Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Censorship hinders learning for many people who are learning important things. In this article entitled, “Reading, Writing and Censorship: When Good Books Can Get Schools in Trouble”, Barbara states, “If the parent still objects, they are in…

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    Prohibition became the law of the land with the Eighteenth Amendment which prohibited manufacturing, selling, or transport of any intoxicating liquors within the United States. Prohibition was difficult to enforce because it required a high degree of cooperation from citizens and many parts of the country citizens would not cooperate. After Congress passed the Volstead Act of 1919 which detailed the strict punishments for violating the Eighteenth Amendment it would still not deter citizens.…

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    Amber Alert Speech

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    The Missouri State Highway Patrol says, “The mission of the AMBER Alert Program is to develop and coordinate the efforts of law enforcement, the media, and transportation to increase public participation in safely recovering abducted children through targeted education…

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    elected captain, his second enlistment as a private, and his third enlistment a private in a “Spy Company.” His goal was to protect illinois. When the Civil War broke out Lincoln was President and Commander-in-Chief of the military. His goal was to keep states from seceding. Lincoln’s first enlistment was in the 4th Regiment of Mounted Volunteers as part of General Samuel Whiteside’s Brigade during the Black Hawk War. On the very day that he was discharged from General Samuel Whiteside’s…

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    The country was divided on the subject of slavery especially in Alton where Illinois was a free state, but St. Louis, Missouri across the river, was considered a slave state. The year is 1837 and the slavery movement is well underway. Many people condone slavery because it will make their life easier. It will cost the owner a lot less to by 2 slaves at $1,500 each, (CITE THIS) than to pay for someone to work their land every year or pay for a maid to clean their house that will cost them…

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    Harriet Tubman Motivation

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    network. Majority of the slaves came from upper southern regions. On January 1st, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation liberating slaves in Confederate states. After the war ended, the 13th amendment to the Constitution was approved in 1865 which abolished slavery in the entire United States and therefore was the end of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was a major attribute to the Underground Railroad. She helped the majority of the thousands of slaves…

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    Anxiety Checkpoints

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    Sobriety checkpoints are pre-determined police operations employed to detect and apprehend impaired drivers. This countermeasure specifically targets distinct areas, days, and times which have been identified as most likely when an alcohol- and/or drug-impaired driving incidents will occur, based on crash and arrest data (NHTSA 2013). While sobriety check points can be used to detect impairment due to any substance, they are generally deployed to detect and deter alcohol impairment (NHTSA 2013)…

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    1. In Orange County, there are not many full-fledged newsstands unlike the ones in other states such as New York, but the ones that are present are usually very small coin operated dispensers with no pornography in sight. I do remember one particular instance about ten years ago, when I went to a minimart and was looking at the magazines, and remember seeing some racy covers, which led to the salesperson pointing out a sign to my eight-year-old self that read something along the lines of “must…

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    the need in which offers a practical restoration of understanding, by first returning prayer back to its original functions in public schools. Orchestrate new energy by disregarding the past and offer to students the acknowledgment of their First Amendment rights to repair the damages (put out the fire) and offer a restitutive outlook. Reestablish a peace between all religions by restoring the throne of God to its founding fathers (Catanzaro, 2014). Within these methods, restoration can take…

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    Right To Be Forgotten

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    remove the information from internet. On the contrary, In America, we do not have the private protection, we only have the First Amendment that agrees citizen’s freedom of speech. Thus, The Right to Be Forgotten almost helps many businesses to recover and make people develop business more…

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