... were few laws governing healthy living and working conditions. The packing plants were dangerous places--sites of accidents and sources of all kinds of diseases from pneumonia and blood poisoning to deadly tuberculosis. The levels where stockyard workers lived were overcrowded firetraps. The unpaved streets in the slums became open sewers when rains flooded the cesspools behind the houses. To survive, workers ... of his research together Sinclair now had this picture of Chicago working-class life: Men, women, and children were forced to work at a furious pace, even or more hours a day, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... world, it was only America and Russia at the forefront; all the countries in the world either sided with a super power, or chose a position of neutrality. Even when the United States seemed to be faring badly (in instances like the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the Soviets drawing first blood in the space race, no other nation seemed willing to impose on the bipolar ... world. And now, even with the Cold War over, and no opposing super power, there is seemingly no other country strong enough ... strong enough to topple this super power. Another, more ominous thought, is that the rise of this ...

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... of the drastic change in teen violence, especially as of late. On April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado 15 people died at Columbine High School. The killers, who were teenagers, went on a total ruthless killing spree and then eventually got arrested. The children that did this cold-blooded act were ... seen by other High School students as a little bit "different" but not "disturbed," to their knowledge anyway. Little did they know what was about to happen to them. It has been argued in the past about whether this tragedy ... on the killing spree were very into hardcore video games with ...

• Word Count: 2620
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 's what made me into the respectful and intelligent man that I am today. I can't even imagine what would happen if Mama Emily wasn't around. In an attempt to understand and help others understand different cultures, I interviewed a kid named Damion Anderson. Learning about someone else's culture was the most interesting and ... determined to see that the two rapists get what's coming to them, takes the law into his own hands by gunning the two boys down in cold blood inside the courthouse they day of their arraignments. Jake struggles to keep his law practice afloat, suddenly finds himsel...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the world recognized these memorial services to the end of World War I an official day called "Armistice Day-. Armistice Day received its name in America in 1926. Twelve years later, it became a national holiday. There was a hope that World War I would be "the War to end ... 78 feet tall. President Eisenhower dedicated the monument on November 10, 1954. Unlike World War II, there was not a lot of glory in fighting in Korea. Although war was never officially declared, and it was called a police action', the Korean War began on June 25, 1950 when ... Zealand, the Philippines, South Afri...

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• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... But the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombers still seemed to me different from any precursors: in their self-discipline, their ability to coordinate their efforts over long distances and many months, in the cold power they silently lorded over their fellow passengers as they waited to blow them -- and ... blowing themselves up in order to have sex. More basic for these Muslims is the omnibus promise of divine favor rewarding them for righteous deeds. The would-be martyrs are also told that they will experience no pain after the first drop of their blood has been shed; ... group contr...

• Word Count: 7424
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School