find. My dad is a very hard worker. He has worked his whole life to get where he is now. For many years my dad has been the sole provider for the family. He has built from ground up everything we have‚ because like many people he came here for the American dream. He is a contractor and builds/remodels houses. He has teach me and my brother that trade as well‚ maybe not because he wants us to do that for a living‚ but so we know how to do that in case we need to in the future .We now live very comfortably
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Being first-generation African American is a big part of me that I believe would reflect positively on my ability to succeed at Penn State. I take pride in my heritage and I think it has definitely shaped my growth and thinking. As an individual‚ I think I am defined largely in terms of my experiences with others. My parents came from a developing country to America and they have made many sacrifices for me to have better opportunities than they had growing up. As a child of immigrants‚ I began
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statement. Taney was a supporter of slavery so he stated "it is too clear for dispute‚ that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included‚ and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration....”” declared African Americans were not protected under the Declaration of Independence since they were not citizens. Slaves were property so The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was seen as unconstitutional. After this case‚ in 1862‚ the Confiscation Acts were passed which permitted
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The American Dream In the past the American Dream was simply described as an “attitude of hope” originating from The Declaration of Independence which states that “All men are created equal and that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights among which are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Even today if you ask an individual what their view on American Dream is they might repeat those very words‚ but in Herbert Selby’s opinion it does not mean this at all. In Selby’s view the
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In Chapters 7 and 8 of the book Creating Black Americans: African-American History and its meanings‚ 1619 to the present by Nell Irvin Painter‚ the author shows that even after emancipation‚ African Americans made huge steps in the advancement of their own education and professional lives‚ even when faced with white supremacy groups that were doing everything in their power to push blacks back into being slaves and a subordinate people. This idea is shown when Painter says‚ “But black success threatened
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Ch. 7-10 Questions 1. Were all the American grievances really justified‚ or were the British actually being more reasonable than most Americans have traditionally believed? The British were actually more reasonable than most Americans have traditionally believed. For example‚ the navigation laws‚ laws that regulated trade to and from the colonies‚ would be seen as an American grievance but were not really enforced by the British government until 1763‚ which allowed people to smuggle goods‚ “But
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The Revolutionary War During the Revolutionary War‚ there were many hardships and disadvantages the Americans faced while fighting for their independence from Great Britain. For example the British army was much bigger and better trained than the American army‚ they had lots of food and ammunition shortages‚ and there was a weak and divided central government. The Americans met and overcame these challenges to win the Revolutionary War by receiving help from France‚ Spain‚ and the Dutch Republic
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20152306 American Industralization in the Gilded Age The Gilded Era‚ a term coined by author Mark Twain‚ is named for the years between 1865 and 1900 when the United States experienced a nation wide industralization. America once was a nation of agriculture‚ however with the introduction of the railroads and steel industries‚ more and more citizens were urbanizing into major cities for the oppertunities they held. This occcurance dramatically altered the demographics of the U.S.‚ socially and
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A total of 34 states have passed laws requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls.Did you know that athletes from one country‚ Kenya‚ make up more than one-third of the top times in middle and long distance running. In 1995‚ a respected neurologist was struck with an idea that athletes are not created equal. He developed this profound idea after looking at the big picture that black athletes were dominating the track from the 100 meter dash to the marathon. For long- distance
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Imperialism at the turn of 19th century was not from my viewpoint a proper and legitimate policy for the United State to follow because it was militarily‚ politically‚ and socially problematic. American defended their country’s attentions with ethnocentric‚ hypocritical‚ and overall un-American rationalizations. They imperialized other countriesfor their own benefit and profit. They had no true reason for there imperialize. The United State made foreign countries sign a document called the Monroe
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