Religious history of the United States

Political party polarization is a topic of great interest to political scientists. There is a myriad of research on the subject that explores both its generalities and specifics, from explanations of how a party system can become polarized to attempts to quantify levels of polarization in particular nations. In his article “The Quality and the Quantity of Party Systems,” Russell J. Dalton defines the phenomenon as reflecting “the degree of ideological differentiation among political parties in a…

mountains, the idea of visiting the city of New York became a dream to fulfill. From the beginning I was impressed by Manhattan’s skyscrapers and the view of the skyline from far away. Famous attractions like Times Square, Central Park, the Empire State Building, and the Brooklyn Bridge instantly became places that I wanted to visit one day. Two years ago I was finally able to visit New York City and I was not disappointed. Besides the key attractions, I was particularly impressed by the…

The third president of the United States was Thomas Jefferson. He was born in 1743 and grew up in a wealthy plantation with his family near present-day Charlottesville, Virginia. Since at an early age, Jefferson learned all about Latin, Greek, and French history from the Anglican clergy. After the death of his father, he inherited the large plantation he lived in along with slaves that worked there. During his higher education years, Thomas Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary…

“All-American City” Steven Spielberg nominated Three Cities to be candidates for his film: Tulsa, Miami and Charlotte. Tulsa is located in the state of Oklahoma and is the seconded most populated city in the state with a population of 393049. Miami is considered the most known city of the three candidates and it’s located in the state of Florida. Charlotte is located in the State in North Carolina, and the considered the richest city among the three. In order to assist Steven Spielberg to choose…

I do not agree with Hellen Keller’s statement. Keller makes many valid and agreeable points in her statement, but the statement is invalid in the current world. The first main reason I disagree is because some of the world’s most influential promoters of peace have been men. Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. just to name a few. Secondly, there are many men who put the family before the individual. Keller failed to recognize these men, even if they may not be from a…

On Same-Sex Marriage and the Fight for Equal Rights History has taught us that we should fight for our rights, for equal rights of every human being regardless of sex and color. During the early history, women were perceived lower against men by nature. Males rule and females were ruled. Great philosophers Plato and Aristotle believed that “it is only males who are created directly by the gods and are given souls” and women were ‘defective’ human beings. Women were considered inferior to…

In this study, Eurasian is a racial concept. It is a North American term describing a lack of genealogical consistency, like the terms mulatto, mestizo, hapa and half-breed. The twentieth-century conception of race in the United States is rooted in the powerful, although scientifically insupportable rule of hypodescent. This famous one-drop rule defining any individual with any amount of “black blood” as black logically prevents the concept of mixed race identity. People are white according to…

Locke frequently argued an individual should have the ability to freely choose religious truth instead of being compelled to do so. In his Letter Concerning Toleration, Locke stated, “[N]o other human being or institution has any authority regarding the relation between an individual and God: each one stands alone before God, on the…

to maintain a neutral religious government in the land of the free. The Pledge of Allegiance includes the words, “under God,” and the inclusion of these words goes…

proclaim that America would be a better place if only schools led prayer and taught the creation story. Yet these people seem to ignore the how it has been proven time and time again that religion and government never mix well, and in the case of the United States they have never really mixed that much at all. A healthy relationship between religion and government is one…