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Immigration of Hispanics into the United States

government. Political dissent and conflict were thereafter more or less continuous in Alta California except for a temporary resp...

History of U.S. Aviation and Terrorism

a little less safe. While talk of terrorism when a passenger jet went down in Lockerbie, Scotland was in the air, no one expected ...

U.S. Middle Schools and Deficiencies in Mathematics

implement middle school principles. The predominant theory for the last fifty years or so has been that the middle school is the b...

School Deviancy and Crime

a perspective, and as such will act accordingly. As two authors note, "Until we make schools engaging learning communities whose m...

Immigration Policy and Global Trade

opportunities it was expected to offer in numerous industry sectors. Those that were to take advantage of such fortuity included ...

Historic Naturalization and Immigration Discrimination

a nation has received more immigrants than any other country in the world (Takaki, 1994). Most of these immigrants were received ...

Why Was America Targeted on 9-11-01?

Gaza; --the US has been openly hostile toward the very concept of Islamic government replacing secular ones. --the US is perceive...

Bhopal, India's Union Carbide Plant and Ethics

removed a pressure gauge that was attached to the tank, stuck a hose in the hole and filled the tank with water (Dykes and Graham,...

Capitalism and Democracy

unleashed a joining together of the people so that new economic and political ideas could be shared in a way they had not been bef...

U.S. Labor Unions

The movement opened doors for women and African Americans that had up until then been shut tight. In short, the Knights of Labor ...

1979 Hostage Crisis at the US Embassy in Iran

as American stood by and helplessly followed the plight of the 66 men and women who were trapped in the embassy, and as more and m...

U.S. Civil War Reconstruction and Freedmen

noble the goals of the Freedmens Bureau, however, the war-ravaged South was not in any shape to support its efforts. The e...

US Impact of the World Trade Organization

of these agreements can help lower trade barriers so that its not as expensive to either import or export goods into different cou...

Timothy McVeigh's Execution and Its Social and Legal Repercussions

suffering, and death upon fellow Americans. Evidence quickly developed to incriminate at least two individuals associated with th...

Kindergarten Starting Age

students. However, even though a child has reached the magic age of five, that does not automatically imply that there is a corre...

American Patriotism

anything to do with the red, white and blue. This displaying of our nations colors however, is only the most immediate and obviou...

America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

Rights for Women in America

this issue, such as Craig v. Boren, in which the Supreme Court decided to look more closely at any type of classification based up...

The Influence of Tobacco Money in U.S. Politics

gave more than $32.6 million in PAC and soft money contributions to politicians of both parties (Tobacco Interests, 2002). The rea...

Europe's Toys 'R Us Performance

R Us was in full force, its labor practices were questioned once European stores opened. In 1996, trade unions in the region had r...

Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson's Domestic Policies

first State of the Union, Kennedy remarked: "We take office in the wake of seven months of recession, three and one-half years of ...

U.S. Culture and Societal Impacts of the Cold War

II. RELIVING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE It has been argued that the end of the Cold War has made "obsolete...

A US Prison Reform History

"prisons" from where people never emerged; the most famous being the Bastille of Paris, France, scene of the French Revolution. Th...

Shortcomings of Math and Science Textbooks

science texts were found to be unsatisfactory with little potential for helping students learn important ideas and skills(Stern, R...

U.S. v. Germany and Gay Rights

for the most part, Biblically and legally, heterosexual unions are the only ones legally recognized when it comes to marriage. The...

A Regression Analysis Example

industry, with the share price for Ford and then the US retail sales for new car dealers (in millions). We will use this second se...

Decisions Involving Global Business

major airlines that provide service into El Paso, which also would service Juarez. Those airlines are American, Delta, Southwest, ...

The Role Of Congress in the Federal Budget Process

Houses Office of Management and Budget (OMB) following the guidelines the President has specified (Office of Management and Budget...

U.S. and Hispanics Who Are Overweight

and nutrition data on the three largest Hispanic subgroups in the United States: 1) Mexican Americans in selected counties in Ariz...

U.S. Corporate Sector and Sexual Harassment Issues

made such conduct a crime of "discrimination for which the employer might be held responsible (Stein, 1999, p. 3). Despite a few ...