United Farm Workers

One of the many problems that people in the United States face today is the problem of unemployment. Unfortunately, many Americans who are in desperate need of steady income just cannot find a reliable source of employment. In the United States, the rate of unemployment is currently 4.8 percent. Furthermore, in the state of Alabama, the unemployment rate in 5.9 percent. By looking at those statistics, it is easy to see that there definitely could be a direct correlation between high unemployment

is advances in a state, country, region, or continent that adds to the economy in some way, shape or form. Most see industrialization through advancements in technologies, like the development of the tractor to help increase the amount of produce a farm can produce or the use of the power loom in the industrial revolution that was used to mass produce clothing to be sold on the national and international market. I believe the best way to understand industrialization is to look back on its history

industrialization to evolve so quickly. As people came to the cities and to the United States of America, the industrialization progressively created dirt and filth within the cities. As industrialization spread through America it brought

In early America, a woman’s life consisted of only farm and family. “The women worked inside the house converting raw products into supplies, whereas men did the outside work such as planting and harvesting crops.”() All of a woman’s duties are what we refer to as “housewife” “which varied from region to region, but regardless of a “[couple of differences] the activities were much the [same all around].” () In spite of the majority of women performing their usual house responsibilities, “[some] would

Child Slavery Up until the 13th amendment, owning a slave had been just like owning any other piece of property. No one felt guilty about how the slaves were being mistreated. The 13th amendment was the first step in ending slavery in the United States, but no steps were taken to end slavery in other countries. Even though people believe that slavery no longer exists today, about 5.5 million children are still held captive in slavery (Anti- Slavery International 2012). Child slavery can come in

Mexican Migrant Workers and Lynch Culture More than a million agricultural workers migrated to the United States in the early twentieth century. The majority of these persons found work on small family farms in California; the white owners of these farms welcomed cheap labor. Although most migrant workers in California today are of Mexican descent, they originally came from all over the world: East and West Europe, China, Japan, Korea and Latin America, along with Mexico. The

For ages, the United States has seemed to be the country where people seek to move to for a better life. The United States was built on immigrants. People have always migrated to the United States both legally and illegally. The main problem the country has face with immigrants is the amount that trespass the border illegally. Illegal immigration is the unlawful act of crossing a national border(Illegal Immigration Pros and Cons). The illegal immigrant population keeps growing at an annual average

chosen to study would be China and the United States. I will be looking at the differences in population growth, migration, urbanization, as well as how globalization caused the population dynamics of these two countries to differ from one another. Population Size According to the population pyramid for 2016 the overall population of the world is roughly 7.4 billion people, of that about 1.4 billion people are currently living in China versus the United States at 3.2 hundred million. To

especially migrant workers. Imagine trying to survive in a failing economy, with a family to feed and bills to pay. Imagine not knowing where the next meal is coming from, or how you will keep the roof over your head for another day. This scenario was the daily life of many migrant workers during the Great Depression. Because of the Great Depression, employment in farming failed, government assistance increased, and the desire to survive or support your family was crucial. Many migrant workers at this time

Can the Human Methods of Slaughter Act and the Prop 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals Protect Farm Animals from Inhumane Treatment? According to the anthropologist Professor Henry Bunn of Wisconsin University the use of animals for food dates back to two million years ago, when, “our human ancestors were small brained ape-men” (McKie, 2012). The use of animals for a source of food, clothing, and even entertainment is not something new to us. But what is fairly new are the animal rights movement