Lotteries in the United States

believe in it. In some cases, some may say that it is, even though that it not look like it in someone’s point of view but it is still alive today. A way that people believe that the American Dream is still alive today is because all around the United States people are able to try to live up to their dream. For example. A reason that the American Dream is not still alive today is because of the low paying jobs of today’s society. Most American families were able to live in a nice home, had…

because of lack of employment. Employment in the war effort increased and many Chinese-Americans found themselves working engineering jobs. Many Chinese-Americans considered this war effort a risk to help their chances on becoming citizens of the United States, and eventually the immigration act against the Chinese was repealed and residents were granted citizenships. Like Chinese-Americans, Filipino, Korean, Indian, German, and Italian Americans were victim off racial discrimination.…

Though there were various types of Asian that came to America, many of Americans during the late 19th century and early 20th century perceived all Asians with a similar perspective; an outsider and a threat to the American supremacism. Asian Americans were often mistreated and disdain by the “whites” due to many racial and cultural differences, which caused the institution of “work” to distort the lives of Asian Americans’ economically and socially. One of the major effect from the disdain were…

In 1811 the first state to have English become their official was Louisiana. Following their suit was Illinios who made English the official language in 1969. After Illinois Massachusetts made it the official language in 1975. In 1978 Hawaii also made English the official…

entente 's which include the United Kingdom, the Russian empire, and France, along with the triple alliance which included Austria- Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Germany. The United States had decided they wanted to join the war. Howard Zinn has an argument on why the United States decided to enter the war. The United States has a lot of reasons or ways that they wanted to go into the war with all the other counties. The overall argument of Howard Zinn on why the United States entered the…

Out of all of the leading countries America has become one of the last to offer universal health care. Obamacare, which is the nickname for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), was approved in 2010 (Schacht, 2015). The last five years since Obamacare was created has shown how difficult it is to bring affordable health care into the U.S. I believe the idea of everyone having universal health care is an amazing concept and a human right; however as we have seen, can come with…

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade” (Kennedy qtd in Space Race). On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the moon. (Race to the Moon). The accomplishments of landing on the moon, building bomb shelters, and passing education acts all contributed to the idea that America, as a whole, reacted in many different ways. Fear, excitement, happiness, and relief all shined through the dark smoky clouds of the space race. Although the Soviet Union continually surpassed the U…

Having your college education taken away from you is like striping away your future. Students in the United States should not have their education and future striped away from them therefore, community colleges must be free to attend and state colleges need to lower their tuition in order for student to continue their education. For those who are interested in continuing their education, could benefit from this, they can become successful and live a better life. They wouldn’t have to worry about…

After World War I, the United States became increasingly isolationist until World War II, when America was forced to become more involved in foreign affairs to support France and Britain against Germany and Japan. Originally, the devastating consequences of World War I including war costs, the failure of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations in the US, and the harsh treatment of Germany led to America’s isolationism and neutrality. After pulling out troops from Latin American nations,…

An author does not have to be Asian American to write Asian American literature. The content of the writing and what it is exposing the reader is what defines it as Asian American literature. Karissa Chen states that the APIA librarian association defined Asian American literature as “works [that] should be related to APIA experiences (either historical or contemporary) or APIA cultures.” This definition of APIA literature is a general one which does not…