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pollution is contamination from chemical spills, burst pipelines and toxic waste. Water pollution is a major issue to be dealt with. There are many ways water pollution can be avoided. In addition to finding a solution to this problem, The Clean Water Act was made and passed. Even though Water pollution very harmful, People have to be more careful with what they are doing to our water, because It cant be used in anyway, It is not safe, and It is being contaminated.“The first river you paddle…

rising issue that is the thorn in the side of all political policies. Is it a necessary evil or a concept that must be eradicated from society? In this time the Virginia Resolution, authored by James Madison, stated that, “the Alien and Sedition Acts, Congress was exercising ‘a power not delegated by the Constitution, but on the contrary, expressly and positively forbidden by one of the amendments thereto; a power, which more than any other, ought to produce universal alarm, because it is…

preferred over others. In a special report by the Washington State commissioner of Labor in 1915, it is stated that “… [The Japanese] are not nearly as trustworthy and reliable as the stoical Chinaman.” This written in response to the Chinese Exclusion Act changing the demographics of the labor force. This ideal of one race being superior or having better suitability for an undesirable job, to begin with, illustrates that in the early 19th century, even the international affairs of the national…

Schooling in Britain has completely transformed from what was once an option saved for few of the wealthiest, to today’s all-inclusive, statutory schemes. Though vast changes have been made to produce Britain’s present day Educational System, these were not without opposition, nor were they swift in their implication or practice. Lowe, 2012, discusses ‘heightened social class difference’. Having mixed working class and middle class children there would be an observable gap in knowledge due to…

terrorist behind bars. The Patriot Act gives this power to the NSA and repealing the Patriot act would be detrimental to US safety and security because it would takeaway the government’s power to track these dangerous individuals. Opponents to the…

As Joseph Ellis observes in his book Founding Brothers, longtime friends (and part-time bitter rivals) Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were very different men -- in politics, in personality, and (as we will observe most closely here) in leadership styles. Adams was talkative, confrontational, and tended to make his feelings unambiguously clear, while Jefferson was reserved, elusive, and outwardly passive, leading conversations where he wanted them to go by more subtle methods (a less charitable…

family to conduct research her disease. During the time of these actions, there were no HIPPA laws or Privacy Acts that prevented the doctors from inputting Henrietta’s medical records in an unprotected database. However, when the Lacks family became aware of the HeLa cells, they raised concerns to NIH of the privacy rights. About three years later, Congress passed Privacy Act of 1974. This act lead as a compelling argument while the Lacks fought to gain control over the HeLa cell research.…

When people are asked to describe Canada, usually the first thing that comes to mind are words like “polite” or “kind.” People tend to forget the way certain people have been or are treated based only the colour of their skin. Inequalities have existed in Canada persistently and still exist today. Major examples of inequalities in Canadian history is the treatment of First Nations people and the treatment of Chinese-Canadians. These are only a couple of the millions of examples of discrimination…

towards Britain changed and was overwhelmed with the desire for independence. The unified movements for independence in the colonies were fueled by the betrayal of the Proclamation line of 1763 and through Patrick Henry’s disagreement of the Stamp Act of 1765. Until…

Prior to the enactment of the Patriot Act, law enforcement and intelligence agencies immensely lacked the ability to share information. The effectiveness, improvement and development among the intelligence operations was initiated when all aspects of government were synchronized, positively impacting the scope and quality of our national security, leading to endless possibilities. The USA Patriot Act of 2001, significantly changed the fundamental framework for the federal law enforcement, which…