and relative poverty in terms of incomes and affordability. Such measurements are relatively easy to make and quantify. However‚ lack of money is more a symptom of poverty rather than its cause. In most cases the poor are not without some income. What they lack is the ability to accumulate assets‚ which is a key ingredient to the creation of wealth and breaking the cycle of poverty (6).
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extra credit! [Textbook Selections from Core Concept Handbook Part 1‚ Chapters 1‚ 2‚ & 3) 1. What is a historian versus an archaeologist‚ and what do they study? (The definition please!) 2. What is the difference between B.C. and A.D. as well as B.C.E. and C.E.? 3. How do we organize time? 4. What is the difference between a primary source and secondary source? List examples! 5. What is an artifact versus a fossil? 6. Compare and contrast the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages
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Emigrating here from a different country you would think that respect is definitely an aspect that remains the same throughout the whole world‚ but not necessarily so. Respect in the United States is virtually nonexistent‚ particularly the respect that children have towards their parents. That’s something I really can’t wrap my head around‚ coming from a southeast Asian country. Respect is something that us foreign kids are taught at a very young age‚ unlike here. Here it seems like even seniors
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Transportation has played a significant part in the development of spurring economic and industrial growth in America. Between 1820 through 1860‚ the groundwork of transportation such as the highway system‚ railroads‚ and canals began to develop new aspects of American life. The development of transportation helped increase industrialization‚ sectionalism‚ and expansion. Fostering industrial growth was one of the most important targets in the 1800s. In 1820‚ Henry Clay attempted to do so with
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To what extent is there a conflict between academic and popular history? Margaret Conrad‚ the President of the Canadian Historical Association‚ embodies a traditional historian who has “spent a decade or more mastering a discipline” and thus “sits awkwardly” at the thought that “anyone can be historian.” Indeed‚ as Conrad argues‚ in this Age of Wikipedia anyone and everyone can own history. This democratisation of history‚ which has been galvanised by post-modernism‚ has troubled traditional historians
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was a long‚ deadly and costly war that was fought to stop the spread of communism by the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. The War lasted around 20 years. The United states Participated in the war 17.4 years making it the one of the longest U.S war participations. To Begin With‚ Why did the Vietnam war start and why Did the United States get involved? In the early 1880s France conquered Vietnam and combined it with the neighboring countries Cambodia and Laos to create a colony called French Indochina
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In America‚ today we have many different things to worry about‚ such as AIDS and drugs to name a few‚ but what if I told you that there was an epidemic going on in America that has killed more then 300‚00 people a year (Tuberose‚ par1). Envision an epidemic so strong that in the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in the United States (Nutrition‚ par 3). How would you feel if I told you this very epidemic was in your house right now? America is at war right now and we are losing.
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The United States populates over 325 million people. Of these 325 million‚ 13.5 percent of them are under the poverty threshold‚ which is about 42.3 million people. These people are lacking of basic requirements for living such as money‚ clothes‚ a home‚ food‚ and even education. Without their basic requirements for living it makes it harder for them to get out of their current situation. Even though the government have tried to step in and solve this problem‚ the government programs that are set
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paper will look at the acts of naturalization which made up the citizenship of the American people based on the practice and incongruity in the citizenship of women‚ blacks‚ and the Native Americans. The conceptualization of citizenship in the United States of America has been billed to have come of precedents from Europe‚ and then the pioneer leaders of the new world made their identity from them. During and after the Revolutionary war the Americans always believed that they had been liberated from
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significant contribution to emergency management was the creation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 1979. Before FEMA‚ disaster responsibilities were fragmented across different agencies‚ including the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Defense. This disjointed approach led to inefficiencies and slow responses to disasters. FEMA was designed to devise an all-hazards approach to disasters‚ addressing natural and man-made threats. President Jimmy Carter unified
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