Cambodian Civil War

origin of the topic will help enrich our understanding, and enlarge our perspective of the American culture. -The topic will study the American Dream which is an idea that conquered all American mind in the period after the end of the Second World War 1945. Both plays A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller discuss the subject of the American dream with characters who were hypnotized by the idea of success. Both plays give different perspectives, one…

component of the book and its time period. In chapter 10, Whitehead writes “and America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes––believes with all its heart––that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave…

The civil rights movement was started in the 1950s to change the way African Americans were viewed. TREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS In the history of African Americans, they have struggled with being treated poorly. Richard Wilson explains, “Civil rights are among the most basic of all conceptions of human individual rights, but they must be paired with civil liberties to be effective”(1). Civil rights should be a privilege that every human being on planet Earth should have, but to have civil…

The Slave Trade was a very brutal thing. Slaves were treated worse than most animals, and had no rights at all. They were shipped off in exchange for raw materials that usually had very little value at all. These human beings were sometimes stolen by their neighbours, or even their family members to be sold. Their way of life was absolutely terrible. Whoever sold the slaves, had no regard to their rank, or possessions. Before they would get on the boat, they were stripped of all the…

Eun Ei Hong Mr. Durkhoop US History 11 11 September 2014 Slavery in Colonial Era In the middle period of Colonial Era, a large number of black men came to America as labor force of the southern colonies. The slavery of blacks was legitimized and accepted practice during that time. Practice of slavery was more common and demanded in southern colonies than in the northern colonies because they needed multiple of people to work on vast farm land. Southern colonies were ideal place for…

One of our own, Upton Sinclair has now published his novel, The Jungle, in its entirety. Despite the “muckraking” as our very President might deem it, this novel is pivotal to the causes we believe in. Sinclair has used The Jungle, to simultaneously expose the problems layering our very federal and local governments, as well as the society in which we all partake in. His novel has forced the federal government to finally take action and begin to impose regulations on the Union Stockyards and the…

After the women’s rights movement, Americans agreed that women should have equal opportunities, and should not be limited to only raising a family and tending the home. After the civil rights movement Americans asserted that the color of a person’s skin should not determine their inherent worth or value. These cultural changes, though not easy, were necessary, and good. However, there is a level when excessively redefining what is…

Slavery:the restriction of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Slavery was a quintessential part of the United States even before its conception. Before the Revolutionary War most of the colonies slaves were located in Virginia and South Carolina due the widely grown cash crops of tobacco and rice. In order for a well-off landowner of the late 17th century to make the most profit he needs to plant his crop on a massive scale, but this raises a question: How do I plant/harvest all of the…

COMPANY II: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BACKGROUND New York Life Insurance Company was found on April 12, 1845. In 1856, New York Life’s assets exceed $1 million. During the Civil War, New York Life’s president Ogden stand firm on the company commitment to pay legitimate claims, North and South. Throughout the war, the company continues to pay death claims. In 1894, the time when gender equality is rare; New York Life becomes the first insurer to charge women the same premium rates as men…

This essay is about a ship that was called “La Amistad”. This Movie was based on transporting illegally slaves that were not really slaves, because they were born in Africa, but they bought them so they had been born in Cuba, but they born in Africa. The author was Steven Spilberg, he is a very famous author, he has make Jurassic Park, Jaws and other good ones, it happened in 1839 the true story. This was from Africa to Cuba, and finally it ended in the US, three years later they took another…