Essays on United States

The present world has been developed as a result of a large number of past events and occurrences. All through the past two hundred years, the world has seen a number of wars, disturbances, moments that have created the so called present world. The initial phase for the upbringings saw both a constructive and destructive phase. Thousands of people were killed in all parts of the world while many countries were conquered by the powerful nations. In the same period, some of the countries emerged as the major powers of the world. The most powerful nation that emerged out

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This is a book review, Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford’s forgotten jungle city, written by Professor Greg Grandin. It talks about how Henry Ford built the American city in South America, Amazon, for rubber trees Grandin (2010). Ford needed rubber for cars production; it was the only suitable place in South America. He was looking for a place which looked like the American cities; with good streets and water to drink Watts(2005). The people there did not like how Henry Ford did his business and paid wages, so they developed a certain habit Raff

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Part 1: Background information

Honduras is approximately 1000 miles from Miami. It is located in the north- central part of Central America. It borders El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Honduras is a mountainous country, with river valleys and coastal plains. It is a small country with an area of 48, 200 square miles. The capital city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa. The main language is Spanish. In 2012, statistics showed that the population of Honduras was 8,296,693. Honduras is a democratic constitutional republic. As of 2014, the president of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández and he won with a National Party

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It was a sunny day of November 22, 1963. The clock was approaching half past one p.m. as the people of Dallas, Texas, were still coming to Dealey Plaza to see the motorcade of the 35th President of United States, a young democrat who they believed will finally lead America into a brighter and prosperous future. He was seating in a black uncovered presidential limousine near his beautiful First Lady, Jacqueline, smiling and waving to the people who came to meet him. Nellie Connally, then the First Lady of Texas state who was sitting before Kennedy on the passenger

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Immigration in America

Immigration in America began in 16th century with Spanish settlers, later English and French settlers joined in the 17th century. However, despite continuous immigration in American history, 1880 to 1924 proved to be the epochal period. Between the year 1877 and 1900 immigration took a different perspective as the number increased, increasing concern within the native-born white Americans as compared to the Indian people or black people living in America. During that period, approximately 7,348,000 immigrants entered United States. This led to increase in population from 49 million within 1880’s to 76 Million in the year,

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Introduction
With the growing security threats in the United States such as the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of many Americans and foreigners, the National Security Agency put in place security measures that will ensure that the United States’ government is able to monitor its citizen’s communication. Despite the security concerns, the American constitution defends the rights and freedoms of speech of the people by upholding the principles of free living. Consequently, there have been varied reactions on the government’s efforts to monitor the communication in the interests of national security. These opponents of the governmental

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This research paper examines three commonly-used food coloring substances: annatto, cochineal and saffron. Topics addressed include the sources of the colorings (geographic and in nature), how they are used (with which foods), and how they are affected, e.g. by cooking or by acidity when used.

Annatto

Annato is a naturally-occurring dye, ranging in color from a “bright yellow to deep orange” (“What is Annatto?” n.d.). The seeds of the achiote tree – indigenous to Central and Southern America – are the source of the dye, which in those regions is not only used as food coloring but simply as a dyestuff and

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Introduction

Smoking ban refers to the prohibition of smoking as part of public policies for occupational safety and health regulations in office buildings and public places like bars, restaurants, city parks, college campuses and even public beaches. The rationale used for introducing smoking ban was to prevent second hand smoking. It has been estimated that the number of deaths caused by second hand smoking in USA is more than 42,000 people every year including infants (CDC #1, 2014). Since the implementation of this ban has made it a troublesome for smokers to smoke freely in places of their choice,

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Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, published in 1969, is an autobiographical look into the coming-of-age years of the African-American author. Throughout the novel, Angelou’s discusses themes such as racism and segregation that she experienced, simply for being African American. She also discusses experiencing displacement throughout this period in her life, living in seven different homes in a relatively short period of time. There is also an overwhelming theme that speaks to Angelou’s resistance to racism; all of these culminated to form Angelou’s social identity. She covers many different events that helped

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Racism started early in the sixteenth century with many Africans falling victim to the menace due to the economic situation in Africa. The documentary, A History of Racism (BBC) analyzes the colonial developments in the world from various perspectives. The main idea in the documentary tackles racism and themes about racism. Most victims in the documentary hailed from Africa and Asia, but Africans took a larger share. The documentary utilizes scholarly sources to show the evolution of racism in the past 500 years and the changing relationship between Africa, Europe, and America. Furthermore, the documentary review racial discrimination consistently

