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  • The American Identity

    The American Identity

    By the mid-1700s, the America colonies had begun to develop a separate identity than that carried by the British. Colonists in different areas were similar in the fact that their religious, economic, political, and family values differed from those held in Britain. On the other hand, the colonies themselves varied largely from one to the next. Although the Americans had developed their own identity up until Anglicization in the 10s, it is not accurate

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: David
  • Early American History

    Early American History

    Early American History Unity within colonies was extremely strong because it was assembled in a primal urge for survival. The colonists were in this entirely new land, so it was natural they would stick together to the familiar, and therefore build strong bonds and loyalty to their colony. Exclusion also excellently describes early America because of the way colonies expelled their own people if they did not follow the colony’s strict ‘rules’ of life. The

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    Essay Length: 1,179 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Hispanic American Diversity

    Hispanic American Diversity

    Hispanic American Diversity There are four Hispanic American groups that I would like to present in this paper and identify some basic differences and commonalities in their linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions. The groups are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Columbian. Mexicans The Mexican people living in this country are mostly concentrated in California and Texas with over half of them located in these two states. (City University of New York [CUNY],

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Outsourcing of American Manufacturing Jobs

    Outsourcing of American Manufacturing Jobs

    A machinist goes into work just like he has been for the past 20 years; suddenly he is told that his job has been eliminated. If you think that your manufacturing job is safe, you would be wrong. Throughout your working career there may come a time that you will lose your job or have to change careers due to outsourcing. What is outsourcing? Adams (2006) states, “True outsourcing is nothing more that shifting

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Enlightenment Ideas Inspired the American and French Revolutions

    Enlightenment Ideas Inspired the American and French Revolutions

    The American and French Revolutions were both fundamentally based on the Enlightenment ideas. The main ideas that they followed were by John Locke. His ideas inspired the Americans and the French to have a revolution. In these revolutions, the Americans had success and the French failed. The success that the Americans experienced wad due to the protection of rights they had. These rights are "Life, Liberty and Property." In America a constitution was put together

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Artur
  • American Works

    American Works

    I. Project Understanding As engineers, it is our responsibility to be familiar with the traffic patterns and circulation around and within the site. We have visited the site in order to better understand these factors, and our professional experience provides us with an interpretation of these observations. We understand that public perception is a major hurdle in the implementation of transportation solutions, and that Public-Private Partnerships are the basis of many successful projects. We also

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Anna
  • Asian American Stereotypes in Film

    Asian American Stereotypes in Film

    Asian Americans only make up a small percent of the American population. Even more significant is that this percentage live mostly on the west and east coasts of mainland United States and Hawaii; leaving the rest of the American population to most likely get their exposures to Asians through television and movies. However the exposure they have receive throughout the history of cinematography has been hardly flattering. Throughout the course of history Asians in

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: David
  • Causes of the American Revolution Essay

    Causes of the American Revolution Essay

    The so-called American Revolution was a result of taxation, military occupation in the colonies, and also the prior neglect rendered by the british for the past 150 years or so. In concurrence with historian John Alden's opinion, I believe the mistakes of the british government caused this said "revolution." The British taxation was a large contributing factor to the start of this inevitable revolution. Even though the taxes were necessary to support the British empire,

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Edward
  • 1879-1966 - American Social Activist

    1879-1966 - American Social Activist

    1879-1966 American social activist Margaret Sanger dedicated her life to making birth control available to all women in the world and thereby increased the quality and length of women's and children's lives. Introduction Margaret Louise Higgins was born on September 11, 1879, in Corning, New York. The sixth of eleven children born to Anne Purcell and Michael Hennessey Higgins, Margaret grew up in a bustling household in the woods on the outskirts of town. While

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Top
  • The American Dream

    The American Dream

    Hooker Page 1 “Time rushes by and yet time is frozen. [It’s] funny how we get so exact about time at the end of life and at its beginning.” This quote by Helen Prejean shows the importance that time has played in many American dreams. Part of my American dream is to let time play less of a role in my life and to go experience life at the pace I want to and achieve

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Tommy
  • The Great Gasby and the American Dream

    The Great Gasby and the American Dream

    Within the veins of every American flows the undeniable drive to succeed. This power creates rich from poor, turns struggles into money and ultimately opens the window for all peoples to better themselves. Although the American dream still converts dirt into gold today, views on this leap to greatness have changed moderately since the 1920’s. In the beginning America was new and undiscovered. There were resources just waiting to be taken hold of in order

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream

    Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream

    Gatsby's Pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gatsby, a novel by Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many novels. This dream is different for different people; but, in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Victor
  • American Foreign Policy: They Do It Because They Can

    American Foreign Policy: They Do It Because They Can

    In his 2004 novel, Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism, multi-billionaire George Soros writes that “the United States has become the greatest obstacle to establishing the rule of law in international affairs.” (Masud) As the world finds itself lodged in the age of the American empire, one must sadly admit that American foreign policy and diplomacy support this intrepid claim. With George W. Bush at the helm, the United States government has truly personified an international

