The United States has been an expansionist country since the pilgrims landed. Until the US established them selves as a definite world power‚ they had shown themselves to be a very expansionist country. The imperialism of the 1900s may have departed from past actions in terms of size and ambition‚ but the fundamental reasons and drive for expansion remained the same throughout much of America’s history. Past expansion of the US includes the Manifest Destiny-driven push to the West coast‚ the annexation
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German Immigration into the United States Name Here College/University Name Here Over a period of three centuries‚ beginning in the early 1600’s‚ more than seven million Germans immigrated to America. Some immigrated due to the unstable political situation in their country or forced state religion‚ while others immigrated due to famine or disputes over inheritance laws which restricted who land could be passed down to in a persons will (German Migration‚ n.d.). By the middle
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Religious Discrimination in The United States Our planet has been filled with cases of discrimination throughout history‚ whether it be because of origin‚ race‚ or religion. Many think of discrimination as a horrible thing that people should not to‚ but sadly most of us still discriminate. Discrimination can sometimes lead to horrible things‚ as seen in Germany‚ where death and despair reaps many who were discriminated against because they were different. Another example of discrimination is when
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Freedom of Speech is one of the most important rights in the United States of America. America gave Freedom of Speech to every single immigrant and every citizen who lives in America. The Freedom of Speech right was built up in the first Amendment of the United States Constitution in 1791 alongside freedom of religion‚ the opportunity of the press‚ and the privilege to gather. Freedom of Speech is everyone in the country have the equal right to speech. In 1789 act nevertheless made ascertainment
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In the past years‚ the United States has seen different actions put into place. From same sex marriage being legalized to advanced healthcare for citizens. Federal agencies and Bureaucracy have voiced and demonstrated their views on issues in communities and they have implemented federal regulations. Federal agencies in the US have improved life for different populations of people by creating several regulations such as FOIA and HHS‚ but they have also pushed a few to extended lengths. To begin
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------------------------------------------------- History In 1882‚ Matthew Maguire‚ a machinist‚ first proposed the holiday while serving as secretary of the CLU (Central Labor Union) of New York.[1] Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of Labor in May 1882‚[2] after witnessing the annual labor festival held in Toronto‚ Canada.[3] Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21‚ 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894‚ thirty states officially celebrated
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have brought down the African race in America. Examples like the Freedom Train in the 1940s that made concessions to white Southerners‚ and even as far as today in Hurricane Katrina where government support took incredibly long to respond and aid the people of mostly poor African communities that were flooded. Another example is of the differences in home ownership. “Equity in Owner Occupied Housing is most of the wealth for most Americans” (Course Slides p. 26)‚ and this created a discrepancy in race
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controversy over whether it should be legal or if it is even morally correct to do. There are places all over the world where prostitution is legal‚ but in the United States only two of the fifty states have legalized it-Rhode Island and Nevada. But there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Prostitution should be legalized in all fifty states because it is a perfectly legal and beneficial career. One argument against legalizing prostitution is that it would cause an increase in sexually transmitted
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(mainly due to her being a woman) to grab the reader ’s attention. She uses selection of detail to show the hardships of women not only in America‚ but in other countries as well. Valenti provides many statistics of abuse against women here in the United States as well as examples of evidence for the mistreatment of women. Valenti ’s appeals began before she had written a single word‚ mainly due to her being a woman. She appeals to the emotional side of her readers‚ writing that we “cry with Oprah and
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providing for its people general Welfare is still alive and well today. Government is necessary to ensure the proper use of force. For this reason it must specify objective laws to clarify the use of force‚ and it must have the ability to enforce these laws. And protect
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