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Mark Krikorian believes that measures to curb illegal immigration have yet to achieve an acceptable level of functionality given the scope of the problem. His take on the issue is "Much needs to be done before the United States has the enforcement arrangements necessary to permanently reduce illegal immigration to a nuisance rather than an ongoing crisis." (Krikorian, 2012) He begins his argument with statistics that point to the prevalence of the problem. While immigration has decreased, Krikorian's interpretation of the data suggests this decrease to be deceptive. Though there is an all time decrease in illegal immigration, Krikorian

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It is not rocket science that Jews suffered a great deal in the hands of the German war machine. The Nazis were a dangerous lot. They did not have mercy. However, even though they suffered, many chose to endure the suffering and die while fighting for their rights to exist. If it were me, I would have done the same thing as they did. I would not have gone anywhere. Knowing very well that access to safer grounds like America were denied, I would have stayed and suffered with others. Though the temptation to flee, either to America or

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International Actors at Play in Central Asia

Chapter one deals with the role played by Russia in the politics of Central Asia. From the beginning of the chapter, the author recognizes the importance of Russia in the Central Asian history. Russian cultural practices and language are still prevalent in the region. Russia is also a strategic partner in terms of security issues in the region. One of the major points in this chapter is the new challenges that were brought about by old patterns. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the new independent states increasingly endeavored to exclude Moscow from their operations.
This was the

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Eco-Friendly Funerals

The bodies of the dead have been a matter of great concern especially to the loved ones of the deceased. Various propositions have always been made on how they wanted the body of their own to be handled. For instance, cremating the dead was objected especially in the conservative London, Grainger, H. J. (2000). However with time, legislations changed and the practice was allowed. This paper tries to look keenly into the views people have on cremation, the benefits of cremating the dead and how it is ecologically relevant to do so. The paper will pay attention to the

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- Historical Documents
In general, terms, the U.S Constitution is the country’s supreme law. It was adopted on 17 September 1787. However, it was not until 1789 that this constitution was ratified. During this time, it was ratified by only 11 states. Though authored by several personalities, Governor Morris who hailed from Pennsylvania has been credited as the man who chaired the committee that drafted the constitution. Other members of the committee included John Dickinson, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison among others (Ritchie et al. 56). The Constitution was created for a number of purposes. Of major importance,

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The Ethics for Business Owners in Hiring Illegal Immigrants

Introduction
There is a great deal of debate concerning the hiring of illegal immigrants by United States businesses. Those against the hiring of illegal immigrants argue that these immigrants are taking jobs away from American workers. In this country, there are actually strong penalties for hiring undocumented or illegal workers because the hiring of illegal immigrants violates both federal and state law. Although it is illegal to hire illegal immigrants, there are these that consider it in terms of an ethical issue for businesses.
So, what is ethics? “There is a difference between ethics and law. The law summarizes

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Rehabilitation of mentally ill in prisons and jails: issues and concerns

The California Department of Corrections (CDC) in 2005 added the term “rehabilitation” as a part of the agency’s official title, becoming the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the CDCR. However, the change in title did not result in a change of philosophy in the treatment of prisoners in the United States. Though the reintegration of the methodology of rehabilitation officially entered the regime of the CDRC, there is little or no evidence that the methodology has significantly changed (Berkeley- University of California, 2009, p. 277).
Berkebile (2010, p.1) reported that by 2009, California’s penal

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Wal-Mart is the largest retail store in the United States of America and also the leading private employer. Wal-Mart owns more than 10,000 retail stores in 27 countries. Currently, the number of employees stands at 2.2 million globally with 1.3 million of them in the United States alone (2012 Workforce 2).
As it is true of most multinational companies, Wal-Mart is highly diverse. The company employs more than 44,000 Asian associates, 174,000 Hispanic associates, 272,000 African-American associates, 6,000 native Hawaiian associates, 14,000 American-Indian associates, 813,000 female associates and 20,000 associates belonging

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Analyzing “Everyday Use”

The story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker has been source of inspiration for many people. It is story based on an interesting topic that would make anyone attracted to its content. The story is interesting on how it succeeds in bringing out lessons such as true inheritance. This paper will aim at evaluating the literal techniques that Alice has used to bring meaning into this story. For proper understanding of the “Everyday Use” story, it is significant to conduct an analysis on elements of theme, characterization, and symbolism.
In the story, Alice Walker sides with a theme of the

