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…Cheating An Empire The Spanish-American War was brought about over the Spanish policies in Cuba in 1898. America's victory in this war rose debate over the terms in the Treaty of Paris. People argued furiously over whether the country should…

…The American Dream, as it arose in the Colonial period and developed in the nineteenth century, was based on the assumption that each person, no matter what his origins, could succeed in life on the sole basis of his or her own skill and effort…

…Industrialization between 1865 and 1920 had many different effects on American life. In some ways, industrialization improved American life. However it also created problems in American society. There are several advantages and disadvantages…

…by the enlightened were written to popularize, simplify, and promote a more reasonable view of life among the people of their time. The Enlightenment came to an end in western Europe after the upheavals of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era (1789-1815…

…David Trask once said, commenting on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby that "The Great Gatsby is about many things, but it is inescapably a general critique of the 'American Dream' and also of the 'agrarian myth' - a powerful demonstration…

…The 1955-1965 Civil Rights Movement cause the agreement of the Civil rights Act, but the African Americans did not fully receive racial justice straight away. The Civil Rights Movement was at its highest involvement from 1955-1965. The Congress passed…

…The Americans were not justified in declaring independence from Britain. In the Declaration of Independence the Americans laid out their reasons for the break from Britain, most of which were complaints that seemed baseless or selfish. The Americans…

…, is that the Vietnamese won the same war that we won a little over 200 years ago. A war known as the American revolution against a dominant country that out manned, out gunned, and out fleeted our troops. In the end we won against a country that refused to let us be free…

…and Native Americans have all seemed to make great strides toward equality in the past 200 years. After 200 years one would think that the people of Australia and America would be able to set aside their notions that people of different races are not really…

…class. The nobles opposed the siezing of land but did nothin gright away. Therefore the Act of Supremacy created the middle class. The middle class now had money to spend in the Europe. The Price Revolution had now started. Because of this Spanish…