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American Essays and Term Papers
Gun ControlSince the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms
have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of
hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns
has changed significantly. Because of fast and steady increase in crime
and the fight for ...
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Tobacco And KidsEveryday 3,000 children start smoking, most them between the
ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new
smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adult smokers said that they first
lit up as teenagers (Roberts). These statistics clearly show that
young people are the prime ...
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Television In The 90’sToday, around the globe, television is thought to affect the lives of children and young adults. Sex and violence on television are now major influences in the up bringing of young children. We must take charge of the situation, by regulating what we are feeding to the minds of our youth.
In ...
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Economic Structure Of The MafiThe Mafia is viewed by many people as a bunch of gangsters like those that they might see on movies such as Goodfellas, The Godfather, or Donnie Brascoe. In all actuality the Mafia represents much more than that, it is an entity within itself. The original Sicilian Mafia was just a group of ...
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King Philip's WarIt had been forty years since the last major warfare between the Puritans and Native Americans. However, great tension still existed. The natives were forced to live under Puritan rule because of the ever-growing population in the colonies. Metacom (known as King Philip to the settlers), chief of ...
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Gulf War SyndromeThe was identified after the Gulf War in 1991. Thousands of troops from the US, British, and Canadian developed symptoms after the war. This Syndrome has been researched since the end of the Gulf War and still not all the answers have been found. Not only have thousands of troops suffered from ...
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CanabisCannibis Sativa Throughout history marijuana has been used to serve various purposes in many different cultures. The purposes have changed over time to fit in with the current lifestyles. This pattern is also true in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the ...
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The Manhattan ProjectOn the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over
the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb
ever. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to
about 20,000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. They were ...
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About Medical MarijuanaMarijuana is medicine. It has been used for thousands of years to treat a
wide variety of ailments. Marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) was legal in the
United States for all purposes - industrial and recreational, as well as
medicinal until 1937.
Today, only eight Americans are legally allowed to ...
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The Police And CorruptionThe police. Twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a
year, this division of our government has a mandate to enforce the criminal law
and preserve public peace. Understood in this mandate is an obligation to
police everyday life matters that originate in the daily lives and ...
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Bombing In Oklahoma CityThe bomb that ripped apart many lives in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 has left an open wound that still healing for Oklahomans. Its fall in the heave and the cool morning breeze rushes across the fence that lines 5th street where the Alfred P. Murrah once stood. Articles of clothing and notes ...
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With Malice Toward None By SteStephen B. Oates is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of eight other books, including The Fires of Jubilee and To Purge This Land with Blood. His task in this biography was to perpetuate Lincoln as he was in the days he lived. His purpose of this ...
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Democracy Best Form Of Government??
Is democracy the best form of government? President Lincoln thought so in his 1863 Gettysburg Address where he defined the kind of society he wanted the United States to preserve: “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Lincoln was describing an ideal form of government ...
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Isabella I("THE CATHOLIC.")
was the Queen of Castile; who was born in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres on 22 April, 1453; and died 26 November, 1504, in the castle of La Mota, which still stands at Medina del Campo (Valladolid). She was the daughter of John II, King of Castile, by his second ...
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Homosexuals: A Suspect Class??
The struggle for minority protection by lesbians and gay men has moved
to the center of American life at the outset of the 1990's. It is almost
certain that lesbian and gay issues will be a more eminent aspect of the public
consciousness and American political scene in the coming decade than in ...
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Robert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee is considered one of the greatest generals in the history of the United States. Lee was opposed to many views of the south, including succession and slavery, yet his loyalty to his native state of Virginia forced him to fight for the south and refuse command of the Union armies ...
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Mark Twain 3I chose to do Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) because I believe Twain is the greatest American author of all time.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens may have been one of the greatest American authors of all time. Samuel, Son of John and James Clemens, was born on November 30, 1835 in the town of ...
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Prostitutionis an issue which has caused controversy cross-culturally and
historically and which has many individuals reexamining the logistics of it.
If is decriminalized it will become economically profitable
and feasible for not only the prostitutes, but also western society as a
whole. Without the 20th ...
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What Is WitchcraftWhat is "Witchcraft"? This question is gaining importance to people as we approach the 20th century. To catch up with a constantly changing environment, people should be more aware and open-minded to things, especially to those that are rejected by our old traditional sets of values. We should get ...
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Richard NixonReconciliation was the first goal set by President Richard M. Nixon. The Nation was painfully divided, with turbulence in the cities and war overseas. During his Presidency, Nixon succeeded in ending American fighting in Viet Nam and improving relations with the U.S.S.R. and China. But the ...
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