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Globally, the strategies, technologies and tactics used to carry out campaign politics have greatly evolved. The American presidential debate in 2008 carried a sizeable impact of prompt communication to engage the audience and establish a proper political support. During this initial Super Bowel broadcast, an hour campaign debate left great footage of the candidates outstretched to a number of audiences. According to political analysts, this first presidential debate marked a historical event to create the current positions of the two candidates. Around the clock, all media stations appeared midway to accelerate and prove the torrent success of the debate

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The German reunification was preceded by a deep social, economic and political crises in the GDR, which had been developing for the last 4 years before 1990 and led to a rapid pace of uniting East and West Germany during one year, from October 1989 to October 1990, when on the political map of Europe, a new joint Germany with 78 million population emerged.
Difficulties of the unification process revealed very soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as the political, economic, social and psychological differences of East and West Germany, which proved to be more

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The War on Terror which is also referred to as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) is applied to an international military campaign that was initiated after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks in America. As an international military campaign, it was intended to eliminate militant organizations such as al-Qaeda, and other terrorist groups so as to end terrorism. The war on terror has taken different directions and phases. Although the results have been good, a lot is at stake (Gardner 624). Nations such as the U.S have spent billions of dollars to end the menace. As a result,

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The Patriotic Act first came into effect after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. At the time, it seemed like a very good idea and many Americans were in support of the act as they viewed it as a plausible way of deterring future acts of terrorism. Most of the country was still in shock after the devastation caused by the terrorist attack and naturally, they rallied behind what they thought was an effective response to this major setback. It is clear that the people at

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California Government: Section Readings Key Points

Federalism as a System of Government
The government of the United States of America is a federalist system which is composed of the federal governments, state governments, and local, county, city and township governments. The smaller governments are the creation of state government (See Greenberg, p. 44). “Federalism is a system under which significant government powers are divided between the central government and smaller units, such as states. A federal system can be contrasted with two other common types of government: a confederation and a unitary government. In a confederation, the constituent states get together for certain common purposes

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When people feel that their mother country does not offer them what they desire in life, they decide to seek it in other countries. The immigrant issue is an issue that many countries have to deal with human. Immigration is an issue that has been there for many years; there are, however, nations which have a high number of immigrants than others with the US being one of the nations with a high number of immigrants.
Immigrants who have moved to the US have given various reasons for their migration and why they preferred to move to the US

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Introduction

For a long, French fries and hamburgers have been the order of the day in most restaurants. This is rapidly changing across many food restaurants. It is not the end of French fries and burgers as such. It is the dawning of an era of quick, affordable and increasingly healthier foods compared to erstwhile fast foods. More precisely, real food is rapidly becoming the new fast food. There is widespread commitment to healthy food choices as a lifestyle rather than a diet. This has developed this new trend where previously fringe foods like vegetable juice, kales and organic produce

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How Did Religion Influence Early U.S. History
A value of knowing the origin of nations helps to understand their social orders and laws. America is the only nation in which the starting point of a great person has been vividly observed. This is so because the growth of nations bears some marks of their origin. The situations that followed their birth and contributed to their development affect the nation. On evaluating the elements of state and the oldest monuments of American history, one can discover the prejudices, the habits and the ruling, which constitute the national character. This explains

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As the process of migration continued to rise in America, it led to increased consumption of goods in the market. Ethnic groups expressed unique norms and values on the consumption behavior. Among the ethnic groups were the Jewish communities, which immersed themselves into cultural groups and portrayed great deal in their purchasing power, which put them in the upper socioeconomic class. The important thing about American Jewish is their connection between consumer decision making and ethnicity. It is believed that Jewish ethnicity exerted more effect on behavior of individuals as compared to other ethnic groups in America. Jewish consumers

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There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the balance of trade deficit in bilateral trade between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Many American analysts, including Lou Dobbs, argue have increasingly argued that the trade between the USA and China only serves to benefit China more than the American people. There is consensus that there has been significant growth in trade between two countries. China is currently the third largest trading partner of the United States.
China is also the 3rd largest destination for exports from the US. Figures for exports

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Years before the American civil War of 1861-1865, the two sides that were formed on the issue of slavery had already had different disagreements. While the Southern states were keen on ensuring slavery continued in America, the northern states sought to abolish the act and in turn make all of America slaves free. This has been attributed to the fact that the Southern States were in fact cotton farmers and had big plantations of the same all over the southern territory. With slaves came free labor and major profits from said plantations. On the other hand, Northern

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The Advisor on European and Western Hemisphere

