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Deal”. The key measures of the Second New Deal were the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Wagner Act, and Social Security Act. The WPA aimed to provide the unemployed with work that would help them to maintain their skills. The Wagner Act restored labor’s right to bargain collectively and it created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which resolved labor disputes. The Social Security Act provided unemployment and disability insurance and old- age pensions. In addition to these…

was a parliamentary democracy. Their system of government states that law is the supreme authority. Their constitution act of 1867 is the basis of their written constitution and it states that there shall only be one parliament consisting of three essential elements which are the Crown, the Senate, and the House of Commons. The process for law making in Canada is through one federal, ten provincial and three territorial governments. Enacting laws is strictly done by the legislature that…

In both the 2008 and 2012 elections unemployment was an important topic. No doubt it will again be important in the 2016 elections. The idea of unemployment can strike fear in to people. Working is a basic human instinct. For thousands of years, humans have worked in exchange for food, clothing, shelter, and other commodities. When people lose the ability to work, they often feel they lose the ability to provide for themselves. Keeping people employed is an issue that societies and governments…

millimeter cameras, lock picks, pen-sized teargas guns, and bugging devices. The burglars who conspired in this break-in (Bernard Barker, Frank Sturgis, Virgillio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez and James McCord (A former CIA agent)) were all charged with federal burglary and had bail for fifty-thousand except for McCord who had a thirty-thousand dollar bond. The Cover-Up The arrest of the five men had started the beginning of the end for the Nixon Administration as we know it. The arrest of the…

well-recognized NRA would be supporting his bill regarding qualified retired policeman being capable of carrying concealed guns. ("NRA Throws Support Behind Forbes’ Bill to Increase Public and Law Enforcement Officer Safety.") This act formerly known as the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and passed originally in 2004 without updated procedures. This caused confusing paperwork and the functionality within the process was lacking. The NRA backing progression aimed legislation can be…

The 1970’s was a time where democracy in states increased almost exponentially. A wave of democracy was swept across countries and states, either repairing or destroying an already broken government system. “In 1974, nearly three-quarters of all countries were dictatorships; today, more than half are democracies” (Diamond). This growth in democracy is incomparable to any other time period, and is the largest humanity has ever seen. There has been much change to government systems since the 70’s.…

The 1967 referendum is a very significant key development in aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples struggle for rights and freedoms. On the 27th of May in the year 1967 the federal government, who at the time was Harold Holt called a federal referendum to be put in place. The Holt government had an amendment to be approved relating to the only two discriminatory laws included in the Australian constitution. This referendum altered the balance of the inequity intended for to the…

Abraham Lincoln 's presidential proposals caused slave holding states to fear and completely loathe that thought of his potential election into office during his campaigns for the Election of 1860. The most important, as well as most exaggerated, proposal to the slave holding states was his proposal to not administer any more slave states. Every new state entering the union would be a free state where slavery would be illegal (Link 149). However, many slave states thought of this as a threat to…

In the ten days following the 2016 United States presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights and legal advocacy organization, recorded almost 900 incidents of hate-motivated harassment, intimidation, or violence in the United States. This “outbreak of hate” was primarily directed toward ethnic, racial and religious minorities, and perpetrators often invoked President-elect Donald Trump’s name during their assaults. These incidents were self-reported, thus it…

have to pay for health care through more standard means, myself included. The most relevant form of health care, and the focus of my paper, is The Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. While I am certainly no politician, many political stances on health insurance have major effects. Contrary to its name, the Affordable Care Act might not be just that, “affordable,” and might be doing more harm than…