... the U.S. border. Although this incident sparked much disbelief, pity, and sorrow around the country, few people actually know how many immigrants put their lives in danger everyday to cross the borders of the United States. Even those who cross over legally often have to go to great lengths. You wonder just what it ... about what it feels like to never have enough to eat, constantly worry about warfare, walk through sewage and trash, or even to not have running water and electricity. We also have free education that is available to anyone and everyone who wants to learn. American student...

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... part to help America cope with the departing of men and women who had been sent overseas. American entertainment during World War II kept America running, and brought the country together at a time of world fighting. In the 1940's Hollywood was doing its job to keep up the American morale. War films ... 1940's Woody Guthrie led a fight against oppression. He was a musician who moved America with his lyrics. He wrote songs that Americans sung across the country and lifted spirits while family members were off at war. Guthrie wrote songs such as "This Land is Your Land", which described t...

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... ran for presidency. The first presidential election he ran for was in 1912. He ran against William Taft, a republican, and Theodore Roosevelt, a progressive. Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft were both running for the republican spot, but when William Taft won, Theodore Roosevelt started his own party called the Progressive party. The election was a close one between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson ... . Most of America did not want anything to do with the war and thought it was not their problem, so Wilson sided with America and stated that we were a neutral country. America was...

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