Spanish in the United States The United States is home to a large and rapidly growing population of Spanish speakers. With over 35 million speakers‚ Spanish is the second most commonly-spoken language in the United States. According to data from the US Census Bureau‚ it is spoken in about 12 per cent of all U.S. households. Hispanic citizens constitute about 16% of the U.S. population now and this figure will rise to 30% by 2050. By 2050‚ the U.S. will become the largest Spanish-speaking country
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Ancient city-states and empires both had numerous cultural and economic benefits due to their structure of not only development‚ but also social classes‚ religion‚ and trade accompanied by fiscal responsibilities. These benefits differed between the two formations of civilizations in many ways‚ but complemented by similarities‚ resembled each other in additional ways. With the advancement and development of city-states to empires‚ culture and economics changed drastically. The social classes of
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is family‚ work and service.” (Hendricks‚ Clinton). These are the words of our current Secretary of State of the United States of America‚ Hillary Clinton. Her position holds a significant amount of importance‚ which makes her very influential. This is mostly because her position deals with foreign policy and is also considered the highest position in the presidential cabinet. Our Secretary of State‚ Hillary Clinton‚ has succeeded in accomplishing many achievements throughout her life and also holding
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Pros Multicultural society has many positive aspects. But much is overlooked because it already belongs to the daily life. For example you can learn new religions and traditions; you can get information’s about different states. Or when we speak about your daily meal‚ what you it? I’m sure that you eat fast food‚ pizza or döner etc. Those are multiculti food. People in Germany can by fast-food (Mc Donalds‚ USA) and people from the USA can eat “Sauerkraut and Wurst” (Germany)
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One of the major reasons for the outbreak of the war was sectionalism. Once the United States was split‚ many of the country’s fundamental issues were disputed‚ with slavery being at the top of the list. Some of the other major issues in dispute were representation‚ tariffs‚ and states’ rights. Sectionalism is defined as‚ the sharp socio-economic differences that divided the Northern and the Southern states in the U.S. The most important difference between the north and south was the issue of
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The United States is said to be and has the properties of a democracy. A democracy is defined as a government in which the people decide matters directly through town hall meetings or voting on a ballot box. There have been a few major laws passed that have been passed by Supreme Court in which the people didn’t have a vote or consent on the law. Two examples of this are legalizing gay marriage and gun laws. The United States has also in a way turned into an oligarchy. It has come to where the rich
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Empire State Building The Empire State Building Outline THESIS STATEMENT: The Empire State Building did not cause much trouble for New York; instead‚ its construction had many positive effects. Reasons for the Building I. Raskob wanted to make money by renting offices to tenants. A. He wanted to construct a building that offered him the largest number of offices at the lowest price. B. He didn’t care for innovation and style ‚ but he wanted a building that sticks with his budget
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The United States in one of the richest‚ most populous and most powerful countries in the world and plays a central leadership role in the world. On the world stage‚ the U.S. often challenges other countries about their records regarding human rights. Yet the United States is failing its own citizens by not granting every citizen access to basic health care. Many citizens in the United States needlessly suffer and die each day due to the inequities of the health care system in the U.S. This is a
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Different Lifestyles followed by the States of India A Project Report by Siddhant Sharma (St. Thomas School) s/o Dr. Chanchal Kumar Sharma India is a country of twenty eight states and seven union territories. Lifestyle means the way of life of the people. This includes their language‚ religion‚ dance‚ dresses and food. Different states of India follow different lifestyles. This project is about lifestyle of ten major states of India. 1. Haryana Haryanavi is
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STATE DIVISIONS IN INDIA-my view INDIA AS WE ALL KNOW GOT its awaiting independence in 1947.but is it fully true? Maybe not! Because India became free from foreign control completely in 1961‚ when the Portuguese left goa and some other adjoining regions in 1961 after military action. FREEDOM from the major invader THE EAST INDIA COMPANY SAW INDIA IN A STRONG STATE TO BUILD A NEW NATION WHICH WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY TERMED AS A DEVELOPING NATION.but was it enough for india to get freedom?? 2
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