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other reasons for warfare. In contrast to Zinn’s critique of the American elite, Schweikart and Allen cite less accusatory reasons for war, explaining that wartime “arguments combined the need for humanitarian relief for the suffering Cubans with the necessity for naval bases and eviction of Old World powers from the Caribbean, as well as good old-fashioned expansionism” (Schweikart and Allen 420 - 421). Like Zinn, Schweikart and Allen do touch upon the implications of the industrialist’s expansionist tendencies, but overall focus on the suffering of the Cubans. They cite the Teller Amendment, which declared the U.S’ intentions to not annex Cuba as proof of the insignificance of imperialism. Like their interpretation of the Gilded Age wealthy, however, Schweikart and Allen’s analysis of the Teller Amendment is quite naive, and ignores the later Platt Amendment, which subjugated the Teller Amendment by tieing U.S intervention to Cuban independence, which is considered a feature of the expansionist politics (Glenn). Similar to the fallacious arguments of the conquistadors and European missionaries in the 1500’s, Schweikart and Allen sidestep the economic reasons for war in favor of a “patriotic” viewpoint, glorifying American righteousness. While Zinn’s view may ignore some valid and important reasons for war, the economic explanations he presents are more valid than the otherwise moral “patriotic” arguments. Yet economic reasoning, however important in the Spanish American…

The US had vowed to free Cuba from Spanish dictatorship. In addition, the US signed the Teller Resolution whereby it forswore plans of occupying Cuba. However, the Cuban rebels were disappointed after they learned that the US had not complied with the Teller Amendment and even the Turpie-Foraker bill, which were meant to acknowledge the Cuban government in exile. The McKinley administration carried on with the war and even negotiated peace without informing the Cubans. The US occupied and ruled…

Chisholm was one of these women. In her “Equal Rights for Women” speech, she decided to speak out about acquiring equality for women by establishing an affirmative case for the Equal Rights Amendment. Shirley Chisholm delivered her speech on May 21, 1969 in Washington, D.C., to push for the equal rights amendment in essence to ensure women’s rights and roles within society. By using Aristotle’s theories of persuasion, Chisholm peacefully presented “a proposal that has been before every Congress…

rights of woman. Second Wave feminism spread globally and created a large recgonition of the inequality women face. Second Wave feminism’s global affect irreversibly changed western culture and created progress internationally. Second Wave feminists fought for repoductive rights, such as legal abortion and for birth control to be a valid aspect of heath covered by all insurance. Legal rights such as being able to take a loan out without a husband or father’s signature was a key point in legal…

ratification period ERA lost momentum (Radek, 2006). Even in the 1980s after the ratification period ended more opposition increased. Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment It seems ridiculous for the U.S not to grant equal rights to every citizen but opposition to ERA is still very real. Those who opposed ERA early on were men and women who fought for protective labor laws that treated women differently. Others, like Phyllis Schlafly, were concerned for the break down of the traditional…

Two publications, Alice Paul: Claiming Power by J. D. Zahniser and Amelia Fry, two Paths to equality written by Amy Butler, describe the of path Alice Paul 's private and public life that led to the passing of the 19th Amendment, winning women over the age of 21, the right to vote, and the different viewpoints leading to the same principle of equality for all citizens. However, the scholars have not yet adequately addressed Alice Paul 's role in the passing of the Women 's Suffrage Movement, the…

around the United States to change how society thinks about women and how they can prove that women are equal to all other people in all aspects of social, political and economic life eliminating discrimination at the same time. There is more than 500,000 contributing members, 500 local and campus affiliate in all 50 states. The issues that NOW supports are winning economic equality and securing it with an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will guarantee equal rights for women; championing…

Equal Pay Act provides equality pay for women, with many loopholes for business to differ their way. The creation of the National Organization of Women (NOW) is funded and California legalizes abortion in 1967. The second wave of feminism is guided in a different direction from the first wave, in which the second feminist movement is not fighting against men but to fight against social injustice and civil rights along them. During the 1970’s transitioning from the second feminist wave movement…

of the amendment to create fear over the ERA; and efficacy in campaign events. Through the Eagle Forum, Schlafly wrote three different publications: The Eagle Forum, first published in 1972, The Phyllis Schlafly Report, published monthly since 1967 through her death in 2016, and The Education Reporter (Critchlow 288). In The Phyllis Schlafly Report, Schlafly published almost one hundred articles from 1972 to 1982 concerning the dangers of the Equal Rights Amendment (Critchlow and Stachecki…

The first, and most important, reason for adding this amendment to the Constitution is that without it, the rule of law is being denied. The principle of generality is that laws are the same for everyone and there is no discrimination in the writing of the laws. However, recent Supreme Court rulings and laws passed show a lack of generality. In Rostker v. Goldberg in 1981, the drafting of only men and not women was deemed constitutional (Brodsky). However, this clearly defies the idea that…