2. The plaintiff the United States of America (U.S.) is suing the defendant Burlington Northern Railway / Shell Oil Co. over its participation in creating a significant contamination of soil and groundwater at the Brown & Bryant‚ Inc. (B & B) agricultural chemical distribution business. The plaintiff is requesting that the defendant is responsible for a portion of the cleanup cost because the defendant was a Potential Responsible Party (PRP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation
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troubled issue because it is difficult to define poverty in a welfare society. In this essay the relationship between poverty and social mobility in today’s Great Britain is discussed and analyzed. Discussion Britain is a variegated society; its history has led to religious and cultural diversity (McCormick 2012: 64). The economical division began with feudalism (McCormick 2012: 64). Today the economical division live on in a society divided by class and opportunity (McCormick 2012: 64). There is
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People Elias Howe and Isaac Singer • Singer’s life was not going well in the beginning • He was penniless • Unsuccessful actor‚ ticket seller‚ carpenter‚ and inventor • By 1860‚ singer grew fabulously wealthy • In 1850‚ he had come upon and quickly improved a sewing machine similar to one patented in 1856 by Elias Howe. • Elias Howe sued Isaac Singer for patent infringement and won in 1854 • Since Singer lost‚ he had to pay Howe patent royalties John Deere • Was
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There were many plus sides to the Civil War. Those plus sides were the abolishment of slavery‚ secession was refuted‚ and there was supremacy of national government. Yet‚ there was one difficulty which was that the Union had the challenge of figuring out what to do with free slaves. In 1867‚ Congress took control of Reconstruction to establish and protect citizenship rights. Congress had succeeded in many ways like having the Southern states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment to rid the military forces
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What is the public sphere? An area in social life‚ independent of government where informed citizens can come together and discuss and influence political action‚ a domain that used to be solely for political figures and upper society. What were the major components of the public sphere in colonial North America? The public sphere expanded with the raising of literacy rates and the view that participating in politics and reading was fashionable. Some of the influences were numerous coffee shops
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Study Guide Chapter 20-Progressivism Progressive Beliefs Gilded Age | Progressivism | Gospel of Wealth * Rich=good=heaven * Poor=bad=sinner=hell * Wealth= an outward sign of wealth * You are a failure if you don’t have wealthHuman Existence=Atomist * You are nothing but a don’t * Random‚ chaotic mess * Solitary existence | Social Gospel * Interconnectedness * Christian notion of love * Brotherly love‚ uplifting‚ “together” * Connected as peopleHuman Existence= Connection
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2004 DBQ The French and Indian War altered the political‚ ideological‚ and economic relations between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. It changed things such as cultural groups inhabiting the American colonies and the way the colonies were taxed. Document one clearly shows the difference in the changes of cultural groups‚ before the war mostly French and English with Spanish in the far south inhabited the east of North America which was affected. After the war there were no longer
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Marbury v. Madison (1803‚ Marshall). The court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws‚ the principle is known as judicial review Fletcher v. Peck (1810‚ Marshall). The decision stems from the Yazoo land cases‚ 1803‚ and upholds the sanctity of contracts. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819‚ Marshall). The Court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government‚ i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the
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During the 17th century there were many colonies settled in the New World. One thing most of these colonies had in common is the fact that almost all of them were settled by the English. If one were to focus mostly on the New England and Chesapeake colonies‚ one would find that although they were settled by similar people‚ they ended up splitting for very different reasons. The New England colonies were searching for religious freedom from the Church of England‚ whereas the Chesapeake colonies were
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Q: Analyze the ways in which technology‚ government policy‚ and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865-1900. In your answer be sure to evaluate the farmers’ responses to these changes. The latter half of the nineteenth century was a dramatic time of change for the United States. Coming out of the Civil War‚ the country needed to learn to move forward and develop a new identity. With this new identity came a new agricultural system. The United States spent a significant
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