1971 the 26th amendment was passed which lowered the minimum age to vote from twenty one to eighteen years old. Shortly after the amendment was passed twenty nine states across America started lowering the drinking age from 21 to either 18‚19‚ or 20 years old. This new freedom for young adults only lasted for a brief time by 1984 the Uniform Drinking Age Act was passed. The Uniform Drinking Age Act forced states to change the drinking age back to twenty one years old; by reducing the federal transportation
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reader’s attention. Follow the opening sentence with a brief background on the topic or situation. In this case‚ it would be brief summary of the video. The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. The thesis states the main point of the essay‚ which in this case‚ would be a statement affirming the three most important issues the video addresses. A well-supported essay includes supporting points‚ details‚ and examples. For this essay‚ you must decide the best way to organize the
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topic of the essay on drugs. It should have a full-fledged introduction‚ which should introduce the topic completely. The introduction should also have a thesis statement that should be the main idea of the essay on drugs. A thesis statement should be based on the essay question to which your essay on drugs is an answer. A thesis statement of an essay on drugs can be one sentence or more than one sentence but it is suggested that it should be only one sentence. Essays on drug abuse or essays on
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What is school? It is an institution designed for the instruction of students under the direction of teachers. It is a place to go to gain knowledge and skills to access the possibilities for having a productive future life. It is considered a safe place to go and get the fundamentals necessary to be properly educated. In the recent years‚ there have been several mass shootings to occur at schools. Violence has become increasingly common now in schools .Students and faculty no longer
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From 500 BCE to 1400 CE‚ the Indian Ocean regions (Middle East‚ Russia‚ and Asia) dealt with many economic‚ cultural‚ and political changes ‚ from the Mongol rule. The Mongolians had an enormous effect on these regions and were always violent and aggressive in the way they attacked and conquered them. Politically‚ in the 13th Century‚ in china‚ all the Chinese dynasties were under the mongol rule‚ in the middle east‚ Hulegu defeated the Abbasid but allowed local rulers to rule‚ and also the Mongol
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Victor Quijano Elizabeth DiGennaro English IV Monday‚ April 23‚ 2012 The Truth about The Hobbit The world we live in is full of heroes that are different shapes and sizes that people don’t remember who they are a month after they do something. The story The Hobbit may make you think of a half sized person as an no everyday hero‚ but his actions will touch your heart and make you think that it’s really possible to change the world around you no matter what size you are. The half sized person in
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[ROUGH DRAFT] “I don’t understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance‚ anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?” These are the words of the late pop star sensation Michael Jackson. He indisputably had everything in the world—fourteen Grammy awards‚ seven American Music Awards‚ four decades of number one hits on the US Billboard charts‚ and a hundred-million-dollar home in Santa Barbara‚ California in which he dubbed as “Neverland Ranch.” These
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work is to show what conclusion Twain came to in regards to the human race with the use of satire and what he had actually seen for himself. THESIS STATEMENT AND STRUCTURE At first‚ I thought the third sentence of the first paragraph was the thesis statement‚ but the more I read it‚ the more it appeared to fail at the properties of being a thesis statement. However‚ Twain does make the overall claim that mankind is lesser than animals in regards to how they act in similar situations in which
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essay thesis and outline The Lottery – Shirley Jackson The Rocking-Horse winner – D.H. Lawrence Thesis statement: “The Lottery”‚ written by Shirley Jackson and “The Rocking-Horse winner”‚ written by D.H. Lawrence both use the stories settings in contradicting ways in order to present the seriousness of the stories. Shirley Jackson used the setting as a way to sidetrack the readers while D.H. Lawrence used the setting to construct the story. First Paragraph: 1.) Thesis Statement
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Lowering the Drinking Age Half the United States population starts drinking at the age of 14.When you are 18 you have privileges like joining the army. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) You can go to war and die for your country but you still can not enjoy an ice cold beer. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) How is being 21 different from being 18? How does three more years of not drinking make you mature enough to drink? The longer you drink the more you start to
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