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Lily Rosenthal Mr. Baugh U.S. History—Per. 7 11 December 2015 Historical Investigation Research Paper On July 5th, 1865 an agency was created called the United States Secret Service. To this day, it remains an important part of keeping the U.S. safe. Its purpose is to serve as protection for chief individuals and their families—specifically the president. This organization evolved into the first national intelligence and counterintelligence agency in the United States. While this agency is…

The environment plays a major position and has an impact on the lives of all organisms; it can be either helpful or harmful. From the time an organism comes into existence, almost immediately, it becomes aware of the necessary connection with nature. It begins by exploring all parts of the local area, deciding how it may be able to adapt with the environment. Nature is taken in different aspects and perspectives, depending on the person. The way the environment is handled depends on what…

I. Affirmative Action - Affirmative action should be in effect at all school sites and jobs. II. Introduction A. Importance [Eugenia]- Affirmative Action is important to create equal opportunities for all citizens. It may be put in place to “boost” minorities and people who are less privileged than others, and to help them get a higher and better education and better jobs. This would help them create a bigger impact on our changing society. However, some people believe that this…

At the end of the civil rights movement President Lyndon B Johnson began to refocus his goal on the success of everyone despite their race. The former President once said, "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete with all the others, and still just believe that you have been completely fair." Over the past fifty years our nation has become as accepting and unbiased as…

Article: 1965 1965 the war in Vietnam continues to worsen as whatever the Americans do including major bombing of North Vietnam they continue to lose more men , at the same time the Anti-War movement grows and on November 13th 35,000 march on Washington as a protest against the war. There is also civil unrest with rioting, looting and arson in Los Angeles. This was also the first year mandated health warnings appeared on cigarette packets and smoking became a no no. The latest craze in kids toys…

Q 1: Mr. Caputo, why did you enlist in the army to serve in Vietnam? A: I enlisted because I was convinced/influenced since I was young that joining the military was 'patriotic' and that I should serve my country for the greater good. I was also heavily influenced by President Kennedy's inauguration speech: 'Do not ask what your country can do for you, rather ask your country what you can do for it.' Q 2: How did you feel about the involvement of the U.S. in this war? A: Initially, I just…

Born in 1941. Bernie Sanders started out his political career in the early 70’s but wouldn’t come to actually hold a political office until 1981 when he won mayoral race in Burlington, Vermont’s biggest city by a mere 10 votes. Bernie ran as an independent and winning the race was a big shock for many knocking off a six-term local mayor. I chose to do this paper on Bernie Sanders because, over the last 6 years I have become heavily interested in the political state of this country and world. The…

statistics of the American society, America isn’t completely fair. Minorities are treated unfairly compared to white people. Minorities such as African American are deny the opportunities to shine and accomplish things. Like what President Lyndon Johnson once said “You do not take a person, who for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say ‘you are free to compete with all the others,’ and still believe that you have been…

Opposing Forces The people in the military is the weaker force in the documentary and the society is the stronger force. The weakness in the society is become vulnerable if the military stops taking care of them here in American by going other countries to fight. The goal of the weaker is survive and come back home after being expose to war. Signifiers The first signifier is the large amount of pictures with messages that were in the walls after 9/11 attack. This means that the other people were…

I was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally named Michael King Jr, but later changed it to Martin. I am both a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, I would like to believe I have a seismic impact on race relations in the United States. It all began in the 1950’s. Among many efforts, I headed to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through my activism, I would like to have the idea that I played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American…