unexplainable behavior issues‚ slurred speech‚ shaking and frequent tremors‚ and unstable relationships. Tobacco is a leading cause of death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ smoking cigarettes results in over four hundred eighty thousand premature deaths in America per year. This is about one in every five deaths in the United States. For every death from smoking‚ thirty additional people suffer from at least one tobacco related disease. Even though
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The nobility and wealthy merchants compared to peasants and serfs lives in the Middle Ages on a manor were both very different from one another. Up top in the social class would be noble people/lords‚ people with nobility. They are very rich and usually own lots of land. Merchants however would travel would travel from place to place selling goods to make a living. Merchants could also be put in the middle class. Peasants and serfs on the other hand were very poor and mainly stayed in the land where
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Philippine revolts against Spain During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines‚ there were several revolts against of the Spanish colonial government by native-born Filipinos and Chinese‚ often with the goal of re-establishing the rights and powers that had traditionally belonged to tribal chiefs and Chinese traders. Most of these revolts failed because the majority of the native population sided up with the Spanish colonial government and fought with the Spanish to put down the revolts. The most
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Wildfires occur every year in the Unites States. As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human caused fires result from campfires left unattended‚ negligently discarded cigarettes‚ and intentional acts of arson. Wildfires can also be caused by nature like lava or lightning. Lightning is one of the main causes of wildfires‚ but mostly they are caused by humans. The article that was made on March 23‚ 2016 called‚ Wildfire burns more than 72‚000 acres
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Americans daily? trillion gallons Identify three causes of water pollution. sewage‚ chemical waste‚ pesticide runoff Smog is composed of which chemicals? carbon dioxide‚ nitrogen‚ and sulfur dioxide Smog‚ combined with precipitation‚ results in what harmful effect? acid rain How is burying and burning waste harmful to the environment? Burying waste causes toxic chemicals to leech into the ground water. Burning waste causes toxic ash‚ which pollutes the air and falls back to Earth
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Poverty and Inequality in the United States Capitalism demands that “wealth is on top and debt is on the bottom” (Salon.com) Income inequality rates are higher in the United States than any other developed democracy and the rates are growing. Large corporations and the top 1% get breaks that the middle and lower class do not. Such as tax breaks‚ bailouts‚ and bankruptcy laws being loosened. It can be argued that capitalism is the number one cause of poverty. In order for capitalism to
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Government till this very day? Reserved Powers- These powers belong to the states and the states were allowed to pass Marriage Laws‚ establish Public schools‚ and regulate trade within the states‚ for example‚ if the states did not have this power then they could not set up public schools‚ and nobody will have the right to get engaged or the states won’t be able to regulate trade within the state. So‚ these are the reasons why the states are given Reserved Powers‚ they were also allowed to create and enforce
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Modern 12/1/13 Life of a Peasant in Medieval Europe During the time of Medieval Europe‚ a group‚ called the peasants‚ lived together under the ruling of a lord. Peasants got little respect but were expected to work long and hard hours just to provide for their families. There was little time for anything besides working. The peasant’s in Medieval Europe had an extremely hard and harsh lifestyle (www.historylearningsite.co.uk). When children were born to peasants‚ it was almost guaranteed
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Child Poverty in the United States Tracy Crawford April 29‚ 2012 University of Phoenix When we think of children living in poverty‚ most might think it is mainly a problem in third world countries. We have all see the commercials asking for donations to help the children from countries in Africa but how often do we hear about the children in the United States? In the past decade child poverty has been on the rise in this country. Child poverty has long and short-term hardships
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been a long-debated issue. Some states enforce it while others have abolished it. The United States is one of the few modern industrialized countries that still has capital punishment. There are several reasons‚ however‚ to support capital punishment. First‚ it’s economically a better choice; secondly‚ there are some crimes that a life sentence just isn’t fitting for the crime; and finally‚ it brings some sort of closure to the victim’s family. For these reasons I support capital punishment.
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