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Industrialization After the Civil War

Introduction Industrialization post the Civil Battle in the U.S. had absolute consequences on the economy, politics, and society. The consequences transformed fields into towns. The country thus changed from an agricultural to an industrial region following the decades after the Civil War. The remarkable transformations arose due to different factors such as the emergence of unscrupulous corporate leaders, the existence of a massive workforce, development of technology and inventions, and the availability of raw materials. Also, came the rise of the capitalistic and corrupt entrepreneur controlled by the American Government. After the Civil War, the industrialization assisted the economy, ...

The current event that will be analyzed in this discussion is the news article entitled “Women, Southerners Most Likely to Earn Minimum Wage” (Soergel, n.p.). The news article offers various important information about the economic significance of having an equal labor treatment. Meaning, not all workers are able to experience some benefits like what others do. Primarily, the news article’s objective is to inform readers about the likelihood of some individuals to earn less than what other employees earn. Additionally, the article wants to persuade the readers in relation to the effects of education towards the future employment ...

Introduction

Japan is known as a leading nation in the production of comic books, graphic narrations and video games. There are numerous categories of such publications and productions available on the market. This presentation will examine Manga, which involve a set of comics that conforms to a style of comics which became popular in Japan in the late 19th Century. This is a period known as the Meiji period where the Japanese were defining their self-expression and formulating a culture that could be used to preserve their national identity and also tell their stories in different forms. This presentation will ...

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We have seen economic progress through the centuries, and we have prized that progress because the same has been making our living standards better and it is giving us access to so many services. That of the United States is an economy which screams progress, but within this progress, the economy also hides a great flaw. In this economy, the rich seems to be getting even richer, while the poor suffer through the worse of the ups and downs, at least this is a question that we are going to prove true or false in this paper. As per ...

In an average week, I spend far more time consuming media labeled as popular culture than I do things considered high art—and I am not alone in this. Recent reports show that the average American watches more than five hours of television a day, in addition to time spent consuming other media through the internet or radio (Hinckley). Those who bemoan these types of statistics as a sign of society’s downward spiral fail to consider the possibility that the narratives taking place on the small screen of today are just as artistic as those that took place ...

Industrialization after the Civil War: Thesis and Outline

Part 1 Thesis Statement: Industrialization after the Civil War expanded the United States economy and helped transform American social values, but it also introduced more corruption into the American political sphere.

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Society: After the civil war, many women started taking work in factories to help support their families. As women began to enter the workforce in increasing numbers, more attention was given to the importance of women’s rights. In 1920, the constitution was amended to give women the right to vote in elections. The economy: industrialization made the average American worker more productive thanks to the factory system, ...

The mass culture of mass production and consumption is referred to as Fordism. As a business model, it has created a culture of making more products in less time. Fordism has benefitted the American industry in the post-World War I era. However, it was not an all-encompassing economic model; it is beneficial in certain economic conditions. Fordism refers to the industrial revolution initiated by Henry Ford, the pioneer of Ford motors. He brought significant changes in the car production and added chapters to the academic books of management on how to be efficient. He recruited people specializing in one ...

The American dream has become a fabled idea to everybody around the world envisioning a better life. It represents something that can be attained if a person is willing to work hard enough. The only question today is, does it still exist? While economic and employment disparities will argue whether it does or not, the American population holds on to the dream. Seemingly, it depends on who you talk to. Ephraim Polsky, 89, a Polish immigrant, moved to America with his family when he was six. He did not speak English, and had to be homeschooled by his mother ...

Man, noted to be the most intellectual living being walking the planet. Top of the food chain and creator of renowned inventions. Today, not many humans live in the raw like our homo sapiens ancestors did but instead live in innovations that have been peaking for centuries. The building of exquisite shelters such as castles, paving of roads and today’s soaring skyscrapers housing hundreds of bodies in an artificially illuminated cube. As civilization becomes more and more prominent throughout the world, the growth of the population is also becoming prominent and maybe even a little over-bearing. It’s ...

As athletes, physicians, sports professionals, and the general public continue to search for the most effective diet for nutrition and physical development, high protein diets have emerged as a viable alternative for many people. However, there are disagreements about how to define a “high protein diet” (Tipton). Touted for many years, the Atkins Diet initially allows no calories from carbohydrates and moves into a maintenance regimen of only meat and vegetables (Westman, Phinney and Volek). The Paleo Diet has emerged as a similar recommendation of organ meats, fruits, vegetables, and nuts while excluding grains, sugar, dairy, and legumes (Tarantino, ...

Movie Summary: The Big Short

The Big Short’, truly a magnum opus, is undoubtedly the best movie I have ever seen in the recent time. Directed by Adam Mackay and based on non-fiction book, ‘The Big Short-Inside the doomsday machine’ by Michael Lewis, the movie is based on the real life incidents revolving around a group of four individuals with parallel yet unconventional story of making millions by going short on the mortgage market. Here, the term- ‘Short’ refers to a financial term when an investors foresight the downside potential in an asset class and place investment on it with the intend to gain ...

