Oath of Citizenship

guaranteed voting rights for African American men. After a while, congress added that the 15th amendment had to be ratified as well for re-admittance to the Union, which stated that race couldn’t be a factor to deny someone the eligibility to vote. Citizenship was granted to former slaves and punished confederate supporters with the help of the 14th Amendment. The congressional plans gave all Americans equal protection of the law and a due process regardless of your skin color or background. All…

When Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term he put the 10% plan into use. This plan allowed the south to come back into the union if 10% of its voters pledged an oath of allegiance back into the union. Soon after this plan was put into use, Lincoln is assassinated and President Johnson is sworn into office. He ultimately favored Lincoln’s 10% plan and freely let the south back into the economy. All the African Americans wanted was to have freedom and get paid for the work they did. Due to the…

Forming A Republic For Dummies: Brutus Edition Lucius Junius Brutus was an important figure in the Roman Republic. He was born in 545 BC and lived until 509 BC where he would meet one of his enemies at the Battle of Silva Arsia. The rape of Lucretia caused Brutus to form the Roman Republic with her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Brutus would lead the people of Rome by example and left an admirable legacy that would still impress scholars today.…

It was a misfortune that we had experienced a bloody war lasted four years of time and cost us an astounding amount of the war debt. Fortunately, the Union’s victory has been assured. Now, our urgency is to reconstruct and unite our country at this tumultuous period in order to prevent further conflicts that would be more devastating to the US government. We want the works of reconstruction to be a short process in which the states could run smoothly again and the United Sates could exist as it…

Police are committed to their duty, to serve and protect the people. Going back in history how did it all started? How the law enforcement in United States is connected to England. Back in the old days policing was different from what they are today, with the same principle of protecting the citizens of United States, police nowadays are going with the trend of the modern world to maintain the peace and fight crimes in the community, they are ready to manage and control the situations they…

Although many were dissatisfied, which resulted with him being assassinated. He never backed down even when the secession took place, a war would start and he would defend the confederate and the union. Abraham Lincoln made sure through he conveyed in his oath that he would preserve, protect and defend. Most of us don’t really know much about how slaves were treated, how they advocated for themselves and fought in war. So much is untold, but one thing is certain, is that they should be…

required that Lyndon B. Johnson, Kennedy’s vice president, be sworn into office immediately. At 2:30 p.m., an hour and a half after John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead, Lyndon B. Johnson raised his right hand and placed his left on the bible and took the oath of office in Air Force One. As the newly widowed Jackie Kennedy stood right next to Johnson, American history was forever marked with that poignant moment. As America mourned the loss of their charismatic and optimistic president, they…

the sentiments that were expressed during the 2016 election against illegal immigrants. Next, gaining citizenship was much easier, because an oath of citizenship was the only requirement, and becoming a citizen of a state was at times even easier. Migration today requires more paperwork, bureaucracy, and in general is much more difficult. The vetting process for visas, green cards, and citizenship can take months, if not years, and changing policies and administrations can make this process take…

would also “have full power and authority from time to time to visit, repress, redress, reform, order, correct, restrain, and amend all such errors, heresies, abuses, offenses, contempts, and enormities, whatsoever they be.” Failure to swear a loyalty oath to the king and sign this act meant death for many Catholics and Protestants alike, including Thomas…

history went on, more and more people came to America to seek freedom and opportunities they would not have back home. Even the statue of Liberty in New York City is a monument that comments on America’s stance on immigration. The statue has an engraved oath to take the "tired, [the] poor, [the] huddled masses yearning to breathe free". Ironically, in the 1800s, after passing this enormous monument, these travellers would be corralled into Ellis Island, the gateway for over 12 million immigrants…