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the education system in the United States. The author states that trends in the racial/ethnic representation of the teaching force reveal the declining numbers of African-American teachers. Statistics show that chronically the numbers of African-Americans teachers have declined. After the First World War II, 79% of African-American women who worked after college graduation were educators (Murnane, Singer, Willet &Olsen, 1991). In the 1950s, one half of all African-American professionals were…

the Cold War the attention of the United States turned to fighting a different enemy: communism. When the influence of communism extended to Vietnam a civil war began between North and South Vietnam. At France’s request the United States intervened in the battle to help the South combat the Vietcong and the communism that they represented. Also known as “America’s Longest War” the Vietnam War was ultimately a political disaster and after 9 years the United States pulled out, leaving the South…

Spencer Fullerton Baird 1823-1887 First Director of the United States Fish Commission and father of modern fish stocking By David Downes – 100885094 October 6, 2015 BIOL 1010 – Assignment 1 Spencer Fullerton Baird was an important figure in early Biology and Ecology, and by the time of his death in 1887, he had become a renowned naturalist and scientist in Washington D.C.. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1823, Baird and his brother William grew up fascinated by nature,…

prosperous economy. The economy of the United States of America became prosperous during the Cold War due to the establishment of international economic cooperation, public works projects, and an advancement of the education of the workforce. To begin with, the economic impact of the Cold War was bolstered due to the creation of international economic cooperation in order to protect the worldwide economic link that was depressed during the Great…

sent away? According to the New York Times, the Trump administration chose to bring an end to the humanitarian program that gave 59,000+ Haitians a home to live. In 2010, an earthquake has interrupted the lives of many in Haiti. Elaine Duke, a secretary, set a termination date by July 2019, all TPS citizens have time to prepare for their leave Dan Stein, the president of the federation of American immigrant reform, claimed…

financial crisis and the U.S.'s sluggish economy even after the end of the crisis, many problems pointing to America's decline have become more clear. Many people are beginning to question if the United States is a declining power and how this will effect the international system. I believe that the United States is a declining power currently, but I don't think that this will be a permanent problem. I don't believe that America's decline is irreversible or that we are close to entering a…

Introduction In the years before the World Wars, America was in the state of isolationism and in so they were unable to make their mark on China before the other world powers. President McKinley (1897-1901) decided that the United States should have control over some of the actions that were being taken in Asia. In such his Secretary of State, John Hay, drafted the Open Door Policy (1899) in an attempt to create room for American trade. The Open Door Note would demand that other powers would…

armed conflict that found its beginnings on March 20th, 2003, spurred by an invasion carried out by a United States-led coalition with the aims of overthrowing the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict consisted of two phases: a brief, conventionally fought war that had taken place throughout the duration of March 2003 to April 2003, as well as the far longer second phase in which United States forces took it upon themselves to lead an occupation of Iraq, opposed by an insurgency and…

not directly end the spread of fascism, it achieved its goal in uniting artists for a political cause and set the precedent for the abstract expressionism movement to do the same against communism. Immediately following the Second World War, the United States experienced a major shift away from the progressive New Deal era to a more conservative era. The ideology of social responsibility ushered in by the various reform programs of the New Deal was replaced by a renewed emphasis on the…

According to the former Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada, the successful monitoring of human rights depends on the ability to gather information, provide documentation to authenticate the information, report the information, and use those reports to promote education and advocacy. This daunting task is commonly reserved for NGOs, because their separation from governments and other organizations allows them to report from a relatively unbiased standpoint. Nation-states and…