The central question in Paul Pierson and Jacob S. Hacker’s Winner-Take-All Politics is why Americans so often seem to oppose programs or ideas that would directly benefit them. In the view of the authors, the American people should be overjoyed at things like the Affordable Care Act and increased regulation of the banking industry, but they are not. In the book, these two political scientists consider the reasons for this being the case. Moreover, they contend that Americans reason to be concerned about the fact that the wealth of the nation is becoming ever more concentrated in the ...

The Name of the Class

Cross-Cultural Experiences in the movie “Outsourced” The customs and cultures of India were developed by the country’s traditions that date back almost a few thousands of years. The significance most of these cultural behavior and traditions have in the people of India can be elusive to the average American. For instance, the picture of Kaali (the goddess of destruction), carrying the severed head of a man, hung on the wall of Todd’s (the protagonist) bedroom, is quite a disconcerting picture for the average American. But in India, it is a picture of relief. Similarly, the intermittent animal ( ...

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Income Inequality in America

Introduction Income inequality is one of the most observable trends in the American society today. There are, for instance, super rich Americans with the resources that are exceedingly high compared to the average American wage earner. Over the years, the disparity between the rich and the poor in terms of income has been widening and it is widening rapidly. Income inequalities have become exceedingly unacceptable that it has become one of the most controversial and talked about topic in contemporary American society. In fact, this coming 2016 United States presidential election, one of the key issues is ...

One of the most elongated conflicts in the world has surely been related to the Jews and Arabs over the territory that defines the modern state of Israel. What many people fail to notice is the gravity of the conflict and how the conflict surely is not recent. What makes both the conflict and the peace process so complex between these two groups is that their cultures and religious beliefs date back thousands of years, (Jospe, R., 1995). To this end, they have many religious holy sites, for example, that are sacred to both faiths due to the territorial ...

American superheroes and action figures follow a distinct history and background to their origin and existence. Also, that background is chosen to be American in nature, and mostly the work and actions of that chosen superhero revolve around an American backdrop. Superman is an age-old superhero who has gained immense popularity amongst the American as well as worldwide audience due to his saving-the-world way of life, and the various stories that circulate in his life are in one way or the other pertinent to American culture and lifestyle. Different critics have responded to the existence of Superman differently. For ...

I love Lucy is one of the pioneer sitcom comedies shot in front of a live audience in the US. The setting of the sitcom is in New York with the show following the life of Lucy Ricardo and her husband Ricky Ricardo, who is a professional singer. The show also includes the couple's friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz. The show follows the life of Lucy, who is naïve in her ambitions to become a star in the big city. Together, the cast gets into various hilarious situations that are brought about by the actions of Lucy in ...

Abstract

The Great War and the American civil war have had immense effects on the historical, political, social, and cultural context. The outcomes and the processes of the war have greatly influenced the development of the humanity discipline. These ideologies have then been spread over the world to other nations thereby stamping America as the most dominant nation in the world. Furthermore, there have been greater interdisciplinary relationships in humanity and new ideas have been developed. These ideas have gone a step further to enhance the streamlining of governance and social structures by incorporating people from diverse backgrounds.

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There is no recipe that facilitates in the development of love in a relation named "marriage". George Bernard Shaw consider marriage is an affectionate mechanism that help two persons to live together with a sense of understanding. He defined marriage of two persons "under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions. They are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part." The subject of love and marriage is a very interesting one especially as it concerns the status quo of Americans. The ...

Television is ubiquitous in America Culture. The average American watches am average of five hours of television every day. This is rather significant, because this means that if a person works full-time, then odds are they spend only slightly less time watching television than they do earn their livelihood. People work in order to maintain their lives, and if those lives outside of work consist of watching television, then it seems the cultural answer to the question, “Why are you working so hard?” seems to be, “So that I can watch TV.” From a profit perspective, TV programming is just the ...

Personal Political Views: Dynamics of Being a Conservative

In the United States of America, the two main political groupings are the Democrats and the Republicans. Whilst the Democratic Party adopts modernist views on issues and ideas, the Republicans support traditional ideas and promote the fundamental concept of the founding of the United States – property owning democracy and Capitalism. The two ideas come together to define political discourse and shape the fundamental basis of public policy and organization in the country. As an individual, I support the Conservative school of political thought. This paper will critically analyze the position of Conservative structures in government and political issues in ...

Personal Water Use Inventory

I understand the need for water conservation around the world. This personal water use inventory shows the amount of water I use per day and how much it costs me per year. Table 1 below shows my personal water inventory. The results depict that I am an average user of water. Further, Figure 1 below is a pie chart showing my personal water usage as a percentage. It is clear that machine washing takes up most of the water used. Finally, the last table, Table2 shows my water footprint results. From Figure 1, machine washing takes up 70 percent of all ...

