how free are we really? I would argue that America is one of the freest countries in the world‚ though it could be freer. The rights and freedom described in the US Constitution‚ the Declaration of Independence‚ and the Bill of Rights‚ as compared with what current society actually allows creates many different pictures of freedom from several perspectives. The many documents that became the foundation of American “freedom” support the idea that America is free. One of the most well known lines of
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Unemployment in America Today in America unemployment is a very big issue that everyone speaks about. America has been digging itself into a modern recession ever since the collapse of banks and large institutions. All this led to bailing out banks and trying to fix the financial crisis that we got ourselves into. There are people who blame the Bush administration for the crisis that we were put into‚ but there are others who do not. Our new president‚ Barack Obama‚ is trying his best to put America back
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be the start of something that would change their lives forever; the discovery of the Americas. The encounter caused the economic power in Europe to shift from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic‚ causing effects such as the Price Revolution in Spain‚ which increased the power of the middle class‚ and the Columbian Exchange which spread goods from the Old and New World. Prior to the encounter with the Americas‚ the economic power of Europe was Italy‚ since it was the center of the Mediterranean Sea
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America is a land of opportunity‚ social and economic mobility‚ equality‚ and continual progress toward its ideals of liberty and justice. Everyone can achieve socioeconomic advancement through hard work and everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. According to this view‚ the colonists in North America had abundant opportunities for success because of cheap and widely available land‚ and they eventually threw off the yoke of the British constitutional monarchy. Driven by their hatred of tyranny
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the same for the rest for the rest of America. The process for a veteran to acquire a gun only depends upon them to pass a criminal background check‚ accumulate a copy of their DD form stating you were discharged under an honorable status‚ as well as supply any type of identification with a photo for the license‚ and finally pay a license fee of one hundred and seventeen dollars for five years. Many people believe it should be the same for the rest of America. Given that the veteran has just been
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historical foundations‚ uses and the contemporary issues of the death penalty in America. It will go into where the death penalty came from and how it is used differently throughout the states. Understanding why America uses the death penalty. Outlines many issues caused by America using the death penalty. Discussing the different methods of execution and various laws adopted by various states. For almost 400 years‚ America has used the death penalty. As European settlers came into the new world‚ they
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It was a snowy wet day it was also the start of my journey to America. I knew I had to wear a warm shirt my ripped jacket my warned pants with rips and holes all over them and my sandals. My mom Bonnie‚ Dad Paul‚ and I Percy Elliott started our walk to the boat. It was so cold my feet feel tingly and weird the holes in my jacket are getting worse the cold if unbearable. “I SEE IT” I screamed we ran to the docks. We look for are boat called Cairnvalona. “I found it I found it” dad screamed we ran
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My Responsibility to America I think about the responsibility to America a lot. And I think it is my job to help make this country better and great again. I also think it is my job to help protect this country to fight all the enemies who try to invade us by boat‚ plane‚ or any other way possible. There are a lot of people who perform their duties successfully and there are others who don’t do so good on performing their duties. Like myself as of others‚ I have to also pay for things I don’t like
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Lastly‚ America experienced many challenges during this time period. Racism‚ social segregation‚ and‚ child labour all were major problems in the United States. Segregation occurred between Caucasians and African Americans in 1877. Segregation was due to the Jim Crow laws where Africans were “separate but equal” people would take it as far as creating house developments that separated the white people from the black through a neighbourhood. State laws‚ even segregated African people and denied them
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they would like to be treated the way that blacks are in society. If they did then they would stand up‚ but no one did. She asked if maybe the audience didn’t understand the question‚ so she asked it again but still no one stood up. This shows that everyone knew how people of color were being treated and knew that they didn’t want it to happen to them‚ but still they don’t do anything to help out with the problem(“A White Audience is Left Speechless Racism in America”). It can’t happen in a day‚ but
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