Southwestern United States

Background Over the past decade, the United States has not been very successful in reducing the amount of illicit drugs smuggled across our borders. With an estimated 19 million Americans participating in recreational drug use each month and spending over $60 billion on the fragmented criminal drug market annually, the international drug trade is becoming a larger threat to national security. Additionally, the U.S. drug market generates billions of dollars in profits, providing international…

gallopavo. It is the largest and most popular gamebird to hunt in the states. In the United States, there are four main species of turkeys, the Eastern, Merriam, Osceola, and the Rio. The Eastern lives in the southern states, examples are Georgia and Alabama. The Merriam lives in the northern, to northeast section of the U.S, an example is Nebraska. Osceola lives in the deep south of Florida. Then the Rio lives in the southwestern part of the U.S, an example is Texas. The four different…

Orleans, and Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson served as the Seventh President of the United States of America for two terms from March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837. Jackson also is known for as of being the face of the $20 dollar bill for U.S. currency, and had been on the $20 dollar bill since 1928. Throughout his presidency, Andrew Jackson is considered to be one of the most influential presidents, ever since the United States of America was founded in 1776 we as a country we have more and more…

there is one grand similarity between both communities: The Latin culture is proudly unveiled. Tucson, Arizona is distinguished as a Mexican American settlement in the United States. Tucson, nonetheless, was formerly a Mexican territory prior to the incorporation of the Gadsden Purchase in 1853; a treaty that authorized the United States to acquire the Mexican land (Otero, page 14). Due to Anglo American migration after the treaty, district development descended into capitalist Anglo American…

country. Although Chavez was a labled as many things, the one word that describes him best is leader. He was a leader during his childhood, military career, family life, and his presidency. Chavez was born in July 28, 1954. He grew up in the small southwestern town in the plains of Venezuela called, Sabaneta. He was the second of six surviving children, which all happen to be boys. As school teachers, his parents could not financially support all of their children, so him and his eldest…

once frail cousin country, the United States built a stable democracy, expanded in territory and fought off foreign rule while swelling in population. However, the answer is very simple; First, present-day inequality between Latin America and the United States is due in large to differences between political systems. Whereas the Anglo-Americans came from a system that allowed them to form a healthy and prosperous democracy…

A world without all of the fifty states would be a pretty different place. Well, if America hadn’t won the Mexican-American War, many of these states might not even exist. But winning the war wasn’t easy, we went through a plethora of events to get where we are today. But America wasn’t about to give up so easily, “America’s honor had been challenged.” (Roden 317) America was justified in going to war with Mexico because America was overpopulated and didn’t have enough land, innocent American…

the two countries have resulted in a complicated as well as confusing situation. Valentina Matviyenko embodies the United States and Russia relationship perfectly by stating, “[o]f course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners” (Brainy Quote). During the duration of this paper, interactions between Russia and the United States will be divided into three major time periods: pre-World War II, Cold War, and…

history, from the conquerors to those who were the conquered. In this case, the United Statesians (the victorious), Mexicans (the conquered), and the Texans, were the ones who underwrote most in the, western frontiers, manifest destiny, to the Mexican-American war. Their history, though similar, provides different aspects of how present…

The Relationship Between Chicano English and Standard American English Chicano English (ChE), also known as Mexican American Language (MAL), is a distinctive US English dialect spoken in the Southwestern United States (PBS). Not all members of a Mexican-American community speak Chicano English; there a wide spectrum of styles incorporated, as is the case with other dialects, including Standard American English (PBS). Chicano English is often monolingual speakers of English that learned the…