One of America's biggest problems today is the overcrowding of prisons. This began when the population of inmates started to soar in the 1980's. With the increase of rapist, murderers, and drug dealers skyrocketing, there is no reason to this overpopulation. The nation responds to this by buildin...

From 1860 to 1900 nearly 15 million "new immigrants" came to America from the Southern and Eastern European countries of Italy, Poland, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Greece, Turkey, and Syria. Of these "new immigrants" most were single, young men with few job skills. This differed from the immigratio...

Colonial America experienced rapid growth during the 18th century, with its population doubling every 25 years. Much of the foundation and growth of the American colonies can be attributed to the promise of economic opportunity. While land was plentiful and labor was in high demand, the colonist&apo...

Each year in America, 4-6 million animals are euthanized in our overcrowded shelter system. There just simply is nowhere for them to go. They die from no crime, but are kept like prisoners until their final day. Very few make it out, and will never know what it is like to run and play in the grass o...

There were many country-splitting issues that characterized the United States in the 1800s. A major one of these was Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States was destined to extend its territory west to the Pacific Ocean. The country separated as many people supported the idea, and many o...

The gold rush into California in the 1800's brought with it many social and political changes, including the introduction of Chinese immigration to American society. Most Chinese that came to the area were from regions that suffered from poverty, crime, and overpopulation. They came to Ameri...

In 1990 the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 57,985,595 people in the United States claimed some measure of German ancestry. This makes up almost a quarter of the U.S. population. German immigration started as early as 1607. The first three Germans to migrate to the U.S. were, F.Un...

Old and New Immigrants, Birds of Passage, and True Immigrants Historians have divided immigration to the United States into two categories: old and new immigrants. With population increases in almost every European country due to advances in medicine and public health standards resulti...

We Are Going To Die In the magazine article entitled "We Are Not Immune" written by Ronald J. Glasser M.D. He discusses diseases, viruses and epidemics to American's health. He argues that no matter what we do to prevent these sicknesses, we will never be immune. He al...

Immigration in America came as a result of the industrialization of the United States. The American business class needed a larger working class to perform the extra labor the country now needed to have done in order to have a strong economic system, especially with the construction of railroads. Be...

Urbanization as a Social Problem How is urbanization negatively effecting our society? The answer to this question is not a simple one. This essay will not only break down the problems of urbanization in the United States, but it will also tell you some of the attempts made to fix the probl...

The 2000 Presidential election has brought much attention to itself. While a slew of lawyers try to cheat their respective political figurehead into the White House, the topics discussed during the debates have been put aside. Affirmative action and education touch upon a delicate subject, which hin...