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    Christianity became very popular in the ancient world for a number of reasons. When Christianity entered the ancient world‚ the Romans accepted it‚ but then they started disliking throughout time Christians because of the way they figured out things. So why did Christianity get so popular anyways? The expansion of Christianity was because to god everyone was made equally‚ Christians handled everything in a nonviolent way‚ and because of how Christianity was spread. Jesus made everyone equally;

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    Citizenship in the United States has been a sought-after dream by many people in the World. It is the reason we are the “great melting pot”‚ and the reason for the many mass immigrations that have taken place to the United States. Over the course of two centuries‚ there has been much turmoil in United States politics about giving citizenship status to immigrants. Most of the latter reasoning for not wanting to grant citizenship has been blamed justly on the prejudice of American Society. The Supreme

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    Luis Hernandez History 17B 17 March 2024 Reflection Essay #2 At the beginning of the 20th century‚ the United States moved into the Progressive era. According to Foner‚ “The word “Progressive” [described] a broad‚ loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups who hoped to bring about significant change in American social and political life.” (Foner‚ 681). The main goal for Progressives was to push for social and political reform to improve the standard of living for American citizens

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    elite reform proposals than either the presidency or the federal judiciary combined. This is true although most incumbent members usually win re-election and congress has consistently expanded programs and adopted policies that most citizens favor. 2. How does the book describe partisan polarization in Congress? What is the explanation for why Congress today seems more polarized than it die up until the 1970s? The book describes partisan polarization as a vote in which a majority of voting democrats

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    During the ratification of the Constitution‚ it created a new system of government for the United States (US). One of the most pressing issues and topics of the Constitution was the idea of federalism‚ which describes the basic relationship between different levels and groups of governments within one nation. For the past 228 years‚ the US government has balanced the powers of state and national government on multiple domestic and foreign issues. Although‚ there have been issues where the idea

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    Introduction The United States is the largest destination of foreign direct investment (FDI). This article analyse the reason why the United States is so attractive to foreign investors. The analysis can be divided into two parts. In the first part‚ the author discusses the open economy of the United States in the global environment. The political and economic environment enables the United States to absorb large amount of FDI. The second part focuses on domestic level. The United States is the third

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    system for election and anybody could be picked no matter how unqualified you are. Rome had a larger population then Athens so they were more lenient with their rules. Overall Rome had a better system of citizenship. Women and children had more rights in Rome. Women and children could become citizens‚ in Athens they could not. This benefitted Rome because they had more people to make their colony more powerful. In document A it states that free native born adult females‚ free native born male

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    of the Mexican-American War by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 signaled the start of a new era for the United States‚ a period of crisis and growing division between the North and the South. The failure of the Wilmot Proviso provoked tensions between Northerners and Southerners within the Democratic party‚ division which in turn influenced the creation of the Free-Soil party. United under a bipartisan platform centered on the containment of the “peculiar institution” of slavery below the 36°30′

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    Prostitution in the United States What is a prostitute? Possibly you know one. A prostitute is a person who engages in sexual activity for payment. Many people in the United States frown upon the idea of selling your body for a profit‚ but what if there was a way to make prostitution a better situation for everyone. If handled properly prostitution can become just another job for those who struggle to find a source of income. Prostitution also has the potential to become another good source of income

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    Milton Hershey didn’t exactly start out as a great success. There might have been something in Pennsylvania that gave him what was needed to make it big. He used his intelligence to become one of America’s wealthiest individuals‚ a successful entrepreneur and a generous philanthropist who touched many lives. Milton Hershey was born on September 13‚ 1857. He had one sibling‚ a sister named Serena who died from Scarlet fever when Milton was only eleven years old. His mother‚ Fanny‚ was a devoted Mennonite

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