different races or cultures) in a group or organization. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The United States gotten increasingly diverse over the past 50 years. In 1965 the American population was 84% white‚ and only 3% of congress was made up people of color. Today the American population is 62% white‚ and 17% of congress is made up of people of color. Although there is still a long way to go before the United States embraces all of it’s people‚ this is a drastic improvement. But racial diversity isn’t
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3.02 Assignment Before the Spanish-American War even started‚ the United States predicted conflict with Spain. Because of this prediction‚ the USS Oregon (captured above) was sent from California towards Cuba. The journey was very long and the crew had to make many stops. It was more than 14‚000 miles and took around 60 days. By the time the ship reached Cuba‚ the Spanish-American War had already begun. This incident sparked the idea in many Americans that something had to change. There had to
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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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in the country is an immigrant or is directly descended from one. Even the oldest inhabitants‚ the Native Americans‚ emigrated from Asia. From “Immigration: Who Is an American”‚ mainly discusses about the significance of immigration policies in United States. I believe‚ immigration is definitely a necessity‚ however if uncontrolled‚ to some extent‚ it can also have devastating affects on the country’s economy. There could be several obstacles on the nation’s wellbeing due to immigrations. First
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the newly freed slaves from discriminatory action by state governments. A state was prohibited from depriving “any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property without due process of law‚” from denying “any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws‚” and from abridging “the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” In 1890‚ the Louisiana General Assembly enacted a Separate Car Law requiring railroads in the state to provide “equal but separate accommodation for the
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Declaration of Independence and Constitution of The United States of America The United States Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4‚ 1776 by members of the Second Continental Congress in Independence Hall (then known as the Pennsylvania State House) in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania as a means to cut ties and governance with mother England. Unbeknownst at the time‚ it also lay the philosophical basis to the United States Constitution‚ that all men are created
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What is poverty is it hunger? Is it not having a roof over your head. Is it not having a job. The actual definition of poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money‚ goods‚ or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. Poverty is a tough topic to discuss. We can look at it from many different view points. Here in the USA we tend to not think much of our impoverished communities. We figure they are a lot better off than in other countries. Our poorest people usually
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The Unites States of America is the oldest democracy in the world. The constitutional democracy has worked for more than two centuries. The constitution was formed in a time of need for some of the people. In May of 1787 delegates attended a meeting in Philadelphia “ to establish a national government powerful enough to prevent the young nation from dissolving but not so powerful that it would crush individual liberty” (Magleby‚Light‚Nemacheck 36). In the creation
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Throughout the last century‚ poverty has been a major issue in the society of the United States. The government has tried to help those who are living in poverty through numerous acts including Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plans to get the country out of the depression or the welfare reform in 1996. Although the government has sought to ease poverty‚ mainly by creating government anti poverty programs‚ their methods are in fact ineffective. The Federal governments anti poverty programs as a majority
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POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES Poverty in the United States today has many faces. There’s the pleading face of a middle-aged man on a city street holding up a sign that says “Hungry‚ Need Help.” There’s the anxious face of a young child in a schoolroom somewhere‚ whose only real meal today will be a free school lunch. There’s the sad face of a single mother who doesn’t have enough money to buy clothes for her children. And there’s the frustrated face of a young man working at a minimum-wage job
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