The United States is made up of five percent of the world’s population‚ but is comprised of about a quarter of the worlds incarcerated. Approximately twenty percent of the newly incarcerated yearly have violated parole and great majorities are non-violent offenders. In “U.S. Prison Population Dwarfs that of Other Nations‚” Adam Liptak states “The United States has‚ for instance‚ 2.3 million criminals behind bars‚ more than any other nation‚ according to data maintained by the International Center
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51st state is an important issue that has been thought about for the last century. Maintaining Puerto Rico’s current status as a commonwealth would be beneficial because it would not lead to any drastic repercussions. Puerto Rico is an island closer to the Dominican Republic than it is to the U.S mainland. It is about three times the size of Rhode Island‚ and has almost four million residents. In July of 1898‚ near the end of Spanish-American War‚ U.S. forces invaded Puerto Rico. There was very
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The United States was wrong for annexing Hawaii because they took away the nation’s independency and culture. Prior to the United States’s interference‚ Hawaii was a “very successful” and independent country with “remarkably distinctive society that bound them together in elaborate webs of obligation‚ ritual and reverence for nature.” The United States had no right to interfere in the political and economical system of a foreign nation governed by its own monarchy. But an American born missionary
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Background The island of Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean West Indies and was acquired by the United States after the Spanish-American War in 1898. Puerto Rico is considered a commonwealth‚ a nation or state governed by the people; a republic. Puerto Rico is one of the Caribbean countries that make up the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)‚ a regional integration between themselves‚ formed in 1973. The purpose of regional integration is to achieve economic gains through free trade flow
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Romanishan Class six Assignment 8 1. Why was there such opposition to the proposed Constitution of 1787? There was opposition to the constitution because many mainly the anti-federalists believed it would turn into tyranny and everything that happened in the American Revolution and there steps towards a democracy would end and it would become like Britain. Therefore the war would mean nothing and democracy would not happen‚ the government would take over. 2. Was there a violation of revolutionary
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World War II has been the most important historical event ever. The plot of the war is humongous‚ but there are key ideas that make the war so important and significant. To start off‚ the first atomic bombs were used during this war. Devastating damage was caused by such explosives. Secondly‚ Adolf Hitler committed suicide. People may wonder‚ well there were so many casualties‚ so why is this one person’s death important to history. Read on and the truth of Adolf Hitler will be revealed. Lastly‚
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reasons that led to de jure segregation was due to the increase of mechanization. Farms and plantation relied less on labor-intensive work due to machines replacing people. An abundance of strong slaves became less needed. As African Americans moved North to escape the history of slavery‚ many found the North was more open in allowing slaves to have rights such as vote as the Democratic party adopted rights for African Americans to bridge the gap that was between races (187-188). Also‚ Franklin Roosevelt
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ORDINANCE ANALYSIS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANTAY‚ ILOCOS SUR ORDINANCE No. 254/05 ORDINANCE No. 301/08 ORDINANCE No. 337/11 ORDINANCE No. 375/14 ORDINANCE No. 254/05 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THERETO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 9211‚ OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE TOBACCO REGULATORY ACT OF 2003” Section 1 states that smoking is strictly banned in public places such as youth activity center‚ elevators and
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There are numerous reasons why Socrates is more important and influential than George W. Bush. After the 9/11 incident‚ the world supported America and Americans were united. However‚ President Bush lost his opportunity to unite America and the world by deciding to invade Iraq. One of his main reasons for invading Iraq was to get rid of the country’s weapons of mass destruction‚ which turned out to be false. America’s reputation had been negatively impacted and its image much damaged due to the invasion
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slavery Have you ever wonder why there was slavery? Slavery started when the first group of african american came to america in 1619 in virginia jamestown. slavery started when it was a practice in the 17th and 18th colonies centries. african american helped build the economic foundations. In 1793 an invention called the cotton gin it central importance of slavery in the south. In the mid-19th there was a movement in slavery and it tear the nation apart and started american civil war from
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