However, in 1876 after several brutal wars, the Sioux, Cheyennes, Arapahos, Kiowas, and Comanches complied to move to certain areas where whites were prohibited (Greenberg 33). ... Polk in the war with Mexico, which started in 1846. ... After the war, filibustering, another tactic of U.S. territorial expansion, was also driven against Spanish Florida, Mexican Texas, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean Islands. ... The North saw these countries as well as Mexico as places to expand and sustain slavery (Document 42 43). ... In 1846, Jane Swisshelm, religious abolitionist and firm advocator of wom...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Although surveys showed that many Canadian, Italian, Israeli, and Irish citizens lived and worked in California without proper credentials from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the popular campaign expressly targeted immigrants from Mexico and Central America." ... "A counter attendant at a fast-food restaurant refused to serve hamburgers to three English speaking Mexican American teenagers The registrar at a California State University campus submitted a proposal to students with Spanish surnames that they needed proof of citizenship to remain enrolled." (Lipsitz 51). " "U....

• Word Count: 1644
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The production in the cities through factories, labor, and mass production all contribute to the economic success America has had since World War II. ... This disproportionation is the result of the "War on Drugs," initiated by the Bush administration, ironically to combat the drug trade. ... Now the government has tried to stop the drug trade with President Nixon's infamous "War on Drugs," but it has been as ludicrous as it has been counter-intuitive. ... Around 35,000 to 40,000 have been killed in Mexico's drug wars since 2008, and that's a very conservative figure. ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5

The poem indicates that a group of Northern soldiers are crossing a stream after a victorious battle during the Civil War. Whitman is able to give an accurate description of these events because during the war "Whitman was overcome with the carnage he beheld and settled in Washington, D.C., where for the duration of the war he ministered without pay to sick and wounded soldiers" (Olsen-Smith). ... The change he wanted was made possible partly because of the Civil War and the outcome of it. ... Whitman uses these images in the hope that the freedom that the horses have will be bestowed on ev...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

But as the war continued the atmosphere became increasingly hostile - The Muslim's image was irrevocably damaged after September 11th, though it is fair to say that this is also a world-wide issue. ... Chinese, Mexican or West Indian restaurants. ...

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"I promise you I wrote it. I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). In the book Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin, he tells about his experience as a white man that changes his pigmentation of...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

European Americans even drove Mexicans further and further south, all of this until we have the corners of what we call the United States today. ... Even though the North during the Civil War helped them escape, they didn't want them in their neighborhoods, used rude language and slurs, and when they were offered jobs, the pay was horrible, not enough for a place to stay, food, or really any necessities. ...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate