East Los Angeles

From the 1820s to the 1860s, Americans began to expand westward beyond the Mississippi River. Americans were beginning to move west of the Mississippi River without any consent of the government, and many of the them were moving for their own personally reasons such as to start a new life or he/she wanted to be a pioneer in a newfound area. The federal government played a mostly passive role in the American expansion, but the United States government intervened in some areas more than others.…

Morgan’s central idea in the article was that not only was Jefferson behind westward expansion, but many citizens were behind it as well. The article showed how most citizens played a role in westward expansion. Meanwhile, the other three text mainly pointed toward the president, Thomas Jefferson, being the main cause of westward expansion. In fact, the citizens did have a main part of it. If the people were not there to settle the land explorers have founded in the West, it would have all been…

Apple, Disneyland, and Barbie all started in California. Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth, aside from the insides of volcanoes. The main reason that I want to go to California is because I play this video game where I could go around Los Angeles while driving. I went all around the coast, to the Hollywood sign, and to the airport. While at the airport, I was able to fly a plane about LA and Hollywood housing. I got to buy one of the mansions…

Americans moved westward and new states were formed, the question of the expansion of slavery was prominent. Wealthy slave-owners in the South were determined to expand west into California, and were by no means planning on leaving their slaves in the east. To them, their slaves were property and they saw no reason why they should be forced to leave their property when moving west. Northerners however saw the evil in slavery and were adamant about its abolition. They feared what would happen if…

Part I: Research Question To what extent are gang members impacted by deterrability than other juvenile offenders? Part II: Topic In the United States, there is no universally accepted definition of gangs, and remains to be ambiguous with the flexible interchangeability of the term in academic, legal and media contexts. Based on the California definition provided by the Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act (1989) a criminal street gang is defined by ___. Average estimates on the…

The Wells Fargo fraudulent account case started forming during September 8th of 2016. Wells Faro Bank was accused by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Los Angeles City Attorney. The firms claimed that Wells Fargo during 2011 and 2016 created additional fraudulent bank accounts for pre-existing customers. Signing up over 2 million customers for new credit cards and fees that they were unaware of. The fraud allegedly resulted from our…

Out of all of the special population gangs there are, the group I find the most interesting to read about and research about is the 1% motorcycle gangs. Before this project, I was not very knowledgeable of the 1% motorcycle gangs and their prevalence in the Chattanooga area because even though I’ve lived here my entire life, there is still so much that I do not know about Chattanooga. It is important to know who takes up residence in your hometown and it makes for intriguing research material. I…

The revelation that the dream was teaching the dreamers how to live… Dreamers come to California because it is the last stop for all those who come from somewhere else. However, is it a right place for dreamers? Slouching Toward Bethlehem is a 1968 collection of essays by Joan Didion that mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s. The New York Times referred to it as “a rich display of some of the best prose written today in this country”. Also, “The Center Will Not Hold”…

Each drawing and painting always has a true and great story behind it. Paintings in Los Angeles are very beautiful and there should not be any problem with having nice paintings or drawing in the walls. I think its okay to have drawings in Los Angeles because a lot of people from all over the world go there and like to look around and explore How Los Angeles really is. Art is a really outstanding when you know that it is something that a artist drew out of there feelings or emotion or simply…

of the projects their set name Rollin 60. He wanted people to feel their impact and presence. There were two victims that had died in the gang shooting that happened. The two victims were from Dominican Republic. One of them was Albert Cintron of twenty four years old. He was raised in a small town of Pennsylvania called Reading. He moved to the Bronx when he was about seven years old with his parents and sisters. He was affiliated with the bloods for three years. The other victim was Allen Diaz…