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a companion to the eastward moving Innocents Abroad” (Railton, 2007). His Novel The Gilded Age is a satire on American manners, which provides an explanation of political corruption. This book coined the term the Gilded Age. His book A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court(1889) is about an engineer named Hank Morgan, who receives a blow to the head, which magically transports him back in time to England during the reign of King Arthur. When Morgan realizes he is in the past, he impresses…

Rappers like Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have brought marijuana to the mainstream, a popular issue today. 2Chainz spoke out on the issue on the Nancy Grace show in favor of legalizing it. Cypress Hill had a firm stance on legalization as well and there music definitely reflected that. With many rappers being huge celebrities it’s no surprise they’ve been offered several endorsement deals. Nas has been featured in both Hennesy and Sprite commercials. Rapper Drake has made a few Sprite commercials…

Arthur Miller is a twentieth century play, write who wrote many classics. One of his classics was 1949 Death of a Salesman which appeared on Broadway that year. The year 1949 is a the death of an old decade and the birth of a new one. The 1950s, was a decade of unprecedented consumerism and technical advances in America. In the 1950’s many new innovations were made for the home such as the Tv was now affordable to most people and so tv programs grew as the audience grew as well. The washing…

Cuba’s relationship with the United States has not always been full of tension. A huge supplier of sugar in the late 1800’s and a leisure destination for Americas rich and famous, its ties suddenly changed when Fidel Castro’s overthrew the Battista regime, announced his Communist intentions and turned to the Communist influence of the Soviet Union. With the threat of Soviet power so close to the U.S., President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a partial embargo on Cuba’s export which led to the…

Anne McKenny Karen Peebles English, ENG-111 4258N November 29, 2014 The Disastrous Effects of Chernobyl Though there are many different sources of energy in the world, including petroleum and coal, one of the most dangerous is nuclear energy, which harnesses the power of the atom. Though nuclear power does not emit as many harmful chemicals as coal does, it has the potential to make large areas of land inhospitable for hundreds of years, depending on the time of element used in the core. There…

2.3. Reconstruction: North and South Reconstruction as one of the most intense and controversial periods in American history began during the Civil War and lasted until 1877. It was the first American experiment as a democratic nation, trying to resolve burning issues which had caused the Civil War in the first place, most of all social status of former slaves and citizens' right after reuniting the nation. Also, big problem was political and racial justice. After resolving the question of…

I was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, so I do not consider myself a southerner. According to some people in Memphis, I am a Yankee. I did not want to move from Cleveland because I liked my friends, and the last place I wanted to move was the South. Because of what I had learned from history, southerners did not have a good reputation in my eyes. I moved to Memphis just over three years ago and I expected most people to be either racist, bible beaters (hard core religion nuts), or somewhat…

When South Carolina first held a convention to consider secession, they voted unanimously to leave the Union and by February 1, they had six followers; Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. These states then formed the Confederate States of America. The secession is very symbolic of the divide that was already present between the North and the South. It showed who was for the Union and who was against it. If the Confederate States of America would have been any weaker…

The History Behind Dodgers Stadium It’s funny how history repeats itself. We learn to not do a mistake twice. Christopher Columbus came ashore in 1492 and claimed the land, but generations of later Americans took it from many Native Americans already living in America. A similar situation occurred with beloved Dodger Stadium. Home to many championships, and Hall of Famers, Dodger Stadium has become one of the best-known baseball parks in the nation due to it being the third oldest ball. It…

Busby Berkley was a choreographer and a director starting in the 1920’s. As well with both choreographing and directing, he was considered the showman of his era. Busby did not have training in dance as everyone else so he had taught himself. During the Great Depression, he was able to lift up the hearts of Americans, mainly because he had used females in his works and centered on their beauty and was able to use them as his muse Busby Berkley was born as Berkley William Enos in Los Angeles in…