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In the mid-19th century, the quest for control of the West led to the annexation of Texas and the Mexican–American War. ... This expansion led to debates about the fate of slavery in the West, increasing tensions between the North and South that ultimately led to the collapse of American democracy and a brutal civil war.
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Based on this statement, the author's point of view is the following: "the people should have more say in their government and it should work for the benefit of the people."
That is why, Mikael Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, decide to implement a series of reformations much needed in the USSR at the time. The two most important were glasnost and perestroika. Glasnosts was a political reformation that granted the Soviet people more freedoms and rights to express themselves. Perestroika was an economic reformation that allowed foreign investment to enter the Soviet markets and created many jobs.
According to Virginia Woolf, the two main reasons for difficulty in developing a professional identity for women are the expectations of society and the expectations of self. In other words, if it is generally thought that women belonged in the home then that is a negative factor which makes it difficult for women to become a professional. On the other hand, if a woman has a low self-esteem then it will be harder for her to improve herself and obtain a professional status. I believe these two factors are still in existence today but now the expectations of women has improved somewhat to believe that they can fulfil a successful role as a professional and not just be a child-rearer ie that she can now do both with the assistance of her husband who must take on more of the household chores to give her the time and peace of mind to develop herself professionally.
