United Way of America

pickers, anything for a coin or another thing that was any value to trade back then. The thing is with slavery being abolished, no one liked the idea and concept. The people back in the 1800s did not want whites and blacks to become equal in any way. Even though this amendment passed back in the 1800s, there are still some little acts of slavery today, but just not as visual as it was in the 1800s. Slavery was about control, setup for one race to take over and allow them to not be…

Many immigrants migrated to the United States for the obvious choice of reasons such as freedom, working environments, and to become successful to provide for their families. As this progressed there were many downfalls for both these ethnic groups where it may be struggling to move down to the point where they experienced hardships of being able to maintain a stable life even for themselves. Not including their same ideal dreams of creating a new life in the United States both ethnic groups,…

A never ending battle against monarchy was the foundation of the history of antebellum United States. The idolization of republicanism by the American people especially in the Era of Good Feelings succeeding the War of 1812 was fuel for the intense fear of emotional and political hegemony. In the early 1800s, monarchy was extremely common, specifically in the superpowers of Europe. These superpowers included the Spanish and Portuguese Empires that ruled over various Latin American colonies.…

World War II in the Pacific is sometimes called the Pacific War or the Asia-Pacific War. It was the theatre of World War II and it was a war fought in the Pacific Ocean between United States and East Asia. After the chaos at Pearl Harbor, caused by Japan, the Japanese quickly gained control over almost all of the Pacific. They controlled the Philippines to Burma, to the Aleutians, and to the Solomon’s. However, Japan weren’t strong enough to control that much Earth. As a result, the turning…

Reconstruction drastically changed the way of life in Southern America, and completely transformed the country in many ways. African Americans gained much more freedom, it beneficially changed the south, and it left behind a strong legacy of the American government. Despite its certain limitations, reconstruction truly transformed the United States into a “more perfect union” (Hewitt, 371). After reconstruction, African Americans had much more autonomy and control over their own lives…

Introduction The Marshall plan has been largely considered the greatest instance of foreign aid ever created by the United States of, but to what extent was the Marshall plan employed to contain communism? The Marshall plan was passed in 1948 and it’s publicly known main purpose was to help rebuild Europe’s economy and landscape during the post world war two crisis that many countries were dealing with following the war. Europe had spent tremendous amounts of money and used many resources on…

describe proposals to maintain or to increase legal immigration for people who are not citizens of the United States and decreasing illegal immigration. It is supposed to give amnesty to aliens who had been living in a foreign country for years. Illegal immigration has been a controversial issue nationwide for centuries having major effects on the people, country, economy, and safety of the nation. The United States must remain true to its values and resist the politics of fear that undermine…

Prior to present day's environment, a majority of areas in the United States were racially segregated. Brown vs Board of Education was the Supreme court case that changed the history of segregated public facilities. Brown vs Board of Education was a landmark case in the supreme court that changed the future of the United states by eliminating the “separate equal”, giving all races the same equal treatment, and further allowing black communities to improve. The court case changed the previous…

There are many opportunities in the great nation of the United States of America. When you are born in America, or come to America you soon realize that there are many more opportunities in this country than any other. Americans have a way about them, they have a certain cockiness that can 't be surpassed. The way they walk around and hold themselves is even egotistical. Americans think of themselves as the better people, they not only think they are better than you, they know they are better…

present a challenge to the status quo of foreign aid. Nevertheless, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has had its share of successes and failures in Latin America throughout the years. Collier sheds light into a bureaucratic issue that might be preventing a more effective way of managing foreign aid in the continent. The absence of economic activity is a primary precursor to conflict in Latin America. When compared to the countries that house “the bottom billion”, …