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Oratorical Analysis Paper The “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. is known to be one of the most valuable, sentimental, brave, and memorable speeches of all times, his words inspired and touched so many people in America to fight for their civil rights; it state the idea that every single person in this country have to be treated equally regarding of the color, social status or race. Martin Luther King had a remarkable trajectory before the “I Have a Dream” speech; in 1960 he gave…

Title: The Electoral College is Failing and should be Abolished Every four years, Americans elect a president and vice-president. Voters are not given the rights to vote directly for the presidential candidates.They actually vote for an elector in their respective state, who had pledged to cast a ballot on voters’ behalf in the election that actually chooses the president. This voting system is called the Electoral College. In the Electoral College system, different In states are allotted with…

The electoral college has been in place since the preamble of the constitution. "The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."(Office of the Federal Register 1) This nationally recognized system has been a topic of controversy. Some U.S. citizens believe that it is unfair, while other argue that…

Reparations for African Americans: Does it Make Sense? Introduction The idea of reparations in general has been around for a significant period of time. Multiple countries have given reparations to groups of people for atrocities committed in the past. For example, in 1952 Germany paid $822 million to Holocaust survivors in the German Jewish Settlement. Austria, Canada, and the United States have also all given reparations to groups of people in different settlements and treaties (History of…

During the election of 1800, Jefferson, as well as Aaron Burr, received 73 electoral votes. Consequently, the election ended in a tie. Usually, in the past elections, the person with the most votes became the President and the runner up became the Vice President. Since the votes were a tie, it was up to the House of Representatives to decide who would be the president. Thomas Jefferson won the higher amount of electoral votes, 36, and started his presidency. As a result of the dilemma caused…

“America has always been known to force their cultural opinions on many cultures besides their own, compelling them to revolt against the continuing oppression of American“ - India Cage I almost wrote a short story about the struggle to revolt against the construction of an oil pipeline that has threatened to be built on an Native American reserve but instead of sticking to what my teacher would want at the beginning of my persuasive writing. I choose to not only write about the…

The “Great Experiment in Democracy” is what the United States of America is often referred to as. From its beginning the United States has been a nation governed by and for the people, becoming the first nation to have the people tell the government what it can do, not vise-versa. What is considered to be among the greatest of feats is what former President Ronald Reagan believed was so special about the orderly transfer of constitutional authority being nothing less than a miracle in the eyes…

In a presidential race, the candidate with the highest popular vote can lose to a candidate with the lower popular vote if the candidate with the lower popular vote has more electoral votes. Originally, the electoral college was created to compromise the people's vote with congress’ vote. Some people argue that the electoral college should be changed or abolished while others think that there is nothing wrong with it. The electoral college needs to be changed because one party should not be able…

A common misconception that has existed ever since the introduction of photography is that photographs are assumed to be accurate visual representations of society and the world around us. However, this is far from the truth. All photographs contain subjective aspects that require deeper insight from the viewer, as they are not always apparent at the first glance. A common belief is that photographs do not portray the truth because the photographer makes vital choices when it comes to the…

There have been very few studies done correlating presidents’ prior experience to their overall greatness or approval rating. The studies that have emerged more throughout the years focus primarily on experiences throughout their presidency. However, there have been some studies done analyzing whether presidents have more success depending on their previous background. Most scholars suggest no, there is not a direct link (Balz, 2010). There are, however, conflicting views on whether this is an…