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experienced before in the Northeast and Midwest regions of America. This rapid urbanization was caused by a great amount of immigration to the United States, and by improvements in the farming industry. Even though immigration and inventions helped to increase the rate at which cities grew, rapid urbanization brought many problems having to do with housing, transportation, water distribution, crime, and fire. To counter these problems, city governments and others came up with solutions to the…

least not without a gradual process and well thought out plan. Even then, coal mining creates jobs. Over 174,000 jobs are created by coal in the United States, and this number does not include jobs that are indirectly made possible which is in the tens of thousands. This information can be found on Sourcewatch’s article titled “Coal and Jobs in the United States”. And with the addition of scrubbers making coal a very clean process, why should we remove it? Coal should neither grow nor shrink, it…

Charles Person The Freedom rides played an important role in the development of the Civil Rights Movements in the United States. Several people were involved because they believed that every citizen regardless of race, creed or color should have equal access to public transportation. A young man in the person of Charles Person and others believed that the laws were unfair and unconstitutional, so they decided to protest and started a movement that was referred to as; The Freedom Riders. A…

Behavioral Profiling Rough Draft On September 11th, the President proclaimed that the security of the airline industry needs to be augmented and all security efforts need to be accelerated. He invoked the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Transportation, Central Intelligence Agency, and other federal organizations to oversee this operation. Surprisingly, this speech was given thirty years prior to 9/11 by then President Richard Nixon. His speech was given in response to reports he’d…

The northern states began to industrialize. We started seeing new technology being used and we were exploring a lot more. The south was reliant on the plantations there running on slave labor, king cotton was booming. With the invention of the cotton gin, the industry…

Drunk Driving Drunk driving affects people in the United States every single day. Intoxicated driving leads to more problems every day americans have to cope with. Drunk driving has various consequences, causes personal as well as state expenses and also generate numerous health problems. Firstly, “intoxicated driving can lead to temporary impounding of your vehicle, a fine of up to several thousand dollars, installation of an ignition lock that prevents your car from starting if you've been…

wasn’t an accident. The terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers and other locations on September 11, 2001 was planned by the government of the United States. Four planes were hijacked on September 11, 2001. The planes were flown into three buildings. One building was the Pentagon. The Pentagon is where the headquarters of defense is for the United States. The Pentagon was hit on the western side of the building. The other buildings were the World Trade Centers. The World Trade…

In the earliest communities, people were “Hunter-Gatherers”. This means, in most instances, men would hunt animals to eat, and women would gather fruits and vegetables. During this time people Nomads; they moved to new locations based upon the flocking patterns of the animals they hunted. After this, they learned that they could capture and breed the animals we ate. This is when the hunter-gatherer phases ended and the horticultural phase end. Communities began to grow, as humans were able to…

From 1939-1945, the world was experiencing a state of total war include mass genocides, the evolution of modern warfare and machinery and the ultimate dueling of the Allied and Axis powers – World War II. The rise of fascism and dictatorships throughout Europe and some parts of Asia contributed to the start of the war. At the time, Britain and France were allies with Poland. As Russia and Germany began to invade Poland, the allies-by-treaty retaliated and so began the start of WWII. Britain…

about “should California secedes from the US and become its own country,” people should understand what an independent country is. The United Nations (UN) has five requests for an independent country – to demonstrate political independence, diplomatic capacity, territorial integrity, legislation and justice, and population. Even so, it is not easy for a city or state to become a country. Fortunately, there are many examples in history. The examples shows that moving from a semi-autonomous region…