There are a number issues facing the United Sates that settle squarely into areas of social welfare‚ and poverty is one that garters the most concern. The notion of poverty‚ as detailed by the United States Census Bureau‚ shows in 2010 that 46.9 million people suffered in poverty. This was the fourth consecutive annual recorded increase in numbers of people in poverty since 2007. The poverty rate for the US population in 2010 was 15.1 percent‚ an increase from 12.5 percent held in 1997. Poverty
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but the tensions that led to this eruption in conflict had long been developing. For years the United States government had been seizing land that belonged to Native Americans through “trickery… deportation… and murder”‚ including that of the Lakota Sioux‚ who were the victims of the massacre. Not only that‚ “Americans had shown ‘democratic energy and enterprise’ in ‘driving back the Indians‚ or annihilating them as a race’”‚ demonstrating that Native American genocide was as much about stealing land
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Mesoamerica was a diverse environment ranging from mountainous and semi-arid desert conditions to tropical rain forests. Mesoamerica was known to built magnificent stop structures and pyramids by hand. Urban and Ceremonial centers were being built in the Gulf Coast lowlands of Mexico by people known as the Olmec. Often referred to as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica. Chinampas‚ or raised terraced farmland surrounded by water we utilized by the Aztecs. They had foods such as beans‚ squash‚ corn
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A.P. United States History 2. Name___________________________Date________ ➢ Chapter 26. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution‚ 1865-1896. Theme 1: After the Civil War‚ whites overcame the Plains Indians’ fierce resistance and settled the Great West‚ bringing to a close the long frontier phase of American history. Theme 2: The farmers who populated the West found themselves the victims
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Griffin Weiss Mr. Arroyo U.S. History II Advanced Placement 1 September 2013 Chapter 16 Outline: The Conquest of the Far West The Societies of the Far West (434-441) The Western Tribes * Indian tribes were the most important group before the Anglo-American migration in the Far West * Western tribes developed several forms of civilization * More than 300‚000 Indians lived along the pacific coast among them were Serrano‚ Chumash‚ Pomo‚ Maidu‚ Yurok‚ and Chinook * When the Spanish
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“By a further refinement‚ wealth acquired passively by transmission from ancestors or other antecedents presently becomes even more honorific than wealth acquired by the possessor’s own effort.” Luther Standing Bear‚ excerpt from My People the Sioux (1928) * “These people cared nothing for us‚ and it meant nothing for them to take our lives‚ even through starvation and cold…But still we did not kill them.” Howard Ruede‚ “Letter from a Kansas Homesteader” (1878) * “I have something less
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Symbols Many Sports teams today have mascots and team names that are offensive to Native Americans. Teams such as the Kansas City Chiefs‚ Atlanta Braves‚ Washington Redskins‚ Cleveland Indians‚ Chicago Blackhawks‚ and the North Dakota Fighting Sioux just to name a few. A controversy has existed for decades about sports mascots with Native American images and names. Some argue that the images and names projected by Indian mascots demean the traditions of their people‚ and improperly represent
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DBQ: Impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans and the Role of Government Directions The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A–H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only for essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. Analyze the extent to which western expansion affected the lives of Native Americans
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Unsung hero‚ Mary Jo Vogel of Colton‚ South Dakota received a Spirit of the Community award on October 9‚ 2016. Mary Jo‚ grandmother to 18‚ has worked hard‚ served the community‚ and is a model citizen. Mary Jo Vogel‚ 74‚ aspired to be a nurse since she was a young girl. At a time when women had little opportunities‚ Vogel‚ then Zitka‚ informed her high school guidance counselor she wanted to be a nurse. Her counselor informed her she did not have the grades and would never become a nurse. Although
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West‚ connecting the rural land with the cities. The railroad brought all the newest inventions to the farmers and other people‚ modernizing the once rugged frontier. Another much sadder government action was the massacre at Wounded Knee. About 150 Sioux were killed in 1890‚ in what became the last major conflict
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