Halloween in America

Every year on October 31, most American families celebrate Halloween. Parents decorate the house with spooky decorations while kids dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating. Since Halloween is so popular in America, many people spend a lot of money to celebrate it. According to marketingcharts.com, "The average person will spend $72.31 on Halloween decorations, costumes and candy in 2011, up 9% from $66.28 last year, according to data released in October 2011 by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and BIGresearch. Results of NRF’s 2011 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Surveys indicate total Halloween spending is expected to reach $6.86 billion, a healthy 18% increase from $5.8 billion in 2010." 

http://www.marketingcharts.com/direct/halloween-spending-rises-19773/

Question 7

Who did middle-class Americans tend to blame when disputes between labor and employers became bitter and violent?

Middle-class Americans tended to blame the workers when disputes between labor and employers became bitter and violent.

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Nation of Immigrants

Between 1865 and 1915, 25 million people came from. different countries to live in the United States. Most of the immigrants came from Britain, Germany, and Ireland. The United States came to be known as the "Nation of Immigrants" because of the large number of people coming from different countries.

The people that came to America from other countries must have been very determined to create a new life for themselves and to be successful. I believe that the values and beliefs of the people that migrated here several years ago still have a significant impact on the way we live today.

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Faces of America

The show Faces of America features 12 Americans, all of whom are celebrities, that learn about their family's past. Elizabeth Alexander, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Louise Erdich, Malcolm Gladwell, Eva Longoria, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Queen Noor of Jordan, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Meryl Streep, and Kristi Yamaguchi all learn about their families from Professor Henry Louis Gates. 

After watching this series, a person can take many good things away from it. After watching this, a person's interest in learning about their past could increase. A person could also become interested in learning about other people's pasts.