...5.1 Big Idea: The United States and Canada have a few things in common. The French founded the colony of Quebec in present day Canada. The Spanish settled in Florida, Texas, and the present Southern Untied States. Throughout 1800's new technology fueled economic growth in Canada and The United States. In 1900's The United States and Canada assumed leading roles in the world. The United States and Canada share a number of physical features. 7.1 Big Idea: Over time the Northeast has developed into a major commercial center of the world. The region is known for its beautiful landscape. A visitor wanting to broad view of the Northeast might head for the craggy coast of Maine, New York's spectacular Niagara Falls, or the rolling farmlands of Pennsylvania. Every year, millions of tourists flock to the Northeast just to explore its world famous cities. Compared with other regions of the United States the Northeast has few natural resources. Throughout the 1800's-especially Massachusetts, Rhode Islands, and New Hampshire-factories were built at the waterfalls along the regions many rivers. 7.2 Big Idea: The warm climate and abundant natural resources of the South continues to attract people and industry. Many Americans think of the South as the old Confederacy. The South's location closer to the Equator makes it warmer than any other regions in the United States farther north. People have taken advantage of these fertile soils for hundreds of years. The traditional image of the South...
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...Overview Workplace issues surrounding sexual orientation and preferences have become more and more prevalent in today’s workplace. Although many companies have adapted to modern day reality and have accepted this lifestyle, companies are not required by law to have rules and regulations in place that protect homosexuals from workplace dismissal based on sexual orientation information. The case involving the Boy Scouts of America and the United Way detailed in Managing Human Resources (pp 150) provides an excellent example of the ethical and realistic issues that can arise surrounding this now common lifestyle. James Dale prided himself on instilling self-reliance and leadership in children’s’ lives as an assistant scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). After 12 years, this veteran volunteer was expelled from the BSA after they learned that he was gay because of his sexual orientation. Though the boy scouts teach young men to stand up for what is right, they did not have any anti-discrimination laws intact to protect homosexual volunteers. Dale, instead, turned to rely on the courts for help. During the court case, the state court initially ruled that Dale should be able to return as a scoutmaster, indicating that one’s sexual orientation does not drive the ability to help the scouts, but the BSA did not accept this answer. Instead, the BSA turned to the Supreme Court to get permission to release Dale of his scoutmaster duties. The United Way had been involved...
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...Michael Mainor EN106 – First Year Writing Seminar II: Academic Research & Writing Date : April 26, 2012 America vs. the World America the Beautiful, The Home of the Brave, words that we often hear as Americans in our patriotic way of life; however, are we as Americans so egocentric and or narcissistic in our way of life that we project our thoughts and way of life onto other countries in a global sense? As defined by freedictionary.com, to be egocentric is to view things from one’s own point of view as the only right. It also defines narcissistic as to be infatuated and obsessed with one’s self to exclusion of all others in a ruthless pursuit of one’s gratification, dominance, and ambition. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being proud and patriotic Americans. Although most people who live in America can agree that it is a great place to live, we should not project our way of life, as the only right way, onto other countries’ cultures, or people around the world, because when we do we take the risk of being viewed as America vs. the world. In the excerpt, Moral Disagreement, by Kwame Anthony Appiah, he discusses how different perspectives to any situation and or word(s) mean different things to others based on a variety of things: culture, religion, and morals to name a few. Appiah is a native of Ghana and because of his different upbringing and perspective he views things different. For example, “Many married women lived with their brothers, visiting their husbands...
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...Lady Jane Grey, the successor after Edward. She was Queen for nine days, but was deposed and Mary carried on as legitimate successor. Faction Mary was determined to fill the council with loyal people, but she couldn’t prevent all rivalries! = Gardiner vs. Paget. The rivalry emerged over Mary’s marriage issue. Gardiner proposed that Mary should marry Courtnay, and Paget argued she should marry Phillip of Spain Some were also sceptical of some of her policies, such as the effectiveness of the burning of protestants. However, despite some disagreements with her policies, she managed to obtain agreement for 3 major steps: the full return to Rome in religion, her marriage to the heir of the Spanish throne and the declaration of war on France Faction was much less of a problem in Mary’s reign than her predecessors, with a greater sense of continuity and solidarity among most councillors. Marriage The first question on everybody’s lips was “Who should marry Mary?” Edward Courtney vs. Phillip of Spain Why Phillip? He was a Catholic He was Spanish, and Mary was half Spanish after all! He had more political experience as he had already been regent in the Netherlands Spain has money and owns most of Europe and the Americas It would counter balance the power of France as Spain ruled Netherlands next to France Marrying a domestic noble like Courtney would produce terrible factional problems Why not Phillip? Some councillors, such as Gardiner, feared Spain would have too...
