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    Should we raise the minimum wage of $7.25? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1938 established the minimum wage of $0.25 per hour during the Great Depression. Congress has raised minimum wage 22 times. The last increase was in 2009 when congress raise it from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour (“Should the Federal,” 2017, para. 1). Those who favor the idea of raising the federal minimum wage agree that $7.25 is not enough for living expenses and that increasing it will better the economy (“Should the Federal

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    The Rampage of Polio

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    During the twentieth century Americans were afraid. They were afraid of the Russians, they were afraid of the economy, they were afraid of Hitler, and they were afraid of polio. A disease as indiscriminate as a nuclear bomb, it struck young and old, rich and poor, white and black. It caused fear and hysteria, confusion and anger, paralysis, and even death. By this time the United States had endured smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, and tuberculosis; but it had never experienced a wide-spread

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    Essay on Frank Sinatra

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    Ol' Blue Eyes and Chairman of the Board , he was a superstar for more than five decades which is incredible . He even was involved in film musicals such as Anchora ,Till the Clouds Roll By , and On the Town . Frank Sinatra's career blew up during the late 1950's and early 1960's when the Rat Pack was built . The original leader of the Rat Pack which was sometimes called the "clan" , was Humphery Bogart . You wonder were did they come up with the name Rat Pack . Their name came from Bogart's

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    World Equivocal Analysis

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    Equivocal can be defined as, “of doubtful nature or character and of uncertain significance; not determined” (Https://dictionary.references.com...). I, Jacob Brickner, question everything. I wonder what people are thinking about all the time, and I question what the future will look like. At times I find myself casually wondering into trains of thought, those of which carry me from our reality. In the least, you could say I find the world equivocal, questioning everything, literally everything. Philosophy

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    Confederate Taxation and Inflation The civil war was the costliest war in American history, including the men that died and the finical cost. Officially, both sides lost 498,333 military lives – 3% of the male population in 1860 . And the financial situations that both sides – the Union and the Confederacy – will have to face will be large and expensive. The South had to build and install a system to fight the war. The North, on the other hand, will have a bigger economy and an effective government

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    Drugs Are Bad For You

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    people enjoy such as: movies, music and TV shows, the people using it do not even attempt to hide the fact that they use this substance. Young adults who have personal experience with the drug know its effects on themselves, as well as others, and wonder why it is still illegal. Why is it that this drug has been illegalized across the globe? The debate to legalize marijuana in the United States of America, alone, has been fought over nonstop since the appearance of the drug in the late 30’s. Marijuana

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    Drugs Are Bad For You

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    1930s marijuana was, in fact, legal until the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), Harry J. Anslinger, argued that the FBN had noticed an increase in reports of people smoking marijuana. He had also, in 1935, received support from President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the adoption of the Uniform State Narcotic Act, state laws that included regulations of cannabis, including hemp, the fiber of the cannabis plant that is extracted from the stem. Anslinger argued that the hemp plant was dangerous

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    Argumentative Research Paper Rough Draft The average man has committed no crime. The majority of the populous of all sovereign nations everywhere are innocent, hardworking people. The Government of the United States has failed to recognize this fundamental aspect of the human condition. With targeted, poignant, and deliberate attempts to control the masses, the U.S. Government has made substantial infringements of personal liberties founded during the nation’s conception. Currently, “…the FBI does

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    My Great-Great Grandmother, Etta Kate Deloach Haskins, lived through some of America's greatest historical events from 1913- 2000. She was born before the beginning of the First World War, and grew up seeing women grow openly, publicly, and unashamedly independent. She witnessed the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II first hand as a young adult, while marrying and raising a family. My Great- Great Grandmother saw the assassination of a president while her only grandchild was a teenager

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    about myself! I hate that I feel that I need that little nod of approval from those I am interacting with. If I do not get that approval, it tends effects my decisions. That is where my emotions come back into play and control me. I would sign up for five years of underwater basket weaving IF the person selling it made that connection with me. I do not think that emotions should make any

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