May 1882‚[2] after witnessing the annual labor festival held in Toronto‚ Canada.[3] Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21‚ 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894‚ thirty states officially celebrated Labor Day.[2] Following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike‚ the United States Congress unanimously voted to approve rush legislation that made Labor Day a national holiday; President Grover
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Role of the United States Constitution The role of the constitution plays an important part of the everyday life in the United States. It is a part of every person’s life even if they do not realize it. It usually has impacted your life in the past or even at every moment in someone’s life. “Although the Constitution created a new federal government‚ it took a courageous‚ brilliant‚ and farseeing Supreme Court chief justice to help realize the framers’ vision.” (Microsoft‚ 2007) The Constitution
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primarily in the United States of America and measures in inches‚ feet‚ yards‚ et cetera. The first use of the metric system was in 1799‚ during the French Revolution. This occurred when the existing system of measurement was temporarily replaced by a decimal system when the current system started to lose its popularity. The customary system first developed from English units‚ such as time‚ length‚ mass‚ and force‚ which were being used by the British empire before the United States won its independence
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My purpose in writing this essay was to show that while “A letter to the President of the United States” was written by someone who was very knowledgeable and signed or approved by many other scientists was not successful. This essay goes to show that sometimes no matter how much valid evidence is presented to an individual regarding why they should not make a decision‚ they disregard that and make the decision anyway. I hope that the readers are able to understand that the scientists were truly
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Imperialism of Britain and the United States: Empire by Obligation When one hears the term imperialism‚ the first thing that usually comes to mind is the vast British Empire‚ expanding all around the world‚ spreading culture‚ beliefs and ideas. Or perhaps the United States of America‚ plunging ever deeper into the vast continent‚ opening up land for settlement by its people. England is known for its military involvement in the countries it colonized; openly using military force on all those
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Week 6 1. James A. Tyner‚ “The Geopolitics of Eugenics and the Exclusion of Philippine Immigrants from the United States‚” The Geographical Review‚ 89‚ no. 1 (1999)‚ 54-73. In this article‚ Tyner explains the pseudoscience and logic behind the discrimination against Filipino immigrants during the early 1900’s. Using eugenics as justification‚ the government made it clear that America was to remain a white-dominated country with little tolerance for immigrants. A prime example of this anti-immigration
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animal species discovered and continues to grow‚ those animals deserve to live just like any other human being. Even going to the circus is considered animal cruelty. People who do not consume any animal products is called veganism. Veganism in the United States has increased by over thirty percent. A horrendous amount of fifty six billion animals killed each year for human consumption. Ethical‚ economical and
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Explain why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam The war in Vietnam was a conflict that started in the 1950s and ended in the early 1970s. During this time period‚ the United States became increasingly involved in Vietnamese political‚ economic and military affairs. There were a combination of reasons as to why the United States became more involved‚ the most important of which in my opinion were the Domino Theory and the growing influence of the National Liberation
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about some very controversial issues. Among these issues is the question of immigrants and their role in the United States. As congressmen‚ the people of your state voted for you to represent their voices in the national legislature. However‚ I encourage you to remember all the people who are underrepresented in our government and consider their opinions when forming policies for the United States. It is important to consider the role immigrants had in the formation of our country. The very basis our
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Spain‚ or in the United Kingdom. I think we must learn to live in a multiculti society. Solution like racism or be quite radically makes nothing short of hurt/dead people. So I list you pros and cons about multicultural society. Pros Multicultural society has many positive aspects. But much is overlooked because it already belongs to the daily life. For example you can learn new religions and traditions; you can get information’s about different states. Or when we speak
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