Civilisation Américaine

The American history is marked by a peculiar institution, that is slavery (1861-1865) Slavery was abolished at the end of the civil war by Lincoln by 13th amendments of December 1865. Slavery was abolished but segregation remained. Segregation - separation of black and white people and lack of rights for the black population. In the south segregation was implemented (appliqués) by the “Jim Crow laws” (1880-1890). “JC laws” separated blacks and whites in schools and the public places (schools,

Republican & Democratic America The United States is currently divided almost exactly in half between supporters of the Democratic and Republican parties • The Republican-Democratic division in the country follows clear geographical patterns • The Democratic Party generally controls the large northern cities (the North-East), the industrial region around the Great Lakes and the West Coast • The Republican Party generally controls the South-East, Texas and the mostly rural central part of

Religious History of the United States • The United States has its origins in religious controversy • First major settlement in the 1620s by religious dissidents called Puritans • The Puritans arrived in the ‘New World’ with a strong sense of historical mission and quickly established a social and cultural life centred around the Church (a theocracy) • John Winthrop “A Modell of Christian Charity” : “wee must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us

René Goulaine de Laudonnière (1529-1574): was a French explorer and the founder of the French colony of Fort Caroline, located in present-day Jacksonville, Florida. He made contact with a native tribe who at first helped the colonists. The colony did not flourish and had to get food from the Natives. Colonists complained and a small group of them seized a ship and sailed to the Gulf of Mexico to become pirates. Deserters from the colony angered the Natives who refused to give any more food. Colonists

TD : Civilisation Américaine. Checks and balances The government is divided in 3 functions ( the powers are separated.) :-make laws, the legislative, and the congress The French government had asked to pass the law against full cover veil or the head to toe veil in public. (Burqa) . Most of the legislative are bi-cameral ( the upper chamber is in France the Senat and the lower chamber in France is the House of representatives .) Both of the upper and lower chamber have equal rights, they

civilisation latino-américaine  Historia política de América Latina  El populismo, las dictaduras, las revoluciones  Las relaciones entre AL y EEUU (siglo XX)  Il y aura un dossier à remettre sur Perón  1910 : révolucion mejicana, periodo politicamente agitado  1929 : crack de la becqua, principio del populismo  1955 : fin del populismo y principio de las dictaduras  1959 : revolución cubana para imponer el socialismo  1989 : caída de Pinochet  y de la dictadura  1990 : a partir de 1990

American civilization. This text is an article of newspaper extracted from the famous English newspaper The Economist. It was published January 1st, 1998 and is entitled " More neighbourly government". At that time, Bill Clinton was the president of the United States. He was president of the United States from 1993 to 2001, he belongs to the democratic party and he was just reelected in November of 1996. This text deals with the loss of power of the centralized power in the United States. Indeed

Because (Thanks to this) of the new Republican platform (programme), Reagan was able to attract democratic voters. Democratic voters based on "New Deal coalition" (1930s to the end of 1970s) : poor whites trade unions minories (jews, catholics, racial minorities) intellectuals Those people who traditionnal voted for the democratic party. The poor whites, the 1960s, the democratic in racial minorities, so poor whites started to feel that the main focus was minorities, so they felt

place dans la culture mondiale ? Le monde s’orient-il vers une uniformisation culturelle, une culture de masse ? INTRODUCTION La prédominance Américaine, l’identité culturelle et la diversité linguistique. De nos jours l’américanisation est omniprésente et tient une place importante dans le monde. La culture de masse américaine imprègne notre quotidien, que ce soit dans nos modes de vie, le cinéma, l’alimentation…. Elle représente un véritable modèle impérialiste. Dans quelle mesure

culturelle a. Les grandes aires de civilisation Malgré l’uniformisation culturelle du monde, les divisions culturelles historiques qui rassemblent les populations aux modes de vie et aux valeurs communes se maintiennent. En effet, la mondialisation ne remet pas en cause la diversité culturelle, l’existence de différentes cultures dans le monde. Par exemple, la civilisation islamique et la civilisation africaine coexistent en Afrique, le terme « civilisation » pouvant être défini comme un ensemble