Nevada History
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Nevada History
Question 1
Nevada, a Spanish name meaning, “snow covered”, is located on South West of United States. Its capital city is Carson City. Las Vegas, located in this state, one of the major Metropolitan regions in US. The area was previously inhabited by Native Americans of Washtoe, and Paiute tribes. During European exploration, Spanish named the area Nevada due to the heavy snow that was prevailing in the area during winter. After a successful war with the Mexicans, US annexed the area in 1848. However, this changed with the discovery of silver deposits at Comstock Lode in 1859. This resulted to population boom because of more people seeking employment. It became the 36th state in 1864. West Virginia also was incorporated as a state during this period. This was in effort for Lincoln to clinch a second presidential term. The region is well endowed with minerals so the mining industry is booming. The mining has led to the increase of wealthy merchants in addition to the gambling activities, which have been taking place. This ensures that currency flow is constant, which makes it a favorable place to invest. Furthermore, the population is increasing dramatically with different classes. This develops a market base for different activities that are profitable. Previous mine employee demonstrations have led to initiation of safe working environment. Thus, safety measures have been put in place to ensure their wellbeing is improved. They are provided with safe transportation to and from the mining areas at a reasonable price. The available labor organizations are very functional and they champion the continual enhancement of wages and conducive environment to work. There is an underway scheme to ensure that they are insured against possible dangers associated with their work. The wages are fair and are done in time although this is faced with challenge from the banks. Sometimes, the amount to be withdrawn is often higher and the banks lack such capacity to handle such situations.
Question 2
The area of Reno is diversified in terms of culture and race. The area is well represented with people from different backgrounds. Women rights have been championed by the top leaders especially by the Peoples Party. The current situation is not good because of the dynamic issues being faced by this gender are not given the needed attention. There have been different lobby groups that are pushing for equal opportunities in women representation. In addition, different measures in place that are awaiting approval by the legislature could help in alleviating this dire situation. The population growth has necessitated the establishment of informal housing. As a growing town, criminal activities are on the rise such as rape. This is a sin before God and violation of human rights. Another issue is gender based violence which is mostly caused by the over drunk men in the small town. Men are partaking alcohol more than the required limits hence making them loose self-control in relation to behavior. African Americans are mostly described as people of color. Their nature of arrival in the US puts them vulnerable to different situations that compromise their wellbeing. They were formerly brought in as slaves and this notion remains among majority individuals from different regions. Racism is real and those in this region are neither immune to this vice. Their assimilation is taking place slowly and those living in extreme racism regions are struggling to live in terms of meeting their basic needs. The current up rise in engaging in lobby groups for equal representation in both state and federal government is a good approach to eliminate the issue of discrimination. The Chinese Americans face similar issues just like the Blacks, racism. Most whites still view them as intruders or rather foreigners. However, due to their positions in the mining, they experience less repulsion compared to black Americans. Native Americans behave in a dominating manner because they feel they are entitled to everything. This absurd behavior is very common in the area because of their high number. Question 3
Nevadans value businesses thus like engaging in activities that will increase monetary income, which puts social aspects such health wellbeing at stake. The area is well endowed with mining resources, which means that more people have to be employed in these mining areas. This brings about different issues such as mushrooming of informal settlements to cater for the workers. Such housings lack proper planning and keep on increasing. This is contributed by the heavy influx of merchants who want to maximize their profits from business dealing in the exchange of minerals resulting to higher demand in labor. The area population has risen from 1,035 in 1870 to the present 82,000. Gambling and gaming has been rising and rural people are migrating in such areas to seize opportunities in order to improve their living standards. Furthermore, the state is deriving taxes from such activities hence can do nothing to control population in fear of losing the revenues from individuals carrying out different activities. Due to the heavy commercial activities taking place in the area, corruption is very rampant. Merchants are making more money and their quest to diversify their income generating activities has led to defiance of laws. The judges, magistrates, and other law enforcement personnel are poorly paid consequently increasing the chances of corrupt region. The merchants want to evade laws and the relevant employees need extra money, which is not a problem for the merchants resulting to widespread corruption. The town lacks the needed capacity in relation to personnel and infrastructure. If not checked, this culture is bound to spill in other regions such as California and can obstruct justice. Federal government should chip in to help in eliminating this ever growing vice among Nevada citizens. Officials found guilty should be prosecuted in the higher courts. This will discourage others from indulging in the same.

References
Green, M. (2015). Nevada: A History of the Silver State.