The United States of America was formed on July 4, 1776 and since then has evolved and changed into the America we know today. Much has happened in US since 1776 such as women’s suffrage. However is the society of the United States of America getting better, worse, or staying the same socially, politically, and economically?
Throughout history the US has socially never strayed far from being centered around people’s appearances, of which gender and race are a great part. In 1776 through 1830, a woman’s legal status depended on if she was married. Widows and single women could not buy, own, or sell personal property and work any job in which being a male wasn’t a requirement. Married women’s dependence on their husbands was basically obligatory.
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Invented using new technology there are now bombs, grenades, tanks, and many more weapons at the disposal of the American military. These advancements have made it so that politics are even more about power and how many weapons a nation possesses. This is because when only certain countries have access to advanced weaponry, inter-country politics become more about pleasing the countries with the weapons, regardless of the population or size. The United States has a massive military and therefore inter-country politics is often centered around pleasing Americans. This has happened in the past and in the present, and can be proven with the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine was a political doctrine issued in 1823 that addressed European countries. It stated if a European country settled in land located in the western hemisphere, America would declare war. No country, European or other, settled in that land, for none of them wanted to start a brutal war between themselves and America. The reason being America had and still has today, a superb military. This political approach has kept American citizens safer, however technology has also let America take advantage of other