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how expensive going to college can become. The rising cost of college tuition has become a burden for countless families and students. This rise in cost has made college simply unaffordable for numerous individuals across the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is a shame that more people can’t attend college to be able to have a greater chance of living the American dream. College tuition should be completely free for qualifying individuals that want to further their education and receive a…

millions of years ago, anthracite coal as well as bituminous coal were deposited within the Appalachian Mountains. All over the United States, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia coal deposits are found (“Appalachian Mountains,” 2015). Today, 1.8 billion pounds of high explosives were used in just West Virginia and Kentucky alone. These explosives may shake and crack house foundations, startle wildlife, or spray a large area with rock and other debris. The blasting and flooding…

nicotine use by kids a public health priority On american tobacco farms based on years research and interviews with 141 child tobacco workers ages seven to twenty seven in the country's four largest tobacco producing states include North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Nearly three quarters of children interviews reporting being sick,having a cold, or worse. Most of children we spoke to labored for fifty to sixty hours a week burning heat often without shade or water. They plant…

Blair Mountain: A Battle for Union Rights Coal is the lifeblood of West Virginia, and the advent of WWI sparked an increased demand for it, with American production reaching 579 million tons in 1918 (Fishback, 21). “The total number of men employed in the production of bituminous coal reached the large total of 615,000 in 1918, exceeding all previous records” (UMW Journal, 1920). However, this massive production and large number of workers in the industry was destined to see a sharp post-war…

Thomas G. Andrews book, Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War, merges labor and environmental history in an breakdown of the half century leading up to the most fierce and violent labor unrest of the post civil war era, which is the Colorado coal-miner strike of 1913-1914, the Ludlow battle/massacre and Ten Day Coalfield War. Thomas Andrews argues in his book that these incidents cannot be seen in isolation or as separate events, but as the climax of half a century of struggle within…

southern Appalachian region covering about 110,000 square miles in the states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Appalachian are spread through the Appalachian Mountains in nine states. This area consists of three physiographic regions. The Blue Ridge Mountains, with the highest peaks in the area, constitute the eastern region; the central, southern, East Tennessee, and Southwest Virginia. The Appalachian is such an…

stand for an issue. In his book, Caudhill writes about his views on the strip mining industries’ effects on mid 20th century Appalachia. Caudhill’s book tells the story of modern Appalachia, specifically the coal mining areas of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. Caudhill was a lawyer who had stern opinions about the coal industry whose book stood as a voice for the people of Appalachia. Caudhill describes the coal industry as an industry that destroys the Appalachian hills. Night Comes to the…

The Civil War was a pivot point in the history of The United States. Between 1860 and 1861 Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Louisiana were the first seven states the seceded from the Union and carried on with their own political affairs and government hence leading to the Civil War. After the War began in 1861, the seven states were joined by four other southern states, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas. These eleven states formed the Confederate…

Should Louisville Kentucky Have a Major League Baseball Team? Quintez T. Choice Georgia Southern University Louisville Kentucky, the largest city in the blue grass state, and the 28th most populated city in the United States according to ballotpedia.org (2013). Louisville is ranked higher than Milwaukee, Kansas City, Atlanta, Arlington, Cleveland, Oakland, Miami, and Minneapolis. All of these cities have their own respective MLB teams who bring fans out night in and night…

Under the State's recreational use statute, the owner of a property that permits any person either directly or indirectly without charge the use of the property for recreation purposes does not assume responsibility for any injury incurred. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 411.190. A “charge” refers to the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land. Id. In regards to the application of the fee, Midwestern, Inc. determined that the fee must have been…