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In the early twentieth century, war was becoming inevitable due to high tensions between a considerable amount of foreign countries. Idealist President Wilson attempted to keep the United States out of the war, yet it was imperative to aid the French and British troops. The government needed support from many Americans with the goal of perpetuating stability of the nation, Americans needed to organize their resources and economy so they could focus all efforts to the war. Page 1, Image 10…

Oyvind Fahlstrom’s 1965 Eddie (Sylvie’s Brother) in the Desert is just one of many different artworks that are on display in the new wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. This piece of artwork is part of a gallery on display titled The New Contemporary. It features an extraordinary amount of art works ranging from the years of 1945 to today. Fahlstrom’s piece features ink and tempera on wood along with twenty cutouts on vinyl. In the early 1960’s he began to make what he called “variable”…

it down. Furthermore, I made a hashtag that reads “#U-R-RESPONSIBLE-4-U” which is hinting at the fact that no one is to blame except for themselves for how they have become. I placed this carefully right on one of the red stripes from the American flag tint on the man. This is also strategically placed because the man in the picture has a plumber’s crack showing and it draws your eyes to that point and makes it hard to look away. The hashtag is placed directly above that so that they will read…

When we listen to music we often associate the style or theme to different aspects of life, for example, a nation, a movie or even a scene, John Philip Sousa’s music is no different. When his music is heard it is associated with America and the Armed Forces. Often times associations are made over time like, Thanksgiving and pie but, the association of Sousa’s music and America were nearly seamless. His march, Stars & Stripes Forever exemplifies this association musically and historically.…

The Confederate Flag was created on March of 1861, as the official flag of the Confederates. The flag is still around to this day, and has developed controversy on the topic itself. Some people believe that the confederate flag is apart of history, while others believe it is a sign of racism and injustice that should not exist in today’s society. The Civil War was a war that was fought between the northern and southern states of America. The north was referred to as the Union, while the south…

In “ Last Words: Two Confederate Flags ”, there are two different kinds of display of the confederate flags. One is in a form of a headstone with words and a picture of Big Ed extending his middle finger, the other is a simple flag hanging on a wooden stick waiting to be destroyed by a strong wind. Bethe Dufresne argues that the confederate flags are history factors, and we should embrace their historical value. Furthermore, the flags should be displayed as " a muted artifact of unspeakable…

ended and that was also the day the 13th amendment was ratified into the Constitution. African Americans don’t see the flag as a symbol for anything except for racism. The Kul Klux Klan actually used this flag as a symbol for racism, and not every white American uses the flag for that purpose. Also the flag was not the original flag for the Confederacy. Not all Africans see the flag as a bad symbol, but most do and that is all because of slavery. Slavery happened because of the fact that the…

Americans show their pride is by not only flying flags on poles, but also displaying the flag on merchandise. Some items that we display the flag on include: paper plates used on the Fourth of July, clothing, and accessories for our cars. Similar to fanatic nationalism, patriotic nationalism incorporates the idea that your country is the best nation in the world. However, patriotic nationalists…

It was Abraham Lincoln who said ”A house divided against itself cannot stand”. What he meant by this was that a functioning government could not coexist if it was not united. Essentially, if the house was ideologically split, you did not have a divided house, you had no house at all. The value of a government was based on its ability to pass legislation, and if it could not do that, it’s value was not divided, it was effectively zero. This same logic can be applied to a Five-Dollar Bill. The US…

Did you know that the state of Georgia was the last colony out of the first 13 colonies to be formed? Named after King George II, the colony was settled by James Oglethorpe in 1733, and it was considered a state by 1788. The purpose of the colony was to serve as a military buffer between the other 12 colonies and the Spanish Florida. During the Civil War, multiple battles took place in the colony, one of them being, “The Battle of Pickett’s Mill”, which occurred in 1864. Before the Civil War,…