Child Labor: Past and Present Although forms of child labor are still in affect today, the worst of it is in the past. Commonly defined as work performed by children endangering their health or safety, interfering with their education, or keeping them from activities that are important for their d...

It is virtually impossible to answer the question of whether America's farmers or industrial workers had it worse in the period 1865 through 1916, because issues of gender, culture, and race make it difficult, if not impossible, to generalize about people in either occupation. Furthermore, reg...

This theme song to a popular cartoon is a farce dealing with experiments carried out on animals. In the cartoon one mouse is made very smart and wants to take over the world while the other is clearly not as smart. While the cartoon makes jokes, the reality is that mice and other animals re being us...

In the early 19th century, as industrialization began to take place in America, the lives of American citizens changed drastically. Manufacturing was becoming a greater part of the economy than agriculture, and transportation was changing the ways of life for everyone. By the middle of the 19th ce...

In the late Eighteenth Century there existed a great debate between the most prominent philosophic and political thinkers of the age. The topic of the debate would ultimately change the face of the United States of America into the country that we live in today. The landscape of the nation was ver...

November 06, 2000 Governor Pete Wilson 1001 Sunset Blvd San Francisco, CA 90210 Dear Governor Wilson: Executive Summary I am a law abiding citizen, who pays hard earned tax dollars to the state and I want a chance to be heard. This letter will be representing millions of citizens ...

3. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 3.1. Historical Background 3.1.1. The U.S Civil War "War is a hellish way to settle a disagreement" The American Civil War (1861 - 1865) was one of the most violent times in the History of the United States. Many books have been written on all aspects of the Civil War...

Geographic factors were not the only important component in the establishment of slavery in American Colonies and Serfdom in Russia. Forced labour in both countries was a result of the shortage of labour in their societies, yet was more significant to the development of Slavery. Also, Economic facto...

Natural Resources and ecology. Coursework. Since the mid nineteen sixties, environmentalism has exploded as a movement. Many environmentalists view modern industrial society as unsustainable and the way that western society functions as damaging the earth's natural biosphere and cycles. Th...

October 24, 1924, will always be known as "Black Thursday." In a matter of minutes the bottom dropped out of the stock market and panic sat in across America as the prices of stocks and bonds steadily skidded downward for three and one half years. The direct and immediate result...

Have you ever driven down the road in some town somewhere and saw a person wearing different clothes than you or selling their cultural arts and crafts, that are unusual to you, but not to them? Have you wondered where they "got" that idea from, or who "taught" them that? I'...

As societies across the world continue to grow, with populations never before conceivable, one of the biggest concerns is food. Not only is it the concern as of right now, it is one of the largest and deadliest problems, not only in small third world countries but even in America we see issues with ...

The years between 1930 and 1945 were among the most extraordinary in American history. From the depths of the Great Depression to the exhilaration of victory in World War Two, the American experience was marked by extremes of discontent, deprivation, dislocation and, finally, the feeling of undilut...

The 1920s was the decade in which people called the \"Roaring Twenties\" because a lot of changes were occurring nationwide that affected everybody everywhere around the nation. Immigration has just kicked up with its \"Second wave\" of immigrants arriving from Southern and Eastern Europe. They mi...

Midterm Essay #2: Topic #2 "Irish and African Americans" In the period of vast immigration into the United States and within it, the Irish and African Americans are very closely related in their experiences as immigrants and their experiences during and after their immigration. Their ...

The Media Monopoly The Media Monopoly, the fifth edition, was written by Ben H. Bagdikian, a dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Bagdikian originally published this book in 1983 to warn the public ab...

The complexion of farming is changing radically. The land cannot support as many farm families as it did in an earlier time. Small farms are being consolidated into larger ones. General farms, with several kinds of crops and a barnyard of farm animals, are yielding to specialty farms that concentrat...

Who are the Amish If you are interested the values and lifestyle of the nineteenth century, here is a great example: The Amish, is a group of religious people who live in settlements in 22 states and (Ontario), Canada. The roots of the Amish come from Mennonite community, a part of early Ana...

The spirit catches you and you fall down by Anne Fadiman is a remarkable book, explaining the difficulties faced by Hmong refugees in the United States. Most importantly, Fadiman explains the complications of a system where two cultures try stepping on each other. Although the book describes some ve...

The 13th Amendment The 13th amendment was one of the most influential amendments to have ever been passed in our country. The passing of this amendment meant an ending to slavery and with that, an ending to an entire way of life. The Southern States that seceded from the union were forced to ...

FLSA & COBRA – Both in Need of a Fix Question ONE: Are these two laws as effective today as they were at the time they were passed into law? Question TWO: What recommendations are to be made in terms of upgrades and improvements? COBRA: It can be safely said – with some qualification &...

In a time of war, it is far too easy to get caught up in the violence and forget that the true goal is peace. Hate, death, and pain make it difficult for the belligerent nations to think rationally and come up with a plan to end the violence. This is why a third party is necessary. A third party see...

At the end of the 15th century, Christopher Columbus began a journey. His journey would set in motion, the cultural collision, of a new world. This new world would now be the new home for Europeans, Africans, and a changed home for Native Americans. The residents of this new world would find comfort...

Illegal Immigration and the Economy Illegal immigration has become one of the key political issues of the 1990s, especially in border states such as California. The Bureau of the Census estimates that there are now 4 million illegal aliens living in the United States and that about 300,000 mor...

Globalization Monster Globalization is not a trend or a fad. It is an international system which replaced the Cold War system and, like its predecessor has its own rules and logic that now influence the politics, economics and environment of virtually every country in the world. It is important ...