Midwestern United States

Revision 2 Youngstown State University established in 1908 is a university in Youngstown Ohio. Ohio University established in 1808 is located in Athens Ohio. Youngstown State University (YSU) and Ohio University (OU) are two universities that are similar in many ways including, having a Writing Center, A Math center, Science Center, Study Skills, Tutoring Services and a Library. In this essay I will give you the similarities of both Ohio University and Youngstown State University in which is…

from Wheeler’s poem “Earthlings” that states, “We are the folks presidents talk to when times require.” Through her reference, Marquart demonstrates the significance that the upper Midwest has on the rest of the nation.…

in the North Country as well as the role the North Country played in the war. Creating a detailed timeline in the book from chapter to chapter explaining how it all shaped the North Country today. Continuing with the timeline of history in the United States she begins to discuss the War of 1812. Going into great detail of the preparations, battles and the end results of the war. Giving the reader an in depth understanding of the involvement of the North Country in the…

Specifically in the Midwestern community, this group was compiled with a multitude of farmers that valued hard-working and honest people. Additionally, the Midwesterners were also subjective to those who were a certain ethnicity, religion, and social class. In Denise Spooner’s essay “ A New Perspective on the Dream”, she analyzes the Midwestern community’s accustomed consensuality of religion, race, and social norms. Many possible…

Walton Arts Center, is a performing arts facility that is located in Arkansas. "Their vision is to nourish creativity and embrace cultural risk." (Todd & White, 2002 p. A-1). A man by the name of Bill Mitchell who was widely known in the art industry as well as the "founding father" of the Walton Arts Center resigned and a lady by the name of Anita Scism became the Interim President. In 1998, Scism became the new permanent CEO/President of the arts center. The management team of…

technique utilized by Marquart to build her argument is the upbringing of the negative aspects of the land. Although this may seem counterproductive, the author does this in order to make the positives of the land seem more profound. One of these Midwest states, North Dakota, is immediately characterized as “lonely, treeless, and a devoid of rises and curves,” which severely lacks an appeal to prospective landowners. Marquart even goes as far as to describe the land as “like one long-held pedal…

The 20th century was packed with major events in America’s history. Nearly every decade had a defying event, from the Great Depression to both World Wars. However, while all of that was occurring, there was another event happening at the same time for much of the century. The Great Migration refers to the relocation of African Americans from the rural South to the urban areas in the North. City populations in Chicago and New York, for example, expanded greatly because of this influx. Migrants…

The American experience has produced a unique struggle for African American women to produce their unique attractiveness aesthetically. In the United States, Afrocentric attractiveness standard has been picture – perfect. African American women have fashion with their own aesthetics and grow the very features that distinguished them from others. However, hair consistency is one and only, of the continuing obstacles on this journey to prompt an aesthetic that exemplifies all color, shape, size,…

According to the Census bureau, Fairfax County’s population is 1,142,234 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015). Also according to the Census bureau, 13% of the United States’ population is foreign-born (Kraut 2014). If you adhere to this 13% rule, that means 148,490 of the people that live in Fairfax County are immigrants. Unfortunately, many of these immigrants face an assumption that they are stealing jobs. Immigrants also encounter intense societal rejection, not only from U.S. natives, but from those…

By the end of the Civil War, the United States managed to undergo a drastic and imperative transformation in its history. When the war began, the country was mainly powered by agriculture. The end of the war began a new way of life in America- an industrial one. This period of time from the 1870s to the beginning of the twentieth century is known as “The Gilded Age”, which also included the “new industrial order.” The Gilded Age and the “new industrial order” dramatically increased the number of…