The Death and Life of Great American Cities

migration had made it easier for African Americans to get jobs, housing ,start a family or just start a new life. Great Migration notes “ In the decade between 1910-1920, black population in northern cities grew by large percentages. New york went up 66 percent, Chicago went up 148 percent. Philadelphia went up 500 percent, and finally the city that grew the most with 611 percent was Detroit.” This was good for the blacks, but for everyone already living in these cities, there were fewer jobs…

There are all kinds of diseases that can cause death but in the U.S. obesity, tobacco, and alcohol put together have roughly nine hundred thousand deaths per year and we get scared of a disease that barely caused four thousand deaths. This cartoon can be seen anywhere on the internet, and had a bunch of controversy towards it, it shows a man in a shirt that says “USA” and he is holding three things: a beer or a form of alcohol, a greasy hamburger meal, and a cigarette. For some of us, seeing…

Annotated Bibliography "American Revolution for Kids." Mr. Nussbaum: Learning Fun. Nussbaum Education Network,LLC, 2015. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. This website has many links pertaining to the American Revolution that will help students do research and learn about different battles that occurred, important and influential people during this time period, and the cause and effects of specific events of the revolt against the British. This site is easy to navigate and will allow students to explore…

both sides totalled to 6,000,000 deaths – about 3% of the global population in the 1940s. The use of atomic bombs was to put an end to the war. Leading up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Manhattan Project influenced the course of history. Furthermore, Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the US, had a significant involvement in the ending the war, choosing the fate of 70 million…

people and injured 260 other spectators who were watching runners cross the finish line on this mournfully historic day. Now almost two years later, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is giving his jury a hard decision between sentencing him to life in prison and sentencing him to death. The New York Times article entitled, “Question in Boston Bombing Trial: For Tsarnaev to Testify or Not,” discusses whether or not Tsarnaev should be allowed to testify in his case. This article opens with a list of actions…

intended) Bowels compares the film to other great zombie depictions such as, The Walking Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and Night of the Living Dead. Here he finds great fault in the French film as being to “played-out”. This reviewer also criticizes the film as being too “racist and sexist”, which I can someone agree with. Bowles critique is quite different from that of the second assessor, Xan…

Center for Justice, there appeared to be a great rise in murder rates in many U.S. cities during 2015. America needs to enforce the death penalty and utilize it. Innocent people are murdered everyday in our country. We must apply capital punishment and stop showing mercy to offenders. Inmates on death row have had a tendency to show compassion and regret after committing murder. In 2014 The American University published a study on the last words of death row inmates. This study was…

encouraged him to exercise that he started to strengthen his weak body and take up boxing. He father was a very influential figure in his life and he had respect and admiration for him once stating, “My father, Theodore Roosevelt, was the best man I ever knew. He combined strength and courage with gentleness, tenderness, and great unselfishness…” Theodore Roosevelt Sr.’s death left him devastated and focused his energy in school. Education Theodore was homeschooled by tutors and then entered…

streets, zest of life or color brought into the country, it doesn't take long for tourists to be hooked. It's impossible to visit spain without seeing landscapes, and history that has been made throughout generations. Barcelona is one of the most popular cities in Spain. It has an active nightlife and a wonderful climate. Barcelona is one of the cities known to sleep in the afternoon and party until sunrise. This offers everything from swinging jazz joints to salsa locations. This city appeals…

Abraham Lincoln once explained that “the assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use”. However, even though the notion of equality laid the groundwork of our nation’s principles, African Americans have struggled against inequality for several centuries in the United States. Although the Emancipation Proclamation declared their freedom from slavery in 1863,…