Discuss 5 products that come from tropical rain forests: The “xateros”‚ are leaves from a species of the palm tree. These are popular and used in the floral industry for flower arrangements‚ Palm Sundays‚ and funeral decoration. These are sought after for their elegant accompaniments for roses‚ lilies and tulips in formal flower arrangements. They come from areas of South America’s rain forest‚ countries like Guatemala‚ and Belize. Although not considered to be part of the rainforest destruction
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Since 1800‚ the human population has multiplied more than six times. To keep up with the increase in food demands‚ the output of farms and the productivity of farm lands have also increased. The Green Revolution‚ The Industrial Revolution‚ and massive population growth all caused agriculture to change the ways that food was produced. Food production went from a very labor intensive profession to a mostly mechanised industry. Horses were replaced by tractors and farmers planted huge monoculture fields
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In the late 1800s and 1900s‚ the United States was very different from how it is today. Not only were segregated schools the norm‚ but hotels‚ restaurants‚ bathrooms‚ and even drinking fountains were. This period‚ also referred to as the ‘Jim Crow era’ took place shortly after the abolition of slavery‚ and is characterized by high tensions between Americans with different skin colors‚ and several landmark cases‚ two of which will be explored in this essay. We start with the case of Plessy v. Ferguson
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In the late 1700s to mid-1800s‚ the United States seems to grow increasingly divided. The contrast in strong opinions and the desire to shape America’s social-economic and political climate between the northern and southern regions of the United States from 1776 to 1850‚ ultimately lead to communal unrest‚ eventually resulting in the Civil war in 1861. Even though sharing the same flag‚ same President‚ and speaking the same language were commonalities‚ the dissimilarities between the north and the
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During that time the development of technology was fast growing but unfortunately this event did not help farmers at all‚ instead‚ it damaged them big time since they now could create agricultural products far too much. Farmers kept on producing numerous amounts but did not win as much‚ if anything‚ less. In addition there was a gigantic issue that affected not only farmers but “common people” and that was the gold standard. Farmers were against
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The American labor force of the late 1800s and early 1900s was weak‚ uneducated‚ and forever trapped by the low-pay and harsh conditions of work and life; there was virtually no way out‚ as explained in Thomas O’Donnell’s Testimony. Everyone was caught in a rut‚ starving and poor; hoping for a better future‚ yet knowing that nothing else awaited them. “How could [they] go…walk?” (O’Donnell 31). “The poor people…the poor operatives” were being crushed down; they faced challenges and obstacles unlike
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Three Strikes and You’re Out By Natalie Belyea May 7‚ 2013 Prepared for Mr. Ian Barrimond The state of California in 1994 passed the “Three Strikes and Your Out” law. This law sentences a third offence felony offender to a mandatory 25-years to life sentence. Although crime rate have dropped in California there are those opponents to the law who feel in certain cases that the sentencing is too harsh.
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Weather it was expansion of the United States or progressives working to make life better in our country‚ America has always found ways to the best it can be and improve in any way possible. The innovative people of America have helped shape it into what they think would make a better country to be in. The progressive movement involved progressives trying to fix problems created in the gilded age. It seemed as everyone was benefiting from and enjoying the rise of the booming industry‚ but unfortunately
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The industrial revolution in the late 1800’s was a positive development for the U.S. because there was a large growth in technology and in city’s. The industrial revolution was the growth in technology‚ a shift from small scale manufacturing to large scale factory production. One of the biggest inventions of the 1800’s was the light bulb‚ invented by Thomas Edison in 1880. It was his invention that led to long lasting light bulbs. Another invention that was created was the typewriter which was
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steel energy was one of the first monopolies and was the first business to use the method of horizontal consolidation. Carnegie changed the way that business was done in America. Railroads also benefited business organizations. Trains made shipping products much easier. Many big businesses‚
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