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How far was the American empire similar to the British one? The United States of America in many ways aimed to distance themselves from their former colonial masters. The American Enlightenment had set forth the notion that the American colonists should form an entirely new nation built on the ideals of liberty, the rights of man, republicanism, and so forth. But America exhibited symptoms of imperialism - both hard imperialism and soft imperialism - in their growth and expansion west. Whilst…

Disenfranchised Groups in America "What if the skinheads want to do the Pledge of Allegiance, we 're gonna [sic] do that too?" said Laura Ingraham, on her radio show."To some people that would be offensive, we 're gonna[sic] let them do that?"(Connar) Ingraham was commenting on an upstate New York school where a student saying the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic, with the intention of celebrating and promoting multiculturalism during foreign language week. There are many people in this country…

Tien Walker Bob Conrad, PhD, APR “Dr. Conrad” Marketing Principles 210 April 4, 2017 Targeting, Segmenting and Positioning Dillard’s and Macy’s have the same kind of retail business in the USA. Macy's and Dillard's, have staged impressive comebacks recently. Macy's and Dillard's are renewing their success in the retailing market. They have the same kind of promotion such as Coupons, improving social media for shopping and many kinds of customer's service policy for their customers "Macy's and…

Introduction: Thesis statement The gifted educational system has it been forgotten or is it just not important to educate students who excel cognitively at its most optimum efficiency. Given the opportunity, the educational system should fund an enhanced curriculum for gifted children or continue a general curriculum for all students. Key Points Some may believe that gifted students should be handled with the utter most care. Because they are our nation’s top students and most gifted minds and…

Following the 8 month American-Spanish war, the United States gained territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, as well as the Philippines off the southeastern coast of Asia. Following this brief war, there will be debate on how the Philippines should be divided and who should lead the nation. Emiliano Aguinaldo, the rebel leader of the Filipino people, attempted to lead a revolt against the Americans who had declared that they would rule the island, but miserably failed. With…

for their president. Also the U.S. territories have representatives in the house, but the representatives have non-voting seats. According to history.house.gov “five, non-voting Delegates represent the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. A non-voting Resident Commissioner, serving a four-year term, represents the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.” (“Determining…

We are finding different and new ways of defining one’s heritage. The racial options of the 2000 Census were modified to accommodate those who want to express their multiracial heritage. For the first time, respondents could identify themselves as members of more than one racial category. Also, a separate question about ethnicity appears before race (Banks, 2005). The United States has been called the melting pot due to the diverse cultures. According to U.S. census there is an estimated 3.5…

Roosevelt’s leadership, were volunteers that went to Cuba to battle at El Caney and San Juan Hill. The American army did not stop there, and took over Puerto Rico with the command of Nelson A. Miles, before Spain signed the armistice. This gave to America Guam, Puerto Rico, the freedom of Cuba, and the Philippines, which were much more of a problem, in which McKinley decided to keep the Philippines making the U.S. seem more like an imperialistic nation. This sprouted the Anti-Imperialist League,…

From the end of the Civil War to the 1880s, the United States remained largely isolationist. However, by the 1890s, America began to turn outward and expand onto the international stage; it embroiled itself in a war with Spain, took over new lands and territories in the process, and even entered into a world war. It was obvious that American foreign policy had experienced a drastic change from the days of the Civil War and the beginning of the Gilded Age, but what was the driving force behind…

One of the biggest things to worry about when a solider comes home from war is the symptoms or challenges they maybe face while being home. They might experience things similar to what happen back in the war and might lash out or go into a depression, this stage maybe be due to a disorder they might bring back from when they were in the war and this it is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD for short. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that 's triggered…