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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...

Two Canadian Historical Writings Compared

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

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,...

Reconstruction and the Civil War

restore statehood after the Civil War. James McPhersons "Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction", however, is particula...

Conflict in Bosnia and Global Strategy

has also been criticised as continuing for too long a period. However diplomacy also provided a continuing back-up and route for p...

Culture, Demographics and Socioeconomics of the Black American Family

earned a bachelors degree by March 2000. This is considered as the highest degree of educational attainment ever recorded in Afric...

Comparing the Use of Alcohol and Tobacco in the U.S. and New Zealand

those who smoke at this early age are also products of the society around themselves. If this is true we would also expect to find...

American Imperialism and Vietnam

same. Because of this, the American people found it easy t believe that the South Vietnamese were, "or soon would be," just like ...

Twentieth Century as 'the American Century'

like anything was possible and the sky was the limit when brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright piloted their homemade plane a short ...

1979 Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt and America's Mediator Role

Minister Menachem Begin. With an olive branch extended, the U.S. wasted little time in initiating diplomatic efforts to promote p...

U.S. vs. the Middle East Dictatorship Perceptions

this in mind, then, it is not surprising that there is such turmoil in that region. Interestingly enough, both democracy and dic...

Ethics and Joint Business Ventures

typically has new technology and business practices to offer whereas the domestic company contributes because of their already est...

Discussion of Diabetes Mellitus

damaging kidney function, eyesight and having the very real potential of causing limb amputation. Genetically determined, diabete...

Roles of the G.H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations in the Somalia Operation Restore Hope

no "overriding American national interests" in Somalia and saw Bushs efforts as a needless waste of military funds which would res...

US as Global Law Enforcer, Responsibilities and Rights

American nationalism is an ideology which has shaped the face of the world as we see it today. The United States itself first pro...

United Nations and the Importance of America's Continuing Presence

far removed from the days when a country could independently govern within its own boundaries in oblivion to what was occurring on...

Post Second World War Capitalism and the Bretton Woods System

The International Band for Reconstruction and Development would be formed as a consequence of the Bretton Woods System in 1945 (Wo...

Social Life and Intellect in Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

and find neither peril nor advantage in the free interchange of their thoughts. If they meet by accident, they neither seek nor av...

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...

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...

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...

Post 1950 West and Marijuana

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

Arguing in Support of Violent Juvenile Offender Sentencing as Adults

As a consequence there has been a growing tendency within our criminal justice system to try juveniles who commit such atrocities ...

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...

Paving America: the Interstate Highway Act of 1956

California to Arizona for example).7 Before the interstate highway system was built, the cities were strong and vibrant; most of ...

Iranian Law and Criminal Justice

place in about the third century; it lasts until the 20th. Iran went through a number of revolutions in the 20th century, includi...