European countries

Mahands Karamchand Gandhi Eddie Li Tianjin Foreign Languages School Introduction For hundreds of years since the prevail of human civilizations, no matter in eastern or western countries, citizens were and are always trying to pursue a more democratic society. Since then, regional conflicts and battles had been raised in European and North America in the past two centuries, millions of people got injured or dead during the war time. However, civil disobedience, as one special form of social…

new immigrants experienced was that of economic discrimination. Nearly fifty-five million people left Europe during the early twentieth century partially due the machinery that was invading the country side of Europe, making it more strenuous for many farmers to make a profit (Rauchway 57). These European laborers…

anti-immigration sentiment does seem to rise accordingly. The 1850’s gave rise to a movement of political opposition to immigration in the United States called Nativism (Oakes 2013). Although immigration has always been a controversial and disputed issue in the country, the rise in the number of immigrants presented an opportunity for the opposition to name a new scapegoat that would be responsible for everything that ailed society during times of demographic change. One example of a group…

Many countries are represented by their official language, where there is a common language there is nationalism, pride and unity. The United States of America is a country full of diverse people; there many cultures, languages and traditions that all contribute to how we see and develop our American identity today. North America is the only country that does not have an official language to represent. For instance, Cuba’s official language is Spanish, Egypt’s is Arabic and Vietnam’s is…

defined by the arrival of foreign workers from China, Ireland, and other European nations to work in the American economy. In the post-Civil War era, the rise of American industry allowed as massive influx of immigrants from all over the world, which resulted in the federalization of immigrant laws in 1875, which then to a series of acts that sought to limit the amount of foreign immigrant that were illegal entering the country. The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was one of the first major…

overview of “Italian customs” and traditions about 96% percent of the population of Italy is Italian though there are many other ethnicities that live in this country. North African, Arab, Albanian, German, Austrian and some other European groups fill out with a remainder of the population living in Italy, they have been bordering countries of France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia to the north they have influenced Italian culture, as they have the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and…

Among the most visible of these is France's world-leading success in the field of rail infrastructure. France was the first country in the world to propose, plan and set up a dedicated high-speed rail network; today the country can boast the world's second most extensive high-speed rail network (after Spain), one which runs without interruption from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, and east-west from near the German border…

America is a country of immigrants, a melting pot of sorts, but upon taking a closer look one will see that a large number of these immigrants are actually refugees. From the beginnings of our country, we have offered a solace for those looking to escape persecution. The first colonists were fleeing England for freedom to practice their religion. A large portion of current Irish-Americans come from ancestors that came to America in order to escape the Irish Potato Famine. The German…

mourn on their deaths, was the result of something that could have been avoided, but was caused by confusion and pride. Europe was an envied nation due to their advance in technology, art, and music. Everything seemed to be going too well for the Europeans, but soon enough, everything changed. Europe had hope of creating a system which balanced the amount of power each nation had, in order to diminish the chances of one nation taking over the other, but many complications made it difficult for…

nineteenth century, the young United States had focused her eyes towards the West. The country had various economic and political reasons for expanding westward, but the Americans also had created an exuberance of American patriotism during this time period. The belief of “manifest destiny” deemed that it was the destiny of the United States to exalt her dominance over the entirety of North America. This put the “Oregon Country” in the crosshairs of American expansionism. However, the Americans…