... freaked me out. When we were having breakfast my, while having breakfast my dad was reading articles about immigration with Green Card and he was taking notes, I felt the same thing that what I felt for my mom. They were hiding something from us, I was pretty sure. After all, that is done, we ... was driving, they probably didn't want us to know until everything got real. After a six hour driving, we got to capital and stayed all the time at my cousin's house. That trip was unexpectedly and fast. We woke at 5am, It was really early, My sister and I thought we were getting a tourist visa....

• Word Count: 2164
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... piazzas so much that he builds one on his house. He hates the house for two reasons, one because it dosen't have a piazza and two the house dosen't n allow for the piazza to go all the way around the house. The Narrator also loves the view from the house because he can see Charlemagne from the north side of the house, he can see the long camp of the Hearth Stone Hills, fading far away twords Quito, and ... every fall, a small white flake of something peering suddenly, of a coolish morning, from the top most cliff, from the east side of the house, from the ... ...

• Word Count: 2059
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... of my family standing along with my neighbors and friends doused in their night attire. I stood and watched in horror as the red-hot flames licked the side of my house and engulfed the upstairs. We had no idea what had happened. The next morning I awoke, my mind still cloudy and in mystery as to what had happened. I rushed downstairs to see my mother and ... father cooking the normal morning breakfast. I picked up the dew covered paper and began reading the ink-smeared lines. Finally, the article I had been looking for, consisting of a story that a house not to far from ours had burnt d...

• Word Count: 1595
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... help all those in need. As she received letter from people in despair, she grew more and more anxious to help. She gave strangers she had met in the street free meals at her house, she gave up most of her clothe and that of her family to people that needed it, she "found jobs for many worthy people." (51) Eleanor was ... . In 1933 he was elected the 32nd President of the United States. From the beginning of FDR's term, Eleanor brought new life to the White House. She insisted on running the "White House elevator herself, and would sometimes take visitors on tours of the White House. (56)...

• Word Count: 1726
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... to downtown area are mostly new immigrants, domestic residents only occupies a small percentage. Flushing has changed dramatically as the restaurant and retail sectors flourished on the backs of these low-wage laborers which mainly new immigrants. Most new immigrants can not afford buying a condo or a house, due to that most foreign-born residents are living in rent lives. According to U.S. Census Bureau data ... 2005, the median monthly rent for apartment in Flushing was the highest in Queens, and Queens was the second highest borough just ... behind Manhattan. In 2009, the market for...

• Word Count: 1480
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 11th, 1997, President Clinton released a notice to the House of Representatives and the City of New York stating that the cancelation would reduce the Federal Budget Deficit, enable New York to rely on provider taxes to finance the medicate program, as an attempt to draw heat away from the situation and to defend his position on the case. Appellees then filled out two separate actions ... by Justice Member John Paul Stevens (one of the majority voters), the court ruled that because the Act allowed the President to amend/repeal parts of an Act using line-item cancellation, it violated th...

• Word Count: 1301
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... doesn't always cooperate. A wall of solid limestone 60 feet high, just 30 miles from the finish line is, Lake Erie. This canal would link the Atlantic Ocean to the middle of America. As a result, this canal turned the North into a global economic power house. The man who built this canal was, a New York's gung ho governor DeWitt Clinton. Born into wealth he won't take no for ... live stock. Dark skinned men are bought for the fields and light skinned women for the house. Slave buyers did not consider slaves as human beings. Buyers demand to buy the most fertile slaves for breeding. The ...

• Word Count: 1311
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... commitments and misstating facts in a particular situation" (Hamilton 404). Powell, elected to Congress from Harlem in 1944, was able to maintain a positive relationship with the White House during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations however many senators felt that Powell was shown political favoritism by government agencies when receiving federal loans and grants. "Powell was not above seeking ... White House help when he needed personal political support, to get a bill passed, to protect his committee's jurisdiction and power, and the White House was willing to reciprocate with th...

