Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He delivered his famous “I have a Dream” speech, at the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963 in order to call for an end of racism in the United States. In his speech Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to convince the majority white United States government to give African Americans equal rights through the use of biblical and historical allusions, alliterations, and imagery. King…
In 1215, The Magna Carta was brought up in a field in England known as Runnymede. The Magna Carta was a charter that was targeted against the deranged king of England at the time, King John. The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote up the charter to make peace between King John and barons who despised him. Dan Jones explains the history of King John and the Magna Carta in an article he had wrote for the Smithsonian. In his article, “The Mad King and Magna Carta,” the author Dan Jones begins with a…
while the other detachments followed more southern routes. The northern route started at Calhoun, Tennessee and crossed central Tennessee,southweastern Kentucky, and southern Illinois. On May 28, 1830 the government passed the Indian Removal Act. President Jackson agreed to divide the U.S territory west of the Mississippi into districts for the tribes, to replace the land that they were taken from. President Jackson promised that the land would be owned by Indians…
Sedition Acts, distinct political parties were forming. The Federalists, who supported the act and were mainly elites, and the Democratic-Republicans, who did not and were mainly working class. The existence of these opposing political opinions led to rapid increase of tensions in the U.S. The government, which was majority Federalist. The Federalists had an unfair advantage and could pass laws to suppress the Democratic-Republicans from voicing their opinions, including the Alien and Sedition…
lives. The storm runoff water is the number one enemy to the waters of Puget sound. When it rains the water goes into the storm drain and eventually makes it back into the water. Whether it's oil from cars, or dirt, maybe even plastic. The clean water act never stopped the storm water runoffs (PBS). People thought that the water was like a toilet, that we could flush anything into the water and it would eventually go away but after awhile people figured out that the water is like a bathtub:…
have paid for the land beyond the mountains. In anger they clogged the westward trails. Sugar Act The Sugar Act was the first law that raised revenue for England and increased the sugar that was being imported from the West Indies. The colonists protested and eventually the dues were lowered calming them down. Stamp Act The Stamp Act was created to raise money to fund the new British military. The act required…
ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES According to a poll 46% of people who voted said yes EIT should be used. Everyone has heard or seen a threat and/or an act of violence. The military should be able to use Enhanced Interrogation techniques(EIT) because information not freely shared could lead to later events, the information that was gathered to prevent those events, and it could be used as a way to send a message or set an example. Information not freely shared could lead to later events.…
The document that I selected to analyze is document 17-4. Document 17-4 was written by In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat, or Chief Joseph, and was written in 1879. The reason as to why the document was written, was because Chief Joseph was explaining himself to the Americans all the things that have been done to him and his tribe both in past and in present in great detail and explaining to the Americans that he and his tribe members are the victims. A historical theme that is related to this document is…
Chapter 9: Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears began with the removal of the Indians. When white settlers began to move westward, they ran into the Native Americans which were known as the Five Civilized Tribes. The Five Civilized Tribes were Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminoles. These tribes and civilizations had very much impressed missionaries in New England. President Monroe and President Adams had formed many treaties with the idea of the voluntary movement of these Indian…
government control while others want less. The Department of Justice's first priority is to prevent upcoming terrorist attacks. Since The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Patriot Act) was passed following the 9/11 attacks, it has played an important role in numerous successful actions to protect innocent Americans from the deadly plans of terrorists committed to destroying America. According to justice.gov, while…