People For the American Way

Pros and Cons of American Imperialism America is one of the most powerful nations of the world. Its sheer size, economy, territories, and technological advancements make it so influential that many smaller nations or cultures look up to America as if it were a god. Many decades ago, America established its dominance over other nations, particularly during the two world wars by showing off its military prowess and interfering with what are supposedly local affairs of other governments.…

as a way to socialize people from a young age. Nevertheless, Agents of socialization are very important for the development of people and their ways of thinking. Family, friends, school, television, and many more things have an impact on the way people view society. Media serves to show what things are acceptable in society and that things are frowned upon. Even though, religion has a strong following and offers a certain amount of knowledge towards gender identities and behaviors in American…

Fitzgerald, one theme has been apparent: the decline of the American Dream. The American Dream is the idea that any person, if they want it badly enough, can achieve all of their aspirations. During the 1920s this idea that has been the hope for many struggling Americans was beginning to decline. People were starting to become skeptical of this and giving up on their dreams all together. Through its depiction of the decline of the American Dream, Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby represents this…

I chosen the speech of Harold Ickes, What is an American? which he delivered at the I am an American Day gathering in New York’s Central Park. The purpose was to address a growing question of many American people if it was necessary to join the war against Adolf Hitler. He claims that as American we must fight in the war for freedom and the idealism of democracy. Once Hitler claims the world, America will not be able to stand forever against the endless resources at his control. Stand…

voyages. For example, Christopher Columbus travelled west to spread his religion in India, but ended up to America and met Native Americans. On the other hand, Hernan Cortes had a selfish reason for his voyage and wanted to get the world’s riches and let greed consume him. Two traveler and they were both faced with different situations. In comparison, both Native Americans and the Aztecs accepted Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes with open arms. Christopher Columbus writes, “As I saw that…

several years. Many Americans believed that after the Civil War and the Jim Crow period, African Americans would be treated the correct and humane. However, people still continue to be bias towards their race. Influenced by the past, these tensions held against the African American race still continue today. There are feelings of racial domination believing that whites control the country. Some whites believe that African Americans cannot participate in a community of an American society.…

People are disseminated throughout the globe, we can see different tribes of people around. Among such group of people, Americans are the ones who could be spotted at different nooks and corners of the world for different purposes. The Americans have their own way of speaking, interacting and admiring people and their socio-cultural norms which make them distinct from the rest of the people. Here, are few of such traits that would help to distinguish an American from rest of the world. The…

the Native American Community “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”(Declaration of Independence US 1776). Does anyone truly know the meaning of these words? Take into consideration that the Declaration of Independence was written in a time when human beings were the possession of other human beings, and these people had about…

The 1920s were a moving time in American History. American was on its way to becoming more modern that it had ever been before. The looks, jobs, way people dressed were on their way to changing dramatically. The Roaring Twenties was one of the most bursting decades of the century. The most familiar image of the “Roaring Twenties” is most likely the flapper: a young woman with bobbed hair, short dresses, who had more freedoms that previous generations. For most women in the nineteen…

The purpose of agreements: Relationships that shaped America The United States of America were built on principles and the people who enforced those principles. People may think that those principles first come out in The Declaration of Independence, but it is evident that these principles first show up when people first touch this historic land. One of the first people to influence the growth of North America was William Bradford. Bradford (who was a separatist from the Church of England)…