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During the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, it was familiar that Articles of Confederation was successful in the unification of the colonies after the commotion of the American Revolution. Although the AOC was a huge step to the becoming of this nation, it wasn’t sufficient enough to run the newly-independent country. In force, the constitutional Convection didn’t just revise the Articles, but also wrote the Constitution which was drastically and extremely different from the Articles. On…

Al Capone once said, “This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.” This is what makes America great and is the vision I have for America. My vision of America is one where anyone that works hard and does their best can achieve success. America is a land of opportunity and freedom where men and women of our military have fought and…

Mahatma Gandhi once said “Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory”. Dreams inspire us to achieve the impossible, for they can change the world. To exemplify my point, many brave men and women of the past followed their dreams and made them a reality. These dreamers transformed our world and effected change for the better. Nearly three hundred years ago, George Washington forged one of the world’s largest…

Lennar does not have a competitive advantage. As you see by the chart , Lennar focuses on being an differentiation leader than a cost leader. Lennar is a differentiation because of how they are innovative in constructing their homes; they are creative in designing homes that meets the need of their customer (Commission, 2014). Their latest innovation is the NextGen homes which are homes within a home. Lennar is the first home builders to construct a mult-generation household (Commission, 2014).…

Throughout American history, many people around the world have left their countries for a chance to start new lives in this country — and they continue to come here to this day. People who come to live in a new country are referred to as immigrants, who can generally be classified into two categories; legal immigrants or immigrants who have permission to reside and work in the United States, and illegal immigrants or immigrants who arrive illegally or somehow manage to lose their legal status…

The American Dream The early twentieth century marked a significant time period in history of America and its well-known reputation as a nation of prosperity and great opportunities. During this time, a massive wave of immigrants from Eastern Europe arrived in the land of hope and richness seeking for jobs, and fulfilling their American dreams. However, reality of the “great” America hit them hard and crushed all their expectations of what the land of freedom could offer. As a result,…

This justice article summarizes the results of three studies, assists in understanding the differing state policies surrounding super-max facilities, and inmate behaviors used to justify super-max administrative segregation decisions. This article provides insight into how various states’ super-max facilities operate, from utilizing specific criteria to define and admit a super-max inmate, to how each individual facility deals with these problem inmates. Most states have segregated units for…

Brisco An American Tradition: The Pledge of Allegiance In the year 1892 the Pledge of Allegiance was published. The Pledge was written to honor the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. In 1924 the Pledge was recognized by the U.S. Government. Seventy-four years later in 1998, Dr. Michael Newdow filed a suit against the school board of Broward County in order to get the phrase "under God" removed from the pledge. In the United States of America the pledge is an important…

Legalizing Marijuana is a great idea there are good effects that could come out of it. The government can tax Marijuana just like they do with tobacco; it also can help out with our economy. Just imaged all the money they can be getting together with them taxing it. Also think of all the sick people in the world that use it for medical reasons. The police force would have more time on their hands and rather forces on things that are more important. Therefore legalizing the government will make…

Jack Abramoff Jack Abramoff is a former lobbyist and businessman. He was convicted of mail fraud, conspiracy, bribing of public officials and tax evasion. Jack plead guilty to charges that aligned him with embezzling over eighty millions dollars. An act, that marks it as one of the biggest white collar crimes to date. Schmidt and Grimaldi the authors of The Challenge of Democracy have deemed it “the biggest congressional corruption scandal in generations” (Schmidt and Grimaldi 2005, A01).…