Official documents of the United States

succession of international breakthroughs and revolutionary declarations (www.krisis.eu). It proclaims that all human beings have the right to be free and equal no matter who they are or where they come from. It was only created in late 1948 however some documents relating to them have existed for many centuries before. Some articles from the Universal Declaration of Human…

anti-communist movement emerged in the United States. This period, which was known as the Red Scare, emerged after the war in the mid-1940’s and lasted into the 1950’s. During the Red Scare, the fear of communism was prevalent both within the government and among private citizens. There were a variety of factors, both international and domestic, that led to the post war Red Scare, and the phenomenon ultimately had a negative effect on civil liberties in the United States. The main factor that…

for an amendment to officially become part of the Constitution. Amendments can be recommended by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and House of Representatives, and sometimes by a national convention. Once a state has ratified an amendment, it cannot retract the action. However, a state does reserve the right to reject an amendment and then reconsider its decision. Congress chooses the method of ratification. While proposing an amendment, Congress can set a time limit for its ratification.…

My families’ migration story dates back to three generations. My great-grandfather came to the United States for the first time through the Bracero Program; a program that “brought millions of Mexican guest workers to the United States [which] grew out of a series of bilateral agreements between Mexico and the United States short-term, from 1942 to 1964.” Unfortunately, my great-grandfather passed away a while back when I was very young, therefore, for this assignment, I decided to acknowledge…

struggle in civil rights is presented by Liu Xiaobo. From an impeccable writer winning the Nobel Prize, he was imprisoned because of protests in a civil rally, or in other words because of his freedom of speech. Breaking the first amendment in the United States Constitution and violating Xiaobo’s unalienable rights. Although from a foreign country, he deserves his basic rights, rights that should be fought for. Liu Xiaobo is a prime example of imprisonment because of personal beliefs and…

officials did not want to give all the information learned to British and Canadian governments). Even though secrecy was attempted to be maintained, Soviet spies gained access to classified documents about the project. One of the most famous nuclear spies was Klaus Fuchs. Fuchs was a German-born scientist who left Germany for Great Britain because he…

a transparent relationship between the people and government. But, even if it can be advantageous for the society, the effects on the people who are said to be involved by supplying the leaked documents to…

our country was going to fail. The Articles gave Congress virtually no power to regulate domestic affairs--no power to tax, no power to regulate commerce. Congress had to depend on financial contributions from the states, and they often time turned down requests. In 1786, the United States was bankrupt (The Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Pennsylvania). The debate lasted one hundred days and took place from May 14, 1787 to September 17, 1787. This demonstrates the pragmatic nature of our…

settlers was inevitable unless they assimilate because they were “culturally and genetically weaker”. Essentially, the myth was formulated by the white people to justify taking Native American land because they were interested in expanding the United States. The pervasiveness of the Myth of the Vanishing Indian can demonstrated with the Cherokee removal…

Texas Voter ID Laws The United States Constitution is one of the oldest working forms of government in the world. A huge reason that it is still used in America today is that it can be interpreted in a variety of ways. Article I Section 8 of the Constitution lists the powers given to the national government. The 10th Amendment of the Constitution states that the powers not given to the national government are given to the states. This creates ambiguity on what powers the states actually hold,…