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    This action was viewed by Hamilton’s opponents as a way to make the states subservient and inferior to the federal government. Their argument was completely justified as this was Hamilton’s viewpoint, which was further cemented by his establishment of a national bank. This lead to much debate between the emerging parties of the time. Hamilton, however, won the…

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    lost their jobs, their savings, and their homes in the Great Depression. As the Democratic candidate for the 1932 Presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt assured the people he would take radical action to give the American people a “new deal” and provide relief, recovery, and reform to the country. Within the first 100 days, Roosevelt introduced a series of New Deal acts (referred to as “Alphabet Agencies”) designed to help certain groups of people, however some were left out. In the late…

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    the Jacksonian era. Jackson, the Democratic-Republican candidate, was the defender of democracy and the military commander during this election. His political philosophy was to have greater democracy for the common man. As the Whig candidate, Clay’s campaign…

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    Since the result of the 2010 Australian federal election, the issue of whether or not the health of Australia’s liberal democracy necessitating a two party system is debated academically. In this essay it is argued that a two party system is not essential thus the opposing proposition not confirmed by the result of the election. Relevant and contemporary arguments are presented in support of the premise that a hung parliament is of benefit to the health of Australia’s liberal democracy. First,…

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    Health Policy using the Rationalism Model. Hillary Clinton has long been apart of the United States Federal Government system. She started as first lady in the 1990’s, she then excelled as a U.S. senator in the 2000’s. During the 2008 Democratic primaries, she conceded the nomination when it became apparent that Barack Obama held a majority of the delegate vote. After winning the national election, Obama appointed Clinton secretary of state. She was sworn in as part of his cabinet in January…

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    When Donald Trump won the presidential election, most analysts were stunned. It seems that virtually no one expected Trump to actually take the election away from Hillary Clinton; she was ahead in the polls throughout most of the campaign cycle. Trump's victory left Wall Street almost giddy as investors responded to his campaign promises of tax cuts, financial deregulation and spending on infrastructure. However, a prominent economist is now claiming that Trump's economic policies could crash…

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    build relationships in the Republican Party that helped him throughout his en political career. In 1964, Bush ran for a U.S. Senate seat against Democratic Senator Ralph Yarborough. Bush ran a hard campaign yet struggled against charges of being a political…

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    the ‘bison’ The Native Indian civilization change drastically due to Indians battles and the federal treaties on land distribution. It’s establish territory and boundaries for each different Indians tribes whether are the sioux, crows, kiowas and etc. The treaties were created in a year of 1851 at Fort Laramie and at Fort Atkinson. It were created to be an unfair treaty because later in 1860 the federal government introduce a new policy that the ‘reservation’ that the Indians received had to…

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    passed to make it easier for ordinary people to vote. My logic here is simple--the more citizens participate, the harder it will be for elected officials to ignore their wishes and instead represent the rich. For starters, Congress should make election day a Federal holiday. This proposal would ensure that working class people with three jobs would be able to make it to the ballot box and make their voice heard. Right now,…

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    proposed a new idea to solve this issue. He introduced the concept of popular sovereignty, in which states decide whether or not to allow slavery based on a majority vote. In 1848, Cass became the Democrat nominee for the presidential election based around his campaign of popular sovereignty, also known as “squatter”. His opponents included Mexican war hero General Zachary Taylor of the Whigs party, along with former president Martin van Buren of the Free-Soil Party, who aimed at preserving…

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