appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.” -Abraham Lincoln The banning of alcohol only made people want to buy more of it‚ and break the law. Although most people agree that the banning alcohol was a good thing‚ some also think that it was a bad thing. It is a very debatable topic. Prohibition removed a significant source of tax revenue and greatly increased government spending. Although the consumption of alcohol decreased in the beginning of the ban‚ it greatly increased
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the vote in the House of Representatives‚ as well as the popularity of Andrew Jackson‚ allowed Martin Van Buren to organize a Democratic Party that resurrected a Jeffersonian philosophy of minimalism in the federal government. This new party opposed the tendencies of National Republicans such as John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to invest more power in the federal government. Van Buren built a political machine to support Jackson in the 1828 election. Van Buren’s skills helped give the Democrats a head
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people. A person behind a gun kills people. Guns of coarse are good and bad just depends the hands the gun falls into. They can create crime‚ and they can
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I was grounded with my phone and my T.V. I was lying on my bed and was just sitting and waiting to be able to get my stuff back‚ I was bored to death. However‚ boredom can also be good for you. Boredom is the worst‚ we always have to be busy‚ we live in a generation where we always have to be busy. Doing nothing isn’t any fun and it is a skill to do nothing. A lot of people can’t do nothing. You can get anxiety and bad decision making by being bored and can do stupid things that can cause bad things
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homework”. This is crucial‚ because it means the teachers and other educators are assigning homework that isn’t necessary for the students to succeed in life‚ and that they themselves never had to do. Once again in the article “Back to School: Why Homework Is Bad for Kids” by John Buell. John informs that “Harris Cooper‚ a close student of the subject‚ reports that "The conclusions of past reviewers of homework research show extraordinary variability... Even in regard to specific areas of application
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really bad habit‚ and the people who did trust you might not trust you a little or at all. Lying is bad because it destroys relationships by when you lie people don’t want to be friends with a liar. If you lie people who wanted a relationship with you might not want one with you any more because you’re a liar. Also lying destroys relationships by when you lie people stop trusting you then more won’t trust you until not a lot of people can trust you any more. Another reason why lying is bad because
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He is also one of the most famous presidents ever. He kept the country together during the Civil War. He was also assassinated shortly after the end of the war. Abraham Lincoln did not agree with the concept of slavery. He wasn’t born "The Great Emancipator‚" though. He became The Great Emancipator‚ a major part of which included signing the Emancipation Proclamation. One interesting fact‚ though‚ is that he only freed the slaves in the
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At first thought‚ overfishing may not seem harmful to people‚ but in reality its damage is often underestimated. Overfishing is when too many fish are being caught than reproduction can replace. We can never really say that it is going to stop but we can try our best to reduce overfishing as much as possible. The world may think that the food in the sea is never-ending but that is not so. “Gathering as many fish as possible may seem like a profitable practice‚ but overfishing has serious consequences
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Since the early years of mans existence music has always been a medium in which man has been able to express himself. Music is mostly loved by everybody. When was the last time you have heard someone say‚ "I hate music."? Lately though‚ music has been criticized for corrupting a teenager’s mind. Rap is being blamed for crimes and murders in cities all over the world and heavy metal is being blamed for giving teens only dark thoughts in their minds. Although the media and public criticize rap and
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Through the article‚ “Why Stereotypes are bad even when they’re ‘good’”‚ Oliver Burkeman sheds light on the fact that good stereotypes‚ meaning stereotypes regarding appealing traits‚ can also be harmful. He illustrated this through a study by the Duke University‚ which stated that good
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