Populus

The Great Depression ravaged the 1930’s was a time of great strain for the American people, both economically and morally. They had to deal with mass droughts that destroyed crops, the stock market crash that led to many banks going out of business, and the collapse of the job market which left millions unemployed. With one third of the population poverty stricken, despair was a mentality that spread across the nation. The Great Depression had an immense negative affect the citizens who had to…

Currently, each state’s number of electors is decided by their population. I would alter the system so that each state had equal representation. Every state would only have ten electors. These electors would vote based on the way the general populus would vote in each state. With equal representation, each state would be equally important during the election. Now, swing states are non-existent and no few groups of people run everything. The rural states have just as much say as the larger…

In outdoor exploration, sometimes failure can be a source of motivation. Throughout the course of our twenty-five-year friendship, we have experienced motivational challenges at both Eagle Peak and the nearby Hat Mountain, the high points of Modoc and Lassen Counties, respectively. The summit of Eagle Mountain, called Eagle Peak, is, at 9,896 feet, the undisputed high-point of thinly-populated Modoc County as well as the highest point in the South Warner Wilderness. Modoc County, located on…

Voting is one of the core driving points behind our nation's democracy. Many of the key moments in our nation's history revolve around this, including: The creation of 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage), and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Civil Rights). It is often wasted by many Americans today, and this absolutely needs to be amended. Former President Barack Obama endorsed the idea himself, believing it to be be much needed for our country (Weller). There is a need for change, this change is to…

One key point of contention between some of these figures is related to the use of violence in pursuit of these greater goods. Practically speaking, without a morally pure, nonviolent stance of passive resistance, your chances of convincing the populus of your plight and the necessity for change and action thereto plummet. In the words of MLK Jr., “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” (MLK, Where Do We Go From Here?, 62)…

“For although the nature of the correspondences between Aeneas and Augustus has been variously understood, there should be little doubt that, since all members of the Populus had plenty of opportunities to see their national leader in person, they might happily use Augustus' civic presence to quicken the figure of Aeneas in their imaginations.” (Bell 1999). This quote shows that the epic had much reign over the people…

On September 11, 2001, members of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, launched a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks against targets inside the United States. Terrorism, which is the deliberate act of using terror in order to advance one’s political agenda, is one of the most well-known threats to the American way of life. The American government, has several agencies which specialize in countering acts of terrorism inside the United States, such as the FBI, CIA, and NSA. Despite…

Mary I Tudor is born into the Catholic household of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon on February 18th, 1516. She is the only child of this marriage to survive infancy, and thus she is treated with great reverence from a young age. Mary is raised as a devout Catholic by her mother Catherine, and is extensively tutored in a diverse array of subjects. Mary’s diverse tutelage is due in part to her mother 's misfortune in not being able to produce a male heir. Catherine realizes that…

Sometimes there are places in the world that rely on conformity and one person realizing they are an individual in the society, where every day it becomes more and more troublesome and dangerous to all that live there. Once that day comes and this one man realizes that he is only a small cog in the machine that is the city, but as most people know if a cog begins to shake loose or is broken the whole machine will come tumbling down with such violence anything in the path destruction it will…

conservative movement, and the speech reflects this as shown by the ideals pushed throughout. These ideals included the call to action of millions of Americans to change the governmental structure to a more libertarian approach, therefore asking the populus to deal…