I find it funny that a country with the highest incarceration rate per capita than any country in the world has the audacity to call itself “the land of the free”. The United States has become a prison state‚ if not a police state. But what is the cause of these outrageous incarceration numbers? Three words: war on drugs. The U.S. has 751 people in prison for every 100‚000 of the population. Russia is the only country that comes close with 627 per every 100‚000 people. 3.1 percent of the adult
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Revolutionary leaders knew that encouraging the growth of the multilingual population in the United States was vital to maintaining distance from Great Britain. The Founding Fathers sought to respect the minority groups that helped free the nation from the British crown‚ therefore avoiding instituting an official national language from the Constitution. In fact‚ around this time many documents were printed in German and French to stimulate political participation among multilingual citizens. But
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Melissa Orona English 100 A Ms. Baer March.08‚ 2011 Spanglish in the United States I grew up in a predominately Caucasian neighborhood and because of the color of my skin they assumed I spoke Spanish. I was about eighteen years old when I learned to speak Spanish. I always told myself that once I had children I was going to make sure they knew how to speak Spanish because I believe language is a being part of your heritage and your identity. Now that my children are older I hear
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the United States Introduction: Our report is on Crime in the United States. Crime is a major problem all over the world‚ but we are focusing on the crime problem right here in our own country. We have listed some different statistics‚ problems‚ and solutions. FBI Crime Statistics: Final 1995 crime statistics showed that 13.9 million Crime Index offenses were reported to law enforcement across the Nation. The 1995 total represents a rate of 5‚278 offenses for every 100‚000 United States inhabitants
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Poverty is a State of Mind Poverty is a state of mind‚ is an essay written by Bernhard Hare in 1958‚ Bernhard hare is a social worker‚ who has become a writer. Bernhard grew up in Leeds‚ where he has living under poor conditions as he also writes about. He grew up without money‚ but felt rich in the heart‚ when he was a little boy. But what happens when you get older and become aware of the economic situation you are in‚ Bernhard asks questions of what it is to be poor‚ if you are a millionaire
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that had come before it. Explain how and why the election process had changed from that of earlier elections‚ and describe the long-term effects it had on the political process in the United States. Include information about each of these points in your answer: Economic and social changes in the United States: how had the nation changed since 1800? The makeup of the electorate: What types of people were allowed and not allowed to vote? Campaign practices: How did candidates organize their
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Castration Castration has been practiced for thousands of years. It is the most practiced procedure in the United States. Castration is important to raise a good quality animal for butcher. “Intact male cattle (bulls) tend to produce lower quality grade‚ less consistent‚ less marbled‚ and less tender meat. In addition‚ carcasses from bulls command lower prices at market when compared with carcasses from steers.” (AVMA) The two most popular ways of castrating are cutting and banding. Cutting
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what country‚ you are from and what your cultures are‚ there are various differences and similarities found in this institution. Regardless of what country the couple is from‚ marriage is a serious sacrament in virtually every nation. In the United States‚ before a couple decides to contract in matrimony‚
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citizenship by exploiting the legal systems. The Supreme Court judges denied his request stating that no individual with African blood could become a citizen of the United States (Epperson‚ 32). The same decision overruled the Missouri Compromise of the year 1820 which has constrained slavery in specific territories of the United States. Scott’s owners moved him from Illinois and then to Wisconsin‚ both of these areas were part of the Northwest region that had banned slavery. Therefore‚ when Scott
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Unemployment in United States Unemployment has been a problem throughout the United States since the beginning of 2009. In the most obvious sense‚ unemployment means “being without a job.” The term unemployment is one description of the economic condition of a society at any given time. Low unemployment means the majority of the labor force is involved in‚ or looking for steady work. On the other hand‚ high unemployment is an indication of an economy in recession or even worse. This implies that
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