Consumerism is the center of American culture. Americans tend to confuse their wants with their needs. With new advances in technology‚ as well as the help of advertisers‚ people are provided with easy access to new products that seem essential to their everyday life‚ even though they have survived this long without them. People cannot live without food‚ clothing‚ and shelter. But realistically‚ according to people’s different lifestyles‚ more than food‚ clothing‚ and shelter are needed. Most
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I am writing to you today‚ asking if you would join me in trying to reduce pollution in the United States of America in 2017. Pollution is incredibly harmful to the environment‚ world‚ climate‚ and even space. Pollution damages our atmosphere which then creates acid rain and toxins in the air. The 2015 "State of the Air" report finds 52 percent of Americans live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. Pollution starts with littering which can harm many things depending on where litter
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in not just freedom and happiness for themselves‚ but in that for other people as well. Governor Terry McAuliffe states‚"They [white supremacists] get out of bed every day to hate people and divide our country… Let’s be honest‚ they need to leave America‚ because they are not Americans.” As Americans‚ we are to work together as one towards a common goal of liberty; not to kill or harm those that you believe are not deserving. To further prove his point of striving to bring people together as Americans
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Today’s news reports suggest that Americans are at an all time low in income‚ poverty‚ and job opportunities. The American culture is close to rock bottom. There are many reasons that factor into why the country is in the position they are. Many United States citizens are worried about the security of the future. Are jobs in danger? Does the country have the right people in charge? Is the posterity going to be put in the position to succeed? Now it is time to look into what could make the United
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lives to achieve becoming rich the obliviousness to others in their lives will increase along with their self greed. Families tend to not be as familiar with each others lives and remain close while people or an individual is focused on money alone. America stresses the value of money on citizens so strictly in leads people overwhelmed and forced to prioritize or limit their options. The tunnel vision that is used by many has money as the only light at the end of the tunnel. Americans can develop to
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Dividing a Nation The period of 1820-1840 was a very exciting time of growth in America. America was becoming more independent in its thinking and also in the way that its politics worked. There were many things that contributed to the reemergence of a two party system in the period of 1820-1840. The major political personalities were a major contributor. By using their influence on the people and their influence in the government‚ many men were able to help bring about the two different parties
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Thorner School sixth-grader Stephen Bush‚ Reagan School fifth-grader Paityn Boyt and Discovery Elementary fourth-grader Jessica Stump emerged as winners at the annual Bank of America Essay and Speech Contest held (tonight) May 5 at University Square in Bakersfield. The three were the best at their grade levels from a finals field featuring 31 of the area’s top essayist-speakers. Each had three-to-five minutes to deliver their speech from an essay they had previously written on "Traditional Libraries:
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engineering marvels. He built a turntable for 75 to 100 ton locomotives literally on the side of a steep mountain. This was so locomotives with snow plows could be in front of the train while negotiating switch backs. But this man was not alone it seemed America was full of such men in the late 18th and 19th century. As we cover hot metal history we find even more outstanding men like Otto Mears but in the iron and steel business. Another thing was nobody on the planet could dish out cooperate skullduggery
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Aki Mae Munoz Part 1 Timeline of Gangs in America 06-23-2013 Part 1 Timeline of Gangs in America Gangs started out as a way for people who were socially distinct to come together as a unit; most consisted of people who were of the same ethnic background‚ unfortunately crime was a way for these groups of people to even the odds. One of the first gangs recorded was in 1820 in New York and through time gangs have become most predominant in four areas; New York‚ Chicago‚ Los Angeles and Mexico
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Europeans‚ and others nationals‚ who came to America‚ moved relatively freely and in great numbers until the early 1900s . The Quota Act‚ in 1921‚ established a new system of national origin restrictions‚ favoring European immigrants over other countries. In 1924‚ the Johnson-Reed Act created the U
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