One of the most important experiences, which gave me a lasting impression, concerned American people's attitudes towards Mexican people. ... Mexican people went to church on Sunday evenings instead of Sunday mornings with the other members of the community. To show my disagreement with the situation I went to church with the Mexican people on Sunday evening instead of going together with my family. ...

• Word Count: 4457
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As the Civil war began, the Mormon-dominated territory of Utah decided not to participate in either seceding from the Union or joining the Union army. ... Grant saw the Civil War as a blessing in disguise; they believed that the war would trigger a Mormon prophesied apocalyptic event that would cleanse society and eventually lead to ultimate Mormon control. The war over slavery during the second half of the nineteenth century forced the Mormon Church for the first time in its existence to publicly announce their feeling towards the African race. ...

• Word Count: 3075
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1672, when Holland and England went to war, the Dutch soldiers retook New Amsterdam and renamed it Fort Orange. When the war was over, it was signed back over to the English because the Dutch did not want the land. ...

• Word Count: 4369
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

By casting a negative light towards Arabs, Africans, Mexicans, Asians or any other races, the justice system clearly demonstrates a great deal of ignorance and disrespect for that individual; just because someone is a member of a certain race does not mean that he or she represents the negative insinuations associated with that race. ... Since the onset of the "war on drugs" in the mid-1980s, Black Americans have been arrested, prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned for drug law offences at rates grossly out of proportion to their numbers among drug offenders. ...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many kinds of music have come out on the American stage within the last 100 or so and have had a great impact on it. American music is extremely varied and diverse. Instead of being dominated by the cultures and traditions of any one particular country (i.e. England or Germany), it is the proverbial...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School