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    lead the officers back to Dahmer’s apartment where they discovered polaroid pictures of Dahmer’s victims along with body parts that ranged from heads, limbs, a torso and two entire skeletons. Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to a 16th term of life in prison on May 1, 1992 and on November 28, 1994 Christopher Scarver killed…

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    Paul placed immense pressure on President Wilson, constantly sending delegations, some even from his home state, New Jersey (Adams and Keene 127-128). Alice Paul united the women of the United States and inspired fierce suffragists to fight against those standing in the way of equality. She made certain that these groups of powerful women were able to press Wilson in the matter of the government’s involvement…

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    Illegal Immigration 1986

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    on what should be done about illegal immigrants in the United States has been a major hot button issue for politicians as they are making their runs for offices. This is not a recent issue in the US. The problem of people entering the US illegally has originated since 1904 where mounted watchmen from the U.S. Immigration Service patrolled the border of El Paso, Texas preventing illegal Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. The U.S. Border Patrol was officially established in 1924…

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    the country is way too dangerous to visit. Visiting could be a life risking chance. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and is located between Guatemala and Honduras, boarding the Pacific Ocean. It is about the same size as New Jersey (The World Fact Book). It has a population of six million people. Poverty and death tolls are extremely high and continue to rise. El Salvador is a dangerous country and it is advised not to travel there. Countrys are placed on the travel…

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    Wealth and income gap between the rich and poor in the United States The current situation between the wide gap between wealth and income is at its highest in our nation and the effects of the gap can be seen nationwide. Those on the high end of the gap (rich) will state that is crucial to our economic system and those in the middle or low end will state that the lack of economic wealth or income has and is declining prosperity, home ownership, quality of education, and health. There are many…

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    Death Penalty Social Issue

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    The Death penalty is a legal execution of an individual who has gone against norms and values of society by committing capital crimes such as murder. In America, death penalty dates back to early 1600s during the establishment of the United States’ constitution in 1787 until today (Dieter 1). In any given penalty applied by agents of law to an individual, it is meant for justice, peace, and warning the public of the penalty associated with such crime committed. The fundamental principle of…

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    Thomas paine was born on January 29, 1737 in Thetford England he went to the local school until the age of 13. He left school to help his father.U.S. history.org States that “Thomas Paine’s father, Joseph Pain was a Quaker who kept in Thetford as a staymaker, in modern terms a maker of women’s corsets. Joseph Pain ran a small farm besides his stay making business and he made enough money to able to send his son to grammar school.” (Ayer 91). Ushistory.org stated that, ”Thomas began helping his…

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    about Al Capone. Less than two months later, Capone and his bodyguard were arrested in Philadelphia for carrying concealed weapons. Meanwhile, the United States Treasury had been collecting evidence on tax evasion charges from Al Capone’s brother Ralph Capone and other mobsters. Five months later he was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison, fined $50,000 and charged $7,692 for court costs, in addition to more than $215,000 on back taxes. After serving over seven years and having paid all…

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    Influence On Clara Barton

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    Bordentown’s first public school in 1852. While teaching in Hightstown she recognised the great need for free public schools in New Jersey. Barton travelled to Bordentown to secure permission from officials to build a free public school. This proved to be successful as seen in the increased attendance (from 200 to 600 students). This inspired the expansion of the school, and a new building was opened in 1853. Unfortunately a male educator was elected to lead the school causing Clara Barton to…

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    This is hurtful to recognize, as it’s easy to tell we are becoming more segregated year after year. Booker states: “If you are born in America today and are white, you have a one in seventeen chance of spending time in jail; if you are Latino, one in six; if you are black, one in three.” (Booker 120). This was a harrowing statistic to read, as you shouldn’t have a better chance of going to prison depending on your…

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