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    Salinas Gangs

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    A mafia or gang is an undercover a group of offenders. This group was created in the mid-19th century in Sicily because, people became sick go government. Then it was scattered throughout the West, the United States of America and Australia. The most famous gang in the United States is five gangsters which are located in New York. At the beginning, gang was related to a family. Therefore, gang is an organized group of family. Each family controls a city, and the conformation of these families is…

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    responsibilities of those that live in a particular city, state, or nation. A citizen upholds the law of where one lives. One has rights to live and prosper, where one feels at home, and a sense of belonging. This is not the legal definition of a citizen but what being a citizen means to me. My definition and the textbook definition are quite different in many aspects. The definition of citizen according to Merriam-Webster is a resident or inhabitant of a state (Citizen, n.d). I feel that…

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    Nationalism Dbq

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    other wars were starting during the 1800s , many americans started to migrate west. Although this would seem like the separation of the original thirteen states, it actually expanded them and it would ironically make America more united. With the rise of upcoming states, nationalism would finally benefit America and makes us actually “united”. However, nationalism had more success and flaws than just bringing America together. Nationalism played a huge role in the formulation of foreign…

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    Free Trade Definition

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    history to present and promote the idea of free trade. Smith is often times called the father of modern economics, credited for his writing involving laissez-faire and the idea of the "invisible-hand." (Adam Smith). In The Wealth of Nations, Smith states, "very good grapes can be raised in Scotland, and very good wine too can be made of them at about thirty times the expense for which at least equally good can be brought from foreign countries. Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the…

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    A. IMPACTS OF FRACKING IN TEXAS ECONOMY 1. OIL & GAS Texas is well know for its oil and gas production it produces 29 percent of America’s natural gas and 1.7 million barrels of oil a day. Making it the largest producer of gas and oil among all states. Texas is also home to the largest oil field in the country, Eagle Ford Formation; it produces over 1 million barrels of oil per day accounting for more than 50% of the state’s oil production. 2. JOB PRODUCTION Around 1.9 million jobs are…

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    In the real Treaty of Paris, Great Britain gained control of all French land West of the Mississippi as well as all of Canada, while all of French territory west of the Mississippi would be given to Spain in exchange for Florida given to Great Britain. This mass distribution of land gave all territory west of the Mississippi to the Spanish and all land East of the Mississippi…

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    The United States faced many challenges in becoming an independent and new country and along the way those challenges included fighting other countries. As soon as we became our own country we faced another challenged with the British in the war of 1812. Contrary to how we functioned over the years and even in modern times this was a time where as a country, America banded together fighting for this new freedom and demanding it stay that way. And It was done with passion and love for our country…

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    many cases overtime in which a leader will focus on solely economic growth and in result sacrifice the well-being of his citizens. Joseph Stalin did this in Russia back in the World War 1 period with his desperate actions in trying to race the United States in economics. Stalin’s 5 year plan devastated the well-being of workers and farmers all around the Soviet Union. Thus, the Soviet Union crashed and burned. Corrupt governments are only detrimental to society and will always result in negative…

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    Geographically, Canada is in a unique media situation. Eighty-five percent of Canadians live within 200 miles of the American border and most share the same language (Skinner, Gasher, (2005). And since the population is so small compared to the States, it makes it very easy for them to come in and influence Canadian media. There are factors, some controlled by the government and some not, that help regulate and control the foreign influence and keep the interests of Canadians in mind. Mass media…

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    The war of 1812 was the war of the inevitable; there were so many deep rooted issues between the Americans and the British. On top of the issues between The British and the Americans, the Napoleonic Wars in Europe caused many more problems in North America as well. The war of 1812 consisted of many battles that ended in minimal fighting or with an immediate surrender. Neither party gained land or wealth, they only lost men and money. The war of 1812 was a waste of money for both parties on…

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