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American Life As Influenced by the Immigration of Germans

In five pages this paper discusses how German immigration has had a profound impact on many parts of life in America including lag...

Impact of Poverty in the United States

Poverty is widespread in rural counties without economic bases. There are also 625 counties in the US where poverty and wealth are...

U.S. and How to Address the Public Health Crisis of Obesity

body mass index that is greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender, they are classified as obese (Dietz & Hunter, 2009). ...

Illiteracy in America

out before they learn to read and write are girls" (1). Finally, discrimination regarding race also enters the picture. The effec...

Freedom From British Rule and the Contributions of Paine and Jefferson

by the American readership who was eager to see a new direction forged in the colonies (Baym, Franklin, Gura, 630). Paine saw the...

Obama's Dreams from my father

were tears running done the cheeks of many Americans, and even those who voted against him. They were touched by the fact that an ...

Writing Back to the World

in jobs back in the States, but several committed suicide. Perhaps the most poignant letters are the ones in which the young man e...

Anzia Yezierska and Her Novel Bread Givers

no problem taking their wages to support himself, even as the rest of the family scrimps and saves and slips further into poverty....

Walmart Good or Bad?

better than a sweatshop with no benefits, low pay and conditions that lead to depression? It appears that there may be some truth ...

History of Weaponry in the United States

an increasingly common part of the archaeological record after 1600" (Of Stone and Stories: Pueblitos of Dinetah, 2009). They were...

Virgin America Airlines

airline is not getting off the ground so to speak on its own. In fact, there have been allegations that the airline simply is not ...

Daily Life during the Seven Years War in North America

going in different directions. I suspect we brought much of the prejudice with us from England. But there is no denying that the "...

Slavery in Two Worlds

slaves from Africa were sold mostly in the Americas. Wolf first discusses who bought these slaves and why, and then answers the q...

Culture and Religion in Conflict in Early America

2008). "Wherever the Dutch settled, as in the Hudson River Valley, the Dutch Reformed Church predominated ... German Reformed and ...

The Edge of Disaster

in the effort to make the nation more secure is the private sector, but it has not done so (2007). Instead, the government has tak...

Creating the American Character

p. v). Through Franklins writing, such as the homey advice of Poor Richards Almanac and also through his autobiography--through hi...

The Expansion of Tesco into the United States

they have adopted a more modest approach with the use of small neighbourhood stores called Fresh &Easy, focusing on California, th...

U.S. Society and 'the Creative Outsider'

In five pages this paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...

Sexual Promiscuity and Witchcraft

In six pages this paper examines witchcraft in America in an overview of the misconceptions regarding a relationship between witch...

Importance of a US National Program for Health Care

their cost in the treatment of the condition. Other insurance companies will chose not to insure the individual with the pre-exis...

Bob Dole for President

This paper consists of an eight page preelection discussion set in the fall of 1996 and examines why the background of Bob Dole an...

Overview of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

In nine pages this paper examines the use and abuse of drugs in America in this consideration of the role of the federal governmen...

Continuation of Economic Aid to Israel?

In five pages this paper discusses the United States' human rights concerns, global and fiscal policies in a consideration of whet...

Ethical Use of Land

In five pages this paper considers the land use changes that have occurred since the European settlement of America with environme...

Drug Cartels of South America

This paper consists of eight pages and examines the organized crime aspects of drug cartels in South America. Seven sources are c...

American Ethnic Communities and Religious Experience

In ten pages this paper discusses the ethnic communities in America and their religious experiences as presented in 'Go Tell It on...

American Language

In five pages this paper discusses language in the United States with a comparative analysis of two essays, 'If Black English Isn'...

U.S. Society Divisions Between Wealth and Poverty

In five pages this paper examines the disparity in rich and poor socioeconomic classes in America. Three sources are cited in the...

Second World War's Mythological Nature

In four pages this paper examines the myths associated with the Second World War in an analysis of Michael C.C. Adams' The Best Wa...

Being 'American' Concept Creation

In five pages the ways in which 'being American' as a nationality concept are considered in an examination of four authors of earl...