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area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development.” Turner was also saying that the long lasting frontier experience had affected the way the American people were thinking at the time. This included their thoughts on their culture, institutions, and the effect in which the frontier had on their individualism and self-reliance. However, upon reading further, we can see that Turner was expressing his views through his eyes. It…

The Attica Prison riot of 1971 is known as one of the most famous and important of all prison riots. This riot took place at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York. In total, the riot occured over the course of four days resulting in forty-three deaths. The riot began on September 9, 1971, and while there is no clear, sole reason as to why it started, there are many possibilities of which might have led to the uprising. Some of the most popular reasons include racism, unfair…

westward expansion had deeply affected American livelihoods by the 1830s and 1840s. These important events reinforced old ideas of freedom and created new ones. Available land in the West had long been linked to the dream of American freedom. During this time, the phrase "manifest destiny", which is the belief that American settlers were destined to expand and occupy all of North America and extend freedom, disregarding the people that were already existing there. This idea of freedom and…

things happen every day and innocent people get killed over nothing. “Over a one year period, youth who were both gang members and exposed to violence were five hundred and forty-nine percent more likely to initiate gun carrying.” In two cities, Los Angeles and Chicago considered the most gang populated cities in the United States and over half of the annual homicides are associated with gangs. What are some important effects that gang violence undergo? Gang violence has numerous effects and…

Over the past few decades, there has been a rising concern about the increasing gang activity within the Canadian community (cite). Specifically, in Western urban centers within the prairies, there has been a notable increase in Aboriginal youth gang activity (cite). Currently, 96% of Saskatchewan’s gang related activity involves individuals of Aboriginal decent (cite). The CIA reports that the increase of youth gang activity developed in 2005 during the Aboriginal prison riots. After the…

Laquan McDonald's case? How did the news media capture the event, what were the consequences of the police officers involved, and how the public responded? The film L.A. Riots Revisited examined Rodney King's police beating and how South-Central Los Angeles community was affected. A&E Television Networks created the film in 1999 which provided the original video footage of Rodney King's beating, how the news media portrayed the African Americans poorly, and how there were strategies that…

even convicted by the body politic” (pp.246). This reinforces the notion Alang stated, that society must be warned of the negative impact technology can have on crimes and jurisdictions. Alang states the morale of an individual, at a specific place or time, can hold the reputation of an individual, where they have the power to change the course of that person’s life. Alang used the Vancouver Riots, to reinforce the fact that those perpetrators have been deemed as fugitives by society, due to…

During the Golden Era, Hollywood couldn’t make movies fast enough. Movies were in demand and the Big Five were making money hand-over-fist. They controlled everything that had anything to do with movies from production to exhibition. In 1946 the studios had made an astonishing $121,000,000 in profits. The years after World War II, the film industry changed radically and Hollywood began a period of decline. In 1950, the studios’ soaring profits dropped to $31,000,000 (Lewis, 2008). This…

sometimes hostile. Carson was then known as a famous Mountain Man. A mountain man is someone who lived and worked in the wilderness for long periods of time. Specifically to trap, Kit joined forces with Ewing Young in 1829, they would go on to trap in Arizona and California. He even got to work with the Hudson Bay company, and Jim Bridger at times. Although he could not read, Kit learned several languages. Such as French, Spanish, and several Native American…

journey consisted of multiple dangers. The Worst of these was an encounter with the Natives. Native Americans were not pleased, when they saw their land was been infiltrated by foreigners. Therefore, they rebel and fought against the settlers many times, but they never managed to get their entire property back. The American Progress picture by john, was meant for settlers who wanted more farming plot. Furthermore, the angel like figure in this image, revealed that settlers were accompanied by…