After the attack on Pearl Harbor more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans on the west coast were placed in internment camps. Japanese Americans were immediately viewed as enemies of the State. ... I believe that with each new generation, people become more accepting of differences and more willing to fight injustices when it comes to modern issues such as gay rights, healthcare reforms, women's rights, and equal opportunity....

• Word Count: 562
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The stories of the English, African, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Japanese, and Jews are all intertwined in this book for a nonjudgmental view of the neglected truth. ... The second and third generations of the Irish immigrants became highly educated and the percentage of Irish in universities increased. ... The "Giddy Multitude" was found across America, representing Africans, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Irish, Mexicans, and Jews that were of the lower classes. ...

• Word Count: 789
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Slaves were promised a mule and 40 acres and they didn't live to receive it nor did generations following; because the American government has yet to live up to its word. ... The government of the United States of America has been instrumental in having pressured the German and Japanese governments into the payments of reparations to the people who suffered and survived the crimes and legacy of slavery endured during World War II. The government of the United States has also already paid reparations to the Japanese-Americans who were detained in concentration camps during World War II. ...

• Word Count: 1165
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the years after the defeat of Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire, a dizzying prosperity spread through the United States, while a tense, prolonged, and dangerous global Cold War against the Soviet empire and Maoist China took shape. ... The literary world of the early 1950s was energized by a confident and diverse new generation. ...

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate