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have guns as pervasive as the states, but I figured one party must have wanted them. This exchange, as well as many others I had in my two summers in Scotland taught me the importance of sharing information and narratives, but I didn’t know at that point how to make these exchanges happen at a larger level. When I went to college, a similar situation occurred. I am from rural, southern New Jersey. I did NOT want to be lumped in with the suburbanites of northern New Jersey. I grew up going to…

moon landing, caused a technological revolution affecting the United States military, schools, and inventions. John F Kennedy initiated the United States involvement in the space race that was heavily influenced by the Soviet Union. Apollo 11 brought new technology, inventions, and a whole new purpose for NASA which had a great impact on United States society. Apollo 11 ultimately changed the United States politically…

Regardless of the news station, television show, magazine, or person, anything that is expressed through human values will have bias. Principles such as politics, sports, and even certain parking spots can have bias opinions. Opinions, whether one likes them or not, are always worthwhile; however, once those opinions take away freedoms of others, they become irrelevant. Whether the opinion is coming from CNN, Sports Illustrated, or Duck Dynasty, that single opinion could sway someone from one…

disapproved of on a wide scale for the majority of his presidency. Following the failed presidency of Herbert Hoover came one of the most beloved democratic influencers of the twentieth century, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Establishing policies such as the New Deal, Roosevelt restored the hope of the American people and created in them a long burning sense of optimism for the future. He is known…

S. history. The United States had no objective in the war and did not make an official declaration of war. The war started through a series of events. Ho Chi Minh, the future leader of the Viet Minh, formed his own faction in order to drive off the remaining Japanese invaders from World War II and the new French administration. After Japan's' defeat in World War II, they retreated, allowing Minh's forces to take over power almost immediately in the North, making Ho Chi Minh the new president.…

system of superpowers, United States and Soviet Union, to an end. Since this time international order has been filled with uncertainty, change, and chaos. Globalization is one reason chaos has been created in the international system. The terms of state relationships have changed. States now must be dependent on each other as events outside their state have more impact than ever before and require international cooperation. Globalization has created multiple changes for state in politics,…

Both World War I and World War II had extensive and lasting effects on the American economy. Both wars devastated the countries involved, invoking billions of dollars in damage (Fagnilli 26). Although the war was not fought on American soil, the United States still felt the aftermath of the war. In each circumstance, the American economy underwent a slight drop, then immediately skyrocketed due to a number of factors including slow manufacturing transitions and consumer spending (Fagnilli 26). …

did advances in technology and the development of the market contribute to new varieties of youth culture? Affluence combined with other crucial demographic, technological, ideological and institutional factors led to new varieties of youth culture. The youth of the 1960s were generally conformist and apolitical. Young people were at a stage in their life where they were most motivated to construct identities, to forge new social groupings and to negotiate alternatives. They had chosen the…

“Technological Determinism and Television “ Introduction Technological determinism is the fundamental idea that technology has the power to transform a society, or at least have the ability to change how people, think, act or feel. According to Veblen and Marx the technology that surrounds us has a much greater power and effect than we are aware of. Since its invention in the 1920s, television has played a vital role in society. Television had become a very powerful focal point in many…

The 1950s in the United States was a time of change, a time of fear, and a time of a “boom.” The 1950s was a time post World War II, where America’s wealth grew along with the economy. The “boom” was a boom in wealth and anxiety for Americans. The fifties were a time for growing technology including the use of television as a major news outlet, growing family sizes, growth in advancements such as highways, shopping malls, and corporations. The social norm was that the man belonged in the work…