According to the statistic punished by government called "American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2011", the population of Native American in 2010 is about "2.9 million were American Indian and Alaska Native only, and 2.3 million were American Indian and Alaska Native in combination with one or more other races" (American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2011). Comparing American's whole population which is about 300 million people, Native Americans are about 2 percent or less out of it. Why does the population of Native Americans li...

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Early in the twentieth century, U.S. leaders urged the expansion of American influence over other countries, primarily through the selling of American goods and the spreading of American culture. The Europeans and Americans looked down on Latin America as a third world country. Latin Americans perceived the American investors as capitalistic, self-absorbed and a threat to South American independence. South America started to resent American influence yet continued to export and import heavily with the U.S. ... Efforts to make farming more equitable were hampered by the unclear title to, or...

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African Americans were found mainly in the North and South, while Native Americans were sprinkled all over the United States. ... With the large bison population, natives used unique ways to lure and kill them. ... The Native Americans disguised themselves in the image to look like the Americans or the white people. ... In the early eighteenth century slaves made up more than seventy percent of the population in only South Carolina, and those slaves lived on holdings of more than twenty-five (Kolchin, 31). As the eighteenth century went on, slaveholdings became much more important and slaves...

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Up to 60% of the population see themselves as being religious1, meaning they affiliate with a religion. ... I will focus on religious liberty and how it became one of the big issues when "creating America" and why it is still a "big issue" in today's America. I will first and foremost give a historical overview of how religious liberty was meant to be a part of the American society through the American Constitution of 1787. ... One meets religion almost everywhere in the corners of America. ... It is folly to classify America as a Christian nation just because some religious authorities ...

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American Indians suffered a great deal at the hands of the U.S. government. ... The Euro-American perception of American Indians changed at different points in American history. ... The Euro-American view of the American Indian is historically significant because it shaped the attitudes of those who would later construct Indian policy in the nineteenth century. ... There were approximately 14,000 American Indians around the Jamestown area. ... As the population of Jamestown grew, the Indians began to see the Jamestown colony as an invasion of their land. ...

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America has much to learn about the heritage of our American Indians. ... America has much to learn about the heritage of our American Indians. ... These diseases "spread like wildfire among Indian populations."... It has been believed that whole tribes died and many tribes lost anywhere from 50 to90 percent of their population. ... For example Indian hunters hunted animals based on demand and not on need as they once did depleting the animal populations and causing competition for hunting grounds and creating inter-tribal wars. ...

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Regarding unsustainable communities and lifestyles, the blame lies mainly with two specific phenomena, American's love affair with the automobile, and the "American Dream" of owning a home and land outside of the city. ... From 1945 to 1980, U.S. oil consumption nearly quadrupled while the population grew by just 60 percent (Nebel, Wright 581). ... The "American Dream" of owning a home and land is something almost all Americans aspire to. ... Including a diverse group of ...

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The book's purpose is to show how important African Americans were to the Southern economy, and tries to "correct the perversion of the history of blacks - in order to strike down the view that black Americans were without culture, without achievement, and without development for their first two hundred and fifty years on American soil." ... Yet the rise in the slave population was due to the natural increase in the population rather than the imports of slaves. As early as 1680 the majority of the slave population was native-born. ... The opposite was happening in Latin and South Ameri...

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Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... By the early 1800s the traditions of parades, picnics, and fireworks were established as the way to celebrate America's birthday. ... The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ...

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The Asian Americans were no exception to racism and segregating laws. ... These three components shaped America history for immigrants. ... Back in Los Angeles County, the Chinese population increased and so did the resentment within the white working class. ... To the Chinese, immigrating to America was an opportunity of a lifetime. ... From 1882 to 1943, the entry of Chinese to America were denied. ...

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MEASURING SOCIALISM IN NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Which of the two countries is more socialist, Canada or the United States of America? ... To measure this variable, we will look at the number of public representatives who are elected by the population. ... In accordance with the Government of Canada , the Canadian population elects a Prime Minister and members of the House of Commons (In Canada, there are 301 members). Again, there is a stark contrast with the American political ! ... When we count the number of representatives w...

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Abstract: The focus of this paper will be social mobility in America. ... If it is true that equal opportunity doesnt exist in American than the idea of the "American Dream" would be false. ... It is a fact that the middle class in America is in fact shrinking. ... Literature Review: In the article "Getting ahead: social mobility among the urban poor" by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, the author examines the social mobility within the urban poor population. ... This article has great relevance for the future of America. ...

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America's imperialist tendencies already were manifested in the subjugation of various Native American tribes and a key piece of legislation that would help determine US foreign policy for years to come and have repercussions to this day. ... The Mexican War The first in a long line of US intervention in Latin American affairs began rather peacefully in 1821, when American Moses Austin obtained a land grant to establish a colony in sparsely populated Texas, then Mexican territory. ... When Costa Rica declared war on Nicaragua, Walker found that much of the native population had rebelled...

