Lotteries in the United States

The Panic of 1819 was the first financial panic since President Washington took office. The main cause was over-speculation in frontier lands. The Bank of the United States was hated by western farmers because it foreclosed on many farms. Growing Pains of the West Between 1791 and 1819, 9 states from the West had joined the United States. People moved west because of cheap land, the construction of highways, and many Indian territories had been eliminated. The Land Act of 1820 authorized a…

Circle’ by Harry Chapin. Decades ago Harry Chapin lamented that his Life was like a circle. He felt that there was neither a beginning or end, just the years rolling by. They may have had that regular sunrise/sunset and summer/winter rhythm. But otherwise there appeared no particular pattern and certainly no straight lines that made sense from it all. The saga of the prime pastoral land known as ‘Bundarbo’ proved Chapin’s point. It was farmed by the Lloyd family in the late 19th century. Then…

strain public budgets. United States Senator Lamar Alexander made the statement that "Two years of college for a low-income student is already free, or nearly free”, although that is rarely the situation (Goldrick-Rab and Kelly,…

This an important question to ask because each region of the United States has a differing ideas about what makes someone conservative or liberal. As I mentioned earlier that a southern may be conservative for social politics instead of a economic because they may value their social views more. This is important to look…

the assistance of his wife Kristina, Philip Maung founded the Hissho Sushi company, and became the major distributor of sushi to supermarkets, restaurants, and schools all over the United States. This small anecdote is a perfect example of how the American Dream is sometimes fulfilled. Maung came to the United States as a poor immigrant, but had the determination to change his financial status for the better of himself and his family. Even if you come to America on the bottom of the social…

The 1960’s through the 1970’s was a time filled with hardship for many Americans because of the unproductive invasion of Vietnam. In an attempt to contain and defeat communism, the United States, oblivious of the enemy capability and filled with pride, invaded Vietnam at a cost of large financial expense and human lives. The U.S. should not have invaded Vietnam until they were aware of the forces of the North Vietnamese. As with most other countries in the world, Vietnam has a history of being…

reasons. Me and my family started the process of migrating to the United States in 2002 and we got our chance to come here in 2015. It was a long process but it was worth it. Both my parents finished college in Albania but my dad was the only one who was able to get a job related to his degree. My mother tried but she…

the life of drug dealers in Colombia and they culture of Latin America in the 1990s with an emphasis on masculinity, and the unfair treatment and unequal expectations of women. It shows how different this culture was in the 1990s compared to the United States and many cultures across the world. It also shows how the sicarios, DEA, and Police alike used language to express their masculinity and mistreated female characters to show their peers how “strong” or “manly” they are. Whether or not you…

village helped preserve these alarming beliefs. I was raised by a father who had an 8th grade education, and a mother who struggled to bring-up three girls. Needless to say, my life completely changed when my family won the green card lottery and immigrated to the United States. Without this catalyst, I would not have become the first generation in my family to graduate college. Our family's opportunity to journey to America was truly a fortuitous…

Many Cubans and Haitians have migrated to the United States, due to policies issued by the US. Cuban migrants have come to the United States through policies like the Cuban adjustment act, wet foot dry foot policy, Cuban migration agreement, and the Cuban migration lottery. On the Haitian side Policies like TPS program, HRFIA act, and the reparation policy allow Haitians to enter the country. These two countries have gone through different processing's systems, a lot of similarities. Cuba and…