In 2002 the Department of
Homeland Security was created in the wake of 9/11 and the Twin Towers tragedy.
They were joined with the Justice Department and
some problems were evident in the beginning as two organizations were learning
to work together. Homeland Security also often came in to conflict with the FBI
as they tried to figure which crimes fall under whose jurisdiction.
Similes- a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Example- She was as sly as a fox.
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Example-Laughter is the best medicine.
first person to drill for oil. Edwin L. Drake invented the telephone. Alexander Graham exclusive right to manufacture or sell an invention. patent.
The south wanted to be their own country so they could have slaves, but the north wanted to stay as one country.
