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Lauren Ibrahim Dr. Brendan Lantz CCJ4938 Hate & Bias Crime 19 April 2018 Writing Assignment: Option 1 In recent years following the 9/11 attacks, there have been shocking increases in the number of hate crimes directed at victims perceived as “perpetual foreigners.” Similarly, the current political climate and the reign of Trump have made these hate crimes targeted at immigration communities spike higher and higher each year. According to the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)…

California would be a free or a slave state. Congress finally reached agreed to the Compromise of 1850, admitting California as a free state but also gave the South a much stronger Fugitive Slave Act. The Changes made to the Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska…

Douglas for his seat in the senate. Lincoln asked him four questions, in which he tried to make Douglas make a mistake resulting in either the north, or the south to loose Douglas's favor. The questions were as follows: Question 1: "If the people of Kansas shall, by means entirely unobjectionable in all other respects, adopt a state constitution, and ask admission into the Union under it before they have the requisite number of inhabitants according to the English Bill --some ninety-three…

film featuring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and directing them all would be the great Victor Fleming. Victor Fleming’s classic film is about a young girl, named Dorothy, who lived with her aunt and uncle on their Kansas farm. A wealthy and nasty neighbor, Miss Gulch, are in conflict with Gale family regarding Dorothy’s dog Toto. Miss Gulch accused Toto of chasing her cat once more and biting her leg. After Dorothy had stolen Toto back from Miss Gulch, she went…

The United States Civil War was one of the greatest wars in the history of America. It lasted four long years and would forever change the nation. Following it, states that had previously seceded rejoined the Union, and they were required to abolish slavery as a result of Andrew Jackson’s new plan of Reconstruction for the country. What led to this immense change though? More specifically, what were the major causes of the United States Civil War? The two most important causes of the United…

plantation on such lands. This desire to expand slavery and to expand white culture westward would bring up the long silenced issue of slavery. While westward expansion sparked the talk of slavery, events such as the Mexican War, Compromise of 1850, the Kansas and Nebraska Act, and the Election of 1860 would eventually lead to the Civil War. Produced by westward expansion, the Mexican War would eventually put a spotlight the issue of slavery and put even more pressure on the nation. While…

states’ rights and against the weak federal government, but it was not until the 1850s that they raised the issue of secession The succession lead to a chain reaction of events such as The Compromise of 1850, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and The Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. The Compromise of 1850 was that southern feared that if they were to admit California as a free state it would cause the congress to rally against them. California…

with slavery while the North questioned the morality of it. The issues over slavery became such a debate that Congress created a gag resolution so they didn’t have to worry about the debate. However, the issues were not resolved as seen with Bleeding Kansas and the Charles Sumner caning. The growing issue of slavery made political compromises in the 1830s to 1860s increasingly difficult as the different opinions of the Northern and Southern states caused chaos. While the South wanted to keep…

gray houses that are all around in Kansas were the story starts. It allows a vision of a storm coming, stormy weather. Dorothy's home is about to be hit by severe storms. When Dorothy wakes up after the cyclone, the skies are bright, patches of green and green banks. She meets men and women in blue and white hats. Men dressing in blue and the women in white. The area seems alive joyful, happy. Nothing like the grey appearance that Dorothy had in Kansas. The Munchkins were bright…

formation of the Republican Party was the sole reason for why the Civil War took place. It has since made compromise hard to accomplish and friction between the two parties intensify. The Republican Party was created in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. “The Kansas-Nebraska Act…