Yes i agree with you about how alcohol and drugs can take away families, friends and their jobs. However I disagree on the fact that prhibition works. Yes it does work to a certain extent at first. But soon enough people find their ways around the prohibitions, and cause even more problems. For example; people like bootleggers. People will find their ways of getting drugs or alcohol whether there are restrictions or not. Also; eventually after awhile the prohibitions will soon start to die out. People will begin to do the same things as they had been before the restrictions. And eventually, the government will end up spending more on trying to get the prohibition laws to work, like during the 1920s.

I completely agree with this. I also think that it makes the country look good when they prohibit things such as alcohol and drugs, but if it does not work then it is no good. What is really the point of prohibiting something that people will find ways around? If they want it, they will go to the extreme to get it, depending on the person. Therefore I think prohibition of alcohol and marijuana do not work and won't work in our country. As much as people want them to be prohibited, it will continue to come back somehow.

i strongly agree with this. Because many knew that there was a lot of gold people were finding, it made them want to move there to become rich. but what they didnt know was that it was hard to find the gold.

I agree and it also helped americans get enough money to pay for the things they needed for their families.

I agree and i believe that the food reform has dramatically changed how people looked at the food they were eating before the reform. It also caused people to become sick from the bad quality food provided.

Racism will always be a huge problem where ever anyone goes. People have such high egos about their people that some cannot accept other people for their good. Its just like the economy. Its a topic that will never be done disputing over because there will always be an issue about it. Things can be done, yet the idea of it will still always be there to rise and fall all over again.

I agree, and i think that many people were based on their backgrounds and skin color just because Americans wouldnt accept the new changes that were arising. The help of other races have helped America grow and become even better.

i agree with this, and some people still dont believe that some races have the right to do certain things. Some think that they are much better and that other races dont deserve the opportunity. I also think that many people are bitter towards other races because people in america think that other races come to america to steal their jobs. Yet it shows that anyone is capable of working any job if they are allowed to.

I agree with this because there is no proof that Spain or Cuba had anything to do with the US Maine blowing up. The yellow journalists just wanted attention and caused greater damage than they should have, leading up to the Spanish American war.

i strongly agree with this and believe that the muckrakers stories really helped Americans see what was going on in the country and that it changed so much today.

Current event: Senators are debating about censoring the internet with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Do you think that this is fair for the country?

I agree with you. Also, if people who share the same skin color can't look at someone without judging each other, how is racism any different? People who share the same color skin, share the same similar background still judge eachother upon how much money they reiceve, how smart they are, what they look like. Thats just like racism. If judging one another cant be stopped, what makes people thing racism will be stopped completely?