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Immigration: Mass Media Influences on the General American Population The mass media industry has influentially shaped American society's behavior on immigration into a strict systematic view that immigration is a necessary tool needed to strengthen the economy, stabilize cultural diversity, and expand collective intelligence. ... Ever since Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, America is constantly inundated with immigrants of various origins. In the beginning, people from England immigrated to America, and then other European countries followed. ... In Immigration And Nation...

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The racial makeup of the county is 55.58% White, 13.48% African American, 0.42% Native American, 9.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 15.48% from other races, and 5.63% from two or more races. 39.76% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. ... The racial makeup of the city is 34.01% White, 28.32% African American, 0.45% Native American, 16.20% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 15.11% from other races, and 5.84% from two or more races. 28.31% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. ... The racial makeup of the city is 80.82% White, 4.26% African American, 0.16% Nati...

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In America women and African Americans have been the oppressed group. ... While the lack of equality for African Americans are solely based off being of African descent in other words being "black" or having darker pigmentation. In the late 18th century during the American Revolution the issue for women rights became prominent. ... America which is regarded as the land of the "free" but still does not give women the equal rights they deserve. ... For women to make up 52% of the population and still only 77cent to each dollar a man makes is ludicrous. ...

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On December 7, 1941, America was forever changed by one of the most shocking and unforgettable events in the history of the world, the bombing of Pearl Harbor (Exploring the Japanese American Internment). ... The internment of Japanese Americans was necessary in order to "prevent " domestic espionage/sabotage and more importantly, provide a sense of security and safety among the American population. ... He says, "There was no freedom, no privacy and no America. ... For the Japanese-Americans, the question now became where to go from here? ... The most notable and impactful Japanese organizatio...

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Prison Literature in America. ... The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. ... In the last two decades the population of black male inmates grew three times as fast as the number of black men enrolled in higher education. ... In a country less than 13 percent blacks, one half of the prison population is African American. ... Goods and services must be provided to keep imprisoned populations alive. ...

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History trends have shown us the effects, social cost, policies and interventions that this population of individuals has encountered in the United States. ... This evidence shows that there is a need for continued research among the different populations of care. According to Hopkins, the exposure to African American youth to alcohol advertising is said to be more than any other population of race. In 2004 statistics had shown that 34% of African American youth saw more alcohol advertising in magazines compared to other youth in general. ... Compared to African Americans ad Asian American ado...

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These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. Astonishingly, reports show that even though African Americans make up 12 percent of the U.S. population they account for nearly half of HIV/AIDS cases. ... Among Black South Africans, a fifth of the population believed that one could tell by a person's appearance whether they had the disease. ... Astonishingly, the numbers show that 54 percent of African Americans believed that the disease is a form of genocide aimed particularly at African Americans. ... Many often wonde...

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By the year 2030, the sixty five and older population will double to seventy million, and the fastest growing segment of the older population is age eighty five and older. ... The baby boomers have left their indelible mark on America's social landscape. ... Soon America will look different; the average age of the population will go up to fifty-five. ... Can America afford the social, medical, and political issues the aging baby boomers demand? ... For the last few decades the influential baby boomer segment of the population dominated the American culture virtually in any aspect. ...

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For comparison, Blacks comprise thirteen percent of the U.S. population and Hispanics twelve percent. ... While women have gained seats in Congress, this thirteen/fourteen percent composition is lacking considering women make up about half the population. As society becomes more "minority-aware- a focus has turned on a sections of the population previously hidden or unheard. ... The Senate's fair-skinned minority population stayed at three: Hawaii's Daniel Akaka, a native Hawaiian; Daniel Inouye, an American of Japanese descent; and Colorado's Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Nati...

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Throughout California and all of our American history, federal and state governments have separated Americans into various racial and ethnic groups. ... Other groups in opposition include the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, the Public Health Institute, and the National Health Law. ... Annual population data compiled by the California Department of Finance is used to calculate rates of various diseases. ... In order to calculate infant mortality r...

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The Effect of AIDS and Birth Rates are falling but Population is not. ... Another problem is AIDS, which is both a population and social problem. ... Single mothers represent the bulk of the adult welfare population; such births can be compared to the condition of the poor in Third World countries. Another problem we are facing is a real population explosion among the poor. ... America's inner cities -Vs- Third World Countries At first, it might appear impossible to compare conditions in America's inner cities with those that characterize overpopulated countries of the Third World. ...

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When Americans began colonizing in this territory they promoted American culture and expansion. ... (Mexican-American War (Causes)). ... (Mexican-American War (Causes)). ... At this time, Texas was one of 19 Mexican states and had a sparse population. ... By 1835 the American population had climbed to 30,000 versus 7,000 Mexicans (Greenberg). ...

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