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George Washington’s Farewell Address to the People of the United States was, in essence, Washington’s last-ditch effort to keep America going on the right path before he left office. Washington could see the growing tensions spreading across America, and he knew that factors like split political parties and foreign intervention would only cause the still very young America great stress. When Washington finally made the decision to retire from office, he left behind a series of growing issues…

Mistake History has teach generations and generation but hasn’t prevent generations from mistakes. As Edmund Burke once said, “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little”. During the American Revolution, Edmund Burke played role as opposing for taxes in the colonies. He believe constitutional government should be flexible enough to adapt to changing circumstances nationally or globally. Throughout years, Edmund Burke’s quote has reflect historical…

In 1940, during World War II, the United States Congress passed the Alien Registration Act making it illegal for any citizen of the United States of America to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Tensions were high between the United States and other nations that supported the Axis powers, yet the United States took this fear too far by passing a law that only compromised the practice of free speech. This law required non-citizens to register themselves within four months of…

In the United States there are two form of democracy Republican and Direct democracy. Direct democracy is a form of government where the individual citizen of the country directly vote for the leader or president. This means that everyone's vote is specially counted and everyone gets a fair chance to show support for the candidates, However this only works on small nations. On the other hand there is Republic Democracy, this is where the representatives vote for the leader or president. United…

Presidential Democracy A presidential system is a republican system of government where the executive branch is led by a president who serves as head of state and the head of government at the same time. The president is also the head of the army and directly responsible for foreign policy. The people vested the sovereignty to nominate representative who exercises them for the benefit of the whole nation. This means that the president is directly elected from time to time by the people…

At the turn of the 20th century, it was evident that there was a "widespread concern about overcutting forests, flooding, and erosion..." (Sowards) throughout the United States. Many people were not aware of the environmental damage that their actions could lead to during this time period. As seen in the late 1800s, Americans hunted for bison, resulting in the extinction of the species. Likewise, as cities throughout the nation began to grow and overpopulate, pollution was an issue and was…

Whitman Pre-Civil War and Post-Civil War Analysis During his influential seventy-three year life, Walt Whitman produced works such as Leaves of Grass, and “Song of Myself”, which were influential in the transition from transcendentalism to realism. Whitman’s evolution was partly caused by the Civil War, being that after the war, the starkness of the situation his beloved country was in is evident in his work. More specifically, the Civil War changes Whitman’s view of Democracy, changing the…

What does it mean to be an American? This is a question everyone in the United States should ask themselves from time to time. One needs to ponder on this question and think about the things they have that others may not. Having said this, being an American is having freedom. Being an American is having a choice. Americans need to take everything they have into perspective and think about what all comes with the title “American”. America is the greatest country on Earth, or at least that is the…

How would you feel if your vote in deciding the next president of our country didn’t matter? Well, this is true for many people due to our broken Electoral College system of voting. I strongly feel that we should get rid of it for many reasons. My first reason is that it doesn’t give equal representation to certain states. My second reason is that it doesn’t match up with the popular votes that were taken by the people. This two reasons alone are more than enough to show this system needs to be…

A broadly known speech that makes evident the power of rhetoric is “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Junior, which was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. This civil rights leader proclaimed his views about human equality for all African Americans to have equals opportunities in the United States. His speech is known as one of the largest civil rights demonstrations in history. His symbolism, powerful persuasion, tone and diction helped to create an impact on his public…