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...Economist Intelligence Unit, China will not surpass the U.S. in terms of nominal GDP until 2026[3]. China also fails to be an innovation-driven economy. Over the last decade, the country has primarily worked as a manufacturing location for foreign companies, as 83% of all high-tech products made in China were produced for foreign companies[4]. Despite using its economic power to influence nations, China has few allies and is surrounded by potentially hostile nations. China also suffers from regional territorial disputes, notably the South China Sea and Tibet. Politically, being a socialist one-party state government combined with a lack of democratization, China has unstable foreign relations with many nations. Lastly, aside from personnel, America has a much larger military arsenal and ranks first worldwide in terms of military expenditure at approximately $597 billion, compared to China’s $145 billion[5]. Collectively, these factors inhibit China’s potential for international hegemony or U.S. rivalry in the near future. In the long-term future, China’s prospects at attaining great power status is hindered by the country’s lack of economic diversification and overly domestic...
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...One of the best education systems in the world is located in Sweden. Sweden is ranked in the top five best education systems every year. In the United States, anyone can become a teacher. Teachers don’t get paid much and aren’t treated with respect. In Sweden, teachers get paid as much as a lawyer or a doctor. Not just anyone can become a teacher. If someone wants to be a teacher they have to get into a program but it’s highly competitive. Only the top five to ten percent of the applicants get in, then university is two though five years to complete the degree. The Swedish and American education systems are drastically different. In America if a teacher is absent he/she will just get replaced with a substitute, while in Sweden, class would get cancelled or delayed until the teacher gets back. Unlike in America, in Sweden students don’t go to school everyday and most of them have block schedule. The Swedish school year is even shorter than the one here. Here students go to school everyday for eight hours a day, five days a week. While over there every day is different. Some days a student will have class for 2 hours, another day 4 hours, and the next day there might not me class....
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...there are some similarities to the modern civilization of the present United States of America. While America is a relatively new civilization, it has incorporated similar ways of government that Mesopotamia used in the Hammurabi Code of Laws. ( Life in Sumer.) America, like Mesopotamia once was, is now the center of trade, agricultural, technological and educational advances and a powerful civilization. Both civilizations were highly sophisticated and developed and have made huge advances in each perspective's...
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...Bisher Kunbargi 11/03/2015 Professor Salinger History Virgina vs Massachusets When America was still in its beginnings the first two major colonies were The Virginia Colony, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. These were two different colonies founded for different reasons, The Virginia Colony founded by members of the Angelican faith which was the official Church of England was funded by the joint stock company founded with an economic mind behind it, its purpose like any other corporation was for it to become profitable. The Massachusetts Bay Colony on the other hand were dissenters of the Church of England founded by pilgrims who fled from persecution and landed at Plymouth Rock in hopes of finding religious freedom. Both of these colonies...
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...Marijuana versus America Sarah Marcum COM/156 8/7/2011 Crystal Darby Marijuana versus America Cannabis, or marijuana as it is more commonly known, is a substance that can provide many benefits to consumers as well as the economy. The United States should approve the legalization of marijuana so that Americans can reap these benefits. Marijuana, when used as an inhaled substance, has less intense effects than other illegal drugs, even though it is often judged as an equally dangerous substance as other inhalants. The United States could also benefit financially from legalizing marijuana through decreased prison costs, increased tax revenue, and product manufacturing. Finally, marijuana has provided relief in various forms to many people suffering from illnesses such as glaucoma and cancer. This will show that the United States should legalize marijuana because of the less severe effects than other drugs, the financial...
