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The acquisition of Philippines by the United States is the topic that is going to be focused upon throughout this paper. The historical context of this topic deserves to analyzed with reference to both the primary and secondary readings assigned. The highlighted issue takes place after the treaty of Paris was signed between the United States and Spain which liberated Spain’s remaining colonies. Towards the end of the 19th century, Americans were influenced by the ideology of imperialism. They believed that advanced industrialized nations like the United States, Great Britain and France needed to acquire colonies in order to provide raw materials to feed their industrial economies. Extensive markets were wanted in order to sell finished products to those colonial masses.

While most cities have much in common, each location tries to put a stamp on itself that makes it unique. Because of their large populations, all cities offer their own sites and activities. Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana, is no different from any other metropolitan area. When visiting Indianapolis, tourists can take advantage of professional sporting events, prestigious museums, and affordable family activities.

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The House on Mango Street is a short novel that packs a strong and deliberate message. At first, when reading the first few chapters, one assumes that this book is going to be a simple story about some young girl’s life, but as the reader continues to read on, that perspective about the story changes because of the story’s complexity. The House on Mango Street has received many praises amongst critics for its well-defined societal message and its understanding of the Latinx culture in the United States. I chose to write my review on this book due to the fact that as being a Latina in the United States, this book is something that I can relate to

In this argument, I believe the failures of the initial Philippine colonial project not only retrogressed the islanders back into their primitive informal aristocracy but actually help unify and modernize a regime that was the complete reversal of American intentions. The result of the type of Filipino government after reconstruction were significantly constrained by Anti-Imperialists tensions from the metropole and continued to reshape itself by many additional constraints from the Filipino legislation. Only about fifty years later of political administration would enable the development of an autonomic government.

I have exhibited outstanding leadership in my hours of community service of volunteer junior coaching for Urbana recreational poms. For the past three autumn football seasons (2012, 2013 and 2014) I have gained almost 300 hours of service by teaching dances to 3 different teams of girls ages 7-13. In this time period, I have made and taught around 15 total dances to these teams. The football season for Urbana recreational poms starts with a week-long preparatory clinic/camp, and goes through practices Tuesday and Thursday, as well as Saturday football games from August to the end of October. The coaches of the Urbana High School poms squad annually ask members of the squad such as myself to choreograph and teach 2 dances to youth squads at

Our country is rich in culture; the occupation of the Spanish, the American, and the Japanese gave the Philippines its diverse and unique culture. This exceptional culture we have in our country has produced numerous brilliant individuals, who up to this day are still well recognized. So it is safe to say that part of the reason why they became who they were is because of their culture; because of our culture. (Ong, 2011)

In 2008 my husband and I went to Florence, Italy. Prior to going, I did some research about a few particular sites we should visit and why they were important. Florence has been considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance (Walther, Suckale, Eschenbur, Williams). The key tipping point of that birth was the creation of IL Duomo that Fillipo Brunelleschi designed. We visited it while we were there. The structure was massive. It is the largest massonry dome in the world. When I saw the article options for this assignment I was anxious to learn more about this amazing building.

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In the media or newspaper cartoons, Filipinos are shown sitting in a classroom being taught by Uncle Sam. The Filipinos in the United States were seen as uneducated people because of how the media portrayed them. In Asia the University of Santo Tomas is one of the oldest universities, and can be found in the Philippines, in fact it’s older than Harvard by more than two decades but that wasn’t enough to prove that Filipinos were highly educated people. According to the book “The FORBIDDEN

examples of genocide, especially as a result of hatred towards complex institutions of race, nationality, and religion. In this piece Neruda references several dates: 1925, 1926, 1933, 1940, 1918, 1905, and “thousands of nineteen hundreds”(Neruda,1). Each date representative of a significantly negative event in world history; However several dates also coincide with important years in Cuban history. For example, in the year 1925, Gerardo Machado was elected Cuba’s president, he would resist the rise of a healthy labor movement, which he would enforce using deportation and police brutality. Cuba’s economic downfall would lead to uprisings in the future, all ultimately having Cuban legislature and law enforcement being taken advantage of, while at the same time several mass killings world arise before crimes against humanity would be identified and prosecuted at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Neruda’s first-hand experiences with oppression and fascism growing up in Cuba allowed many to learn from “the Chilean because he offered a way of identifying with the masses and engaging the problems of society” (Pettingell, 3). Neruda’s use of allusion allows the hatred from these mass killings to be tied in with the selfishness and extortion of

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Under the new regime agriculture developed rapidly, commerce and trade soared to unprecedented levels, transportation and communication were modernized, banking and currency improved, the manufacturing industries were transformed. As compared with the Spanish era, economic progress of the Philippines during the American era forged ahead with great strides. (291)

“Rizal had a burning desire to know exactly the conditions of the Philippines when the Spaniards came ashore to the islands. His theory was the country was economically self-sufficient and prosperous.  Rizal entertained the idea that it had a lively and vigorous community enriched with the collective and sensitive art and culture of the native population. He