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optimistic. Society doesn’t realize that substance abuse is leading to high death rates in Americans and that substances are being used for recreational purposes rather than medicinal purposes as they were intended to be used. In recent years, the United States has become more lenient and less restrictive on policies controlling drugs. Many have continuously opposed…

Lastly, is the interactionist perspective is a sociological approach that generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole. (Schaefer, 2009) Unfortunately, in today’s economy it is hard to make ends meet with minimum wage pay (7.25 per hour) having to spend $3.00 per gallons at the pumps and $8.00 to buy a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk. Everything has increased. The cost of living is through the ceiling for those on fixed or low income. To…

country saw the emergence of guerrilla groups. The main manipulator on the traditional party with the heaviest cartel sway is the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) which, came to power during a period of political chaos following a state of civil conflict referred to as “La Violencia”. Sponsored by drug cartels, these groups caused pure disorder on the population. People faced killing, pillaging, and raping constantly. Starting in the nineteen eighties, the government started…

destroy the South’s economy. Those generals were not against slavery, but only wanted to hold the Union together. If Grant had not won, the battle of Vicksburg it would not have split the South shrinking the size of the Confederacy by knocking out states. The South would not have been opened to become ravished by Sherman and his army. If the North did not win the battle of Gettysburg it would have split the North and a victory might have been possible for the South. Furthermore, the South really…

Industrial Revolutions Transformation The Industrial Revolution was a major importance to the economic development of America in the 18th-19th century. The Industrial Revolution developed three important improvements into the United States. First transportation through the steamboat and railroads were expanded, Secondly technology advances such as electricity and the telephone was established, and last and but least improvements to the national marketing were made. I believe this major…

The U.S. Civil Right Movement began around 1950’s where a group of African Americans fight against the discrimination and segregation. However the term of Civil right also associated with minority groups such as women, Asian Americans and Hispanics.The purpose of Civil Right Movement is to give everyone in America the equal right with the White such as freedom of speech, right to assemble, and freedom of religion. Its important because Civil Right bring true equality to everyone regardless of…

The selected reading, “Space Traders” is a troubling story about race relations, greed, status and reckless political power. The story begins on the first day of the year 2000 in the United States of America. For the first time ever, visitors from a star in outer space were to visit earth; in fact, they had announced their visit via radio broadcasts weeks in advance. Millions of people were prepared to witness this historic event. The visitors from the far star arrived in a grand fashion,…

the public workforce. After much debate, specifically among conservatives in the south, Howard W. Smith, a conservative civil rights leader, attempted to eliminate the bill in its entirety. Alice Paul and Martha Griffiths, advocates and leaders for the National Woman's Party helped the congress form a final bill known as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In which it explicitly states in section 703 that it…

would patrol the United States border to avoid the illegal entry of immigrants. However, their jobs were not as constant. Watchmen would only patrol when there was enough money to pay for their services. Now days, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s primary mission is to protect America’s borders at all times from the illegal entry of immigrants, drugs, weapons as well as to protect America from any terrorist attacks. The illegal entry of immigrants into the United States has been…

rights and providing emergency assistance in states where human-rights violations are being perpetrated, similar to that stated in ‘Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations’ by Theo Farrell. It is difficult to define humanitarian intervention, as not all States agree on what is to be included in characterising and defining intervention. In many cases, however, humanitarian intervention involves the use of military force against a perpetrating state. According to the Danish Institute of…