mrarmy

In the 1920s and now, the prohibiton didn't work. In the 1920s, people sold, manufactured, distributed and drank alcohol, even though it was illegal and now people are doing the same with marijuana.

After the prohibiton of alcohol ended, lots of money was made off of it and if the prohibition of marijuana ended the same result would occur and more jobs will be created.

One of the reasons marijuana is prohibited is because marijuana was associated with Mexican Americans, and a ban on marijuana was seen as a way of discouraging Mexican-American subcultures from developing. It is also viewed as addictive and can be dangerous. However alcohol is perfectly legal and it causes more 75,000 deaths in the US every year.

I agree with you, but some people left their countries for a new life because they felt as if there could be more they could do with their lives somewhere else.

We needed to go through both the progressive era and the industrial age in order to get to where we are today. In both those periods we made advancements in technology, safety, sanitation and a lot more. We may have hit a few bumps, which caused the deaths of many people, but we had learned from those mistakes.

I agree, the US had always been greedy for money and anything that would help increase the economy, like other countries resources.

I agree, with the Panama Canal built, the US economy got much better. The canal helped every country trade with each other easier. In fact, with trade being easier and less time consuming, other countries had a better economy too.

Yellow journalism definitely led to war. The press was feeding readers lies and that quickly changed everyone's views on the Spanish. Immediately people wanted war, even though they knew little about anything that had actually happened.

I agree with you. Racism is a horrible thing and lots of people look down on others just because of their skin color. Lots of people don't even have a legitimate reason for disliking a certain race, they simply dislike them because they're different.

Just like during the Industruial era, many children around the world now are going uneducated, mostly because they have to support their families. Some of these children must get a job and others have to stay home to do, what we believe as simple, tasks. For example, some children must walk miles just to get water for their family and must do this every day.

But supporting their families is not the only reason they go uneducated. In some countries, girls can't attend school and in other places language, religion, etc, prevent them from getting an education.

http://childrensrightsportal.org/world/right-to-education/

There is still lots of racism in the US today. There are some parts in the country, more towards the south that are very segregated and view African Americans harshly.

And it's not only the African Americans that are viewed unequally. Many other races aren't viewed equally in the eyes of some people.

Yellow journalism was a huge cause of the Spanish-American war.

People truly believed what the press was saying was true and that then caused US citizens to view the Spainsh as horrible and cruel, this then pushed the government to declare war.