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    National Experience: A History of the United States Outline Chapter 1: Making Use of a New World • The first American came from the Bearing Strait 20-40 thousand years ago and was followed by many to disperse into the various parts • The tribes of the Americas were very diverse • Those in South America were more advanced due to advancements in agriculture (corn)‚ architecture‚ astronomy and established governments and economies • North American Indians were less advanced

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    Runs" is an article written by Howard Zinn. I found the article from "A People’s History of the United States". Howard Zinn claims to show a series of controversial facts about the Revolutionary war and Indian removal. Howard Zinn states the main historical facts of the early 1820’s and all 120‚000 Indians that lived east of the Mississippi. Jackson was a land speculator‚ merchant‚ slave trader‚ and the most aggressive enemy of the Indians in the early American history. Jackson soon established the

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    In the essay ‘Rethinking History Class on Columbus Day’‚ the author is able to argue that Columbus Day is a controversial issue by providing many sources that prove that people have very different opinions of the holiday. He overwhelms the readers with a collection of facts‚ stories‚ and records of Christopher Columbus; in fact‚ the essay seems like a research paper by manner because it is a compilation of sources. The author does not include any opinions‚ instead he uses sources‚ twenty-one to

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    Paragraph 1 – summarize the author(s) points The author in this article talks about the betting history in the United States. According to the Wolohan‚ gambling on sport events is prohibited in every state‚ except four states while casino games and lottery are legal in every state‚ except Hawaii and Utah. The legal betting brings a lot of the money to the budget and can be collected as a tax revenue. Unfortunately‚ since the betting on sports is not yet legalized in every state a lot of betting occurs

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    The American playwright and social activist Howard Zinn once wrote‚ “Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” Over the course of his life‚ Zinn authored many novels and attended numerous rallies in support of peaceful resistance‚ spreading the message of the freedoms that we as citizens of the United States of America hold – the rights to free speech‚ press‚ and religion‚ to name a few. It is his ideas regarding civil disobedience and his concept

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    The Indians and the United States government had a very conflicting relationship. White encroachment and western expansion caused many Indians to lose their native land. Many tribes such as the Nez Perce and the Cheyennes were forced to give up tribal lands to the government and in the process concentrated on Indian reservations. On these reservations Indians experienced white intervention with treaties being broken by the federal government. These interactions included stripping Indians of their

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    an issue in the adjudication process since the first execution took place in the United States of America in 1608 (Schneider & Smykia‚ 1991). Today‚ cases are being brought before the courts constantly‚ and they are forced to decide what exactly is “cruel and unusual punishment” in accordance with the eighth amendment. This paper will be looking at how the death penalty has evolved and developed in the United States. It will also be evaluating the effects of the death penalty and looking at the issues

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    Human life expectancy in the United States has nearly doubled in the last one hundred years. Prior to the early twentieth century‚ human life expectancy hovered between thirty-eight and forty years of age. Today human life expectancy in the United States is seventy-nine years of age. This jump in life expectancy can be accredited to modern day medicine‚ refrigeration‚ clean water and improved hygiene. Disease was the most common killer during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Helmuth). One

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    Human Trafficking is a shocking crimes that exploits individuals through the illicit exchanging of people for purposes of forced labor‚ and commercial child exploitation. Traffickers tend to go after the defenseless‚ the individuals who need a superior life‚ have next to zero business opportunities‚ exceptionally unsteady‚ and have a background of abuse. Human trafficking has turned into the greatest and quickest developing criminal industry. The most popular victims are the undocumented settlers

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    Alas‚ no gender‚ age‚ nor ethnicity is exempt from the global crisis of human trafficking. However‚ the victims are not dispersed evenly throughout the planet. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has concluded that the over half of all trafficked persons‚ for a total of 11.7 million slaves‚ come from the Asia-Pacific region. Meanwhile‚ the highest rates of people trafficked per thousand inhabitants exists in Central and Southeastern Europe (depicted in light blue) and Africa regions (depicted

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