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The progressive Era reforms affected many different groups of people. Even though these impacts were big the biggest impact was on children and workers. Leaders from different political parties and social classes came together and used their power to influence a change in people’s lives for the good. These people mainly focused on big industries…

Overfishing is one of, if not the most, dangerous threats to our oceans right now and it’s continuously progressing. It’s been wreaking havoc on our oceans and its inhabitants since the 1950’s and 1960’s. Because of it, we will likely have no more seafood. Overfishing is when too many people fish for one species of…

In the New York Times article “Why Fear National ID Cards?” from 2001, Alan Dershowitz discusses the concept of implementing a National ID Card system in the United States. Dershowitz believes that by compromising some aspects of individuals’ privacy, the country can attain higher levels of security, equality, and productivity, while replacing the current ineffective…

By the start of the 1900s, many citizens of the nation were eager to start new advances in the country. A majority of individuals, including Tennesseans, wanted better education, clean cities, and more involvement from the government. There were advances in social movements such as the Women’s Suffrage and the 19th amendment. There was rapid…

Pol Pot had the idea to make everyone equal. He killed all smart and educated people, or people he saw as a threat. It was mainly doctors and teachers and occasionally other people but not very often. Hitler and Pol perfect worlds were a little bit different from each other. Pol Pot needed to make…

Antigone in the play faces issues with two other characters: Ismene, her sister, and Creon, the ruler of Thebes. Apart from this, there exist other conflicts as well, like the one between Creon and his son, Haemon, who eventually takes his own life. Hegel asserts that Antigone represents a “tragic collision of right against right,…

Despite the abolition of slavery in 1865, African-Americans still faced segregation and were not granted true equality. W.E.B. Dubois described this ongoing separation as being “as separate as the fingers, yet [together] as the hand” (460) in all social aspects. In the 20th century, African-Americans experienced increasing exclusion from society and the economy. Richard Wright…

The change that Jack London attempts to incite in the world, in his short story To Build a Fire, is the same approach that humankind takes to nature. It is very obvious that London has a certain respect for the power of nature and he wants his readers to understand it as a healthy fear….

The Progressive Era began in 1890 and continued until 1920. Progressivism touched every aspect of the Unite States. Starting on the local level and working its way through State, Federal and even internationally. Progressivism helped to set standards to regulate business and education. Progressive is a term that was applied to the different responses to…

George Washington Hamilton’s Financial Plan Given his strong background in economics from when he was in charge of a trading charter, Alexander Hamilton was a reputable economic advisor for the President. After the Revolutionary War, America had incurred a large amount of debt after borrowing from foreign nations. However, Hamilton, realizing the importance of portraying…