Offshore drilling in the United States 2012 [键入作者姓名] [键入公司名称] 2012/7/28 Background In U.S.‚ offshore drilling is a controversial topic due to its two-side effect‚ it had been banned since 1980s‚ but in 2010‚ the president Obama decided to Lifted restrictions and opened vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling to reduce gas prices in U.S.‚ whether it is necessary to allow the offshore drilling has become a troublesome problem. This paper will discuss the advantage
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found leading to the legalization of the drug. Marijuana is the number one abused illegal drug in the United States. It is used by roughly one hundred million people in the United States. Although it is an illegal drug it can help some
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With the United States’s reputation as the government of the people‚ for the people‚ and by the people‚ exactly how strong is our country’s government? When I conducted my ten interviews‚ the majority‚ eight students‚ stated the importance of democracy‚ however‚ none were sure of its security. Despite the several distinct patterns and similarities in many of the interviewees’ answers‚ not a single student answered identically to another. One student completely disregarded democracy while another
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American History December 8‚ 2007 Debate On Federalism The United States constitution created a new type of government called federalism‚ which divided power between the states and the national government. But the proper balance of federalism has been debated throughout the history of the United States‚ Federalism‚ which signifies members of a group that are bond together with a governing representative head. Two time periods that there has been a debate on federalism was the Supreme Court
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The United States has certainly changed drastically when accepting and interacting with racial or ethnic groups‚ the United States has changed in a positive way. In previous years neglect towards certain racial or ethnic groups was easily distinguished‚ and actually encouraged by many. In recent times racism and discrimination still exists. Now there are laws that prohibit people to act upon what they believe they should do towards the racial or ethnic group that they do not like. Cultural pluralism
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Immigration to the United States Immigration has been a very large topic for United States government officials in recent years. Many people talk about the increase in immigrants from other nations‚ primarily from Mexico‚ and opinions vary between each person. It is suggested by some that immigrants cost native born Americans jobs and abuse resources like welfare that American taxes pay for. Others suggest that America’s economy is stimulated by growing immigrant populations and that workers
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During World War II‚ citizens of the United States created a strong sense of national identity through military service‚ military supply manufacturing‚ and other contributions to the war effort. In the decade following the war‚ the United States shifted its gaze and group concern from threats of fascism in Europe to threats of spreading Communism emanating from the Soviet Union. Different from the national identity fostered during WWII‚ the post-war national identity Mark Hamilton Lytle calls “Cold
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someone’s pre-existing culture is the basis of ethnocentrism. People have repeatedly become victims of deculturalization‚ especially in the United States‚ and by analyzing this ethnocentrism one learns the importance of sustaining different cultures in society. There are many methods of deculturalization‚ such as segregation‚ isolation‚ and forced change of language. When the content of curriculum reflects culture of dominant group‚ it is deculturalization. Also‚ dominated groups are not allowed
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Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the United States On September 11th‚ 2001‚ at 8:46 AM the United States experienced something that would transform it forever. The first aircraft smashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and the second hit the South Tower at 9:03. At 9:37 a third airliner hit the Pentagon and at 10:03 the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This was a truly sad day when nearly 3‚000 people were killed in this violent terrorist act. It has not stopped there
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Today I will be talking about how farming has changed in the United States of America from 1990 to 2010. Farming has changed a lot in the United States from what it used to be. Two hundred years ago 90% of the people in the United States lived on farms. If you compare that to today you can see a big difference not only in farming but how people moved. From 1990 to 2010 the number of farms has been dropped by 63% in the United States. In 1970 more than half the farm had off-farm but in 2010 93% of
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