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What is Western civilization? How does one even try to explain this because it can be a very dispassionate subject as well as a biased one. Western Civilization to me on what I learned in this class, plays a huge role in our global and national aspect pertaining to an economic and vast growth. The different changes in different characteristics of life from the change of global temperatures, to industrial manufactures, to different types of diseases, to the mass growth of our human population, whatever the outcome may be we have no control of what one thinks or take the full/partial blame or credit for that, unless we are a contributor to the mass changes, and most likely we contribute to that in some sort of way. Ethnicity, traditions, cultures, religion, slavery, government, etc. are some examples that contribute, but I would like to focus more on the vast growth of the industrial industry, religion sector, political views on why western civilization still plays a huge role in our society.
Western civilization was introduced in the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteen century. “The American Revolution spurred the birth of a nation, the Industrial Revolution marked that nation’s growth into maturity. The Industrial Revolution altered all aspects of American life, from the economy to politics and the fabric of society itself” (Industrial Revolution, article). During the Industrial Revolution, not only did America have the advantage of the consumer market in the vast internal growth, it also had the vast international growth. The economy in America was growing at a substantial rate.
In order to gain economic growth, Americans had to take advantage of an hourly wage and take advantage of a worker with a skilled trade or not, to a certain extent. Having a wage was a way to run a successful business and keep it in America, then and even now. This was a huge change in the America’s it made the great changes over the decades and molding our economic growth and industrialization. As the population multiples, factories and manufactures were being built, plantation and mining was also a great contributor to the growth of economy. Still today there are manufactures being built, vehicle manufactures, clothing factories and plantation is also still a major contributor. So in that aspect Industrial sector is still a great thing.
In Second Religion. Religion is such a sensitive topic to talk about because everyone has a different view based on their own family values. When Christianity religion was brought over to the Americas by the Europeans it was taught and it cultivated in the American Indian Society. “In the eyes of assimilationists, this did not go far enough-the children were too well-connected to home life and it did not provide the desired effect of “civilizing” them into white American culture. As General Richard H. Pratt, a champion behind assimilation often phrased it, “Kill the Indian, and save the man” (Kill the Indian, Save the man, Article). By doing so it became a successful failure. Gathering and removing American Indian children from their homes, families and there traditional teachings to attend boarding schools outside their inner circle was a gain and a lost for some.
In today’s society, being American Indian, Christianity was taught in the community and surrounding areas but my family cultures and traditions were instilled in my upbringing and hold a strong existence of who I am as a person. Being able to practice our native ways is a very important thing in my life as well as other American Indians who still practice today. I practice a very traditonal lifestle. The certain changes in a positive way, it gave American Indian children a sense of direction for the academic and educational ways but failed to take the traditional teachings as well as the language away from them. The language was far more devastating than taking the culture itself but the traditional teaching meant way much more. The language was far more powerful in which the United States military. The government used the Navajo language to win the battle of WWII. The Navajo Code Talkers were the secret weapon, respectfully. So having a change in the outside world gave American Indians a chance to grow, change, keep and survive a dying cultivation and I am a great example.
Another view on Western Civilization, on a political aspect, even though we don’t have monarchs, prime ministers, kings and queens, we still have leaders to run our country and a president to make the ultimate choice on certain things, who many Americans today don’t agree with. For example, president Trump. President Trump in my opinion is rational thinker and will run our country accordingly. According to the Article, “Trump doesn’t care if you don’t like him, it states, Trump’s very thin skin and disregard for everything negative along with a misunderstanding of the difference between election polls and surveys of public attitudes, the truth is that Trump doesn’t care” (Zelizer, article).
This is true whether it’s about a tweet, the election polls, Russia, North Korea, tax cuts, national parks or right down to a racial slur, President Trump seems to cover it all. Racism has been around for quite sometime and just recently when my grandfathers, the Navajo Code talkers were supposed to be honored for their recognition for their outstanding accomplishment, President Trump disrespected the American Indian population. Trump speech to honor the Navajo Code talkers, he says, “You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas” (Vitali, Article). You can call it a radical slur, not only is it a radcial slur to me this it’s just disrespectful and a stab to my heart. This is very emabarrassing comment especially coming from the Commander in Chief (even that too, bothers me).
Back to Western Civilization, according to the Washington Post, during a speech President Trump was talking about Western Civilization and it was directed in reference to Poland he says, “at the center of European Civilization” and warned that our shared Western civilization is threatened by “totalitarian forces in the world who seek . . . to further their barbarous assault on the human spirit.” He called on the West to defend” the great civilized ideas: individual liberty, representative government, and the rule of law under God” and criticized “the shyness of some of us in the West about standing for these ideals” (Thiessen, Article). So more or less President Trump wants to run our country the way it was ran decades ago, more of a business man that he is or not, it still has a major impact on our political views as a whole
So in conclusion, Western Civilization still has a major impact in our society. It also contributed to many changes, many are positive and many more are negative, depending what ethnic background you represent, thus we were and still are faced with hardships of change and acceptance, for example your sexual orientation and your ethnicity. As a society, we overcame many obstacles and still face many today and some may never go away and some may reappear but in a different aspect, but we manage as a society to keep moving forward and learn to speak, practice, carry, protect, accuse, serve, vote, grow and stand up for what we believe is right.
