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    the United States‚ there is a risk of food insecurity. Food insecurity is when food access is very low. The United States seems to be a great country to live in. Yes‚ we do have a free country‚ but in the depths of it we are slacking. Food insecurity has a lot to do with where you live. By living in a small town with very few jobs food insecurity is at a high risk. People who live in big cities that have more job opportunity are less likely to have trouble finding food. Food insecurity has a major

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    past. I have a dream that Nigeria will be a country where the government will recognise the value and importance of individuals ‚ which was what Henry David Thoreau called really free and enlightened state. he pinpointed that there will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state come to recognise the individual as a higer and independent power from which all its own power and authority derived and treats him accordingly. I have a dream …………………. to be

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    pipe. For centuries‚ marijuana has been used by different nationalities for religious‚ recreational‚ and medical use. While it is currently illegal in the United States‚ marijuana is legal in European countries such as Holland and Belgium‚ and Amsterdam. Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. It can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care. For marijuana to be illegal in the United States when alcohol poisoning is a major

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    The United States in the nineteenth century evolved from settling on the Atlantic coast in the seventeenth century all the way to the Pacific Coast. Some civilians from the late 1830s and 1840s believed slavery to be the primary cause of western expansion. While this may be true‚ it was not the primary reason. There were many reasons for the expansion that were equally as important and impactful as slavery. The annexation of new states would allow the United States to grow economically and industrially

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    Mesopotamia‚ Greek for “___________________________________‚” lies between which two rivers? 13. How does the geography of Mesopotamia affect settlement? 14. Sumer was located in southern Mesopotamia and was divided into different city-states. What’s a city-state? 15. Where did ancient Sumerians worship their gods? Describe the building. 16. What is the name of the skilled laborers who made metal products‚ cloth‚ or

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    candidates running for the presidency but only one candidate from each party is chosen to run for president. Representative Democracy is when the get to people elect representatives to run the government which is also known as Democratic Republic. The United States is a Representative Democracy. The citizens elect representatives such as the president‚ members of congress‚ and senators to run the government. The government is divided into three separate branches of government. This ensures that none of the

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    Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ Cuban‚ and Dominican immigrants‚ 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

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    For centuries‚ equal rights have been a problem for countries. America was depicted as the home of the free and was a growing country in progress. Immigrants planned on seeking refuge in America and later save enough money to go back to their home country. Later‚ immigrants decided on settling in America and to raise their family in hopes of a better future for their children. Their home country may have been going through a phase of a war‚ discrimination‚ or environmental issues. Long ago‚ women

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    AND HUMAN PROGRESS A People’s History of the United States is a book written by Howard Zinn‚ whose purpose is not to introduce someone to American History. He assumes his readers already know the basics. Of course‚ many people do not. It is not a history of the United States but it is a series of contentious corrections to the history traditionally taught in American classrooms. Zinn presents the major historical facts of the first 250 years of American history starting from when Christopher Columbus’s

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    population boom in New York. Different Ethnic communities was been seen all over the NY. These different Ethnic groups worked into different occupation‚ such as Italian in construction‚ Irish in police department and Jewish became shopkeepers. • Immigrants lived into tenement and living conditions were horrible. They had no room to organize stuff‚ no facilities and complete area was slum. Due to certain circumstances they all were been helped by corrupted politicians (bosses) and in return they voted

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