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During the 1820’s to the 1850’s, America underwent significant societal changes, marked by various reform movements. Despite some advocating for change and equality, others feared it would bring about the downfall of America. These tensions eventually culminated in the Civil War, fueled by numerous factors that divided the North and South and drove them to…

Is America stupid or just selective? When I initially reviewed the questions on the survey, I predicted that there would be a higher percentage of right answers on the pop culture questions than the civic literacy questions. After I compiled the data, I was pleasantly surprised to find that more interviewees got the civic questions…

Crime is know as any behavior which breaks known laws. This behavior can be learned and usually stems from aggression or anti social behavior. There are various theories for crime and the cause of it but they all fit into 3 main catorgries psychological, social, and biological. One theory of crime is eysnecks personality theory….

Gary Nash argues that the American Revolution was not primarily motivated by a desire to protect constitutional rights and liberties. Instead, he suggests that it was the poor living conditions in America that drove many colonists to rebel. According to Nash, social and economic factors played a crucial role in their decision to revolt. This…

It has been decades since the African-American community began the civil rights movement in the United States. The movement was created to improve the lives of black people by pushing for just and equal treatment. Many years later, has the movement reached its goal? Can African-Americans today exercise their civil rights? At present, the plight…

Although George Washington is primarily known as the father of our country, he also accomplished a great deal during his two terms as the first president of the United States (1789-1797). On February 4, 1789, he was unanimously chosen by the Electoral college. Upon receiving notification on April 14th, Washington departed from his Virginia home…

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Liberal vs. Conservative Growing up in a home that could be characterized as a political battlefield was traumatic. I spent the first decade of my life living peacefully with two left- winged hippie parents. My mother had hair like Rapunzel and my dad worked as a jazz musician. Life…

As organizations have established their power base we have also seen the emergence of a number of leadership strategies. As Daft (2011) suggests the concept of leadership has changed over time and has included a range of theories; all of which contain elements that are still applicable to the study of effective leadership today. Sparked…

The purpose of this report is to examine and analyze the ongoing issues occurring at West Indies Yacht Club Resort in the British Virgin Island (BVI) between expatriates and local employees, utilizing Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory. The challenges faced by senior officials include a high turnover rate among expatriates, tension among expatriate managers, an increasing…

In the 1850s, American colonists started to move westward and started to take over more of the “unclaimed” territory. There were many Native American tribes living in the west already and the Americans pushed them out of their land in order to expand their own territory. The government and all the people moving westward had…