United Kingdom Independence Party

Watching this episode of ABC’s All in the Family, was very interesting. I do not usually watch the older shows, so this really opened my eyes and showed how the white people thought differently about African-American people. I think that this episode mostly made fun of the prejudices that some people had because of the way Sammy Davis Jr. responded to Archie’s comments. In this show, Archie had several opinions about African-American people, and I got the feeling that he was against equality…

Why was the Battle of Jutland significant to the outcome of World War I? The Battle of Jutland took place on May 31st 1916 between the British Naval Fleet and the German imperial fleet. Though the Germans claimed it as a victory for them, as they suffered less casualties, the Battle had major effects on both sides of the war. There were many casualties on both sides of the war, and after the Battle the Germans never attempted to invade Britain through sea again, cutting off one possibly way of…

The establishment of the independent Greek state was yet another significant event in the development of nationalism as for the first time a Christian subject people had achieved independence form the Ottoman rule. The power of nationalism and the national idea had become an important factor in the further reconfiguration of Europe hence awakening nationalism in other European states and therefore providing the opportunity for further…

Sue Monk Kidd was born August 12, 1948, in Sylvester, Georgia. She was influenced by the authors Henry David Thoreau's book Walden and Kate Chopin's book The Awakening. Before becoming a writer, she originally had a bachelors degree in nursing in 1970. However, Kidd was later influenced by the writings of Thomas Merton to look deeper within her own life. She decided to take writing classes at Emory University and Anderson University. Kidd wrote a personal essay for a writing class that was…

Richard Wright was a prolific protest writer whom was often criticized for his lack of complexity to his black characters. One of the critiques of his writing is that portrayed them as helpless victims to a hostile society brimming with oppression and violence against black folk. This constant typology of Wright’s black protagonists made his characters seem one dimensional and stereotypical to the fears already pressed upon black folks. However, Wright’s understanding of the black psychological…

Save the Last Dance is a beautiful movie of diversity, courage, confidence, fears and inter-racial diversities. Sara a ballet dancer felt her dreams crushed when her mother died in a car accident trying to get to Sara’s ballet audition. Not having her mother as a support system Sara decided to quit dancing. Sara had to leave her quiet suburban area in Chicago to live with her father in the southern ghetto part of Chicago. In this new journey, Sara deals with loss hopes, reconnection with her…

The Industrial Revolution refers to the greatly output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s. Industrialization is the process of developing machine production of goods, required such resources. These natural resources included: water power and coal to fuel the new machines, iron ore to construct machines, tools, and buildings, rivers for inland transportation, and harbors from which merchant ships set sail. People with different lifestyles had their own view on the…

In the year 1897, Britain had and maintained the largest known empire in history, thanks to its position as an influential and strong military power throughout Europe. According to scholar Greg King, the British Empire was once referred to as an empire where “the sun never set” due to its vastness: at one point, Britain held and maintained colonies on every edge of the planet. The British navy was renowned for their forcible tactics, and it was no different when imperialism became popular…

capable of great things. In addition to that, "the victory was a defining event for Canada ,considered by many contemporaries and later scholars to be a significance event in Canada's progress to full independence from Britain". The Battle of Vimy Ridge was that spark that led the Canadians to gain independence from Britain. The reason this victory was defining was because in the beginning Canada was only a colony however, after their very well thought out victory Canadians…

Spanish-American war is a conflict between two countries Spain and the United States which has the end of the Spanish colonial empire and led the US to seize territory in Latin America and Western Pacific. The Spanish-American war based on different political paradigms has numerous reasons why the conflict between them cropped up and each of these paradigms explains in their own way. The Realist paradigm considers that the conflict between the United States and Spain happened because of a power…