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    along with their American born descendants‚ occupy a unique place in the story of U.S. immigration. They are known by different names‚ come from widely divergent origins‚ and took many different paths in their journey to assimilation into the United States. This paper will examine the different linguistic‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ religious‚ and familial conventions and statuses of the four Hispanic groups. The author’s goal is to identify the differences and similarities between the groups.

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    There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States the majority of those are from Mexico‚ Central and South America who are seeking asylum in this country for reasons like escaping poverty‚ gangs‚ cartels or corruption. What we belive is that we have to have an easy way for immigrants to be granted citizenship so that we do not keep seperating families like what is going on under the Obama administration which has led to the deportaion of around 2 million immigrants. We do however

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    Homelessness is a big problem throughout the United States. Homelessness means someone is living on the streets without a roof over their head.There are many factors that contribute to a person becoming homeless such as‚ job loss‚ mental illness‚ poverty‚ unaffordable housing‚ drugs‚ etc. A large number of people become homeless because a lot of jobs don’t hire them if there isn’t a current address or if they don’t have reliable transportation. According to The National Alliance to End Homelessness

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    all nations progress into the 21st century‚ equality for everyone is a common matter that people seek for. Women in particular have been leave out in many nations and being undermine on their abilities and strengths to accomplish a task. In the United States‚ the 19th amendment not only allows women to vote‚ but it opens up a whole new world for women’s equality. Now‚ many nations have indulged themselves to value and respect women as they step up to their plates whether it would be at home or work

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    The 20th Century United States   The 20th century was a time of considerable transition for the United States. Going from the countries lowest point in history‚ to becoming the strongest nation in the world‚ left Americans and their leaders confronted with many difficult decisions. The decade of depression that had preceded World War II had produced enormous changes in US politics and the American political and economic systems. Beyond politics‚ Americans also faced challenges in their day

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    other generation. When teenagers engage in unprotected sex they fail to seek out all the consequence that may follow from having unprotected sex‚ one of the consequences is getting pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is an overwhelming problem in the United States. Over one million American teenagers become pregnant each year this means that 1 in 10 girls will become pregnant annually. Also‚ every 26 seconds a teenage girl becomes pregnant and every 56 seconds a child of a teenage mother is born. More than

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    Summary of Source: This article focuses on the United States foreign policy before 9/11. The article begins by going all the way back to when George Washington was president‚ and explains how he and other presidents dealt with the terrorists in their day. Then‚ the article talks about how the United States has had wavering methods on how to fight terrorism. The policies changed depending on the president. There is the ideology that if the United States is directly attacked‚ then they have the right

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    population is highly stratified. Those who have achieved high positions‚ in the social hierarchy‚ end up being economically well established. Their access to economic resources is catapulted by the high levels of hierarchy within civilization. Poverty in the United States‚ among other populations‚ remains intense among the communities who have had limited access to education in the past. Max Weber identified various perspectives of social stratification including class‚ power‚ and status (Spilerman‚ 2000)

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    Industrialization and Urbanization During the second half of the nineteenth century the United States went through an urban revolution. This urban revolution and the things that were happening were unseen by the world until this point. Factories‚ mines‚ and mills sprouted all across the country‚ and thus cities began to grow up around them. In 1889 the nineteenth century was declared "not just the age of cities‚ but the age of great cities." The economy was booming and there were plenty of jobs

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    The United States dropout rate is dropping about an estimated 1.1 million members in 2012. 1.1 million people will not be earning diplomas in high school in 2012. Dropout compared to high school dropouts are least likely to get a job and a living wage. Dropouts will most likely be poor and can suffer from health outcomes in the future (Rumberger). Teens have a variety of reasons for leaving school‚ including family and health problems. Dropouts that have family poverty is associated with homelessness

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