Via The Secretary of Political Affairs
The United States government should proceed with a measure of isolating Russia with social political sanctions, asset freeze, terminate military cooperation’s, visa bans and barn from the international trade communities. The Obama administration should lead in rallying the community of nations around a series of steps that would impact Russia economically. With the referendum in Crimea, there is a real danger that Moscow might seize further territory with the Moscow agents orchestrating turmoil in the Russian speaking east of Ukraine. The interim government in Kiev has expressed their concerns that Russia might

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Reconstruction, in the US history, is the period (1865-77) immediately after the American civil war. It was during this period that the undoing of slavery to all other sectors of the American economy was put into perspective. 11 states had also been readmitted to the union despite the fact that they had earlier receded. This period saw the dignity of black people restored to some extent, and this was greatly fastened by radical republicans. Those who support an interracial democracy have been shown to applaud this period almost in its entirety. As such, this can be taken to be

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Introduction

Many people have done an analysis concerning the reality of the American dream. The American people have identified critical factors of consideration if the country were to realize her destined achievement. The factors include those that enhance the realization and those that pull behind. The positive ones are encouraged whereas the cons are obliged to get into extinction. This is the perfect way to achieve the American dream. For the purpose of this paper, it will take a critical look at the ideas of Harlton Dalton and Gregory Mantsios towards the realization of the American dream. A dream of

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Introduction

Discrimination is the act of unfairly treating someone, or a group of people, based on the category to which they belong rather than on the basis that they deserve such treatment. The unfair treatment may be based on age, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, height, size, sex, mental ability and physical ability. It involves treating other people with prejudice. Discrimination limits opportunities for individuals. Discrimination is an injurious behavior and should be discouraged in any way. The purpose of this paper is to study discrimination in the United States, particularly discrimination against international students.

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Since the early years, the automobile industry had experienced many changes, especially technologically and mode of production. In 1895, there were only four registered vehicles in America. However, due to technological advancement the number has increased tremendously to 250 million vehicles. These include SUVs, trucks and cars. The existing main automobile companies in the American Society include General Motors, Olds Motor Company, Ford, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Stanly Steamer, Oakland Motor Car, and Pierce Arrow among others (ABR Staff Writer). The Ford Motor Company is among the flourishing companies and participator of the establishment and development of automobile in America.
While

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The American dream offers equal opportunity to people both in small and large decisions that affects the people’s life. It contains the freedom of people to look for wealth, the liberty to aim for superior things and the freedom for individual to live according to their moral values even if the values are not widely accepted.
Both the American immigrants and the native born American can pursue this dream and achieve them despite the economy, the political system like the communist dictatorship, and the American enterprise structure that is free. This style makes it promising for people to

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The Second World War has been regarded as the Good War for many reasons, and many have defended the participation of the United States in it as morally and rationally justified. This justification is based on the belief that Germany and Japan were threatening the power balance of the world and would have posed an impending danger to America and the rest of the free world if they were not stopped.
The book was written in 1972, in a time where the United States had waged many other wars, and the public had started to question the stand taken

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Health Care Disparities

I will start by defining the phrase health disparities also known to many as health disparity. It refers to the gaps in the value of health and health care across cultural, sexual orientation, ethnicity and socioeconomic clusters. The services administration and health resources also have their unique definition. They define health disparities as the resident’s precise differences in the existence of diseases, right to use to health care, or vigor outcomes (Foreman, 2006).
African-American culture being one of the minority groups in the United States is associated with numerous disparities. For example, it has a higher occurrence of

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Introduction

One of the longest wars that America has involved itself in was the Vietnam War. This war, which took place between 1959 and 1979, was a prolonged struggle between the United States and North Vietnamese nationalist forces who were trying to unite the country under a single communist government. Unlike many wars where America has emerged victorious, the nation was however defeated in this war and communism took over in Vietnam. Many Americans opposed the war and today, this war is often used as benchmark of what America ought not to do when it comes to foreign conflicts. In

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Though San Gabrielle is the main geographical centre of this region, the ‘Chinese District’ has other regions, Monterey Park, Temple City, Alhambra and Rowland Heights. Being the main geographical area of this place, it has many Chinese people. In this paper, we shall discuss more about San Gabrielle or as many know it, the Chinese District.

History

San Gabriele was founded by Junipero Serra and in 1852; it became the original Township of Los Angeles County. It was named after the Mission San Gabriele Arcangel, and its motto, is ‘A city with a Mission’’. In the 19th Century, the western

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