Some people cherish the world they are proud to live, Others are to busy stuck up on there computers, Phones, Tablets etc to be bothered by anything, and other don't mind the world and they are here for the ride.
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The Whigs were the relatively "liberal" part of their day, with their opponents being the Democrats. The Whigs stood for industrialization, modernization, and education. They later merged into the Republican Party.
Oil fields. It was very well known that during the operation Desert Storm, when United States in 1991 fought the Iraqi Government as a result for the invasion to Kuwait, as the Iraqi troops withdrew, they set fire to many oild fields as a retailiation against the United States, possibly meaning by that that they were not willing to let the oil fall on their hands.
Immigrants were not really accepted in America so Low paying and unsafe jobs were left for them to grab. Immigrants and slaves fought for these jobs. They also lacked skill and were for the most part not educated.
