1. Why did people push west? There are many reasons the pushed people to head west. The fist reason was that the land was rare in the east‚ especially in New England were it became overpopulated. Land was productive and expensive in the Mid-Atlantic States. Also‚ farmers in the south held the best lands. In addition‚ the need to move west was the highest in the slave states because small farmers could not stand against slave labor. Finally‚ the land in the west was rich and abundant‚ accessible and
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created by man struggled with the problem of crime. The one provocative question from Jack the Ripper to O.J. Simpson is why do people commit crime? In most of our modern societies‚ laws have been developed over time‚ to maintain order. I personally think the law forms a social contract between individuals and society. I know that there are many competing theories on why people commit crime. I personally believe that they all can be summed up and placed into three broad categories. The three classifications
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College is a place that people have wanted to go since we were young. It has always been that goal that people always consider to be one of the milestones in life where you actually have a big fork in the road. Thinking about it‚ many have found these associations of higher learning necessary for those who pursue more desirable futures. Many try their best to get into better colleges to get better education‚ but with the constant incline of tuition fees‚ it is hard for some families to send their
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WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE? There is too much anger in this world. Many people pray but they don’t seem to pray hard enough to internalize peace in their minds and spirits. How can one continue to pray and kneel in penance for their sins‚ go to church and pray the rosary every day and then after a while‚ shout in rage or even kill the innocent? This is a Jekyll and Hyde syndrome our nation‚ or even the entire world‚ has developed. Violence in our culture is fed by multiple forces; the
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To what extent should people embrace nationalism and how acceptable should it be until it becomes destructive? These two questions may have come in many minds of philosophers including the great Albert Einstein who once quoted‚ “Nationalism is an infantile disease‚ it is the measles of mankind.” He strongly believed that nationalism should not be embraced for it is infamous for the destruction it has caused on the society and is responsible for the childish idiosyncrasy embedded in the human
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On average over 100‚000 people are killed by guns in murders‚ assaults‚ police intervention and accidents ("Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."). Many people say that it isn’t the guns that kill people‚ it’s people‚ but this is incorrect because if people didn’t posses guns they wouldn’t be able to murder people in a simple quick way. The debate on the second amendment and gun control laws has been going on for the past couple decades in the United States. Recently deadly mass shooting have
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Some people may say I’m not as optimistic as others‚ I think it’s how you look at me. I’m not one to jump at any challenge‚ but if I think it will be worth it in the end I will try my hardest. To try to change this theory in others‚ how they look at things‚ is a little harder. People get set in their ways and get lazy. In fact this generation is set in their way of thinking‚ because it seems everything is just handed to them. But to push them to want to achieve and succeed and making them understand
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Why do people quit their job? Job satisfaction must be an important factor to be considered for a manager. Job satisfaction is also clearly boosts employees morale and contributes to the overall success of a company. Here are some obstacles affect on it. Firstly‚ putting great stress on employees could make them not only grumble‚ even quitting their jobs. Managerial sometimes use numbers of means to force their staff to work on weekends. It means as superman needs‚ after 5-days-hard-working everybody
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have your ever thought about why do people have these beliefs? Why do these beliefs even exist? Take a look at the history you might say people created religions just because they wanted to rule the rest of people or to secure their own social status. These stories may be true but they are not the root cause. Actually early religion was created just to explain natural phenomena and had nothing to do with politics. So nobody had enforced a belief‚ on the contrary people spontaneously needed a belief
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For my whole life‚ I have never understood why people smoke cigarettes even when they know the horrible effects it has on one’s health. It has been known for many years that the use of tobacco products is the main cause of life threatening diseases‚ such as cancer and emphysema. In the 20th century alone‚ smoking tobacco has accounted for over 100 million deaths‚ yet people continue to infest their body with this poisonous smoke. I realize now that the reason I have negative feelings towards smoking
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