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Janna
  • American Struggle

    American Struggle

    American Struggle Everyone always has that dream of having that one spectacular car that they have always wanted. A lot of people always want sports cars and that’s what I always wanted. The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and Dodge Viper have always been my favorite. They both have incredible performance, and features that set them apart from any ordinary car. They both have comparable features, but there’s one that takes my breath away. The Corvette and

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • American Romantic Literature

    American Romantic Literature

    The Transcendentalist movement was a reaction against 18th century rationalism and a manifestation of the general humanitarian trend of 19th century thought. The movement was based on a fundamental belief in the unity of the world and God. The soul of each individual was thought to be identical with the world -- a microcosm of the world itself. The doctrine of self- reliance and individualism developed through the belief in the identification of the individual

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Illegal Immigrants of American Society

    Illegal Immigrants of American Society

    Illegal Immigrants of American Society A Realistic Approach At present, the U.S. immigration system is burdened both by policy and implementation challenges. It is barely able to meet the commitments required by law and policy and is ill-prepared to address new challenges and mandates. Agreement that the system is broken may be the only point of consensus among many diverse stakeholders. The Task Force believes that immigration laws and policies are broken in four ways:

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Tommy
  • American Funeral Services

    American Funeral Services

    American funeral services can vary greatly but some over all changes have recently occurred. For instance, the funeral service industry has traditionally been a male dominated profession. Today, almost half of all mortuary science students in America are women. Many women are attracted by the attributes needed by a funeral service director. A good funeral director will have compassion, good communication skills, the ability to plan events, and the desire to comfort those individuals coping

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Artur
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    Subsidies are payments, economic concessions, or privileges given by the government to favor businesses or consumers. In the 1930s, subsidies were designed to favor agriculture. John Steinbeck expressed his dislike of the farm subsidy system of the United States in his book, The Grapes of Wrath. In that book, the government gave money to farms so that they would grow and sell a certain amount of crops. As a result, Steinbeck argued, many people starved

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Evaluate American’s 1992 Announcement of a New Rate Structure

    Evaluate American’s 1992 Announcement of a New Rate Structure

    Evaluate American’s 1992 announcement of a new rate structure: a. What changes did American make? American Airlines (American) made four fundamental changes to its rates. First, it moved to a four-tier rate structure; American offered first-class rates and three tiers of coach: full-fare, 21-day advance purchase and 7-day advance purchase. Overall, it expected to reduce coach fares by 38% and first-class fares by 20% to 50%. Though full fare coach prices dropped by about 38%,

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Steve
  • The American Dream

    The American Dream

    Midterm Essay: The American Dream The American Dream is so many different things to so many different people, especially American’s. While other countries around the World would like to argue that Americans’ only aspiration is to become infinitely wealthy, Dinesh D’Souza claims that it is not wealth that Americans want. He believes that it is simply a better life. Michael Moore too acknowledges Americans’ ambition, especially his own, to create a better life for

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Toyota Tops in N.American Plant Efficiency: Study

    Toyota Tops in N.American Plant Efficiency: Study

    Toyota tops in N.American plant efficiency: study May 31, 2007 DETROIT (Reuters) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. had the most efficient North American manufacturing plants in 2006, an annual benchmark survey released on Thursday showed. Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail to a friend Business RSS feed Available RSS feeds Most e-mailed Share on Digg Share on Facebook Save this article powered by Del.icio.us More: Business section | Latest business news | Globe front page |

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Fatih
  • American Invovment in Vietnam

    American Invovment in Vietnam

    In American History, the nineteen sixties and the nineteen seventies were extremely turbulent and controversial times. Protest rights were being tested and occasionally suppressed, new moral and political values began to develop, and the Vietnam War dominated the twenty-year period. Vietnam invited many young activist people to begin a huge movement of anti-war protesting denouncing the war, the government, and even the soldiers who were picked against their will to fight. Reasons for American entry

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Stenly
  • American History to 1887

    American History to 1887

    Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum's Salem Possessed explores the pre-existing social and economic divisions within the Salem Village community, as an entry point to understand the accusations of witchcraft in 1692. According to Boyer and Nissenbaum, the village split into two factions: one interested in gaining more autonomy for Salem Village and led by the Putnam family, and the other, interested in the mercantile and political life of Salem Town and led by the Porter

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Fatih
  • American Identities

    American Identities

    American Identities The way one interprets the term American can differ for every individual. One’s appearance impact greatly on how society views one’s identity. The American identity has always been somewhat undefined because America does not have any specific definitions of what one must look like in order to proclaim his or her American self. Because the American culture is seemingly developing over time, people are confronted with the opportunity to change their physical and

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Access the Success of American Imperialism at the End of the 19th Century

    Access the Success of American Imperialism at the End of the 19th Century

    Question: Access the success of American Imperialism at the end of the 19th century. American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there have been many instances where the Americans have taken over other countries. The Americas first taste of imperialism came about

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Venidikt

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