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Thomas Jefferson embodied some of the characteristics most often associated with being a true American. He was a scholar, fluent in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian; as well as founding Virginia University. He pursued sciences and arts along with politics. His progressive mindset was brought upon from the Enlightenment, where he among many others questioned aspects of life in the 18th century. When the revolutionary war had been going on for about two years, Jefferson concluded that…

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee tells the story of the indians and their struggles against the United States. The novel tells several different stories of chiefs and their tribes and how they all fought for their land against the United States Government. The story describes famous battles like Little Crow’s war and the Battle at Wounded Knee. It also shows the indians efforts to stay on there land to the point they have to go to war with the American Government. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee…

Today many Americans believe that the Constitution should not be interpreted and instead believe that it should be followed according to the authors’ original intent. However, many of the founders themselves had disagreements over the difference between “interpretation” and “intent.” There are four main issues that present complications with the interpretations of the Constitution. These four issues are The Bank of the United States, The Alien and Sedition Acts, The Virginia and Kentucky…

On November 22,1963 the United States took a major toll in history. President Kennedy was assassinated around 12:30 pm while driving around in an open open hooded convertible in Texas. The culprit was none other than a U.S. Marines man named Lee Oswald, but this is not the story told by the video called The Men Who Killed Kennedy. This movie is split into various parts, and the part I have recently watched was called “ The Love Affair”. This segment of the documentary was told from the side of…

The American Temperament of Exceptionalism and Egalitarianism Egalitarianism in the United States of America has not always been a philosophy that has been met with much popularity. Minority groups like African Americans, Latinos, homosexuals, women, the poor and others, have all had to fight to gain access to an equal territory regarding rudimentary civil liberties. America was established on Thomas Jefferson’s idea of unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.…

The Electoral College is a group of people that represent the states of the US. This group of people are the ones who cast votes for the election of the president and also the vice president. The Electoral College has a total of 538 electors. 270 electoral votes are required to elect a new President. ” The Constitution assigns each state a number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations; at present, the number of electors per state…

Education and healthcare are two of the major factors in the African American community. African American children are not receiving quality healthcare and education because of the location of each. In the late 1950s education was not valued by the government for African Americans because of segregation. The difference in classrooms was astounding which shows the significance of how education was not an equal effort for African Americans and whites. Low wages and taxes are important in certain…

The poems Africa and Flying Man by Rabindranath Tagore show the negative effects of man-made destruction. The destruction is the way they have mistreated the people of Africa, as well as changing the way nature used to be, from the peaceful harmonious nature to inventing more modernised technologies, making man seem more arrogant. The focus of the two poems is how man has destroyed the earth with their actions, and the poet does this by using imagery and figurative language. In Africa, Tagore…

Bharat Forge was started in 1961 by Baba Kalyani, an MIT trained engineer who wanted to put India on the map for manufacturing. He had a bold vision that the future of Indian manufacturing would be driven by sophisticated production rather than muscle power. He made a bold move to change most of his blue collared workers to white collared ones and investing heavily in automating his plant. Suzlon is a textile industry started by Tulsi Tanti in the year 1992. Initially Suzlon went from being a…

During the 1960’s there was a war on freedom. Two men proposed counter arguments for the perfect solution to achieve freedom for African Americans in the United States. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “ I Have A Dream” during the “March on Washington” is a revolutionary speech that brought thousands of African Americans together to protest for their freedom. Malcolm X’s “God’s Judgement of White America” (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) shows more of a violent approach to freedom. Both Dr. Martin…