The stitches that bind America's fabric of history have been sawn with illegal threads. ... (Rugoff 1989: 40) The Astor fortune was based on alcohol and fraud; drunken Native Americans were systematically cheated and swindled by agents of Astor's American Fur Company. ... In addition to exploiting Native Americans, Astor succeeded in forcing his employees in the western wilderness to buy from company owned stores at exorbitant prices (Meyers 1936; Rugoff 1989). ... The history of the Italian-American organized crime families is as deep and humble as America's history is falsely ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

African American History It is often taught that the social and economic conditions of African Americans have been one of America's greatest struggles. ... In 1989 General Colin Powell became the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. ... He is the first Black Secretary of State in the United States History. ... Douglas Wilder was elected the Governor of Virginia, the first elected black governor in American History. ... There is nowhere that such a quote is more evident than in the American Social history. ...

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In order for one to fully understand the problems with the death penalty they must take a brief look at its history. ... As the history of the death penalty clearly exemplifies the death penalty is a tumultuous process. ... (Badeu, Hugo "The Death Penalty in America") In 1988 and 1989 the Kansas legislature voted against reinstating the death penalty after it was informed that reintroduction would involve a first-year cost of "more than $ 11 million." ... But at several times in history the United States has saw the death penalty as an unfit manner of going about justice but yet always se...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Carlson 1) It is a fact that guns have contributed to some of the largest crimes in the United States history. ... He says, "Approximately 60 percent of all murder victims in the United States in 1989 (about 12,000 people) were killed with firearms. ... This extensive background check would make it more difficult if impossible for minors, drug addicts or people with a past history of violence to obtain a firearm. Granted the extra time it would take to dig a bit deeper into a person's history may be more time consuming and costly, but the benefit from the certainty to grant that per...

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• Grade Level: High School

During the next few decades, censorship continues in many ways, such as in 1977, when "British punk band the Sex Pistols are initially denied visas to enter the United States for their first American tour" (Nuzum 240), and in 1989, "the RIAA releases its black and white universal parental warning sticker in early March. ...

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1) Courts play an essential role within the Criminal Justice system here in America. Many fail to realize how these courts work or how they function. Looking even further, another question that is posed when examining the realm of American Courts is what contributes to the well being of courts. Many...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To properly understand how America's involvement in Vietnam came about one must look back into history a long ways. ... The Vietnam War was the first war in the history of the United States to be fought on foreign and domestic soil at the same time. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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Calverley 6 May 2003 History Essay: Final Draft The Foreign Policies of Woodrow Wilson: Why America Entered the First World War After Declaring Neutrality in 1914 The Great War was an incredible landmark in the history of mankind. ...

• Word Count: 1910
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School