Seals of the U.S. states

convince a numerous amount of people that their money was in safe hands. The case of the Coushatta tribe is no different. The Coushatta’s tribe just liked many others hired Jack Abramoff to help with rising debt and to gain political power among state legislators. He insisted on over charging his clients steep prices that allowed him to pocket millions of dollars. The money the tribe thought was going to help them, was really being shuttled to Capitol Hill. Some of the tribe’s currency was…

wanted, even though it is not needed? That is the question that the United States needs to ask itself when it comes to deciding whether or not they should drill for Oil in the Arctic. The United States already produces the most oil in the world, so what makes drilling for oil in the Arctic necessary? It’s because the United States, a fossil fuel dependent country, wants more oil, even though it isn’t needed. The United States needs to face the realization that the Arctic is a horrible place to…

smallpox while held as a prisoner of war. Both his brothers and mother died during this time leaving him an orphan at age 14. Later as Jackson grew to be a man, he taught school and practiced law. He was the first congressman elected from the new state of Tennessee after Tennessee separated from North Carolina, and he was elected general of the Tennessee militia in 1802. Jackson distinguished himself militarily during the Creek wars in the Carolina and Georgia areas and against the Seminole…

The definition of a citizen is a person born in a place or a naturalized resident. The southern California is more populated by birth tourism. Most of the people from China, Taiwan, Korea are involve in birth tourism. They give birth to their baby in USA and after few months they took them their own homeland. For example, one woman born to a birth tourist in New York in 1989 and return to Taiwan two month after giving birth with baby. After 15 year that baby came USA to be a citizen but she…

Marijuana is dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds that come from a plant called a cannabis plant. The plant becomes a drug due to, it has a chemical called tetrahydrocannabinol and other compounds. Marijuana is the most common drug used in the United States. Most people that use marijuana are young. According to studies the number of people that think marijuana is dangerous has declined because the amount of younger adults and kids using marijuana has increased over the past. You can…

Should Euthanasia Be Legalized Throughout United States Euthanasia- “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy” (Merriam-Webster). In 1938 Euthanasia Society of America (ESA) was founding in New York. (All America Life League) At the time the ESA’s goal was to gain and legal acceptance for the right to kill vulnerable human beings, meaning “mental…

The U.S. is considered to be the wealthiest nation in the world, yet we can still find a great amount of poverty within its rural and urban areas. Urban poverty even affects the largest city in the nation, New York City. New York City is home to over ten million people. Although the city is known for its strong economy and job market, like other cities throughout the world, it faces a vast amount of poverty. Even today it is said that nearly one in four New Yorkers live under the poverty line…

I was born in Sinaloa, Mexico. I moved to the U.S. in the summer of 1999. At first I was difficult, but I learned to adapt. I grew up in Colorado mostly Greeley and Windsor. I had a very tough childhood because of problematic and alcoholic parents. My teen years weren’t so good either. I got kicked out of my parents’ house when I was sixteen years old. When my parents kicked me out of their house, I moved in with my boyfriend with whom I had a son named Emmanuel. In my early adulthood things…

This motto, both today and in 1776, is one of extraordinary gravity among the citizens of The United States. It not only declares our rights as humans, but it gives an idealistic characteristic to the country, molding what we now call The American Dream. Along with the idea of life and liberty, comes the emphasis on wealth. When the city of Jamestown was…

Freedom. When I hear this word many thoughts pour into my head. I smile in pride knowing that my country has freedom. But then I begin to think of the cost of freedom. All of the lives lost to give people this freedom. The people who have died for our country who I don't even know the names of. Freedom is the power, or act to speak or think freely without restraint. Some of us don't know what it’s like to not have freedom. Others recall not having freedom and never want to go down that road…