• Word Count: 1701
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Saturday night instead of in a few days when the rest of the students leave. He simply cannot take the torture of his dorm and the people in it any longer, he feels so disconnected from the people there that he must escape. He decides to stay in a cheap hotel in New York and arrive at his house on the day that he is expected to return. What ... tasteless, he then ends up upsetting his company so much they leave depressed and rejected. Late that night he goes to his house to visit Phoebe. Phoebe and Holden talk for a while about all sorts of things, but when the subject of Holden getting...

• Word Count: 1626
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... for ten years, she herself could be rich. When Mary first stepped off the boat she was a frail young women. She spoke mostly Gaelic and had hoped to find work. Luckily for her many Irish women were getting involved in the maid business. She found a family willing to take house her, feed her and pay her minimal wages until she learned her chores ... better. Her chores included cooking, cleaning and tending to the children. After a few months, Mary got the hang of what she was doing as was paid about $9 a week plus ... . Joe left his job to work to work under Andrew Carnegie in the steel ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... for ten years, she herself could be rich. When Mary first stepped off the boat she was a frail young women. She spoke mostly Gaelic and had hoped to find work. Luckily for her many Irish women were getting involved in the maid business. She found a family willing to take house her, feed her and pay her minimal wages until she learned her chores ... better. Her chores included cooking, cleaning and tending to the children. After a few months, Mary got the hang of what she was doing as was paid about $9 a week plus ... . Joe left his job to work to work under Andrew Carnegie in the steel ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... build or to sell and often times, property owners sit on these vacant lots, hoping for the its property value to rise. The immense amount of empty lots and abandoned buildings can be used to house the thousands of homeless; however, low taxes allow these properties to continue being empty and not ... liens, and most importantly allow allotments of land to be held specifically for affordable housing. Conclusion There are many components and steps in reshaping the affordable housing policy in New York. Although it's important to focus on existing policies to better apply them to low income...

• Word Count: 2013
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

... , minimal door decorative metal cornice. New Law Tenement When the new Tenement House Act in 1901 was passed, a change in building it made sure people had more air and living space in tenements. This was for the working class who had lived in the old law tenements and continued to live in one now. The new large new law tenements in East Harlem are decorate ... few years, East Harlem has accomplished a number of luxury housing units. Some have taken the form of reconstructed brownstone features also. Three large-scale luxury house buildings has visual economic and cultural influences with...

• Word Count: 1641
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Democrats, USA in which he was a co-chairman in which he had criticized President Nixon's ending of the War on Poverty in which Rustin wanted the program to continue supporting the needy, most specifically the African-American community. During this time, Rustin had begun working for Freedom House as an election monitor as well as a human rights monitor in which had allowed him to be ... other nations such as Zimbabwe, Haiti, Barbados, and Lebanon to oversee the elections that wouldn't be considered to be fair by American standards. As for his work on human violations for Freedom House,...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

... III, author of House of Sand and Fog, had written in reference to immigrants in America, "Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen." Immigrants from the 1700s to modern day ... a new experience and wanting to feel as if you belong with the people around you and the surroundings. When Rose first arrived in America with her family, all she had were a few belongings and an address to her Uncle Patrick's house, which he lived in with his family that included two step daughte...

• Word Count: 2291
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... died and property damage topped $2 million. The draft was temporarily suspended, and as a result of the riots, relatively few New Yorkers were forced to serve in the Union army. In 1864, the 13th amendment abolishing slavery passed the U.S. Senate but died in the House as Democrats rallied in the name of states' rights. The election of 1864 brought Lincoln back to the White House along with momentous Republican majorities in both ... houses. Lincoln preferred that the amendment receive bipartisan support. While some Democrats indicated support for the measure, many still repelled. The a...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... of settling down and having a good life. What is true is that all of the mentioned notions can be ascribed to the fundamental idea of the "American Dream." Through the passing of time, the original quest for settlement and freedom has evolved into a continuing struggle to achieve a big house, a nice car, and a life of ease. Horatio Alger's book Ragged Dick is a very suitable ... portrait. Alger tells the reader that anyone and everyone could improve themselves with hard work, a positive ... attitude, and an education, and the "American Dream" is a possible dream that can be attained by...

• Word Count: 1288
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... in touch with their customers would not enable Ben and Jerry to be as successful as they have become if their ice cream was not high quality as well. The second value the company espouses is to use only wholesome, natural ingredients. They began their operation on this premise, utilizing fresh Vermont milk and cream to create their frozen concoctions. During a ... Economic Priorities, presented by Joanne Woodward at a reception in New York City, by donating 7.5 percent of its pre-tax income to non-profit organizations through the Ben & Jerry's Foundation. That same year, President Reag...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to trace guns. These are tighter federal restrictions imposed on gun purchases by the so-called Brady law of 1994, named after James Brady, the former White House press secretary who was wounded in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. New gun control laws passed by numerous states in America, like those limiting purchasers to one handgun a month ... . According to the report of Fox Butterfield (2000), the police and prosecutors in many cities in the U.S., including New York and Boston, have devised ... ...

• Word Count: 1442
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

... to tell a story or to entertain an audience. People put their thoughts and feelings into their music. Music is very powerful because the rhythm is so catchy and the lyrics you can relate to them . Now some types of music can have you feeling like your in love, while other types ... Some gangasta rap lyrics are anti-police and cause violence against police officers. Most rap artist use their music to express themselves and some of the trials and tribulations they've gone through in life. Other rap artists use their go out and create these situations for themselves. While these ... '00, 5...

• Word Count: 1267
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... called Socrates who is in his retirement old, whose ascent is very heavy, and he often wears scandal to the party but not a very formal type of clothing. Therefore, when he is out of the house or not, he often spaces off and thinking something deep and he wouldn't listen to anyone. Socrates also ... an insane person because he thinks that loyalty to the Athenian government is more important to him than his own death or friendship ... they would try to answer him. Then, Socrates would try to teach them to think better by asking them more difficult questions by demonstrating them the probl...

• Word Count: 2026
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... a historic place, where the first black woman has been elected to the U.S. Senate. Its capital is Chicago which is also the third most populous city in the United States. Chicago is regarded as the industrial and transportation center in the Midwest. Iowa is a state almost completely devoted to agriculture and farming. Nebraska is the only state which has a legislature with only one house. North Dakota is an ... attractive place for tourists who can spend their time on rodeos or watch traditional Indian ceremonies. The biggest gold mine in the country is located in South ... Dakota. The...

• Word Count: 1514
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... recognize it is about his own mother. His wearing of a blackface in this song was also a symbol or metaphor for being American. Overtime, blackface overshadowed the immigrant world. A powerful scene occurs when Jack sings to his mother in her home when he first comes back to New York. This proves that time changes ... to stop Jack. His father would not accept Jack's jazz music or the man he had become. "You dare bring your jazz songs in my house," his father yells to him. "You're the old world, if you grew up here you'd feel the same as I do," responded Jack. All Jack wanted was for his ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot influence the authorities. The plot is easy to follow and the first sentence starts right away with the plot "without any forewords. Quote "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house..."" (page 9). As you can see, it goes ... straight to the point. Events occur in a reasonable order. The ending of the story was a bit expected although it ... was nevertheless effective. I anticipated the death of Johnny. The death of Dally was not as predic...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... News. While working as a reporter, he came to know about the terrible inequalities between New York's Upper East Side and Lower East Side, which led to terrible overcrowding and terrible living conditions in tenement houses. The immigrants were paying very high rent for these tenenments to the tenants, real-estate agents and boarding house keepers. Immigrants had no safety net and social services were ... almost non-existent in the slums. In "How The Other Half Lives", Jacob Riis tried to expose and clarify the living conditions of New York's poor to its ... wealthy. "The other half" th...

• Word Count: 1875
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School