Gulf Coast of the United States

Alaska are filled with different varieties of trees such as the salmonberry, spruce and hemlock. Salmonberry trees have canes which may reach up to seven feet, its fruit is favored by bears and are in a red or orange color. The spruce tree is Alaska’s state tree and can grow up to 150 to 225 feet high and can live 500 to 700 years. Most of the spruce trees are knocked down over about 100 years because of storms and shallow soil. The Western Hemlocks can grow to a maximum height of around 150…

President Dwight D. Eisenhower came up with the domino theory On Apr 7, 1954 in fear that if one country falls into communism the surrounding southeast Asia countries will fall into a domino effect. Containment was a strategy for the United states to limit the communist ideals, containment was part of the Truman doctrine which were defined by President Harry S. Truman in his speech on March 12, 1947. President John F. Kennedy inauguration speech said the U.S. would be lost due to the result of…

The Ghana Prisons Service (2015) has said that, “By 1841, a form of prison had been established in the Cape Coast Castle where debtors, possibly, were incarcerated.” From then on, prisoners were filling into the prisons, being kept in chains. After the prisons were full, they started building more, but the conditions of the prisons were subpar. The unsatisfactory state of the prisons led to the Prisons Department, which is now called the Ghana Prisons Service (Ghana Prisons Service, 2015)…

or her family, and coaches were not valued like they are today. Coaching training is an ongoing development in which a person supports and trains an athlete that wants to achieve a common goal. The best school to get a coaching degree is Louisiana State University; they have a total number of 284 students that are in the coaching field. The total cost to attend this University is $19,400 (Berkowitz 1). This is great considering that the college is so successful. This is…

Threat by the communist in the United States became known as the Res scare which is communist who were known as the “Reds” for their allegiance to the red Soviet Flag. A numerous amount of actions became to unwind due to the Reds that then profound and endured effect on United States Government and society. The employees that were part of the federal government were analyzed to determine whether they were…

Many people, events, inventions, and discoveries have affected the history of the United States of America. Examples are the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, former presidents, moon landings, inventions like cars, railroads, telephones, or computers, and discoveries such as the discovery of electricity or other scientific discoveries. One thing that has affected the United States of America’s history is the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase was when America bought the Louisiana…

precipitation and some is lost to evaporation and transpiration as some moves towards the common point. Most civilizations started in the United States along the East coast where there is plenty of rain and water, but as people started to move west, the need for watersheds grew.…

along the “Shore of Tripoli.” United States Marine Corps History Division illustrates “Marines took part in numerous naval operations during the War of 1812, as well as participating in the defense of Washington at Bladensburg, Maryland, and fought alongside Andrew Jackson in the defeat of the British at New Orleans.” 1846-1848 brought on the next significant battle for the Marines in the Mexican war were they took over several enemy seaports on the Gulf and Pacific coasts. Marines later linked…

powerful drug trafficking organization in the world. They are known for being extremely violent in expanding its drug business using murder, kidnapping and bribery as a tool. In Mexico, many cartels and drug organization have their origins in the state of Sinaloa. The families that lived in this region during the 1960s and 1970s moved from the contraband trade into the drug business, specifically marijuana. One the first major traffickers was Pedro Avila. He go onto bring in his friend's son…

Katrina. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people (including 19 hijackers) (Leavitt, Wendy. "The Cost of September 11.") Hurricane Katrina struck Early in the morning on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. It’s winds reached 100–174 miles per hour and covered 400 miles across. The storm itself did a large amount damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic (Childers, Sadie. History.com). The number of fatalities were 1,833. These…