Hawaii was important to the United States for its military potential‚ as well as many economic reasons such as its rich agrarian industry. Without Hawaii‚ the United States would have had to negotiate more for navy bases from which it could launch aquatic assaults on the Axis Powers and Japan. This significantly increased our participation in World War II‚ while decreasing our debt to other nations for allowing us to use their ports. The first settlers of the islands were probably Polynesians from
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The United States has been an expansionist country since the pilgrims landed. Until the US established them selves as a definite world power‚ they had shown themselves to be a very expansionist country. The imperialism of the 1900s may have departed from past actions in terms of size and ambition‚ but the fundamental reasons and drive for expansion remained the same throughout much of America’s history. Past expansion of the US includes the Manifest Destiny-driven push to the West coast‚ the annexation
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the world is living in a globalization era. It seems that society is willing to sacrifice their cultural values and beliefs‚ and accept new behaviors for a better society. Globalization covers a variety of topics; cultural is one of them. The United States of America‚ is a perfect example of globalization‚ especially cultural globalization. Cultural globalization is “the rapid movement of ideas‚ attitudes‚ and values across national borders.” ("Culture‚" n.d.‚ para. 1) The U.S.A. is known for the
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|2 | |2 |1.1 What is Advanced Country |2-3 | |3 |1.2 Background of South Korea |4-5 | |4 |1.3 Contributing Factors That Bring South Korea as Advanced Country |6-9 | |5 |1.3.1 Well-funded Education System
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Why are some countries rich and other countries poor? Introduction- In today’s society‚ money is more consequential than ever. There are more billionaires today then ever before. However the reality is that most of the world still lives in complete poverty; an estimated 40% of the world still lives on less then 2$ a day {1 (January 2013 Written by Anup Shah)} and almost 75% of children world wide do not get secondary level education. However 200years ago‚ the average income around the world was
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w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level .c rs om 8693/21 ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Composition Additional Materials: *6404219342* October/November 2010 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the
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school days are actually too long. An average high school day in America lasts six and a half hours; that is approximately 1‚170 hours a year for schools that have 180 days a year (Nisen‚ para. 3). Although the average school day is six and a half hours‚ many high schools’ days are longer. For example‚ students at Eastern View High School go to school for seven hours and fifteen minutes each day‚ which is 1‚305 hours of education per year (Eastern View High). This is too long of a day for adolescents
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There is a belief that two democracies will not go to war with each other. The cause for this is up to debate. I believe that liberal capitalism plays a stronger role than democracy in explaining why two democracies will not go to war with each other. This can be seen by examining the importance of foreign investment‚ market welfare‚ and economic prosperity. Foreign investment is important to many states. There are trillions of dollars that are invested internationally every year. In 2016 it is
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General Education can be very important to a successful career. It teaches you about skills you will need to use in your future career. Time management is one skill at the top of the list. Did you know “the average person uses 13 different methods to control and manage their time (Wetmore‚ 1999)?” That is surprisingly a lot of ways to manage time. General education may not teach you all those ways but it is definitely a jump in the right direction. General education is the base to most college degrees
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the eroded value of the minimum wage."(Sklar). The low minimum wage is sinking more and more families into poverty.Families who only have one minimum wage worker can’t support their families.Families with more than 2 children struggle to get along. Minimum wage workers are still making less than they did in 1997.The federal minimum wage was enacted in 1938 through the Fair Labor Standards Act. Workers have to adjust to the increased cost of living. The minimum wage today is $7.25. Sitting the minimum
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