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1845 to 1865 History of U.S. Railroads

state. While Stevens failed to raise enough money to build his proposed railroad, he still desired to apply steam locomotion to ra...

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...

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...

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...

Relations Between Russia and the United States and the Continuing Effects of the Cold War

Russian Revolution was all for naught. Communism was a dismal failure and Russia is now a poor country while the U.S. is seen as t...

Fireflies of the Eastern United States

the females attention away from competing males (Nevins, 1999). Species also vary according to their flight pattern, the time of...

Trade Agreement Between Singapore and the United States

totally open entrepreneurism (Singapore, 2003), and its success results from the governments active courting of international busi...

Twenty First Century War Policy of the United States

and far-reaching of a strategy as that which has proven itself necessary in the wake of the September 11 attacks on America in New...

Asia, the United States, and Blue Jeans

few wore them. Although jeans are considered an all-American item, they were actually invented by German immigrant Levi Strauss du...

Global Environmental and Children's Health and the Foreign Policy of the United States

Clearly there is a problem. Due to many technological advances and increasing worldwide populations, there are more and more...

Analyzing Noam Chomsky's Views on the United States and the World

still American-made. The Chomsky considers that Israel is more and offshore U.S. military base than a country in its own right --...

Charter Schools and Vouchers: Assessing the Value

United States around the end of the 20th century, as something of a middle ground in the traditional dichotomy of public and priva...

DECLINE OF THE UNITED STATES: HOW THE CURRENT SITUATION COMPARES WITH THE FALL OF ROME’S EMPIRE

Empire. First was the emphasis in Ancient Rome on "bread and circuses," which were used to distract the population from real probl...

The United States Military-Industrial Complex and its Ethical Violations

various economic benefits which the MIC arrangements have generated in society (Byrne, 2010). However, any claim to ethical adhere...

School Violence, Poverty, Racism and the Nation's Schools

as a whole, or toward an individual because he (or she) is a member of that group" (Spencer, 1998, p. 25). By and large, schools ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

1967 Case of Katz v. United States

to recognize as reasonable(Katz v US 387 U.S. 347). THE ARGUMENT One of the very reasons that this country clamored for its in...

United States and and the End of the Cold War by John L. Gaddis

confrontation known as the Cold War was aided and abetted by the American tendency to be suspicious of power, even when it wielded...

Overuse of Psychotropic Drugs in the United States

An overview of why psychotropic drugs are overprescribed and overused in America is presented in a report consisting of ten pages....

21st Century United States, Social Mobility, and Success

they nevertheless have done something wonderful to deserve praise. While most people understand what success is, social mobility ...

Recidivism in the United States

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at prison recidivism. Issues of racial disparity in recidivism are also noted. Paper u...

Disability Fraud in the United States

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at disability fraud. Senator testimony provides the basis for intervention recommendat...

Asperger Programs, A Letter to the Editor

This essay presents an argument that there should be specific programs in the public school system that are designed to meet the n...

Importance of Value-Based Educational Instruction

This research paper pertains to the significance of values-based instruction within the public school system. Four pages in length...

Education Needs Systemic Change

This essay discusses education as a system and supports the premise that real improvement will only come from systemic changes. I...

American Schools, the Problem of Racial Inequality

This research paper pertains to the issue of racial inequality in the U.S. school system and the gap between the academic achievem...