Borders of the United States

find themselves in any situation. When a person decides to leave all they have, they either see it has a fresh start or their last option. Near the Mexican-American border “ life is dominated by the presence of American manufacturers”*, just “south of the United States border, where maquiladoras- plants be marketed in the United States”*. In Rio Grande, lies “a flat industrial city of perhaps 300,000 people”* . With all the booming business one may assume that life there must be amazing, but…

From the original thirteen colonies in 1776 to the forty-five states at the turn of the twentieth century, the land that makes up the United States drastically changed through fairly rapid and steady expansion to the west and south. Between 1889 and 1893, six new states entered the Union, which represented the most in any four year period of the country’s history. The history of growth and expansion helped shape American culture and the average American’s viewpoint, which was ready to move…

Gerald Stourzh, an Austrian historian and author of Benjamin Franklin and American Foreign Policy, wrote “Expansion was the essential condition for growth and prosperity of America” (Weeks, 1) Prior to the nation’s birth, American leadership became aware of the potential of the North American continent. Expansion was prevalent in the discourse of foreign and domestic politics. In fact, from 1776 to 1865 America transformed from a British colonial possession, into an affluent world power that…

The cold war was a “war” between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although people called it a war, it was not really a war but more of an argument per say, there was no physical conflict between the two superpowers. They fought through proxy wars a war through third parties. This war went on for 45 years with the end result being the U.S. coming out victorious by bringing down the Berlin wall and the borders, freeing the people from communism, and having the Soviet Union being divided…

and the United States. Nine year old Carlitos (Adrian Alonso) and his mother, Rosario (Kate del Castillo), are separated by the border because Rosario is trying to create a better life for her son to come to in the United States. La Misma Luna is a story where a mother and her son have a special bond that will always be kept even with distance between them. After unfortunate circumstances, main character, Carlitos decides to find his mother who is an illegal immigrant in the United States.…

assumed to be law, which it means abiding citizens while black and Hispanics are assumed to be crimeable. And racial profiling is mostly like Jim Crow Laws, this laws is of the apartheid system for colored people from the southern states of the United States and border states between 1876 and 1965. These legal apartheid compulsions of public facilities must be segregated in accordance with the racial differences, and apartheid is interpreted as an unequal protection that does not violate…

abilities and needs. Soon after World War II ended on April 25, 1945, at the the Elbe River, the U.S. soon found themselves in political tensions with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union and the United States had major differences. The Soviet Union, under Stalin's regime, advocated communism while the United States favored capitalism. This political difference lead to the Cold War, which was an iron curtain between the Soviet-controlled countries in Eastern Europe and the Western democracies. How…

and France had a trade interest in the Suez Canal, while Israel needed to open the canal to allow the navigation of Israeli ships. The actions of the British and French countries were universally criticized by the international community. The United States, as an ally of the Three Kingdoms, was also dissatisfied with the covert operation, which saw the Anglo-French aggression as a manifestation of colonialism. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower directly called the British Prime Minister Aiden for…

were voluminous events and people that influenced the formation of the United States of America as an independent and sovereign state; ultimately, they guided the instituting and authorization of the United States Government. During the years of 1765-1783 the colonies of America instigate a revolution and a war to gain independence from their fathering country of England. Throughout the years of 1777-1800 the colonies and states of America construct a government that would revolutionize the face…

Luggage zipped and keyboards clicked, as the people in The Logan International Airport got ready to take flight to their destination to the LAX airport later that Tuesday morning. Passengers gathered around security lines, within minutes of their flights quickly rushing to their gates hoping the plane would not leave without them. One quick swipe of their person, and an internal check of their carry ons and off to their plane they go; that is, Until the day after. As well as you may know this…