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…Who Are We – The American People? America has been called a “melting pot” — a term used to describe a country whose people come from diverse ethnic backgrounds. This, indeed, is true, and along with this ethnic diversity come prejudice, greed…

…The Japan-American Trade War For years after the end of the second world war, the Japanese suffered from an inferiority complex. This was the result of the American aid to Japan which helped to rebuild their country. Soon the Japanese…

…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…

…Social Security anf African Americans The conception of the social security program in 1935 was fueled with good intentions; and overall concern for shielding the elderly citizens of this nation from poverty after retirement. With the weight…

…Syreeta DeFrance Kylie Gallagher Majority/ Minority April 28, 2004 Aboriginal People and Native Americans <Tab/>Our country has a history of discrimination against many different minority groups at many different times in our past. One…

…'The United States was created by God as an asylum in which liberty, opportunity, and reward for achievement would prosper.'(2) So goes the 'American Myth' that attracted immigrants from around the globe to settle in this young nation, in search…

…Is the American people's trust in our government declining? According to most people, it definitely is. Recent polls make this argument very valid. In 1995, the Princeton Survey Research Associates conducted a telephone interview of 1514 random…

…What exactly does it mean to be an American? This question has thousands of possible answers, all depending on the person. It is difficult to answer though, according to separate pieces of literature when one's own opinion might differ. However…

…Thanksgiving has lost most of its original meaning. Originally it was the day we celebrated the goodness that the Native American Indians shared with the original New Englanders the day they arrived. But now it has become just a stepping-stone…

…Voting and the American Presidency The United States of America, we are the champions of the democracy. Why is it then that our society is so inactive in our government? In the last presidential election there was a forty-nine percent voter turnout…