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Western Civilization
What is Western Civilization? How does one even try to explain this because it can be a very dispassionate subject as well as a biased one. Western Civilization to me on what I learned about this subject as so far, play a huge role in our global and national aspect, that was introduce to by the Europeans on how to run a nation on all levels in regards to different changes in different characteristics of life from the change of global temperatures, to global temperatures, to industrial manufactures, to different types of diseases, to the mass growth of our human population, whatever it may be we have no control of what one thinks or take the blame or credit for that, unless we are a contributor to the mass changes. Ethnicity, traditions, cultures, slavery, government, etc., are some examples that contribute, but I would like to focus more on the vast growth of the industrial industry, religion sector, political views on why western civilization still plays a huge role in our society. Western civilization was introduced to the Americas from the European nations centuries ago and to be honest it is a very sensitive subject to explain. According to the teacher’s guide primary source set, the “Industrial Revolution came near the end of the eighteenth century , when Samuel Slater brought new manufacturing technologies from the Britain to the United States and founded the first U.S. cotton mill in Beverly Massachusetts” (teachers guide, PDF). This was a big change in the Americas, it made great changes over the decades and molding our economic growth and industrialization . As the population multiples, factories and manufactures were being built, plantation as well as mining was also a great contributor. Even today, there are manufactures being built and other jobs such as vehicle manufactures, clothing factories and plantation. In that aspect, industrialization was a great thing.
In second, religion is such a sensitive topic to talk about because everyone has a different view based on the way certain individual was raised in regards to traditions and cultures. Being American Indian and being raised in a traditional household where we still practice our native ways, wasn’t categorized as in a specific religion, such as Catholic or Christian, just the word “traditional” is the word I was introduced too. So, when Christianity was brought over to the Americas by the Europeans it was taught and it grew in the American Society, just like other religions. Even in our society, being American Indian, Christianity was taught in the community and surrounding areas but in my family culture and my traditions instilled in my family was very important to my family and we as people had a choice, we had a right according to U.S. Constitution, but even if we were to practice our traditional ways off the reservation, we would still be questioned on why. For example, two generations back, according to my grandmother and my parents they told me they didn’t have much of an option not to attend boarding schools and that’s where Christianity was taught. They also weren’t allowed to speak their native language. So that still has an impact in our generation. Getting an education was good but losing your language was another. 
The Europeans didn’t realize how scared our land was then and what it means to us. And still today our great land don’t get much respect on certain situations. For example, the Dakota Access Pipeline in the Dakotas, the pipeline is about money, not about sacred sites, burial sites, and clean water but to us it is about who we are as American Indians. According to the Washington post, Stephen Pevar, an attorney for the ACLU who has specialized in Indian and tribal rights cases states that, “Native groups also rely on the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, which requires the federal government to “protect and preserve for American Indians their inherent right of freedom to believe, express, and exercise [their] traditional religions … including but not limited to access to sites, use and possession of sacred objects, and the freedom to worship through ceremonials and traditional rites”(Pevar, P 4 ). With that and knowing that we still don’t get many answers and much of it being ignored. 
Another view on western civilization, on a political aspect, even though we don’t have monarchs, prime ministers, kings and queens, we still have leaders to run our country and a president to make the ultimate choice on certain things. Even though many of Americans don’t agree with our president and the way he is running things and many of us do, he’s still our president. President Trump, in my opinion is a rational thinker and will run our country accordingly. According to the Philosophy article, “Rational is extremely important to the effective running a society. The only alternative to acting and thinking rationally is to act with impulse or without thinking a situation through” (Landauer, Rowlands, article). We as American’s still have a right to voice our opinions and sometimes it’s with or without a cause, good or bad it was supported by the people. 
According to the Washington post, during a speech President Trump was talking about Western civilization and it was directed in reference to Poland he says, “at the center of European civilization” and warned that our shared Western civilization is threatened by “totalitarian forces in the world who seek . . . to further their barbarous assault on the human spirit.” He called on the West to defend “the great civilized ideas: individual liberty, representative government, and the rule of law under God” and criticized “the shyness of some of us in the West about standing for these ideals” (Thiessen, Article). So more or less President Trump wants to run our country to they way it was ran decades ago and that has a huge impact on our political views. So in conclusion, western civilization still has a major impact in our society. It also contributed to many changes, thus faced with hardships of change. As a society we over came many obstacles and still face many today. Without the introduction we wouldn’t be where we are as a nation. Citations: Mohawk: Three Indian contributions to Western Civilization. (2003. May 02). Retrieved September 21, 2017 from http://uta18january2011technicalrevolution.blogspot.com/2011/02/railroads-industrialization-of-america_3693.html Kaster, C. (2017). Donald Trump Received from http://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-who-support-trump-2016-10 Gazette, M. (2017). Residential school children students in a typical dormitory Received from https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/opinions/sexual-trauma-one-legacy-of-the-boarding-school-era/ Archibald, L. (2011). Railroads: The Industrialization of America Received from http://uta18january2011technicalrevolution.blogspot.com/2011/02/railroads-industrialization-of-america_3693.html (n.d.). Retrieved September 21, 2017, from http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/Ethics_Rationality.html Thiessen, M.A. (2017, July 12). Opinion Trump’s defense of Western civilization in not alt-right. Retrieved September 21, 2017, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-defense-of-western-civilization-is-not-alt-right/2017/07/12/aea2afe6-6650-11e7-9928-22d00a4778f_story.html?utm_term=.49796e374c The Industrial Revolution in the United, http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/industrial Bailey, S. P. (2016, December 05). The Dakota Access Pipeline isn’t just about the environment. It’s about religion. Retrieved September 28, 2017, fromhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/05/the-dakota-access-pipeline-isnt-just-about-the-environment-its-about-religion/?utm_term=.5042f01a4db2 Protesters form a circle for the morning prayer. (David Goldman/AP) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/05/the-dakota-access-pipeline-isnt-just-about-the-environment-its-about-religion/?utm_term=.041fa631122c
Western Civilization 