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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Why Did the USA Become Increasingly Involved in Vietnam? The Vietnam War- one of the bloodiest‚ grimmest‚ and most trying times of the Cold War. A war that many believed was fought in vain and without purpose and that “…produced no famous victories‚ no national heroes and no patriotic songs…” A war that threw the USA into public disdain for intervening where intervention was not needed; for causing bloodshed when none was called for- and all in the name of a failed policy of Containment and the
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With the election of a new president comes changes to fit his or her beliefs and goals. Now that we have a new United States president‚ Americans can expect Donald Trump to make changes in government‚ laws‚ and changes our society. Donald Trump expressed greatly during the presidential debates about his disliking towards Obamacare and his plans to make changes to the healthcare program. While Obama was our president‚ he established a law called the Affordable Care Act which is part of his healthcare
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Krugman suggests that we take the United States economy for granted‚ he thinks that extreme inequality is an “inevitable byproduct of robust economic growth in a globalized age are not inevitable at all”. Political choices not economic laws‚ have helped form the United States to become a world superpower and a nation of the very rich‚ the very poor and an increasingly fragile middle class. His approach to how society should handle these social and economic probelms is for the people to take back
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in the United States‚ speculation that the new government ordinance was not the best choice is apparent. The idea behind the national drinking age being set at 21 has a long history of faltering laws between states. The gray area of concern has been erased by the presence of
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of Independence and Constitution of The United States of America The United States Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4‚ 1776 by members of the Second Continental Congress in Independence Hall (then known as the Pennsylvania State House) in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania as a means to cut ties and governance with mother England. Unbeknownst at the time‚ it also lay the philosophical basis to the United States Constitution‚ that all men are created equal
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Makando Mutanda Mr.Johnson English 1101 Fall 2010 Women: Now & Then Living in the United States we’ve seen women come a long way. Women couldn’t vote or play specific sports‚ we saw more men having cooperate jobs than we did women. However a lot has changed over the years. Today there more women doctors‚ lawyers‚ governors‚ and senators. Last year a woman even ran for president. In the United States everyone is seen equally for the most part‚ we all have the same opportunities‚ and there is
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of Religion in the United States In the United States today‚ there are many inadequate arguments that attempt to limit human rights due to religious beliefs. These rights include abortion‚ gay marriage‚ and sex education in public schools. In America‚ religion is a deciding factor when it comes which politicians we vote for‚ bringing religion into the forefront when it comes to political decisions. As our country was founded on the principle of separation of church and state‚ it is unAmerican for
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Imagine this‚ George Washington strolls into the Constitutional Convention half an hour late. He reaches into his bag and pulls out a coffee stained paper that reads “U.S. Constitution” on the front. This is both a comical and disturbing view of how the writing of The Constitution could have gone if the Founding Fathers had no sense of patriotism. Patriotism is a strong sense of pride or admiration for one’s country. Patriotism is important because it gives the people of the nation a sense of pride
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The contemporary foreign policy of the United States represents an evolving continuum of principles‚ conceptions and strategies that in part‚ derived from the particularistic American Cold War experience. As such‚ United States foreign policy is neither a static entity‚ nor is its intentions or direction uncontested. This essay will examine the underlying issues of identity and how‚ beginning with the Truman Doctrine‚ a distinct articulation of the national interest was evinced that has defined America’s
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