Pork barrel is unnecessary, a project of congressman for their own districts. It is the politicians - senators and their constituents benefited the pork barrel. They include unconnected expenses into bills which are then passed at a higher cost to the people. These projects help them support their voter by feeding money from other projects back into their own district.
The idea of the American Dream began during the late 19th century during the Gilded Age. The idea behind the American Dream is anyone can become anything through work, innovation, and eventually a good education. There are no structural limits to what a person can achieve. This was a drive for immigrants to come to the US and make a new and better life. It was also the driver of innovators to create businesses and to become more than their past dictated. The rag-to-riches stories motivated generations to take advantage of free public education and become more. People like Andrew Carnegie became the model for this success.
The feature that helped Timbuktu make it a center of intellectual advances and culture is the "Library." Books themselves are very intellectual in its nature. It was in the <span>Askia dynasty that Timbuktu felt its prosperity in intellectual advances. </span>
The plantation system brought about the fact that many slaves were needed to help 'run' (work in) the plantations, and soon, there were more african americans than whites in certain southern states.
