forced to sign papers under false pretenses which gave doctors permission to “tie their tubes”‚ otherwise known as sterilizing the mother. The idea of forced sterilization was to try and control the population of Mexicans and Native Americans in America through a deceitful tactic. To make things worse‚ many of the mothers did not know about the sterilization until they were informed by a whistleblower. Similarly‚ in the passage The Indian Health Service and Sterilization of Native American Women
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The Capitalist of America during 1875-1900 controlled large businesses like steel making‚ oil production and the railroads making them some of the most powerful men in the world; the wealth was obtained by using child labor‚ trying to destroy the middle class and destroying all competition. John D. Rockefeller took advantage of children in his coal mines to by making them workers called breaker boys. Most breakers were 8-12 year old boys or old men who couldn’t do anything else. Breaker boys removed
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America is a country with cultural diversity and different ethnics; therefore‚ there must be serious conflicts due to differences in cultures. In other words‚ these differences and conflicts have gradually created stereotypes within people‚ especially within Americans who consider themselves superiority and people from Asia‚ Mexico‚ Africa‚ etc. who are considered as inferiority. These have been perpetuated in popular culture including film‚ TV‚ advertising‚ music‚ and consumer products. “Film and
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Homelessness in the America 5/16/2013 Many factors can contribute to a person becoming homeless. A shortage of affordable housing can lead to homelessness. A simultaneous increase in poverty or not having an income can make a person become homeless. These are two large trends which happen to be responsible for the rise in homelessness in America over the past 20-25 years. People who have served time in prison‚ have abused drugs and alcohol‚ or have a history of mental illness find it difficult
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Across America‚ approximately 15% (46.5 million) people live below or at poverty level. It’s projected to rise to its peak since the last 50 years. Citizens are becoming more dependent on government aide today‚ with one out of every seven adults and one out of every four children on food stamps. The poverty rate for children living in the United States is 22 percent‚ and is only expected to rise from there. Although one may have no choice when being born into poverty‚ getting out of it is an
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Three years ago‚ in July 2001‚ I had the opportunity to visit America‚ the land of freedom. I was thrilled when I overheard my mother talking to my friend’s father; Tom’s father on the phone for me to join my Toms family in their holiday to America. I could not sleep that night. The following morning‚ my mother informed me of the good news: That I would be going to Florida for two weeks‚ and that I would accompany my friend’s family. I could not have asked for a better morning in Britain. The
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Censorship in America Since this country was founded‚ we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for
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economy seems to be going downhill and many Americans don’t want to spend ridiculous amounts of money on fast food‚ which in return leads to a key survival factor for many of these fast food restaurants‚ which I will later talk about in further detail. America is finally being struck by the fact that over one-third of adults are obese‚ so a certain few of them want to take action. Obesity leads to diseases‚ which then could lead to an easily preventable death. With that in mind‚ it’s going to cause
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citizens that has been determined as needy however they has been some social problems that have been existence in America that have not been fully or never completely resolved. The number of people that are being pushed on the streets for various reasons has been steadily increasing. Homelessness has been a long time America’s social problem. The word homelessness has been in use in America for about 150 years. Nevertheless there has been no clear cut generally accepted definition for homelessness. There
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One of the major topics in America today is gun control. We have had many tragedies involving guns‚ and many innocent people have gotten hurt or lost their lives. In 2013‚ roughly 23‚381 people have died from the misuse of guns. There have also been 16 mass shootings where four or more people were killed other than the shooter. Many citizens‚ and members of Congress believe that guns should be banned‚ and that everyone should give up the guns they own. Gun violence has always been occurring in the
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