United States civil service

peaceful civil disobedience and resistance have been more powerful than those born of violence. These include the civil rights movement, Gandhi’s salt march, and the start of our own revolution During the civil rights movement, there were many of these such peaceful protests both large and small to protest the injustice of inequality of opportunity. Rosa Parks refusing to move to the back of the bus, the Montgomery bus boycotts, and the sit-ins at restaurants and diners that refused to…

Americans were opposed to letting German Jewish refugees in because a Nazi could slip in. During the Cold War, people were opposed to letting refugees from Cuba, Hungary, Vietnam, the USSR and other communist states because some might be communist agents. Jen Smyers of Church World Service, a refugee aid group said “In 1980 we airlifted more than 200,000 Vietnamese refugees, and they’re now very, much interwoven in the fabric of our communities”(Quinton). In all of these cases we let refugees…

“Latinos in World War II: Fighting on Two Fronts” and was written by Lorena Oropeza, for the National Park Service, adapted by Newsela staff. It is a secondary source due to the fact that it was not written by a latino in WWII and is just providing examples of latinos in WWII. The author is claiming that latinos have been fighting for their citizenship as Americans through military service. This is a strong claim due to the fact that it is backed up with many examples of which wars a vast amount…

many Latinos that phrase symbolizes the struggles or prejudice and affliction of livelihood that their people have overcome all thanks to the effort and hard work of one man. That man is known to all Latinos as Cesar Estrade Chavez. Just like many civil rights leaders Chavez fought towards what was dear to his heart. Cesar Estrade Chavez was born March 31, 1927 near Yuma, Arizona. He was named after his grandfather. While growing up Chavez had a quiet farm life with his family up until 1910…

In the 1870s, as the Civil War came to an end, what would later become PTSD appeared in many servicemen. Although the United States’ next encounter with war, World War I, placed many veterans on the streets, World War II would create a much larger number of veterans who found themselves struggling with housing and employment. The United States enlisted thousands of servicemen and women in the 1940s to combat World War II. Many enlistees…

These centers are under federal grants under the Public Health Services Act Section Three Hundred Thirty '330' (g). This act allows migrants to be partially covered for their cost of the services rendered. Most migrant specially the Farm workers are considered poor; which, they are under the assumption of receiving an annual income between the amount of twelve thousand five hundred…

All Syrian refugees are not terrorists. They face the brutality of from the “civil war and the growing threat of ISIS” ( Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service). Refugees are not part of the terrorist organization; they have, in fact, lost their homes and stable lives…

refusal of services of customer’s base on their sexual orientation. Some cases have seen some business paying fines in regards of not following the public accommodations laws that states have in place. However same-sex couples are still being refuse of services by owners who consider their religious beliefs to be above the law but consequently by court must abide by the laws that are set forth by the government. Unfortunately, there has been some bills that are being passed into law in some…

Chemical Warfare Service The lessons learned from the involvement of the United States in World War I would identify the need for a military organization that specialized in Chemical Warfare. The use of chemical weapons was one of the most deadly and effective tactics experienced by both sides during the trench-style warfare. Due to the concern that the chemical weapon strategies of the First World War would continue on in future armed conflicts, the United States Army created the Gas Service…

weevil insects that were attacking cotton crops across the Mississippi Delta. The entomologist Dr. B.R. Coad was hired by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to head the Delta Lab and was assisted by C.E. Woolman. Woolman was a young college graduate of the University of Illinois who had been hired by the USDA through the Extension Office of Louisiana State University (LSU). In 1916 Dr. Coad and Woolman created a dry powder made of lead arson that appeared to be a defense against…