Americanization

Timothy Rush states (2012), “Evidence supports that at least 140 years of curriculum- aimed at Americanization, developing isolated skills, and teaching disconnected knowledge- has failed these children repeatedly” (p. 151). The education system for Native Americans has been designed to keep them oppressed and never let them rise to a higher status as…

As the 19th century came to an end in America, the country had found itself revolutionized and a shadow of its former self. Steel mills, factories, and the low-wage jobs they provided were now the standards of the common American citizen. The culture started shifting throughout the nation; activism against Jim Crow Laws, hostility towards immigrants, and women’s rights marches pushed the envelope of social inequality. Later, the Great Depression caused many Americans to lose everything they have…

Have you ever realized the increasing rate of obesity in the modernized world? Did you ever ask yourself why the highest rate of obese teenagers is present in the main industrial cities where fast food restaurants are mainly concentrated in big numbers? The teeming urbanized lifestyles overshadowed a great prospect of the “consumer’s nutritional choices where these fast food restaurants are constantly becoming an indispensible demand in any city and a major attempt for a wide generation” (Bowman…

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Alejandra Morales SEMN 173-01 October 21, 2015 Beyond Google, Beyond New York Part III Eastern European Jews migrated in the late eighteenth century to the populated cities in the Midwest influenced by the geographic and economic opportunities in the interest of establishing businesses and progressing economically in America. Studying Eastern European Jewish migration to America , it is prominent to learn more of the experiences lived by Jews who settled in East Coast cities persevering…

“The Long Way Home” by David Laskin Immigration to America was a common scenario in the early twentieth century. People moved to the United States from different parts of the world, a majority of them belonged to the non-English speaking world except for the Irish. Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and China arrived in the United States in large numbers for many reasons, such as lack of opportunity, social disorganization, lack of religious freedom, rampant civil war…

The United States won control over Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish-American War was over, Spain had surrendered the remainder of its overseas colonial empire to the United States. Even though Puerto Ricans were not considered citizens of the United States till 1917 with the Jones Act some say that “Puerto Ricans have been ‘born in the U.S.A’ since 1898.” (Nieto, 515) Once the United States had control over Puerto Rico, they had to decide the relationship with them and in 1952 they…

Introduction Prior to the Bilingual Education Acts Prior to the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, the U.S. government had a change in attitude towards bilingualism and bilingual educations. At times, there was this permissive attitude that allowed teaching through the mother tongue acceptable. As long as it was within the jurisdiction of local towns and districts, schools were allowed to teach in the child’s native language. However, there were times in which higher authorities were strongly…

I believe that as a whole, we have become more homogenized. A term called ‘Americanization’ has risen from other countries becoming more like America. According to George Ritzer, ‘McDonalization’ is another term to describe the wide ranging sociocultural processes by which the principals of the fast food restaurants have been taking…

In 1945, the Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh was fighting for Vietnamese independence from Japan, and French colonial rule. The Viet Minh soon drove them out and took power during the August revolution. The Viet Minh soon tried to establish a communist nation, but the United States disagreed with their views, fearing that one communist country in southeast Asia would trigger a chain reaction, spreading communism like wildfire. The United states quickly took action stationing troops to “stop the…