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...Europeans and Americans both agree and disagree what we deem are basic values are. There is a view that supports opposing views of the world and foreign relations obviously stands in need of clarification. The Pew Research Centre reported a very wide public, single opinion poll, taken of public attitudes in several different countries. It shows that America's old faithful image has slipped a bit. The Pew study found that many Europeans support “the US-led war on terror” and about 60% called Iraq a serious threats. Many countries love and admire America culture because of our science, technology and new modern way of thinking. In both the Marshall Fund and Pew studies, there were a few differences in attitudes towards our armed forces, neither was there much difference in a positive opinion to use force abroad. The Marshall Study points out that institutions such as NATO of the United Nations is just as strong in America as Europe. Majorities in almost every country said the world would be less safe if there were a competing superpower, based off the Pew Study. Some Americans say they favor a firm intelligent leadership from the European Union, while some Europeans say they want the same thing from the U.S. According to the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, about 54% Americans believe that the U.S. should help other countries with their problems or believe in foreign aid; and about 48% say that countries should deal with their own problems as best they can. I’m...
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...very similar to the Roman Empire and just like the way Rome’s empire fell the U.S. may have a similar fate. We have learned how Rome was ruled and the fall of the Republic, the daily life of its citizens, and the progress they have made in many fields of study. America is almost of mirror image of what Rome was in that they have a highly economical society, a great military body, leaders in science and other studies, and just like Rome we have an ego and a untouchable demeanor. I feel the power of the government is like Rome and their Caesars in that they hold way too much power and only listen to the voice full of money while depending on the growth and expansion of the empire from the sweat of the poor. Really we are headed to a similar fate with the every growing debt and economic depression always on the cusp....
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...School in America vs School in Germany I have been grown up in Germany for 15 years and of course I had to go there to school. But know I have the opportunity to experience a school year in an American high school. And what I recognize that there are many differences between them. In Germany there are three different kinds of high schools, which start from the fifth to 10th or 12th grade. The grades you receive decide which kind of high school you go to after the elementary school. In Germany they use a grade system from 1, which is like an A, to 6, which is like an F. So if you had, in your elementary school, very good grades like only 1’s or 2’s, you will go to the highest High School, which is called “Gymnasium.” If you had good grades like 2’s and 3’s, you would go to the normal school, and when you have worse grades than this, you would go to the lowest school. Germany uses this school system because they think it is the easiest way for having for everybody the choice to learn on his own level....
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...Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus born in Genoa Italy was the son of a skilled weaver. Columbus earned his chance when the king and queen of Spain agreed to finance his voyage to discover a new trade route connecting Spain with Asia. In 1492 He sailed across the Atlantic arriving instead in the Caribbean where he raped, killed, and enslaved innocent Natives. America’s memories are filled with symbols of adventure and bravery associated with Columbus, yet the facts behind the fiction have somehow been lost in a haze of patriotism. Columbus set out with three ships; the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria in search of Asia to find precious items such as gold and spices. Not realising that the Americas existed, Columbus first appeared in the Bahama Islands. When he first came in contact with the Arawak men and women, he entered into is log, “they would make fine servants… we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever they want” (pg 1). Columbus and his men coming from Spain had weapons that the Natives simply could not fight against, leaving them helpless and unable to fight they were mistreated and abused. Another example of Columbus abusing the natives is when he entered into his log, “as soon as I arrived… I took some of the natives by force” (pg 1). Columbus took some of the natives so that they might show him the land and where he might find gold, but instead of trying to communicate with these people he forcibly took them as slaves. “In...
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...still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents. So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet. These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights. Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met. On this...
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...Hunger in America Why are so many people starving? Why are so many Americans starving? Children Starving on Side of Road 1 Every day people throw perfectly good food away without a second thought. Many people do not realize that many Americans spend most of their days starving or without food. In 2012, 49 million people did not have enough food in their homes; 15.9 million of them were children (“Hunger”). Hunger is not just in the third world countries, it is also here in America and people need to realize this. Can we end hunger in America? Where is there the most hunger? Mississippi 20.9% Arkansas 19.7% Texas 18.4% Alabama 17.9% North Carolina 17.0% Georgia 16.9% Missouri 16.7% Nevada 16.6% Ohio 16.1% California 15.6% (“Hunger”) Americans have all the power to end hunger in America. There are so many things that people and the government can do to help. The 2014 Hunger Report has a plan to end hunger by the year 2030. This plan consists of a jobs agenda, a stronger safety net, human capital development, and public-private partnerships to help innovative community led initiatives against hunger (“Ending”). If people just help out in any way possible hunger could be stopped...
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