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Culture can be described as the way of life of a particular people expressed through their behavior, art and traditions. Some of the components of culture are language, values, beliefs, norms and symbols (“Cambridge Dictionary,” 2016). Awareness of a country’s geography, infrastructure, economy and social institutions can help leaders make better decisions if operating in that environment. Having a cultural understanding of Liberia, a key American ally in Africa, is particularly important for…

Keep Your Freedom Most people assume, since they live in the United States, that they are free, and have the freedom to do as they please as long as what they are doing abides by federal and/or state law. But how free are we, really? If you look deep enough, Suzanne Collins illustrates how restricted our freedom in the United States are. Throughout the novel, The Hunger Games, Collins is telling her readers that the government will destroy most means of personal freedom of the citizens. In…

on. One night, a state trooper shot Jimmie Lee Jackson, a twenty six-year-old church deacon from Marion. He was attacked while attempted to protect his mother from getting hit with a club. Just eight days later he died from the wound he has receive from the state trooper. Outraged, the activist in Selma and Marion set out on the first march in Selma Voting…

People throughout the community formed together to raise awareness and get the word out to other cities across the United States. What happened on the West Coast quickly made it to the East Coast. Although people still wanted to protest and fight for justice for the 17 year old, this case no longer required volunteers. Media had a hold of this case, which made it go viral…

Immigration Law, states, “Hoping to…

“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex,” reads the Equal Rights Amendment. Women in the United States of America did not have many rights before 1919. However, in the early 1920’s, the Equal Rights Amendment was created for the benefit of America’s women. The amendment was dedicated to equality for women, for equality to be included inside of the Constitution, and to support women’s rights. Even today, the Equal…

people use guns for hunting to supply their family with food, to protect themselves, and for many other reasons. The government wants to basically take that away from United States Citizens with gun control. The United States Government should not enforce gun control on United States Citizens. The second amendment clearly states that US Citizens have the right to bear arms. Because of this amendment, “Americans have the right to guns in their homes to protect their families(Leahy).” Gun…

Particularly, people of “color” or African American, were frowned upon in the Southern States of America. The Northern States had this controversy as well, just not as exploited as the South. A person of color in the 1950s were not innately handed the same rights as a person of “non-color”, which is, White, and therefore, the people of color have concluded…

Union victory, the government had to find a quick and efficient way of bringing the south back into the country, while also fixing its failing economy. The Lincoln administration was quick to come up with the 10% plan. Which meant that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Union. This worked well until Lincoln’s assassination. Which put, Lincoln’s V.P., Andrew Johnson into office. Johnson a former slave owner himself…

life and job. As an author and a member of the British Parliament from 1969-74, Jeffrey Howard Archer’s career is reflected in his fiction and his fiction has influenced his career (“Archer” 21-2). In 1959 he trained to be an Army Officer and held a police officer position for five months but resigned from both positions. In 1963 he studied at Brasenose College, Oxford seeking an education diploma, but it took him three years to finish a one-year course (Beith and Dehghanpisheh). After leaving…