Americas

Justin Fernandez Mr. Miraya Honors U.S. History 10, 4A 26 August 2016 “America Before Columbus” Response The ancient native american city of Cahokia was unknown to me prior to reading this article. What surprised me while reading was the fact that their leader “Great Sun” was a tyrannical leader when I initially thought that most indian tribes had councils or elder in charge. The misconceptions that Europeans had about the North American Continent was the thinking that it was in a location…

During the 19th century, America, more so in the South, was still recovering from the Civil War. With slaves no longer being a valuable means of labor the South had to start finding more ways for production. This huge blow to the South forced the South to start industrializing and reforming into the “New South.” The cons of industrialization are far greater than the pros. Industrialization brought the U.S. the worth of time, a split in social class, drugs, expansion, and death. Industrialization…

South America is located under Mexico. There is a total of twelve countries located in South America. The population of South America is 427,328,290. South America is also the fourth largest continent in the world. The land area of South America is about 6,878,570 square miles or 12% of the world’s land area. The most frequently languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and French. Over 30% of South America is covered with rainforests. Peru is located in South America. Peru is…

North America is the land mass ranging from Panama and continuing North to Alaska and Greenland. North America also accounts for all of the islands in the Caribbean and in total has twenty-three associated countries. Rail transportation in the United States has been a staple point of industry which has made America into the world’s leading union; however, rail has been forgotten about for many decades. As previously mentioned, America had 408,773 km of Class I rail in 1916. One-hundred years…

flow into one titanic ocean of freedom. Furthermore, he believed that other cultures are simply spices that only add flavor to the stew of America. Nevertheless, our stew of American values is the prevalent flavor in the bowl. Though America is undoubtedly a country of countries, Paine’s vision of America was unquestionably inaccurate. It is evident that America is an immigrant nation. We were built to be a nation that encompasses all of the cultures of…

Company Profile: Bank of America is multinational financial services corporation that serves millions of people across the globe. It is the second largest banking institution in the United States by assets and continues to dominate the commercial banking industry with innovation in technology and cost management. Bank of America has been able to place itself strategically to compete and maintain its market share through a series of mergers and acquisitions. The company’s current position is…

The social, cultural, and political differences between the four major regions of British colonial North America on the eve of the American Revolution occurred thanks to the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment unearthed new ideas which were used as a new set of guidelines to help people live their lives. The Enlightenment helped birth more interests in education as well as a more in depth understanding of the government and politics. Almanacs were created and they became a large part of the social…

a complicated relationship between Latin America and both United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold war. The main foreign policy objective during the Cold War for the United States was containment and stopping the spread of Communism. As a result the US was very protective of Latin America. The US was very active in making sure that communism was suppressed all over the region. Meanwhile the Soviet Union was funding and influencing Latin America towards a communist region. The domestic…

The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, mainly focusing on the Americas. The term was introduced in the early 16th century after Europeans, led by Christopher Columbus, landed in what would later be called the Americas during the age of discovery. This discovery was so important due to the fact that it expanded the geographical horizon of classical geographers, who had thought the world only consisted of Africa, Europe, and Asia, better known as the Old World. It was…

these movements are described to be formed conflicts or conflicts between organized actors over the social use of a common value (Touraine 89). After the end of cycle of the structural reforms and of a principally "electioneering" democracy, Latin America lived in different way, a historical moment of inflection and political change. The new and old problems associate institutions expressed themselves in negative balances in productivity, inequity and poverty; but also in problems of…