Angel Island State Park is a natural island located in California's San Francisco Bay. It covers 1.2 square miles (3.1 kilometers). The island is in the northern part of the bay, and is almost entirely in Marin county. Angel Island…
The term “American exceptionalism” is used to describe the belief that the United States occupies a special position in history and on the global stage by virtue of certain characteristics held to be unique to the United States. This belief…
Alcatraz Island is a 19 acre (0.07 kilometer) National Park located in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Like many of the islands in the bay, it has a long and colorful history, and it is also open to…
The causes of poverty in Appalachia include a lack of job opportunities and public services, a rural environment and health hazards. These causes are widespread and typically considered to be generational in nature. The Appalachian region extends more than 1,000…
Slavery reparations are compensations paid to enslaved people and/or their descendants. This term is most often used in direct movement to the slavery reparations movement in the United States, which promotes reparations for black Americans descended from former slaves. The…
The United States entitlement crisis refers to the deficit between what programs such as Social Security and Medicare will require in comparison to how much funding is available. This means that the cost of these programs will be more than…
Los Angeles, or L.A., is one of the oldest cities in North America. While the official foundation date is 1781, Los Angeles has been around far longer than that. Human bones dating back to 13000 B.C. have been found in…
Almost half of the United States presidents to date — 21 in all — have served more than one term as president. They were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland,…
Many US presidents were governors first, perhaps representing the faith of the people in the office of governor. If a person can successfully lead a state in the US, voters may think, then they may also be able to lead…
The average American house size has more than doubled since the 1950s, despite the fact that the average family size has steadily dropped. In the 1950s, the average house measured about 1,000 square feet (about 90 square meters) and housed…