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    Today‚ a great amount of people has immigrated to the United States in search of the American Dream. The dream is difficult to define‚ but what it generally means is freedom‚ equality and the creating of a new and better life. The opportunities to succeed is what is pushing these people to work hard and never give up on the journey to reach their dream. This dream can be something major‚ like becoming a movie star or a bestselling artist‚ or something more modest‚ like getting a job and a steady

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    State and Local Government What is Federalism? The United States has one of the most complicated forms of government in the world. With many levels and subdivisions‚ this form of government is called federalism. Within the United States‚ federalism is marked by a continuous change in the system of connections between the national‚ state‚ and local governments. At times‚ the different levels of government act independently and at other times‚ the levels became so entangled that it becomes impossible

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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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    U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 418 U.S. 683 UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES‚ ET AL. CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. No. 73-1766. Decided By: Burger Court (1972-1975) Argued July 8‚ 1974. Decided July 24‚ 1974. * Defending Attorney for the President: James D. St. Clair Prosecuting Attorney’s for the United States: Leon Jaworski & Philip A. Lacovara On

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    A democratic government‚ is a system of government in which all the people of a state or polity are involved in making decisions about its affairs‚ typically by voting to give their opinion to the government and elect their president. Voters participation in the United States are not getting many votes many citizens don’t go out to vote. The debate presents two sides to the argument. One group thinks voting should be a mandatory law to the American citizens and the other group think going out to

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    As more plants were built so more and more people moved to cities. There was an explosion of urban growth‚ dozens of new cities were emerged and in fact‚ in between 1850 t0 1900 map of the United States changed dramatically. It was indeed the result of nonstop immigrants and invention of railroads in the United

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    The United States of America has an extensive history of oppressing essentially everyone who is not a straight‚ white‚ land-owning‚ wealthy‚ cis-gender man and included within this list of oppressed is women. Throughout the ages‚ women have had to and continue to fight for many rights through social‚ economic‚ and political venues. One of these rights‚ and area of public policy‚ are reproductive rights. Reproductive rights are a broad area of public policy that encompasses sexual education‚ family

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    5). While both Canada and the United States have been involved in a series of prolific women’s movements‚ the merits of Filipina activism have often fallen below the radar of the West’s mainstream feminisms. De Jesus (2005) refers to mainstream feminism in North America as “hegemonic‚ white liberal feminism” which serves

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    position in society African-American’s place in society has changed grandually over the years. Starting on January 1‚ 1863 when Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamtion which states‚ "I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within these said designated states and are parts of states are and henceforward shall be free..." (172). During the 1870’s racial segregation laws passed to separate blacks and whites in public and private areas. These laws soon came to be known as

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    Under U.S. state and federal law‚ it is discriminatory to treat persons in different ways simply because of their age‚ gender‚ or race. The American society has only recently recognized gender inequality as a social problem. However‚ women in the United States have struggled to gain equality for centuries. Women’s rights and their status in society has substantially improved‚ but gender roles remain very important in our society today. Women still strive to be equal to men at home‚ in workplaces

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