Essays Tagged: "states of america"
Canada - of the United States of America
CANADA - OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAThe Canadian identity has always been difficult to define. We, as Canadians, have c ... an - rather than in terms of our own national history andtradition. This is ironic since the United States is continuing to be allowed by Canadians to take over our economyand literally buy our countr ... as its own distinct government and institutions which differ andare better from those in the United States, but economically the country has been all but sold out to America. Themajor cultural differe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
Multiculturalism in the US
Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary the definition is: American: adj. 1. Pertaining to the United States of America. 2. pertaining to North or South America. -n 1.a citizen of the United States. 2. ... ured out that an American is someone who belongs, is related or has something to do with the United States of America. But it is still difficult to know who is an American. I believe that this difficu ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
"The Challenge" It's an essay for the college application.
he challenging family situation I would like to share with you is our move from china to the United States. In 1999, my life was changed when my family immigrated to a new country, hoping for a better ... tunity to create my own world. One day, my parents told me that we were going to move to the United States of America, and I developed a strong feeling that my life soon would change forever.Our famil ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing
Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution of the United States of America
Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution of the United States of AmericaWhen the United States of America was formed, the leaders had to come up with a str ... etermined that they needed to rewrite it. The second document became the Constitution of the United States of America. The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States of Americ ... States of America were both written in the latter 1700's with the purpose of patterning the United States government after them and both of the documents have strengths and weaknesses.The Articles of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Canada - of the United States of America
CANADA - OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAThe Canadian identity has always been difficult to define. We, as Canadians, have c ... an - rather than in terms of our own national history andtradition. This is ironic since the United States is continuing to be allowed by Canadians to take over our economyand literally buy our countr ... as its own distinct government and institutions which differ andare better from those in the United States, but economically the country has been all but sold out to America. Themajor cultural differe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
How have politics become linked with music in the 20th Century? Answer with reference to Giya Kancheli's "Mourned by the Wind" and other relevant pieces of music.
al changes throughout its duration.With the breakout of war between the Soviet Union and the United States of America, any interaction between the people of these two countries was cut off, despite th ... enness" in English and it resulted in the previous problems between the Soviet Union and the United States of America seemingly being forgotten about or, at the very least, dismissed. Composers were f ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers
The United States of America.
The United States of America The United States of America is one of the richest and most powerful countr ... people have created a society that has become a model for much of the rest of the world. The United States is a country of contrasts. It has some of the coldest, hottest, driest, wettest, and windiest ... f the coldest, hottest, driest, wettest, and windiest places on the Earth.The History of the United States of America The earliest known inhabitants of North America were the American Indians w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Why I am optomistic about America.
I Stand Behind With My CountryI was lucky enough to be born in such a great nation like the United States of America. I was brought up with the idea of the American Dream. So many people before me ma ... aw, and technology.A person's beliefs keep a person alive both mentally and spiritually. The United States did what a lot of governments didn't, that was to separate religion and government. A person' ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
This is an essay about my committment to the future of the U.S.
My commitment to the security and future of the United States of America is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. As citizens of ... htened self-interest. As citizens of this country we continuously reap the benefits that the United States has to offer its people. And for this one simple reason we owe it to our country to make an e ... y, there is one such nation that has outlived all of its rivals in the great game, it is the United States of America.This vast empire of political power, economic and military supremacy, exerts its i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
A thematic essay on how federalists and republicans split the social life of the U.S. after the revolutionary war
By the end of the 18th century the United States of America had survived twelve years as a constitutional government. During that time notable ... tween an industrializing North and an agrarian-based South. As a result, the representatives of the states had split themselves into two separate parties, the Federalists led by Alexander Hamilton and ... d his supporters to draft and pass the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions that asserted the right of states over the federal government. These events proven themselves to hold a great effect in shaping ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
Causes of the Civil War.
The five main causes of the Civil War were the formation of the Confederate States of America, sectionalism, the secession of the Southern states, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and ... the largest impact on the progression of pre-war hostility.On February 4, 1861, delegates from six states met in Montgomery, Alabama to discuss the formation of a new nation. They would call it The C ... discuss the formation of a new nation. They would call it The Confederate States of America. Eleven states formed a confederacy, and thought of themselves as a country independent of the United States ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
To the 275 million US Citizens of the United States of America:
To the 275 million US Citizens of the United States of America, With the election year upon us, I want to get your opinion on an issue tha ... ee years I have been constantly thinking about the election process for the President of the United States of America. Currently this position is occupied by a human being that inhabits this Earth, an ... is Earth, and he goes by the name of George W. Bush.In the election for the President of the United States in the year 2000, over 101,000,000 US citizens voted for who they thought should be the Presi ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
The civil rights movement
The United States of America was founded with the belief that all men are created equal, however segregation an ... l, however segregation and racism divided our nation. In 1861, a bitter war broke out in the United States, threatening to tear the country apart. During the Civil War, which lasted until 1865, the na ... amation, giving more than three million slaves their freedom. However, after the war, many southern states passed laws limiting the rights of blacks. In both the North and the South, racism, the belie ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Blood, Tears, Poverty, Famine and Socio-economic Problems: Western Imperialism's Negative Effect on Southeast Asia
nealogical, colonial, and philosophical descendants. Spain, France, Britain, Canada, and the United States of America are some examples of Western societies. These countries have spread their influenc ... uence, or try to live their shattered pre-existing lifestyle in secrecy (Vietnam War, 2004). Hammer states, "the widely diffused Chinese educational system, teaching history and morality as well as la ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Home Sweet Home- Pride for country or not?
Home Sweet Home I have mixed feelings about my country, the United States of America. I love living in this great country, and I am very proud of it, but there are als ... the fact that so many businesses are going into this. First off, it takes away jobs from the United States citizens and hands them over to people from completely different countries, all for money. Se ... re are many more things that I LOVE about it. I'm definitely proud of being a citizen of the United States of America, despite some of its negativities. Though there are a few bad things about our cou ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Citizenship Now: Will Anything Change? quick essay on post 9/11 citizenship
gic loss of life and hideous method of attack. It wasn't in Jerusalem. For the people of the United States of America, September 11, 2001 'changed everything'. Many began to once again realize that Am ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Bibliography about Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, was this nation's utmost victor of representative democracy and the rights of man. He was Am ... osopher, and plantation owner.Three Greatest things that Thomas Jefferson contributed to the United States of America is his character as the author of the declaration of American Independence (The un ... uthor of the declaration of American Independence (The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America) of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and father of the University of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Citizenship Now: Will Anything Change?
gic loss of life and hideous method of attack. It wasn't in Jerusalem. For the people of the United States of America, September 11, 2001 changed everything. Many people began to once again realize th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
"How The 13th and 14th Amendments Changed American Society."
Slavery was popular in America in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Southern states, with agricultural economies, relied on the slavery system to ensure the cash crops, such as; ... itution. A series of compromises, laws, acts, and bills tried to keep the balance between the slave states and the non-slave states. South Carolina voted to secede from the United States as a result ... g objections to slavery, and his incoming administration was viewed as a threat to the right of the states to keep their institutions, particularly that of slavery, the business of the states. More st ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Religious Diversity in the United States.
There is a great deal of religious diversity these days in the United States of America. Yet religion, in many ways, has become an almost subtle undertone in the daily li ... ublic prayer often taking a backseat to the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. While the United States remains the most religiously diverse country across the world, how much of that diversity is ... f school system across the country. So how much religious diversity do we really have in the United States of America?At first glace, the number of religions and their respective religious sects that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith