I think that prohibition does not work. It didn't work in the '20s and it doesn’t really work now. In the '20s people could go to a bar and get alcohol on the black market just as fast as when it wasn't banned. Today people seem to be able to get marijuana just as easy because it seems like a decent amount of people do it. Some pros to not prohibiting alcohol would be that the government could tax marijuana sales. There also might be less gang activities with weed being illegal because it's a lot more easily to come by. Some cons are that people might be reckless with the weed. When people smoke the weed in public they may do dumb stuff when their high. Also if weed is legalize people might not think there is a risk to smoking it and more youth might start to smoke it.

I dissagree. I think there was no way to avoid WW1. There was lots of conflict people the assinations. The assination of the Ferdinade dude was just a spark to the war. There was lots of other reasons for why the war started.

I think World War 3 will start because of counties cutting each other from their resources. Like if counties stop giving the US oil the US will have to rebel.

Exactly, things like measles and other sicknesses were very common. People died from this all the time.

The Spainish-American war was all about the US and imperialism

Exactly... Imperialism lead to lots more Wars and more probelms.

I agree, without the Canal ships would still be going all the way around South America though the dangerous seas.

I agree, people will always be racsit to others. The civil war did help segragation alot though.

Did the US entering World War 1 make the US more powerful? Or make it weaker?

If there wasn't ever the civil war there would probably be alot of very wealthy whites. There would probably only be a wealthy high class and a very poor lower class.

If the civil war never happened, would there still be slaves today? Would everything still be segragated?

Yea the trenches were awful. Also remember there was dead bodies everywhere

Many people were fooled by the Westward Migration. People thought life in the west would be a perfect utopia, but it really wasn't. Yes, there was free land but getting supplies and staying alive was very hard. Just the trip going west was very brutal.

LINK: http://www.redfeatherhistoricalsociety.com/westwardmigration.htm

The trench warfare in world war 1 was very brutal. People used gas to clear out the trenches and the battles were very close quarters. The conditions were very harsh.

If the US didn't build the Panama Canal would another county have built it? Would there be a canal at all today?

I agree. People were not prepared at all. Most people were used to their nice life in the city and a 3-4 mounth trip on a wagon was very rough. The Donner Party is a good example of people stuggling on their way west.

LINK:http://www.donnerpartydiary.com/

I agree. The Spain-American war was very foolish. It was very unnecessary and alot of people died. The war was mostly just a show of the power of the US.

I agree. There were many things that lead up to world war and lots of conflict going on. They were just looking for a reason to go into war.. and the assination of Ferdinand was their reason.

LINK:http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/harrachmemoir.htm

I agree, America should have kept out of the war. It would have saved many lives and the US would have time to reconstruct its own problems.

The Industrial Era changed in favor for the workers. Businesses used to be able to treat people unfairly with low pays, child labor, long hours, but after the era there's new laws in place so the workers can't get abused.

LINK:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution

World War 1 was just waiting to happen, all it needed was something to spark it. The assination of Franz Ferdinand was the spark to the war.

Link:http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm

I agree. We can't just start "paving" the swamps and natural envirnments. We need to keep protecting the Earth but still produce jobs.

We need to keep the laws protecting the envirnment so we don't destroy our Earth

We need to keep consumer protections because it's not right if business owner abuse the consumers.

We should legalize marijawana and prostitution because it produces business and profits and its the peopels decision if they want to do that to their body. Smoking cigaretts is already legal and it also damages your body.

If the work week increases to 60 hours it may be more work for you, but in return you will make more money.