United Way of America

The United States wasn't always an independent world power that it is today, this country started out as 13 small colonies owned and controlled by Great Britain. Before gaining independence, the colonies would essentially have to deal with whatever Britain threw their way, whether it's war debt or trade regulations. This was reason enough for the 13 Colonies to seek their independence. These colonies were finally established as an independent nation on July 4, 1776 and became the United States…

the George W. Bush presidency. America was able to achieve success early on in Afghanistan as they were able to take over their government as they were able to topple the Taliban and put in place a democratic government. There was also early success in Iraq as in under three weeks Baghdad had fallen and Hussein was on the run. The American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan helped firmly establish the United States as the global policemen of the 21st century. America was furious that an…

people have views on accepting people into American society, ways that are different from Woodrow Wilson. One person who has different views is the current US President Donald Trump. Wilson believes that immigrants should come to America for a better life and leave their nationality behind to become American. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump believes that immigrants should be heavily vetted and we should only accept immigrants who are going to make America a better place, as a definite. However, both Wilson…

strength of America. (New Voices, New Frontiers…” p.1277-1289) An important person living during this era was Steve Jobs because he introduced technology to America. Furthermore, an event that had a major impact at the time on Americans was the Cold War. It put the fear of communism into every American. Lastly, one invention that affected Americans was Google. It enabled Americans to look up information on…

discuss the pros and cons that Japanese Immigrants in the United States deal with, the background of why they migrated to America in the first place, and what they do culturally both in and out of Japan. I will also be finding the similarities between Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese immigrants. Japanese immigrants migrated to the United States in search of peace and prosperity. Back in Japan these immigrants had an unstable homeland yet, in America they had a chance to work hard to provide a…

ideas and drive to turn the United States into the best country it could possibly be. Donald Trump has what it takes to make America great again. Donald Trump is the best candidate running in this presidential election for his new ideas on how to fix America through reforming the immigration system, reforming the tax system, and changing the current way that gun control is being handled; consequently, America should pick Donald Trump to be the President of the United States. Donald…

how to govern the United States they used ancient Rome as an example. Ancient Rome taught them many lessons about what to do and what not to do. If you look at which ideas the founding fathers used and which ideas they didn’t you can see where the United States felt like ancient Rome made mistakes. Because what they saw as mistakes, they didn’t use and what they liked they did use. This is what created most of the similarities and differences between ancient Rome and the United States.…

issues with many opinions and debates about how to handle the issue. Many efforts have been placed by both the state and national governments to secure and control the border to shut immigrants out. However, many aliens have already slipped through the United States, past the porous border, in hopes of becoming a full-fledged American citizen. The point in question is what should be done about the citizenship for the immigrants that have slipped through our permeable Mexican border. Those who…

Having lived in a Southeastern European country like Albania for 38 years, I came to the United States with a big dream. Is not only my dream is a magic, power of apparently country who everyone like to be here. I was split between two decisions 5 years ago when I came to America, because I did not know whether or not to stay or to go back to Albania. So the time passed and I am here to raise my children and my family. I just feel fortunate to live here because I like the education system,…

In 1961 The United States of America ended diplomatic relations and also launched an embargo against Cuba.This made it illegal for U.S based corporations to do business with Cuba. This event shaped the economy of Cuba, which was once run under the thumb of their now foe (USA). Since then, President Obama has made huge strides to repair ties with Cuba and its inhabitants leading to the opening of diplomatic relations with the island of Cuba.The opening of diplomatic affiliations will intuitively…