Federalist No. 10

Powderly William Graham Sumner John P. Altgeld Samuel Gompers What was the impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century? 2) How did the huge industrial trusts develop in industries such as steel and oil, and what was their effect on the economy? 3) What was the effect of the new industrial revolution on American laborers, and how did various labor organizations attempt to respond to the new conditions? 4) The…

They wanted Deborah’s unborn child and nothing was going to stop them from taking it. She already had three healthy, beautiful children and it wasn’t fair. They had been trying to have a baby for years and there she was pregnant with her fourth. “Just give us the baby when he is born, that’s all we ask! We are willing to pay you for him, two thousand dollars cash!” the man yelled at her while he had a gun pointed at her, they began to grow impatient. “No! Please, don’t do this! You don’t have…

The second type of the election method is partisan elections. In these elections, candidates are listed on a ballot and are voted on in a primary election. Then, following the primary candidates listed on a ballot in a general election. However, unlike nonpartisan elections, partisan elections include the party affiliation for those running (“Judicial Selection: The Process of Choosing Judges”, 2008, p. 6). Just as appointment had certain benefits and negatives, likewise, so does election. Each…

In the late 1700’s, in a meeting room in Philadelphia, a group of concerned citizens drafted an extraordinary document, one that would form the backbone of a new and prosperous nation. That document, of course, was the Constitution of the United States. The document was full of extraordinary principles, from a system of checks and balances, to the radical view that some rights are inalienable and self-evident. But the most extraordinary precept that the framers of the Constitution embodied in…

The first was that many Americans opposed the Louisiana Purchase especially the members of the Federalist Party as they felt they were already the minority in both houses of Congress. This purchase would reduce their clout which was their major concern. The treaty did not state specific boundaries which were realized when Lewis and Clark left St.…

In 1947, the British government was frustrated. They had spent significant time and resources trying to find an acceptable solution to their problems in Mandatory Palestine. Things were getting so bad that the British foreign secretary was quoted as saying “The Arabs, like the Jews, [had] refused to accept any of the compromise proposals which HMG had put before both parties.”1 Instead of a compromise, tensions were rising. Britain was facing an increase in Jewish terrorism, significant pressure…

A system in which the government regulates private enterprise. What happens in a communist command economy? Government decides what to put, produce and the prices of the goods. What’s a federalist economy? It is based on trade and manufacturing. What’s a capitalist economy? Private ownership of production What is Trickle Down/Voodoo Economics, and which economics school/economist came up with it? Trickle down is a product that affect many…

Freedom of expression is a uniquely American tradition, at least to the extent we have here. Amy Witherbee, a researcher who studies how democracy and censorship go hand and hand said “At the core of censorship is always a parallel belief in the ability of an idea to alter lives and change nations. The challenge is to let those ideas wreak their havoc, and trust in our capacity as the citizens of a democracy to make of the damage something better than what was there before. If, on the other hand…

In 1776, the United States became a nation of independence and truth and though that truth stood on what the forefathers built this great country on, the U.S. has been lacking some things that need to not exist into today’s society. America’s social status has not change on how the nation deals with the legalizing of the law and how to properly execute righteous judgment. It seems as though that more and more each day, the United States is locking up people with not enough substantial evidence…

Commisso 10 According to the LiteraryDevices Editors satire is, ?A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.?[endnoteRef:1] Satire?s ultimate purpose is to change public opinion about a certain topic. Ambrose Bierce is the perfect example of how satire is employed in literature because of his cynical demeanor and philosophical nature. Bierce?s work as a satirist demonstrates…