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economically and territorially as well, through treaties and annexations, America grew to the size it is today. America’s hard fought westward expansion, can be attributed to two ideals, the belief of manifest destiny, as our “God-given right to conquer North America, and land hunger by avid settlers, however it cannot be attributed to imperialistic notions to assert our global power as a regional hegemon. Manifest Destiny, the belief that it is our “destiny” from God, as many were stringently…

The History of Lacrosse Lacrosse is one of the oldest sports still being played to this day. The history of lacrosse dates back to the early 16th century around 400 years ago. Lacrosse was first played by the Native American more specifically the Algonquian tribe. The game was played in the St. Lawrence River Valley area first and then spread to the other tribes from the east to west. The game wasn’t only meant to toughen up young warriors for war but also for “fun and spritual reasons”…

In opposition to North America, stands Norway. Crime rates are not only dependent on the citizens of a country, but also on the age of criminal responsibility. The lower the age, the more likely that crime rates will be higher since there is more to be accounted for. Different countries will have different ages of criminal responsibility since these ages are determined by the leaders of the law regarding whether or not a child is capable of committing and understanding a crime. In Norway, the…

Throughout American history, few other identity groups have been regulated to second class citizenship more than African Americans. Often, the Hegemonic society of “White America” has oppressed the African American community through overt public policies such as Jim Crow and Segregation. One fairly recent public policy that has inflicted further damage to the black community is the disastrous war on drugs. A historical analysis of the war on drugs shows that it has consistently targeted the…

warpaths2peacepipes.com/the-indian-wars/yamasee-war.htm) Both wars played an important role in the American history, the rivalry between white settlers and Indians. After the Indians were defeated, they migrated to other places which the Tuscarora migrated north to New York where they joined their Iroquoian cousins, the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. They were accepted as the sixth nation. And the Yamasees went to Florida, joining runaway black slaves and other Indians to form what…

The Dakota access pipeline is an affliction to everyone who has a sense of compassion and understanding, especially to indigenous people who are being taxed with decisions and demands from careless people who conceal their true intentions with false facts and reasonings,when all they care about is the green in promising. Recently the $3.8 billion project has become one of America's most followed up protest, for it keeps gaining many people's attention with every protest and support. There are…

racism. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is 1,172 miles long and made to carry oil from North Dakota to southern Illinois; however, this project is controversial, sparking protests, due to it crossing the drinking water source of the Standing Rock Sioux, a Native American tribe. The first news…

The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), also known as the Bakken pipeline because of the area where it begins, will transport 470,000 barrels of crude oil 1,168 miles every day from hydraulic fracturing sites in northwestern North Dakota down to Illinois, if built. There are conflicting reports as to whether the oil would be used in this country or if it would be exported. The current route of the pipeline is less than half of a mile from the Sioux’s reservation border. All along the route of the…

of Mexican populations and had no other evidence to back up his theory. Later, it was suggested that the first anatomically modern humans to arrive in the Americas did so by crossing a land bridge that existed between northeast Asia and northwest North America (Geobel et al., 2006; Sanchez et al., 2014; Haynes, 2005). It was first suggested by Hopkins (1967), that this land bridge formed during the last glacial maximum (~50kya-15kya) and that the first migrants arrived ~13.5 kya. The earliest…

and Iraq and North Vietnam. The expectation of a fast war with low casualties placed an emphasis on technology and a secure logistical footprint. The cost of this in both Vietnam and Iraq has resulted in trillions of dollars of US debt. Add to the equation (whether…