Essays Tagged: "united stated"

How could the Holocaust have beet prevented

ed by ignorance, could very well have been prevented. There were many powerful nations, such as the United Stated, the USSR, and Britain, whose leaders and militaries could have stepped in and helped ... ere old or poor, 'stayed to face an uncertain fate' (Stadtler, 12). The countries of Europe and the United States too, only admitted a small number of Jews. Had these countries made an exception for t ...

(9 pages) 338 4 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

LEGALIZE IT?

t down of Marijuanausers led to the downfall of many well respected Americans. During the 1900's theUnited Stated has committed itself to and unprecedented war on marijuana that is costly,unjustified ... In Africa, Marijuana is known as'dagga', in China as 'ma', in Northern Europe as 'hemp' and in the United States aseither 'pot', 'buds', 'reefer', 'weed' or the more direct, 'smoke'. Marijuana goes b ...

(3 pages) 156 5 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The Shrinking Welfare State: An essay about individuals who abuse our welfare system, and steps the government should take to stop this.

re generous welfare states and they have a much lower out-of-wedlock birth rate than we have in the United States. This may be true but I do not believe that it comes from the fact that they are recei ... at it comes from the fact that they are receiving more government assistance. I believe that in the United Stated we have lost a lot of family values and we believe that it is okay to have children ou ...

(4 pages) 118 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Abuse of Presidential Power: Richard Nixon.

te scandal of the 1970's was the beginning of the American Presidency downfall. Throughout history, United States Presidents had been able to relish the unstated rule that their weaknesses and persona ... personality flaws were off-limits to the press and the American public. Since the inception of the United States, no sitting United Stated President had voluntarily resigned the Presidency. Only one ...

(12 pages) 252 1 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Edo, Meiji, and Taisho periods.

the merchants, called chonin, were considered very low class but eventually became wealthy.In 1853 United Stated Navy Commodore Mathew C. Perry arrived with his "black ships". He wanted to trade and ...

(2 pages) 35 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Critical Review-Public Access to Computers and Computing Facilities

building and improving the telecommunication infrastructure.The Fiscal and Regulatory EnvironmentIn United Stated (US), the Community Technology Centers (CTC) provides access to technology to lower in ... velopment plans so that the people, especially the poor and lower income level are not left behind. United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) Malaysia's project in ICT in Malaysia aims to improve pol ...

(7 pages) 133 0 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Legalization of Marijuana

titute of Medicine, a highly credible source, found that, in 1996 68.6 million people or 32% of the United Stated population over 12 had tried marijuana at least once in there lifetime and was growing ...

(4 pages) 91 3 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

The role of language in immigrant family

e Xuong Lamwhois the head of a close-knit family of Chinese refugees from Vietnam andsettled in the United Stated six years ago, at older ages cannot changetheir cultural values; Lam says, "When you a ... is children's teachersandschool administrators" (Arax 2). Typically, those immigrants who cometothe United States at an older age do not view learning English as ahighpriority or more important than o ...

(5 pages) 62 0 2.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

This essay is talking about the Vietnamese new year

ntry has big holidays and they are being celebrated differently from one country to another. In the United Stated, Christmas seems to be a biggest holiday where family gathers around homes and churche ... ays, beginning on the first day of the first month of the lunar year. Most Vietnamese living in the United States will celebrate or take note of Tet in some way. Therefore, it is desirable to know wha ...

(6 pages) 81 0 4.3 Mar/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

The Constitution: Analyzing the reasons behind the creation of the United States Constitution as well as how it was created.

e of inestimable social and political struggles. Similar to every piece of time, the history of the United States from 1781 to 1789 was a fundamental part of its past and future. This period of time w ... pments of government systems, and ratifications of just and unmerited laws, the Constitution of the United Stated was formed.Over the years, the United States, just like any other country, has modifie ...

(3 pages) 65 0 3.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Supports and opposition for sending troops to war (Vietnam)

hanging timeThe supporters were:The Federal Government because we had very strong alliance with the United Stated of America and an agreement with SEATO and ANZUS.A lot of Australians were scared of c ...

(1 pages) 22 0 4.3 Sep/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Book report on "Shaq Talks Back"

because that is where Phil Harrison, Shaq's step-dad, gets stationed at. Once they move back to the United Stated they move to San Antonio, Texas. In San Antonio Shaq plays high school basketball for ... en after New Jersey, he was in Germany on a military base from 1984 to 1987 in Germany. Then in the United States again, he lived in San Antonio, Texas from 1987 to 1989. After he graduated in 1989 Sh ...

(3 pages) 18 0 1.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Ritalin

Ritalin is a very over prescribed drug in the United Stated. It is mostly used by people if they suffer from the Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). ... world. According to Lawrence H. Diller, M.D: “In 1997 alone, nearly five million people in the United States were prescribed Ritalin; most of them young children diagnosed with attention deficit ... ones are just people taking it just because.The usage of prescribed drugs is a huge problem in the United States. Many people die from overdosing in different drugs and most of them are prescribed. D ...

(7 pages) 46 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

GREAT DEPRESSION

The Great Depression Even though the great depression wasn't the only depression that the United Stated had gone through, it was the worse. The economy had grown larger than the government t ... d given out I.O.U pretty much. People were upset at the out come of the biggest depression that the United States had to go through. People ended up losing there jobs, homes, and family's because of t ...

(1 pages) 9 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Banning Of Guns

The Banning of Guns I am doing my report on the banning of guns in the United Stated of America. I do no think that guns should be banned from the Untied States of America ... e out of anger or sadness. A lot of gang members are killed by other gangs also by guns. The United States are thinking about really enforcing a new law. The law is that all guns that are not u ... kill 35,000 people. In 1997, guns were the weapon used in approximately 70 % of the murders in the United States. Another objection to the gun law is the Second Amendment to the CONSTITUIOUN ...

(4 pages) 12 0 3.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays