I agree. There's always two sides to a story, and companies, expecially tobacco companies, certainly want a hand in all of this legal action. If there was no prohibition, people wouldn't be driven to such extremes.

With prohibiting these substances, it means that the govermnents is trying to get across that these things aren't healthhy. A lot of the times drinking and smoking usually leaves to many health problems. If they prohibited it, there would be a good size of people who would stop to not break the law.

That's very true. People are going to do what they want to because they can. Just because people sign a fancy sheet of paper doesn't autimatically peope are going to stop drinking or smoking. It just makes the situation more out of control, and it may tempt people who want to rebel against the govermnent and prove they're their own individual. If we didn't prohibit it, the government could just simply monitor the situation and makes sure it doesn't get out of control.

Like I said before, I'm not sure which side I fall on, but there are some really good reasons why prohibition does work as well. Addictions a real problem with alcohol and marijuana. It can ruin someone's life with their family, friends, and at their jobs. Eventually it works it's way to our nation. It's also not the healthiest things. Alcohol, for example, can cause a lot of damage to our kidneys and livers because those organs have to constently keep filter the toxins out. There's been a distinct line that connects the consumption of alcohol to crimes in America. Sure, if u have a few sips you won't go killing someone, but it's for those who consumes large quantities that really makes the situation go gray. If we weren't to have prohibition, there would certainly be an increase in drunk driving seeing as people wouldn't be so cautious about it. And finally, buying alcohol is actually pretty expensive.

I'm still uncertain about whether alcohol and/or marijuana should be banned, but there are certainly reasons that shows how prohibition doesn't work. For example. when the govermnent prohibits something that's taking away our Freedom of Choice, which is what they tried building this country out of. The United States of America formed because people wanted to say what was on their minds and do what they pleased. Drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana is considered a 'victimless crime', which means that it only hurts the person that does it. There's always the debate that it effects those around them, but they can always remove themselvs from the situation if they so pleased. If the stuff was to be prohibited, that would just make the Black Markets sky rocket for people who are addicted. it'll make the consumption more dangerous since they don't have to meet regulations and protocalls. If they were to prohibit this, it was mean that there would be loss in taxes and even some real jobs.

Well, China has had a progressive moment, but it's not in the same way the US had one. Mao Tse-Tung had a big impact on China improving with their industrial methods.

I completely don't agree with the shipping of people over to the US. I think the fact that they were going to be used as slaves had a big reason as to why some people consider African American's to be lesser than them.

Well, I sort of agree, but I don't. Imperialism did have a big start in the spanish american war, but we haven't really slowed down. It's different situations, but we're still getting involved in things that doens't involve us.

I agree. And, sometimes when a person grows up somewhere where they're not as exposed to black people, like Plymouth, then they're more likely to grow the prejudice that comes along with racism. There's nothing wrong with people with a different skin color, and it's just wrong that some people would blame all the gangs in the US on black people.

I agree. Sometimes we need to focus on some of the resources that are diminesing. I mean, oil and other sources do have their benefits to making life easier, but if we're not careful, we're going to use everything up. There's not much fresh water left in the world, and some people just don't care if they waste it because we have so much.

Well, I don't think the government was giving away land. They just hadn't claimed it, and whoever got their first and claimed it sort of had dibs. The reason we went west because there was no more option and land anymore in the east shore.

I don't agree. You can't tell someone to get an abortion just because they made a mistake. I personally wouldn't use abortion as birth control, but that doesn't mean someone else shouldn't have that optino. They're the ones who are going to have to live with the fact they aborted their own child for the rest of their life.

I agree that things were really out of control back then, and that the Progressive Era really improved things for people back then. Heath issues were very common back then, and things were pretty disgusting. Including with the people's health, the progressive era helped protect animals that were in danger and their habitats. Without that, we may not see some of the animals we do today.

I agree with them for paying for WWII. That was alll Hitler, but the first World War didn't involved him. Adolf Hitler was actually a soldier fighting in the war, but he had nothing to do with starting it. There were other countries involved in the first World War, and some historians believe that because of that, Adolf Hitler started the second World War as a sort of revenge.

I agree. I believe in "woman's choice" and that a woman should be able to do whatever they want with their bodies. If they want an abortion because they were raped or incest or just because they want to use that as birthcontrol than that's their own business. They're going to be the ones who will have to live with it.

I agree. Yellow Journalism was only using it's greed to sell newspapers, and in that, they sort of started a whole war. If newspapers would've just reported the facts, then none of that would've happened.

World War 1 and World War 2 was completely blamed on Germany, even though they weren't the only countries who had their hands dirty. Because they were soley blamed, they got the responsiblity of paying of the debt. The debt was set at the end of the war in the early 1990's, and it wasn't until last year that Germany finally paid it off. They had to pay a sum of 94 million dollars. Link!!!http://www.defence.pk/forums/members-club/75171-german-debt-paid-off.html

I do agree with this. I believe that the Progressive Era was a good thing, but it went to the governments head. Today, I think that we should focus a little more about what's going on inside.

I don't believe we're being less imperialistic. The situations are different, but the US is still trying to get involved with things that don't concern us. If countries were to ask for our help or if we were directly attacked, then it's fine. But, the US is sticking their nose in other people's business, which is just costing us more.

Yeah, and while we helped them built it, we killed a couple of thousand people. And, America only got involved with building the Panama Canal because America wanted to gain more control and access to more territory. They weren't doing it out of the kindness of their heart.

I agree with you. The goverment was taken advantage of their workers by not informing them about what they were getting into. They goverment and officers let the soilders think that the war was going to be all fun and games. When they finally went into war they realized that was far from the case. The soldiers began talking and discovered that they had absolutely no clue why the war was being fought anyway.America has also forever lost the service of thousands of good soldiers who are now disabled as a result of battle wounds in Iraq. Many others will need mental and emotional rehabilitation before they can return to normal life.

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I do believe things have gotten A LOT better than how things were back then, but I do agree that bosses and owners still try to find loopholes. The power-hungry owners will try to do the minimum for their workers, and sometimes it goes unpunished.

I agree. In case people haven't noticed, South Caroline still uses the confederate flag as their state flag. There's still plenty of groups hiding that are against African American people. Just because there are laws and groups working to stop racisim doesn't mean it's gone completely away. Although, racism today is way different than what it used to be. "The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense (NBPP) is the largest organized anti-Semitic and racist black militant group in America."

I disagree. America is a very imperialistic country. We're more concerned about what's going on in other countries more than what's happening here. There's nothing wrong with that, but America is taking that to new levels. America, right now, needs to focuse more on what's happening with itself. We get involved in wars we're not even involved it, and the goverment completely ignores what's going on with the citizens.