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    Voting Process

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    in ensuring equality was the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The main point of this act was that it “prohibited any government from using voting procedures that denied a person the vote on basis of race or color and abolished the use of literacy requirements for anyone who has completed the 6th grade” (Edwards et al., 2015, p. 163). Following this Act there was a dramatic increase in the number of African Americans registered to vote. The benefits of this Act are continuing to this day, as it has…

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    political reforms including the graduated income tax. They reached their accomplishments as to mean of striking, eventually bringing these defects in the workplace to a national level. The knights of labor also, strongly supported the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 and the contract labor law of 1885. They believed these laws were necessary to protect the American labor force from competition against under paid immigrant laborers. This union welcomed all members regardless of race, sex or level of…

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    the unconstitutional laws passed under the name of the Alien & Sedition Acts. The Alien portion of the Acts increased the years someone had to live in America to gain citizenship and also gave the government the power to imprison or deport immigrants under the suspicion that they were spies. The Sedition portion restricted all American citizens from saying anything controversial about the government. The Alien & Sedition Acts were unconstitutional because newspaper editors and many others…

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    There are a plethora of theories as to what exactly caused the American Revolution. Although it isn’t possible to narrow such a monumental act down to a single cause, two historians – Bernard Bailyn and Gary Nash - have argued their interpretations of historical data and documents based on a few primary sources. While Bailyn argues that it was personal and political creeds, along with political power-struggles, that caused the revolution, Nash’s theory that it was a combination of social…

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    Burakumin Sociology

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    Ever since humans have found characteristics with which to distinguish themselves from others, there has been discrimination. Today the characteristics that define these groups most prevalently affected by discrimination are race, religion, age, and sex. However even the minutest physical characteristics, like hair color, can give reason for this baseless prejudice. Early records in japan indicate an “untouchable” social class that occupied undesirable jobs like tending to the dead and butchery.…

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    FDR Synthesis Essay

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    rally and protest all they want, but that wasn’t changing the views of the public. The general public were going to continue to act this way regardless of what these gentlemen had to say. It wasn’t until the Federal Courts, The Supreme Court, and the Federal Government stepped in that pieces actually started moving. The institution of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and the ‘Brown vs. Board of Education’ ruling were all key determinants in the process the…

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    The Epidemic Of Drug Abuse

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    Illegal drugs have been part of our culture for quite some time. Although many drugs are illegal, they still manage to get used and abused by addicts. Most drugs that are now illegal were once legal and prescribed to people for medical purposes. For instance, Methamphetamine was once used as an anti-sleeping aid and a weight loss supplement and LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) was used to support sick people’s breathing. These drugs were declared illegal once people found out the effects of the…

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    tried to pass tax acts in Great Britain, citizens grew hostile and the acts were unsuccessful. Instead, the British turned to the colonies, placing multiple tax acts on them to help pay for the war. At first, these taxes that were implemented were not too serious because items like sugar were not widely used by the colonists. However, they still protested against it and the King repealed it. Then, the Stamp Act was passed in 1765 and this affected nearly all the colonists. The Stamp Act would…

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    Pollution And Environment

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    Our habits of production and consumption are linked to pollution and waste. However, in a world where must of our economic growth is intimately linked with the environment and its natural resources, and as humanity is realizing that our actions are destroying our earth, the environmental health of nature, rivers, and oceans have never been so important. Therefore, the importance to realize that earth and its resources are here to help us, but no to serve us, it’s our mission and responsibility.…

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    The Code Breaker Analysis

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    Do you believe that the country needs a government that has power over them? Or, are people better off with a government that adjusts to their will? In Michael Petry’s The Code Breaker, the Puppet Master does not believe that the government should hold the power to strictly implement laws and orders that control the people. The Puppet Master makes a solid argument that the government’s power needs to be limited because, left unchecked, government leaders are often corrupted by their own…

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