deciding on what topics to focus on for our project‚ we decided to brainstorm topics there are relevant to our society today and to showcase some aspects that were not as well known. Since illegal immigration is talked about widely‚ we decided to incorporate the topic into our project. But‚ legal immigration is less known and not covered as much in media‚ so contrasting the two topics was a good choice. In addition‚ demography is a key topic in peopling because the study of statistics in the United
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U.S. History ushistory.org Homepage American History From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium The word history comes from the Greek word historía which means "to learn or know by inquiry." In the pieces that follow‚ we encourage you to probe‚ dispute‚ dig deeper — inquire. History is not static. It ’s fluid. It changes and grows and becomes richer and more complex when any individual interacts with it. Knowledge of history is empowering. An event is but the furthest ripple of an ever-expanding
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they needed someone to blame. In 1915‚ the Ottoman government devised a plan targeting the Armenian minority within their Empire‚ a minority that was already viewed as second class citizens. The article‚ “Armenian Genocide: A Summary” from History.com reported that the Ottoman Empire‚ modern-day Turkey‚ was responsible for the murder of over one million Armenians during what is known today as the Armenian Genocide. However‚ Turkey refuses to acknowledge that what they did constitutes as a genocide
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compared to other countries. In 1908‚ the Young Turks‚ a new political group‚ revolted and took command of the country. They viewed the Armenians as nothing more than obstructions to their goal of a singular society. For the Armenians‚ this was nothing new. Even before the Young Turks took power‚ the Armenians had been discriminated against. Because the Armenians were the Christian minority‚ they lived as second class citizens with multiple legal rights withheld from them. They were forced to pay
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Genocide 1. What can be learned from Graffam’s letter about the motives of those who attacked the Armenians? From Graffam’s letter‚ it can be deduced that the people who attacked the Armenians had all bad motives‚ based on hate and discrimination. They wanted to send them away to be executed and taken to prisons or other locations. The attackers also wanted to steal the belongings of the Armenians and convinced the people that since they were going to die anyway‚ it was best if they just gave away
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the world. However‚ it is not the only one that occurred. Others like the Armenian and the Cambodian genocides are similar and are all crimes against humanity. The Armenian‚ the Holocaust and the Cambodian genocides are all alike in that the death toll was not only unspecific because of the amount of people killed but the death toll is in the millions. All three of the genocides resulted in the dehumanization of Armenians‚ Jews and Cambodians; forced to live in terrible conditions‚ exposed to disease
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Geography of USA The vast and varied expanse of the United States of America stretches from the heavily industrialized‚ metropolitan Atlantic seaboard‚ across the rich flat farms of the central plains‚ over the majestic Rocky Mountains to the fertile‚ densely populated west coast‚ then halfway across the Pacific to the semi-tropical island-state of Hawaii. Without Hawaii and Alaska the continental U.S. measures 4‚505 kilometers from its Atlantic to Pacific coasts‚ 2‚574 kilometers from Canada to
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Immigration is becoming a controversial issue in the U.S. Immigration advantages like economic growth‚ sharing cultures‚ diversity and new skill sets in betterment of immigrant’s lives. Immigration makes a more innovative‚ flexible‚ and productive economy‚ leading to new and better jobs. USA is also known as a “melting pot” because people living in the USA are from different parts of the World. An important benefit of immigration is economic growth. According to a research on White House website
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STUDY Introduction Migration is the movement of people from one area to another‚ be it across the road‚ or to the other side of the earth. Everyday over 2000 Mexicans try and cross the 2000km border that spans between Mexico and the USA. The immigrants walk for miles to try and illegally enter the country and for many it is a wasted journey as they are returned shortly after by the US border patrol police. The immigrants usually travel in groups of 10 and up‚ friends and families
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Immigration Trends An interesting way to merge both concepts of System Justification Theory and Social Work intervention is that of immigration and the problems faced by immigrants in the USA. It is important to note that the USA would not be what it is today without Latin America or immigrants. By the same token Latin America cannot be understood without the USA. The “Bracero Program” (from the Spanish: brazos‚ arms) saw thousands of Mexican nationals enter the US to work in agriculture. In the
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