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    on which the united states prides itself. This democracy was built over the ages and over many events through trial and error. By analyzing the history of the Monroe Doctrine, the two elections in which Andrew Jackson was voted a president, the theory of John C. Calhoun, and the Cherokee Nation vs Jackson trail we can arrive at the strengths and shortcomings of the American democracy in the period between 1820 and 1836. After the revolutionary war and the war of 1812 the United States had to enforce

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    problem in the United States today. It is a billion dollar industry that only increases every year. Whether it is from Indian reservation to the strip in Las Vegas to your very own home online Gambling is an issue that has to be dealt with. Many people look at gambling as a problem but they don’t understand that is could also be a solution to our economy. Gambling is a billion dollar industry and could boost the economy if implemented correctly by the government. The United States has had a long

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    America is internationally viewed as a land where all races, ethnicities and people have equal representation and freedom of equality. Not only, is this international recognition what makes the United States a divergent society, but it is the principles that we were established on that makes us a well-functioning society. Although, these American principles elude to a liberating, symbolic, and personal appeal, it is internally flawed by governments beyond the beltway. Corruption is the root of all

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    which is cause by the increase of joblessness, coupled with a plummeting economy. Why ask, why is so many of our citizens living this way? The question should be proposed by our government, how can we as a society fix our homelessness in the United States? Homelessness is a product of our entire country which is a direct reflection of our economy and there a lack of insight to those who have little to no means of digging themselves out of this rut. The loss of employment, unskilled laborers, lack

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    The President of the United States sat in his office that Saturday morning reviewing intelligence reports that were somewhat disturbing. It had been a long road pulling what there was left of the country back into the union. There had been a lot of death and destruction on both coasts so far, as well as parts of Middle America. President Washington was well aware that their fight wasn’t over; there was still a lot of work to do. He had hoped for a brief respite between conflicts. He knew,

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    Ethnic and racism discrimination in the United States of America has been a major problem since the thirteen colonies created and the slave era. The leaders of the colonies wanted to build a country that represent all the people who are living in it without giving control to big powers that can decrease the representation of the people. They placed laws in making the American constitution that protect all the people of America. However, these amendments were mostly protecting the White Americans

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    being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. This statement is part of the Second Amendment in the United States that shows American citizens have an authority to own a gun legally to protect themselves. Since the United States was founded in 1776, this nation has grown up connected to firearms. After wars such as World War I and World War II, war industries led the United States to become one of the powerful nations in the

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    products to their customers, the employee must have the ability to continue moving the organization in the direction. In 2008 the United States economy was in a downward motion. The housing and stock market was in a negative and falling fast. The international markets were also crumbling, products were not moving in our out of the country as previous year. The United States and its allies were in the midst of a war with a Middle Eastern country. The Presidential election was at a full swing and the

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    Here, in the United States, finance can be broken up into many sections. In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s these sections included Railroad, Public Utility, and Industrial Finance. The United States had started a revolution of innovation in this ti,e period with the emergence of railroads. As the industry grew, companies started seeing the possibility of railroads spreading from coast to coast rather than local transportation. “Railroads’ relatively small demand for capital was met without bond

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    their peers to live up classical republicanism’s social ethic. By the middle of the 1780s, “extra-legal popular associations designed to promote the interests of particular groups—debtors, farmers, artisans, seaman (74)” were emerging throughout the states. In order to get their points across, they frequently resorted to vigilante methods. As soon as the war stopped, trade with the British seemed to start where it left off. British ships clogged American harbors and traders offered Americans low, easy

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