American Civil War

others a time when the old secure framework of morality, authority, and discipline disintegrated. We’re talking about a post-war society, which was influenced by the end of the World War II, during which the Nazis and associates were crushingly defeated by the Allies. The industrialized world, such as Europe got a rebirth and loads of changes took place. We called it the “American Way of Life”. This is an expression that refers to the lifestyle of people living in the United States of America. It is

Introduction The history of racial segregation after the Civil war (Before the case Brown v. Board of Education) The racial segregation was always a big question in the history of human rights in United States. Before the civil war, slavery was popular in the southern states; blacks were just as property of the white owners. But there were no more slaves after the civil war (1865), millions of formerly enslaved African Americans hoped to join the larger society as full and equal citizens

Separating Church and State 9. (Social Services): The Social Safety Net 10. (The Arts): Distinctively American Arts 11. (Sports & Entertainment): Exporting Popular Culture 12. (The Media): The Media and Their Messages Holidays: National Celebrations Chapter One ONE FROM MANY Immigration patterns and ethnic composition The Statue of Liberty The story of the American people is a story of immigration and diversity. The United States has welcomed more immigrants than any other

various independent kingdoms. The Anglo-Saxons gradually gained control of England and became the chief rulers of the land. Raids by the Vikings were frequent after about 800. In 1066, the Normans invaded and conquered England. There was much civil war and battles with other nations throughout the Middle Ages. During the Renaissance, England was ruled by the Tudors. England had conquered Wales in the 12th century and was then united with Scotland in the early 18th century to form the Kingdom of

Heinrich Alexandre 6G The Civil War The Civil War, also known as the “War Between The States”, was a war that lasted for 4 years (1861–1865). Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the United States (the Union), which were all the free states and five slave states of the border. The North states were led by Abraham Lincoln. It caused many deaths

annual increase of 4,5% every year until 1970. The principal reason of this instability was the war in Vietnam because the government was spending more money than they had to finance the different aspects of the war. To slow down this inflation, Johnson had to set up an increase of taxes (about 10 billion dollars) and reduce his spending of about 6 billion dollars. This swinging economy affected the American society in the way that the inflation affected the US economic growth and people were more careful

migrate to USA ,like war,religious persécution or povrerty , the first great wave of immigration was due to the emmigration of the irishs catholics,who migrated to the USA because of the great famine in Ireland,( between 1845 and 1849 ) The irishs settle in the poorest place of the north east of the usa (like the five points in New York) and in the plain of the midwest were the governement gave land to voluntary familys The Irish were discriminated by the americans protestants ,because they

de morts, dont au moins 20 millions pour l'unique URSS et 500 000 en France. Le choc fut surtout le nombre de civils tués. En effet, c'est l'une des première guerres, et non la dernière, à prendre directement à partie les civils. Ainsi, 30 millions des morts sont des civils. Cela se justifie en partie par l'usage de bombardement massif de ville, jusqu'à raser totalement les sites civils (Caen, Dresde, Hiroshima ...) : cela ne peut évidemment se faire sans victime innocente. De plus, l'Allemagne

be, the United States of America “ . When he was elected President of the United States on November 4th last year, Barack Obama seemed to embody a new, reconciled America. His speech itself, as shows the previous extract, expressed the idea that Americans were no longer divided: a black president in the White house, the symbol was strong enough to give credence to this belief, forty years after Martin Luther King's assassination. Yet this point of view was maybe exaggerated. Divisions in the United

Contents  The film  Filmography  Synopsis  Source  The representation of national history in Forrest Gump  Forrest as a witness and actor of American history  Time in Forrest Gump  Representation of Vietnam War ( sequence analysis)  Conclusion Filmography Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: Robert Zeneckis Screenwriter: Winston Groom ( novel) and Eric Poth ( screenplay) Producer: Steve Fisch and Wendy Finerman Co producer: Charles Newirth