Since September 17, 1787 when the constitution was signed, the United States has been ever changing and evolving from their policies to the intelligence of that society. However, in todays society it seems like the internet makes it easier yet simultaneously harder to pass a law. Why is this? What makes it so much easier for things to gain attention and to pass laws quickly? The cause is the internet. With the beginning of a new year on January 1920 was not only the decade of the first showing of Mickey Mouse, or the first televised World Series, but with the ratification of the 18th amendment. The 18th amendment made the sale and distribution of alcohol illegal. Since this decade, every law or new amendment that was issued seemed to only be
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The movement to ban alcohol began as early as 1873 where religious organization like the Women’s Christian Temperance Union disliked it and had a negative view on the liquid. These organization gave speeches, advertised the movement, they held public demonstrations at saloons and bars; all of this just to have a slight shot at convincing people that the elimination of alcohol from society would eradicate the all the evils that this word has. From all the publicity By 1916, 23 of 48 states had passed the anti-saloon legislation (Gewurz). It took close to fifty years before this law passed. For the organizations to actually portray their ideas and what they believed, they needed to go to extreme measures and in some cases even go to jail for what they believed in. For example, Carrie Amelia Moore Nation, was known for her violent persuasion because she didn't only give speeches she went to saloon windows and break them if they sold alcohol. She was arrested on numerous occasions, but if it wasn't for her “saloon-smashing” campaign then there is a high possibility that it would never have …show more content…
The law “consists of 23 executive actions and three presidential memoranda, most of which will require congressional approval” (O’keete). This plan makes it a lot harder for people to buy and sell guns among the masses. This piece of legislation would require background checks for all gun sales, provide states with monetary incentives, bans military-style assault weapons, and many more beneficial situation to prevent gun violence in America. However, this law was never passed due to an organization misleading the nation with the help of social media. In April 2013 when Obama proposed this idea, and had the senators vote, the senators voted 54-46 which fell short of the sixty votes needed to pass the law. The president got up in front of the public and gave a speech. In that speech Obama claims that the NRA ‘“willfully lied” about the background-check proposal to stoke fear among gun rights supporters that Congress would violate their Second Amendment rights or create a federal gun registry” (Obama). If something was going to help prevent and make America safer why wouldn't everyone jump on this? Why would people just believe something an organization claims without doing there own research. The 21st century society is constant decline when compared to past generations. With a few seconds of time one is easily able to find solutions to questions online and use the information the internet
The movement to ban alcohol began as early as 1873 where religious organization like the Women’s Christian Temperance Union disliked it and had a negative view on the liquid. These organization gave speeches, advertised the movement, they held public demonstrations at saloons and bars; all of this just to have a slight shot at convincing people that the elimination of alcohol from society would eradicate the all the evils that this word has. From all the publicity By 1916, 23 of 48 states had passed the anti-saloon legislation (Gewurz). It took close to fifty years before this law passed. For the organizations to actually portray their ideas and what they believed, they needed to go to extreme measures and in some cases even go to jail for what they believed in. For example, Carrie Amelia Moore Nation, was known for her violent persuasion because she didn't only give speeches she went to saloon windows and break them if they sold alcohol. She was arrested on numerous occasions, but if it wasn't for her “saloon-smashing” campaign then there is a high possibility that it would never have …show more content…
The law “consists of 23 executive actions and three presidential memoranda, most of which will require congressional approval” (O’keete). This plan makes it a lot harder for people to buy and sell guns among the masses. This piece of legislation would require background checks for all gun sales, provide states with monetary incentives, bans military-style assault weapons, and many more beneficial situation to prevent gun violence in America. However, this law was never passed due to an organization misleading the nation with the help of social media. In April 2013 when Obama proposed this idea, and had the senators vote, the senators voted 54-46 which fell short of the sixty votes needed to pass the law. The president got up in front of the public and gave a speech. In that speech Obama claims that the NRA ‘“willfully lied” about the background-check proposal to stoke fear among gun rights supporters that Congress would violate their Second Amendment rights or create a federal gun registry” (Obama). If something was going to help prevent and make America safer why wouldn't everyone jump on this? Why would people just believe something an organization claims without doing there own research. The 21st century society is constant decline when compared to past generations. With a few seconds of time one is easily able to find solutions to questions online and use the information the internet