too…

Identification and description of the policy Entry into World War II led to a rapid expansion of the U.S. economy that had ended in the 1930’s with The Great Depression. According to Romero (2003), by 1940 unemployment was still high with 14 %. Not starting the war with having much to fight with, the U.S. used all of its available resources. Men and women of all ages worked by day and night in the factories and the healthier and strong young people were sent to the frontlines. Some farmers…

thousands of Jews to America but later deported back to Germany (The History Place - Great Speeches Collection: Elie Wiesel Speech The Perils of Indifference). This situation is very similar to the Syrian refugees. They are escaping from the violence mass killings and bombings in the Middle East, just like how Jews were escaped from the concentrations camp in Germany. Since we had offered copious helps to many countries, in the past history, why don’t we do it again this time? What would we lose…

less job openings in the long run, also it will be harmful to the economy and environment. Such is the cost of destruction, contamination, air pollution and displacing the Native American’s. Oil Pipelines have been here for a long time. In the Oil history, the author Samuel T pees. He is certified Petroleum Geologist by The American Association of…

Did you know that 116,255 people are shot in the U.S. every year from attacks or suicide? 35,141 people die and 81,114 are injured. Through the examples of school shootings, mass shootings, and outdated laws, a reader will see that guns MUST be outlawed in the U.S. School shootings are one main reason that gun laws need to change. On Wednesday, February 14th at 2:21 PM Nikolas Kruz took out is AR-15 and open fired on high school students in Parkland, Florida. He killed 17 people. These were…

describing different events in which the U.S. overthrew foreign and oppressive governments, or simply governments that were not beneficial for America. One of the stories he included was America’s annexation of Hawaii, a massive turning point in our country’s history. However, The way Kinzer writes and retells the story is slightly biased towards the side of the Hawaiians. This makes for a story that may change peoples perspectives on an important piece of history. The Majority of the accounts…