Why does the government even try? Prohibition didnt work in the 20's and it won't work now. There are some good and bad effects of this prohibition on the United States. One good thing is that it creates job for law enforcement that work to bust druh dealers. The law enforcement take the money that they get from the drug bust and uses it to pay for classes to teach children how bad drugs are. This makes our country better morally. Another way that the prohibition is a good thing is that in places that medical marijuana is legal the government taxes the sales tremendously. Then my final point about how prohibition is good is that there are less people running around intoxicated and making the US look like a horrible place. I have a few negatives things about prohibition though too. If there was no prohibition the government would be able to make some much money off the taxes that they could put on the marijuana just like they do for cigarretes and alcohol after the 20's. Another reason why prohibition is that I think that there would be less gang violence dealing with the marijuana sales becasue everyone will be selling it. Also, since marijuana is a stress reliever America could be less stressed out. I think that the prohibition on marijuana now is just like the alcohol in the 20's. People are still going to do it and there is nothing we can do about it. We should give up, make it legal, and tax it heavily.

How would you feelin if you had to work from dawn to dusk? How would feel if you got paid pennies for your work? This how the children felt during the industrilization. They had to work for little money and they had to waste their childhood away. These kids were not able to live the life like a normal kid but like the lives of an adult. I think that child labor would of been extremly scary as a child. http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/tuttle.labor.child.britain

The trip to oregon was a very deadly and expensive trip. People that wanted to head west had to be strong and willing to put their lives at risk. Traveling west meant leaving all that you have worked for, for just a chance at stricking it rich within the gold industry. The trip was not easy and was hardly worth going there for some people becasue many people were poor when they reached the west coast.

Without the canal the results of WWII would have been much different. We could have lost WWII if we didnt get to hawaii in time. Also we Japan could have took over Hawaii if we wanted to. Bye Bye pineapples and hula dancing because the japanesse were much closer and could of easily taken over it if they wanted. It took much less time with the panama canal which helps us in the long run.

I agree with you that the morals were absoltutly horrible. The US had problems with gambling, prostituion, and drinking. This was the problem and the downfall for our country during the Industrial revolution. Immigrants were the one getting tied into the bad morals within the US.

I agree with you Chloe. The attacks on the twin towers was the spark for the iraq war. This war that we are fighting is a never ending war that will just put our country into even more debt than we are in now. Iraq war was the biggest waste of money and lives that the US has ever done.

Taylor... would we be really still riding horses? Motors and other things were already being developed and improved. Horses are so out of date and really have no use for us anymore other than show. I think the only difference would be is that it would take a long time to make it to the pacific by boat.

Well we actually dont need these resources. We just want to take them becasue we are greedy. I believe that the US is one of the most greedy, selfish nations in the world. I think someday our country probably will try to take over south africa just to get their diamonds. We need to improve our morals and learn to care for others

If there was no WWI then there couldnt be a holocaust and all the painful stories that we have to hear about today. Just imagine though if we never would of fought that war. Life would be different compared today. Hitler wouldnt be in our history books and no one would be recognizing his name.

If you look at the link that I posted before it shows how Nike forces kids in 3rd World countries to make the shoes that we have on our feet. I believe it is very pathetic how Nike has to have kids work for them just to make some extra money.

I absolutly disagree with you that the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the start of WWI. People didnt even care that he died but nationalism, imperialism, miltarism, alliances, and yellow journalism started the war. The assasination was jsut a excuse for Austria-Hungary to show nationalism and start the war.

I agree with you that kid do work in factories still with such hard conditions. In underdeveloped countries parents force their kids to come work with them in the factory just to survive. Kid in other countries our making the things and clothes that we are wearing. Doesnt that make you feel bad at all? http://www1.american.edu/ted/nike.htm