In the heart of southern United States, It is not uncommon for a hunter to take the day off to enjoy the opening day of deer season. ... In the state of California, Governor Gray Davis passed a bill limiting the number of handguns a person could buy in a given time. ... All the losers and deadbeats are in California running for governor. ...
Slavery was the main issue that divided the Northern and Southern states; but another, more complicated issue was at hand. ... Furthermore, the latitude line of 36-30 (the southern border of Missouri) was set, and it was declared that any new territory north of this boundary would be non-slavery land. ... Slavery was not only an institution in the Southern states, but it was part of a lifestyle that had been going on since the founding of the United States of America. ... In fact, some northerners believed the exact opposite of what their southern counterparts thought. ... The compromise a...
Just recently, California's legislative assembly, along with other municipalities in Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Cleveland are calling for federal action on African American reparations. Jet Magazine states that "The California resolution also calls on Congress to apologize to Black Americans for the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery. ... Under the Southern Homestead act ex-slaves had a six-month period in which they could purchase land at low rates without competition from whites. ...
During the 1850's abolitionists in the North questioned the morality of southern slavery by writing and preaching about the rights blacks were denied. ... Southern blacks faced new discrimination every day whether it be economically, socially, or politically. ... The 14th Amendment conferred civil rights and citizenship for all former slaves, and was incorporated into the requirements for a southern state to regain its statehood. ... In elections, southern states used poll ...
After slave labor became driving force of the Southern economy, the North grew against slavery and the South obviously grew for it. ... They now controlled the majority in the House and were pushing for majority in the Senate with California up for statehood. ...
The most recent published estimate by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) that appears in the 1998 Statistical Yearbook put the number of illegal aliens at five million (as of Oct. 1996), 2.7 million of whom were Mexican and two million of whom resided in California. That is an estimated annual increase in the illegal alien population of 275,000 with 100,000 of that annual increase taking up residence in California. ... While most efforts to halt illegal immigration have focused on our southern land border, the difficulties are spread throughout the immigration system. ...
5/11/03 There are many different explanations why the United States is the world superpower it is today and Mexico, while sharing a border, is still merely a developing country. The main reasons, which effected the economic development of both countries, include the cohesion of the country, the natural wealth of the land and the nation's history. All of these factors were in some way influenced by religion. This is obvious after taking a look at the early history and culture of the countries. The biggest contributing issue as to why Mexico is poor is that from the very beginning the cou...
Strauss Location: San Francisco, California Date: 1933 - 1937 Building Type: Suspension Bridge Construction System: Steel FrameCables Climate: Temperate/Urban Context: Structural Modern with some Art Deco details Fact: One of the longest bridges in the world, It is a powerful human structure beautiful in it's natural location. ...
