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…What it means to be American <Tab/> <Tab/>People in the United States differ greatly in beliefs, physical appearances, and heritage; yet we all call ourselves Americans. We feel prouder than ever to say "I am American…

…might assume this is an excerpt from a Jew during the holocaust those oppressed are Native Americans and the “cruel invaders” are none other than the U.S. Government and Army. While many revere (including ourselves) the United States as a “world superpower…

…and determination resulted in outright rebellion and individual acts of defiance. However, historians place the strongest reaction in the enlisting of blacks in the war itself. Batty in The Divided Union: The Story of the Great American War, 1861-65, concur with Foner…

…        While many cultures have successfully assimilated into Anglo-American society, there are other cultures whom have found assimilation either impossible or ho have chosen not to fully assimilate, yet retain their own culture, while reaping…

…The Death Penalty An American Tradition Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, 802 people have been executed nationwide (DPIC). Among those executed have been minors, the mentally retarded, and the innocent. Capital punishment…

…because I find it so easy to criticize the suburbs. Duany, Andres, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck. Suburban Nations: This Rise of Sprawl and the fall of the American Dream. New York: North Point Press, 2000. Pp. xiv 290. Exerts used: The Devil…

…Prominent Women in American Psychology “The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by man’s attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than can woman (Darwin).” Darwin’s professional assumption…

…Deprived of his land, shunted onto reservations, denied most civil rights, the American Indian, who by 1900 number less than a quarter million, found his rights even on his reservation often ignored or violated. George Kennan, in the spirit…

…Native American music has many different musical styles. Within every Native American tribe there is a variety of musical styles and instruments. In response to the research that I have conducted, there are three main musical styles that are going…

…Alcohol Abuse and Native Americans: A Result of Colonialism, A Call for the Restoration of Justice Alcoholism is a disease. This disease plagues the Native American population in America to an astonishing degree. "Alcohol affects Native Americans…