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    In the summer of 1787, the United States was challenged to create a stronger central government without letting one person or group have too much power. There were flaws in the Articles of Confederation and the government wasn’t getting anything done. The fifty-five representatives wanted to create a Constitution that divided up powers to avoid the tyranny that they escaped from by becoming an independent nation. The Constitution guarded against tyranny in many ways, such as Federalism, creating…

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    summarize how this election cycle has gone thus far. We have one person to mainly thank for this: Donald Trump. Rapidly, Trump’s candidacy for president went from an amusing sideshow to frontrunner status, with Trump leading the Republican Party nomination by maintaining his bombastic attitude and autocratic agenda. This is not to mention his comments about Mexican immigrants, Muslims and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, with the latter seen as such a threat that Trump chose to skip tonight’s GOP…

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    A Man for All Seasons Review Academy award winning A Man for All Seasons directed by Fred Zinnemann is a dramatic yet enthralling story based on the crazy events of King Henry VIII’s reign. The story line focuses on King Henry’s insistence on divorcing his wife and the fact that his prominent friend and advisor, Sir Thomas More, refuses to support him. More, being not only a very influential and respected diplomat, is also a good kind man who makes the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of doing…

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    have been filled with black actors. Meanwhile in the music industry, Nicki Minaj, a highly accomplished black musician, was denied a Video Music Award nomination for music video of the year, albeit her video broke a Vevo record and only one other video of the five nominated also broke a Vevo record. Discrimination is denying a rightful nomination to a black woman who met and went beyond all qualifications for the…

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    Known for his outstanding wisdom, leadership, and his lanky height of 6’4”, Abraham Lincoln served as United States of America’s sixteenth president, and as every person of the past, shaped history to what we have become today; however, he carried a heavy duty and led the American people in a powerful way during a critical time in our nation’s history. Abraham Lincoln entered this world on February 12, 1809 to a humble home in Kentucky laid on dirt floors. His father did not even know how to…

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    Mike Pence Analysis

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    "Five Step Plan". He also brings up that Trump's plan is a "Trump First" tax plan which means it is to benefit Trump. Another thing that Senator Kaine brings up is that Trump has broken his first promise of releasing his tax returns if he got the nomination. He also brings up the point that every presidential nominee since Nixon has released their tax returns. Governor Pence brings up the success of his economic budget in the state of Indiana, which he governs. He talks about how he will lower…

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    The story is about a British documentary filmmaker who is determined to make a film on Indian freedom fighters based on diary entries by her grandfather, a former officer of the British Indian Army. Upon arriving in India, she asks a group of five young men to act in her film. Rang De Basanti's release faced stiff resistance from the Indian Defence Ministry and the Animal Welfare Board due to parts that depicted the use of MiG-21 fighter aircraft and a banned Indian horse race. A young,…

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    Illinois” (History.com). Prior to competing against one another for presidency, Lincoln had campaigned against Stephen Douglas for U.S. Senate in 1858. Though Lincoln ended up losing the race, from it he gained the party’s presidential nomination in 1860. This nomination brought notice to the new Republican Party. On the contrary, Rutherford B. Hayes did not win by popular vote. During the 1876 presidential election, Rutherford B. Hayes had only ran against one other presidential candidate,…

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    The founding fathers cleverly designed the government in way that would prevent the abuse of power, as experienced under British rule. Back before the United States, the colonies had an odd mix of their own local governments, but ultimately subordinates to the British government and controlled by a king. Eventually, they resented the British policies and fought to gain their freedom, resulting in the formation of the United States of America (Peterson, n.d.). This experience made the creators…

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    The Belvedere is one hundred And twenty four years old. it was built by a steam boat manager J.russell jones in 1858. In 1883 he was forced into bankruptcy And the mansion was sold to John Ross In 1938. The house was leased to a city site for a museum. the Belvedere is also known as the model house because of its beauty and its 22 rooms. Also just a little structure has been changed on the inside so the building does not fall apart or collapse. The main rooms and the guest rooms…

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