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a)History of Quantitative Easing: Quantitative Easing, also known as Open market Operations is one of the conventional method of Credit Control which is followed by central/federal banks to stimulate economic growth and to circumvent the banking system. The history of this method credit control has two phases i.e pre 2007 and post 2007 period. (Parkin, 2011) i)Pre-2007 Period: The very first use of Quantitative technique of Credit Control is attributed to Bank of Japan on March 19th , 2001. The Bank authorities before accepting this method, rejected the efficiency of QE method and rejected its use for ...

Business Proposal for Victoria’s Secret Stores LLC

12102 Cheroywoods Ct.

Ashland VA, 23005

Lori Greeley - Chief Executive Officer Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC P.O. BOX 16586

Columbus OH, 43216 6586

Dear Ms. Greely, Victoria’s Secret is one of the most alluring lingerie that exists. You also have an impressive set of people who would love to live their fantasy using your products. There is a slight point of concern on mind that I wish to bring to your attention that the size of the average American’s size has increased in the last few decades. Their dress sizes have increased by 3 sizes which must be a point of concern. ...

Business Proposal for Victoria’s Secret Stores LLC

12102 Cheroywoods Ct.

Ashland VA, 23005

Lori Greeley - Chief Executive Officer Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC P.O. BOX 16586

Columbus OH, 43216 6586

Dear Ms. Greely, Victoria’s Secret is one of the most alluring lingerie that exists. You also have an impressive set of people who would love to live their fantasy using your products. There is a slight point of concern on mind that I wish to bring to your attention that the size of the average American’s size has increased in the last few decades. Their dress sizes have increased by 3 sizes which must be a point of concern. ...

Even if you have never watched extremely controversial and phenomenally addictive series Breaking Bad (which I am sure you must have heard of), and even if you have never listened to to your closest friend ranting about how deeply he was impressed by its finale (though I am certain you would have heard it if you really listened) and even you have never stumbled upon its trailer on youtube (which I am deeply convinced you must have, just did not pay enough attention to), the fact that numerous publications including such well-known and trusted sources as the New York ...

Since the creation of the character of Homer Simpson in 1987 and of “The Simpsons” show in 1989 and up till now the topic of influence of the cartoon and its protagonist on the values, attitudes and behavior in the modern society has been fueling numerous discussions among fans, scholars, politicians, and, in general, among anyone interested. Homer Simpson’s character has been exposed to an in-depth analysis not only by those who study the art of storytelling, but also by students of political science, sociology, psychology and even economics. It is self-evident that Mr. Simpson had and still ...

Cover Letter

The purpose of this essay is to open the possibilities for alternative approach in healthcare reforms. The people in general rely on the benefits of healthcare insurance for a more affordable health maintenance option. However, the economics of healthcare pushes its cost to all-time high and pushes the financial limits of most average policyholders. Therefore, it is reasonable to introduce a different approach, which relies on health risk prevention through healthy eating. Writing this paper brought me to a level of realization that there is hope for something that most people thought was absolute. People though that in order to make ...

Immigration is a hot-button issue in the United States, and one that has been heavily politicized in recent years. Immigration reform is always an issue that politicians discuss at length, but there seems to be very little that changes from year to year in terms of immigration policy in the United States. While immigration and immigration reform is often framed as a social and political issue, it is equally important as an economic issue. The economic effects on the United States would be very great if immigration substantially increased in the next decade, with both positive and negative effects on the ...

Credit Card Debt in U.S.

Abstract

This essay investigates the undefined and uncontrollable debt caused by credit cards. The customers are also responsible for this, but the general market adopted this method very easily and quickly in order to have fast and easy money. People do not need to carry paper money anymore. Nowadays, they only need a plastic card, which has the power to purchase virtually anything a consumer want except luxuries. Therefore, in this context, this paper examines and researches the idea of the credit card by looking at its components. The factors of the economy in the world are ...

Obesity refers to the excess accumulation of body fat to levels that can have adverse effects on the health of individuals (World Health Organization 63). This often leads to reduced life expectancy and increased health complications among victims. One is considered obese if their BMI index is between 25 and 30.These ones are considered to be pre-obese, while for people whose BMI is above 30 are considered obese. Obesity cases have in the recent past increased in the United States, a situation which most doctors say is attributed to the lifestyle and the food consumption of majority of the victims ( ...

The passage of a new immigration law in Arizona has reinvigorated the national debate over the status of undocumented workers in the United States. In 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed S.B. 1070 into law, which empowers law enforcement authorities to stop and question any individual they have reasonable suspicion of being an illegal alien. Anyone who cannot produce proof of residency status is subject to apprehension and deportation. The controversial Arizona legislation has raised concerns over racial profiling and other forms of police abuse, but of greater significance is the precedent for eroding what even the Internal Revenue Service ...

Introduction

A consumerism culture is one where the economical environment is defined by the patterns of purchases and spending culture of the consumers. In America, it began after the Second World War, and reached its highest levels in the early 2000s (Ali, 2009). This culture encourages the acquisition of commodities as a means to achieving happiness instead of the ideals of family religion or art. Proponents of a consumer culture argue that when people are able to meet their needs and wants, they are more productive; this helps to drive the American economy and that of other nations. Opponents of consumerism argue ...