New Jersey Transit

Jersey Shore was a popular TV show on MTV between 2009 and 2012 about “Guidos”, or Americans of Italian descent in their twenties who rented a house together on the Jersey Shore, which was aimed at teenagers and people under thirty. Jersey Shore is affecting our culture in a negative way because the majority of people that watched it might have thought differently about Italians and think that’s all that they do. At one point, Jersey Shore became one of the most watched TV shows and I think it…

How does one interpret unity in America, after all we live in the United States? In the poems, “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman and “I, Too” by Langston Hughes, both authors express what it means for them to live in America. Hughes writes from an African American perspective living in the 1930s, while Walt Whitman writes from a Caucasian perspective living in the mid 1800s. These facts play an important role in interpreting these poems. “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too” share a…

the Delaware was created in 1851 (metmuseum.org). The painting is 12ft 5in. by 21ft. 3in and is in good condition; there does not appear to be any damage. Washington Crossing the Delaware is currently on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is displayed in a gallery with other American paintings from the same time period. The top part of the painting consists of grey clouds with sunlight and sky streaming through. On the horizon and far off into the background of the…

Newark, New Jersey. The things that shape this documentary is the campaign itself, the tactics the two used, and the people's reaction to the election. Their campaigns could be summed down to experienced leadership (Sharpe James) versus change (Cory Booker). James had been serving as mayor for sixteen years and has brought many changes to Newark. He has done good for the city, and any mistakes he has made, he should know from past experiences to never be repeated again. Booker is someone new…

order in favor of a new system. It also means radical change. Throughout many centuries, we see many revolutions that completely changed the world as we know it. For instance, take a look at the French and Russian Revolutions. In both of these, the lower class rose up against the rich and elite. A true characterization of the meaning behind the term "revolution". A true social revolution has to destroy the original foundation of structure in that society and transfer the power to new and…

I am a 16 year old female growing up in Englewood, New Jersey. I enjoy programing, creative writing, and music. I spend a lot of time listening and playing music. I play the drums and I also enjoy singing. I have spent a lot of time doing community service and working around the school and the library. Starting at an early age I realized that I have a passion for learning, beginning in Kindergarten, at Englewood On the Palisades a Charter School. My teacher, asked me could I spell, write my…

Summary of the case: In 1824 a primary mode of transportation across waters was the steam boat. These were boats powered by steam engines. Aaron Ogden would travel back and forth from New Jersey to New York. The state of New York gave Aaron an exclusive license to run ferry boats between the states. Thomas Gibbons was also a steam boat operator who ran two steamboat ferries on the same route. Ogden filed a lawsuit against Gibbons. Ogden stated that, he was given exclusive rights to operating…

Although colonists settled in America as an escape from England, due to unfair laws, lack of organization and colonial revolts, and intellectual reforms, it prompted the colonists to seek for freedom from England which is what made the American Revolution inevitable. When King Charles III ruled the colonies, he paid more attention and intervened with the colonial affairs. Around the 1660’s, merchantilism transformed the America’s economy (3). England sought for more wealth from trade and…

Introduction William Penn greatly explored the ‘New World’ of Pennsylvania, encountered the people of his new land, and exchanged peace, hope, equal rights, and brotherly love with the newcomers to his “Holy Experiment.” Before he did this though, he did many things back in the European countries. He had many failures but soon was successful in his own ways. Penn got his huge area of the ‘New World’ because King Charles II was in debt to Penn’s recently deceased father. To repay this debt, King…

1775 – 1783, America fought to free themselves from the shackles that England put on American’s through political and social restraints. Once America was finally free, its people created a brand new society that was built on the idea of equality. Greene and Zinn argue that the years following America’s new found freedom consisted of the same type of oppression of Americans just…