United States

Reflection Paper #5 – Capitalism and Crisis Since its formation, The United States has maintained a capitalist economy and also taken great measures to ensure its growth. Our founding fathers envisioned a country where the people dictated trade and industry. They wanted to maximize private ownership and limit the state’s influence. Capitalism is fundamentally about profit, and profits are achieved through free trade. Ideally, capitalists control the markets because they can buy, sell, and…

people to join them or possible be hiding out of fear. Another thing that would be a good thing to know is what is foreign policy? According to Merriam-Webster foreign policy is defined as, “The policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states.” The United states has lots of foreign policy. They talk about foreign policy all the time around presidential elections. People are always concerned about the president's foreign policy. Terrorism has played a role in foreign…

Voting is important because our country has finally let every citizen vote and make a life decision and we don’t take advantage of it. The Voting Rights act was passed in 1965 and aimed to equal voting rights at the states and local levels of government. “The state and local government prevented African Americans and women from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.” (Voting Rights) Although our country is governed by the people not all citizens had a say in the…

Biblical Israel and the United States are different in many ways. They are diverse in their culture, geography, time period, and even location. One is located in the Middle East and the other in North America. They are very different, yet they are alike in many ways as well. Biblical Israel and modern United States have turned away from God, and the evidence that proves that are very similar in both countries. Biblical Israel and modern United States were both biblically based societies…

After looking at all four cases, my hypothesis was not supported. After reviewing each of the cases, the United States should have cleaned up the oil spill fastest. Yet,…

With the recent influx of Muslim immigrants seeking shelter and safety, Europe’s response to this problem, and also that of the United States of America, have highlighted the recent rise of Islamophobia that is spreading across the western globe. Islamophobia a fairly recent word, being inducted into the Oxford English Dictionary in 1997 (Sheridan:1), is the specify dislike or hatred of the religion of Islam and the Muslim people. The explanation of the recent rise of this bigotry is the direct…

vote is cast to elect the President of the United States, most everyone feels good knowing they exercised their constitutional right to vote, and took part in the election of the next president of the United States. In all actuality the casted vote does not vote for a presidential candidate, but rather for electors to make their own presidential vote on the states behalf. (History.com) An elector decides who gets to be the next president of the United States, not the person actually visiting…

Under the direction of Osama Bin Laden, the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda hijacked airplanes and used them to carry out suicide terrorist attacks. They crashed the planes into different targets within the United States. Planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and killed thousands when the buildings collapsed. It is believed that al-Qaeda fulfilled these attacks as retribution for America’s military presence in the Middle…

Nations. One of those countries is the United States. In a Democratic Nation citizen have the choice of choosing their next representative for the next four years. A Democratic government also promote economic freedom. The following statement, “The United States is rich because it is a democratic nation.” it is not totally true but the democratic nation is a huge factor in the grown of the United states. Thanks to the Democratic Nations, the United States in one countries involved in…

people that partially suffered from the effects of industrialization. The era of Industrial Revolution was one that will forever leave an impression on American history. Industrialization changed the United States in regards to the economy, new political policies, the geography of the United States, and the social aspect of the US public. Industrialization…