Our nation is a democratic nation that believes that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. Chapter 7 of Hudson’s American Democracy in Peril argues that the rise in economic inequality puts in danger our ideals of democracy. In the chapter, Hudson argues that the American Democracy is in danger because of the social and economic inequalities present in society. Hudson explores how the economic inequalities have grown since the 1970s and the factors that allow it to keep growing. He focuses
The United States has been a new home to immigrants since the late 19th century. Immigration is the act of moving to a different land and living there permanently. Many succeeded and others failed as they made their life changing move to America. The book “Out of this furnace” tells the story about the three generations of the Kracha family and their journey to America. The story begins with George Kracha, who was the first immigrant in the family to come to the United States from Hungary during
People have many reasons for wanting to lead a life in the United States. However, many of those reasons stem back to the idea of family. One of the largest reasons for people to leave their country for the United States has to do with being able to provide for their children. When parents realize the hardships they are facing and that there does not seem to be another option, they consider migrating to the United States. They believe that only a life in the United States will provide them with the
In the last century, record numbers of immigrants, both legal and illegal, have created the diverse culture present in America today. One of the more convincing motives for immigrating into the United States is the idea of achieving the “American dream”; the belief that anyone through hard work and determination can become prosperous and live freely in America. In order to achieve this, most immigrants are encouraged to assimilate into American culture to have a chance at being successful. Assimilating
Immigration to the United States during the 19th century was not an easy option for the majority of those who came. Many ethnic groups ran into prejudice in America that resulted in discrimination and stereotyping. One of the most prominent stereotypes among immigrants coming to America during this time was violence. Various groups such as the Irish, Chinese and Southern Italians had many stereotypes labeled on them once they arrived to America. Although each group had its own unique stereotypes
Since discovery, America has been seen as the land of opportunity for many ethnicities far and wide. It proposed religious freedom, jobs, land, and a chance to restart life with a clean slate. Two major ethnicities that took a chance in the land of the free were the Germans and the Latinos. Though they have many differences, including the time of immigrating, they were also looking for many of the same opportunities. For the Germans, they pursued a life in America to have the freedom to practice
What happens when two sisters feel differently about their backgrounds and cultural identities? Well in the story “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee, this very thing happens. Bharati and her sister Mira both move to America from Calcutta, to pursue their dreams. While there, they both marry and begin to embrace America differently. Bharati embraces the American culture and is happy to consider herself apart of it; however, Mira does not do the same. Mira moved to America to pursue
Over the past 250 years, there has been a great increase in the amount of European immigration to the United States, specifically New York City. Because of this, New York has earned the reputation of having the largest population of Italian Americans in the United States. This group of immigrants tended to migrate towards the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn. The greatest migration occurred between the late 1800’s and early 1900’s where it is predicted that almost 5.3 million Italians emigrated
“The Jungle” is a short book that took place in Chicago in an area which has the greatest number of meat packaging and slaughter house companies. There are two young people; whom also happen to be immigrants, Jurgis Rudkus and Ona Lukoszait, from across seas come to the US hoping to get the so called “American Dream” and a better life. Jurgis Rudkis was a young man whom also is an optimist. He believed that he could achieve the American Dream with just hard work and the will that he could help
points in the war, the U.S. continued to be successful in beating the British and the end of the war starts to draw near. Great Britain and the United States decided to start peace negations in January of 1814 but the discussion was pushed back until July. Both the sides started the negotiations with unrealistic expectations. The United States wanted to end all British marine practices and Britain wanted to create an Indian buffer state in America Northwest and change the American-Canadian boundary