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bills to strengthen gun control and gun rights. Childress (2013) states that the country is split between being for pro-gun or for gun-control, two of the states that are on either sides of this is New York and Nebraska. New York was one of the first to pass many pro-gun-control laws while Nebraska was one of the first in line to pass pro-gun bills. These two states both joined the fight about gun control after Newtown, yet they have very different views on…

Domestic controversies in the 19th century, forced Americans to align themselves with a political party, hindering national unity. George Washington reasoned that: “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends… unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.” Here, Washington foresees the political dissention that will ensue nearly a century later, and the men who will subsequently abuse their attained…

Pioneer Living Condition in Nineteenth Century Nebraska In Nebraska pioneers living condition was very difficult during the nineteenth century. Water was one of the first considerations in selecting homestead in Nebraska. Early settlers first established claims near streams and rivers to take advantage of surface water. But these homesteads were quickly claimed, and so later settlers would have to go to new depths to find water. That means digging well. Often a new settler would dig a test…

of the United States' borders, came the expansion of slavery. Many groups of people were widely opposed to this expansion of slavery, and in events like the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Mexican-American War, many arguments arose regarding the moral and political effect of this expansion. The moral argument of both the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Mexican-American War, was that slavery is simply not right. The whole practice of trading, selling, and forcing humans to work, and justifying it…

lifetime, and many of them include my career plans. Currently, I attend the University of Lincoln-Nebraska. I am majoring in Classics/Religious studies, Political Science, and a track in Pre-Law. I chose these majors because I want to be prepared to further my education by attending law school. Depending on my future LSAT scores, I have many different law schools in which I would want to attend. Nebraska school of Law seems amazing from my previous visits, and it would be a dream to attend an…

grew between pro-slavery and non-slavery groups. In fact, slavery was one of the main causes of the Civil War. Along with slavery, there were very many issues that had led to the Civil War, such as the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry. These three conflicts were some of the main contributors to the Civil War, and sparked one of the bloodiest battles in history. On March 20th, 1852, Harriet Beecher-Stowe published the book, Uncle…

In the early 1850’s Nebraska was unsettled territory. Northerners wanted to see Nebraska developed, but Southerners were less sure about it. In January 1854, Senator Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He divided the Nebraska territory into two areas; Nebraska and Kansas. This was the start of the tension, and there was no reason to divide the territory apart from making one half a slave…

For laws pertaining to legal requirements at the scene of an emergency, one should be familiar with a state’s Good Samaritan statutes. In the state of Nebraska, “No person who renders emergency care at the scene of an accident or other emergency gratuitously, shall be held liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such person in rendering the emergency care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for medical treatment or care for the injured…

Compromise is crucial to the stability of a Union, especially one as new as the states were in the 1800s. Without compromise there is no unity throughout the states which causes complete chaos, which we knew even back then. Despite of how crucial it was for the leaders in the North and South to find compromise were unable to find that vital common ground that they could use to come up with a neutral decision about aspects in and out of the government. The conflict was made up of the pro-slavery…

Former Nebraska football player and current defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins Ndamukong Suh plans on opening a Nike store near campus. The University of Nebraska board of regents approved a $1.25 million agreement with Suh’s company, TFL Development LLC, last Friday. The agreement would give Suh’s company 17,000 to 19,000 square feet of the building at 13 and Q St. That’s a third of the building that used to be the Nebraska Bookstore, which was bought out by the university for $4.75…