Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along is written by Larry Schweikart. Schweikart is an American historian as well as a professor of history at the University of Dayton. As a child he grew up in Arizona where he would later attend Arizona state university. While there, Schweikart completed an M.A. and later earned his Ph.D. in history from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1984.
Name: ZhenLiang Sun Course: HIST 2010 Professor: Dr. Troy D. Smith Date: 06/14/2017 Book Review: The Founding Fathers Reconsidered Richard Bernstein’s The Founding Fathers Reconsidered (2009) presents a new look at a foundation topic in American history. There are two main perspectives utilized throughout the book: the first is an ideological perspective which places the history of ideas in a more prominent position than the history of individual people or individual events. The second perspective is the realist perspective which seeks to reduce much of the myth that surrounds important historical figures such as George Washington or Thomas Jefferson.
The book, The Next America by Paul Taylor, was a very interesting and well written book. The book focused on how America has changed over the years throughout the different generations. The book seems to focus on mainly two of the generations, the Baby Boomers and the Millennials. Taylor seems to use the Baby Boomers and the Millennials because the Baby Boomers are growing older and aren’t a fan of change and the Millennials are growing up and are apart of the change. He used a lot of statistics and numbers in the book to compare and contrast the different generations throughout the years.
When an author is writing an article, they use techniques and devices to prove and emphasize their main argument. A few examples of these techniques are a metaphor, contrast, personal narrative, alliteration, and anecdotes. Almost all authors use these techniques to transmit their message to their readers. In JD Vance’s article, How Donald Trump Seduced the White Working Class, the author uses specific techniques to convince the readers about the life of the white poor Americans. To begin with, in How Donald Trump Seduced the White Working Class, JD Vance uses personal narrative to convey the theme of the life of the white poor Americans.
What is fundamentalism? Essentially, it is an adherence to the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to life and teaching. In his book, Fundamentalism and American Culture, George M. Marsden attacks the daunting question of “How has the fundamentalist movement managed to resist the pressures of the scientific community and the draw of modern popular culture to hold on to their ultra-conservative Christian views?” Not only does this History textbook answer that pressing question, but it also tells the incredible, encouraging tale of how Christian principles CAN survive in a godless world. From the first chapter, Marsden notes fundamentalism’s steady march through American history.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister who became well known through his involvement and leadership in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and the 1960s. On April 12, 1963, eight clergymen from Alabama issued and signed a statement that included subtle accusations of hatred and violence by civil rights supporters and activists. Criticisms such as demonstrations being “unwise and untimely”(King 1), were made and directed towards Martin Luther King Jr.’s actions although he was a pacifist and valued peace. In response to the criticisms, King composed one of the most significant documents in American history which was an extensive letter addressed to the clergymen while he was spending time in a jail cell at the Birmingham
In several ways the novella Anthem can be compared to the modern day communist dictatorship North Korea. Although they are similar in some places they are completely different in other ways. Ways they are able to be compared and contrasted are the forms of government, the state and mentality of the citizens, and development or progress as a civilization. Although it is often said that anywhere can be better than a certain place, such as people saying that school is the worst place that exists for a relatable example, there are various different factors that play into the overall condition of something that it can be extremely difficult to tell. To finish the previous thought, school can be hated because people are put up to endure hours upon
In the article “American Jerks,” author Todd Schwartz wants readers to believe that the society we live in is not yet civilized. People are afraid to speak to one another because they don’t want to hurt each other’s feelings. We summed up terms and names to suit everyone 's needs and convictions and called it politically right. I truly agree with the points Schwartz made because the increase of technology has caused the American people to forget how to communicate and everyone is egotistical. To begin with, the expansion of innovation has brought about the American individuals to overlook how to impart.
In Adam Gopnik 's piece “Caging of America,” he discusses one of the United States biggest moral conflicts: prison. Gopniks central thesis states that prison itself is a cruel and unjust punishment. He states that the life of a prisoner is as bad as it gets- they wake up in a cell and only go outside for an hour to exercise. They live out their sentences in a solid and confined box, where their only interaction is with themselves. Gopnik implies that the general populace is hypocritical to the fact that prison is a cruelty in itself.
On the day of Nov.22 1963 our president was assassinated. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because his main goal and main priority was to have an ara of peace in the United States. He helped pass The Civil Rights Act. He played a hero role in the United States. Although many people feared a catholic president, he didn’t let his religion get in the way of what kind of America he believed in.
As america began its venture toward the new millennium and a change would come. Before nixon would reach office two democratic politicians preceded him and after years of our country 's involvement in Vietnam and the constant fear the American people lived through during the cold war they wanted change. This would spark neoconservativism as people would fall out of sync of the democrats policy of foreign affairs and begin to tread to the other parties policies or points of views.but tges n conservatives would still uphold some of their democratic interest while still in the republican party which basically puts the neo in the neo conservative.but how would this become into fortune and effect the america of the time.
In my initial oral exam I combined both Glenn Beck and his co anchor's argument into one to better fit argument and doing so made it easier to form a structured idea of the fallacies involved using Toulmin’s model but also made identifying specifically Glenn’s fallacies difficult. Though it can be assumed that he agrees with the statements and analogies his co anchor was making as he used it as a jumping off point for his own final argument. Parts of the co-anchor's articulation are present in Glenn’s argument but in the exam I didn’t identify only Glenn’s ideas in the model. Specifically the grounds, warrant and backing were weakened as they were more closely related to his co anchor’s arguments than this own. Identifying this error Beck’s argument based on the Toulmin Model (Foss 131-133) is as follows:
Christian Persecution in the United States of America According to Dr. Carl S. Parnell’s article, “Growing Christian Persecution in America: Believe It or Not,” thousands of Christians all over the world have died for their beliefs in twentieth century; however, this anti-Christian ideology has quickly spread to the United States over the last five decades. Parnell goes on to say that the “seeds of persecution” present in the United States affect every part of American culture, and that Americans are failing to realize “religious freedom in America today pertains to every religion except Christianity.” The Reverend Billy Graham states in his “Prayer Letter to America,” that "Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone—except
In Pierpoint’s article, “The Measure of America,” Frank Boas is a German anthropologist who emigrated to America in order to pursue his career. While attending the Exposition in Chicago, he discovered that anthropologists were not taking into account the historical events and challenges that people had to overcome. Determined to teach Americans about cultural diversity and the “wealth of thought” regarding to the representations of cultures.
In the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, one of the five freedoms people have in America is the freedom to practice any religion. Anyone living in America can believe in whatever they desire, and practice religion without persecution. However, it seems that we have “freedom of religion” but we do not have “freedom from religion”. What I mean by this, is that one cannot be nonreligious without being discriminated by the public. Although there are religions that are looked down upon, the one religion that is a taboo in society is no religion at all; atheism.
