Strickland v. Washington

What does it mean to be an American? This is a question everyone in the United States should ask themselves from time to time. One needs to ponder on this question and think about the things they have that others may not. Having said this, being an American is having freedom. Being an American is having a choice. Americans need to take everything they have into perspective and think about what all comes with the title “American”. America is the greatest country on Earth, or at least that is the…

from the pre-Constitutional era remained Federalists, while Jeffersonians named themselves Democratic-Republican. President Washington warned about the dangers of political parties because they would divide the government and the nation into sides. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson led their parties, the Federalist and the Democratic-Republic respectively. As Washington had predicted, the nation was divided between two points of views, but political parties allow people to choose a side…

How would you feel if your vote in deciding the next president of our country didn’t matter? Well, this is true for many people due to our broken Electoral College system of voting. I strongly feel that we should get rid of it for many reasons. My first reason is that it doesn’t give equal representation to certain states. My second reason is that it doesn’t match up with the popular votes that were taken by the people. This two reasons alone are more than enough to show this system needs to be…

Rosie interact with different objects and people. I was able to observe Rosie display her varying levels of knowledge in different areas. I was interested in observing her behavior in efforts to compare an aspect of her development to one in the Washington State Development guidelines. After observing Rosie for a half of an hour, I became interested in the level of her language skills. Specifically, I’m interested in how advanced her recognition, broad vocabulary, and vivid descriptions of items…

President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, only seven-minutes long, enthralled the American public. President Lincoln’s captivating speech, presented on March 4, 1865 in Washington D.C., became the unifying force to rebuilding the nation which had previously been torn apart by a civil war. The purpose of the speech was for the nation to march forward in unity; to achieve this goal, Lincoln utilized rhetorical elements such as figurative language, diction, syntax, persuasive appeals,…

A broadly known speech that makes evident the power of rhetoric is “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Junior, which was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. This civil rights leader proclaimed his views about human equality for all African Americans to have equals opportunities in the United States. His speech is known as one of the largest civil rights demonstrations in history. His symbolism, powerful persuasion, tone and diction helped to create an impact on his public…

King had a remarkable trajectory before the “I Have a Dream” speech; in 1960 he gave his first speech about the dream of the much needed civil rights for the black people; he continued fighting for it and the day of August 28, 1963 in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom he deliver the speech that would change everything, a speech…

Jason Do Analytical Essay Per. 9 Lang. Arts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who led the Civil Rights Movement by delivering his speech, “I Have A Dream”. President Abraham Lincoln, who wrote and delivered “The Gettysburg Address” during the Civil War, has a purpose similar to King Jr.’s speech. The purpose of these speeches is to give the audience a sense of urgency in their problems. The prominent theme of these speeches was the idea of freedom and equality. This paper will discuss how…

The 23rd amendment gave the residents in the District of Columbia the right to vote for the country’s president and vice president and representation for D.C. in the Electoral College. Before the 23rd amendment people who lived in the District of Columbia were not able to vote because they didn’t live in a state. Even though the District has the right to vote for president and vice president, they still don’t have the right to vote for members of the House of Representatives or Senate to…

Tiara Perez Mrs. Swain English 3 Honors 17 November 2017 Thomas Jefferson vs Alexander Hamilton Frenemies: Informative Essay Two competing political parties have always existed throughout the United States. One seeking to increase the power of the government and the other one seeking to decrease the government's power. Thomas Jefferson was the Secretary of State during George Washington's Presidency, while Alexander Hamilton was a financial planner. Thomas Jefferson believed that National…