Notes on the State of Virginia

topic. After Silber’s introduction the essays begin with Stephen Krantrowitz “Fighting Like Men” . Krantrowits opens readers up to abolitionist and Massachusetts and the fight to allow slaves to be apart of the militia and later the war. He even notes that women were apart of the fight and were allowed to participate in some groups in secret. This showed…

way back to Rochelle Elliott’s office for our interview. As I enter the room, Rochelle is dressed very professionally, and she is very busy with paperwork and phone calls. By the time she has noticed me standing in the doorway I have begun to take notes on what her job was like. Rochelle very politely waves me inside to begin our interview on her career.…

charge which is punishable by the death penalty, called "capital" since the defendant could lose his/her head (The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head") Savitz) . Crimes punishable by death vary from state to state and country to country. A charge of a capital offense usually means no bail will be allowed. The offenses that are considered ‘Capital’ include are first degree murder (premeditated), murder with special circumstances (such as…

education and that education will be reflected in student achievements. On the contrary to Yong Zhao's book Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World, DeJarnette mentions that the Unites States does have a homogenized educational system like China, which at the same time can be an obstacle to teaching students the same information at the same…

when the agencies who confiscated the property don't return it to the innocent-because the accused then become the victims. What is "Civil Forfeiture?" Civil forfeiture is an oxymoron because there's nothing 'courteous and polite' about it. City, state, and federal authorities use the legal term to seize any citizen's tangible assets. That includes items such as cash and larger assets such as motor vehicles, furniture, jewelry, or anything that doesn't exceed $500,000 in value. According to…

7-1: Milestone Four: Rough Draft Thomas Jefferson was both a philosopher and a politician. It could be argued that he was one of the best political minds of the eighteenth century. His genius was, “Broadly put, philosophers think: politicians maneuver. Jefferson’s genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously.” He had struggles in his lifetime, was curious and had knowledge on almost every subject, having read 6,487 books, that were just in his home library. Yet,…

The United States of America was born in and of the Enlightenment. The American Revolution, our national documents, and our system of government were products of Enlightenment philosophy. No other nation`s history can be identified in the same way as much with the Enlightenment as ours. The Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, was a revolution in thinking that began in Europe in the 17th century. After centuries of political and religious oppression, philosophers were beginning to advance theories…

a system called the Electoral College. Other systems like the direct popular vote or the national popular vote may work in democracies, but the United States is a federal republic not a democracy. While allowing states to be represented in a manner consistent with their size, the Electoral College has the exceptional power of allowing small states and rural areas to still maintain their influence in the government. This allows us to have more moderate policies and protecting the rights of…

conclusion on trends she identified in the novels. The three main trends are “a general preference for male children, … the remarks of the characters, and an emphasis on woman’s [sic] appearance rather than on her intelligence,” (Hudnut 112). Of note—and I place emphasis on the first word—is that “even the most successful and dominant women have moments of weakness in the novels” because although they may be highly regarded within their own sex category, they remain women, and thus remain less…

he crushed a large Confederate army in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Grant’s contribution to ending the Civil War, however, was when he led his forces to lay siege to Lee’s Northern Virginia army in Petersburg, Virginia, which forced the Confederate surrender there. Later, Grant became the eighteenth president of the United States. -Suspension of Civil Liberties during the Civil War Southerners: John…