Colonial architecture in the United States

to change their names to a Japanese style. For 30 years, a strong resistance movement fought the colonial rule, even forming a provisional government in Manchuria. In 1945, Japan was finally forced to give up power in Korea as part of their defeat in World War…

Have you ever heard the racial joke that begins with “An American, a Chinese and a Hispanic man are in a plane?” Or how about the one that takes place with different religious leaders meeting in a casual bar? If you live in the United States, especially California I would assume you would have heard these jokes or similar ones. Although they are extremely offensive, they help show how culturally diverse our country is. Being culturally diverse, many people of different religions and…

the state of Georgia. The statistics are based on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (based on averaging the totals for the years 2012-2013): • 547,000 Georgia residents over the age of 18 reported a dependency on, or abuse of, illicit drugs or alcohol in the past year. • The number of Georgia residents, 18 years of age and over, who reported needing, but not receiving, treatment for illicit drug use in the past year totaled…

This was caused by the tense relationship between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, which arose from the increased spread of Communism. The popular film, The Crucible, based off of the play written by Arthur Miller, is partially valuable as a tool for teaching students about American history because…

1. Today, India and the United States share similarities in the diversity found within their citizens, but I would argue, there is a higher degree of differences regarding both. In Octavio Paz’s, In Light of India, he makes note of the striking similarities of India and Mexico but first, points to their inversion of creation. Paz, on Mexico, claims “the pre-Hispanic civilization was destroyed, and what survives are its remnants: in India, the ancient civilization is a reality that encompasses…

Why did the Renaissance begin when and where? The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy because it was a huge trade center at the time. Florence was in a nice geographical location for commerce and trade. This gave a huge amount of wealth to the city which contributed to its economic success. As the main point of exchange, many concepts took off from Florence including new forms of art and politics. Location wasn’t the only contributing factor to the beginning of the Renaissance since The Black…

the sake their independence many countries choose the third path to avoiding war and keeping their independence, they framed NAM (Non-alignment Movement). Most of these countries was belong to Asia and Africa and also newly independent. The US (United States) and European countries criticized NAM and revoked it as a group of opportunist countries. The NAM emerged as an international platform as a third…

consent of the governed, once he made this theory. If a government ruled absolutely then it forfeited its subjects loyalty and if this happened the government could be overthrown so Locke helped made religious toleration for groups not threatening the state and he also promoted education, commerce and trade. Humanitarianism was a crime and punishment, it couldn’t have had any enlightenment society that could torture it, but many of these practices were common in the continental European…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…

He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…