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Workplace and English Only Rules

and living in America it should be expected that only that national language should be used at work. Whether the native tongue is...

Global Affairs and the Historical Role of the United States

influence. There are other aspects of power as well, however. Some contend that the U.S. may be declining in military power and ...

Battle of Midway Victory for the United States

battle where the Americans counted with all effectives that they had in the Pacific, and fought the biggest fleet ever until recen...

Post 1950 West and Marijuana

long history of the manner in which marijuana is perceived and regulated throughout the world. While western countries s...

20th Century United States and Social Welfare

those who want to help the poor, such as in the 1930s. There was relatively little opposition to Roosevelts New Deal because times...

Pesticides Explorting Harvard Case Study

environmental and ecological activist groups argue that these products cause illness and death to animals, fish and humans. They s...

Two Canadian Historical Writings Compared

In Peter MacLeods (University of Ottawa) 1996 article "Catholicism, Alliances and Amerindian Evangelists during the Seven Years Wa...

Federalism and Watershed Issues in the United States

settlers and encouraged them to irrigate their farms. To this day the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes are still trying to negotiate wi...

South Korea and the Presence of the United States Military

not yet ready for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Indeed, the presence of the U.S. military continues to be a justifiable stabiliz...

Fictitious Oral Interview with a Second World War Wife

hard time. What was going through your mind at this time, Rosa? A: Well, I know that most of us girls used to make up little ditti...

US and the Significance of Being Able to Speak Spanish

right. There is in fact a heated debate between those who think that the United States is losing its culture by becoming bilingual...

Post 911 and U.S. Islamic Communities

States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...

Forests, Forest Growth, and the Effects of Deer

forests. Study after study, as well as anecdote after anecdote, are pointing to the idea that as deer population increases, potent...

Second World War Internment of Japanese Americans in the United States

the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, was awe inspiring to some, comforting to others, but to the millions of Japanese-Americans who...

Edgar Allan Poe, September 11, 2001, Revenge, and Judgment

that "justice" was being defined since 9/11 appears to equate it with vengeance. A headline in the November 16th edition of the ...

Analysis of Domestic and Global Terrorism

In eight pages this paper analyzes global and domestic terrorism from the perspective of the United States in a consideration of p...

1900 to 1932 Latin America Role of the United States

Latin American countries has been made even more complex by the multitude of cultures which exist in these regions. Each of...

Companies and Class Action Lawsuits

about their eligibility. Q. How much money will I receive? A. You are eligible to receive a share of the settlement only if you o...

Philippines and Strategic US Policy

(Organization of Economic and Cooperative Development) as a mature economy. It does provide electronics assembly and manufacture,...

Lack of Anti Satellite Weapons' Control by the Soviet Union and the United States

this position we need to look at the way it was reached including the historical context, as this is the way the current military ...

America's Progressive Era and the 'Roaring Twenties'

had taken on an identity of their own, openly making bold statements for their even bolder owners. Colors played an integral part...

United States Supermarkets and Chinese Suppliers

Supply Chain in China On the surface, one might think that a major challenge is getting goods from China (and the rest...

Life of Benjamin Franklin from the Revolutionary War until the U.S. Constitution

general, an office he held for one year" (Anonymous Benjamin Franklin, 2002; franklin.htm). In the year 1775 he traveled to Can...

Historical Overview of Black Education in the United States

color of their skin. One such person was Prudence Crandall, a Quaker woman, who opened a school for black girls. There was such a ...

A Speech in Support of the Iraq War

the day before that the threat exists, but had done nothing, if we knew where the source of the threat was, who the terrorist were...

American Life Duality and the Tradition of John Locke

to living their lives at the mercy of their rulers. The vote for colonial democracy was a vote for the freedoms that are intrinsi...

American Obesity and Fast Food

unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...

Dominican Republic Dictator Rafael Trujillo

was given carte blanche to enforce the laws and priorities of Trujillo. Political opponents simply disappeared. Others were murder...

American History and Railroad Construction

end-of-the-track towns called hell-on-wheels" (The Iron Road). Explosions and avalanches were commonplace for the Chinese crews, ...

History of the Louisiana Purchase

or concerns which arose from the potential purchase of this territory. Initially, Louisiana was owned and controlled by the...