championship for a stronger central government, with the view that it would lead to a more powerful nation. As a party, Federalists generally frowned upon democracy as they thought it would give the opportunity for poor leadership to arise in states. Various arguments were presented in favor of the Federalist ideology. In keeping with the activities of a strong national government, the Federalist Party…
tyranny. There must be guards against tyranny in a proper democracy, such as the United States of America (US). The Constitution of the US (COTUS) was created in 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, with fears of tyranny in mind. So, what are the guards against tyranny in COTUS? Tyranny is a situation in which all power is placed in the hands of a single entity and typically used in reference to government. COTUS guards against tyranny in four ways which are federalism,…
among the different parts of the government. Federalist could be better referred to as “nationalist” because they believed that the majority of the power should lay within the national government. The anti-federalist believed that the national government should not receive the majority of the power because it would be at the expense of states and the people. The federalist party…
To me, it is a defining moment of the century because it changed the role of and the conception of the government in economies and resulted in a new and modern macroeconomics era. The depression as portrayed by Watkins was an experience that affected the Americans, both psychologically and economically. Through the use of stories of Odie Stallings…
Constitution created a just government by fixing the many problems with the Articles of Confederation. In Alexander Hamilton’s letter to James Duane he stated that “the confederation itself is defective and requires to be altered; it is neither fit for war, nor peace”. One problem with the confederation was that too much power was given to the states. Alexander Hamilton wrote a letter to James Duane stating that the “Confederation too gives the power of the purse too entirely to the state…
I think that congress has the most power. I have three reasons of why i believe that congress has the most power. Reason number 1: the people of each state have to vote for 2 people to go into congress. Reason number 2: the people of congress are in charge of maintaining the military and making money, etc. reason number 3: the third and final reason that i believe that congress has the most power is because if the people of congress present a law to the [resident and the president vetoes that…
only to consequently fall prey to a deadly attack by the beast. For a long time, society submits to the government in hopes that the government would endeavor to make the country a better place to reside. Trust is something rendered as priceless and of a limited commodity. Comparable to the innocent child in the opening metaphor, American citizens have…
Likewise, terrorists can be oceans apart, but be a threat right at our living rooms. Therefore, our old tactics will no longer be relevant in ensuring our safety and livelihood, we are no longer fighting a physical war. It’s a cyber war now. Since our government is trying to hide these cyber attacks from the public, we can’t help wonder why. This is due to the most remember event in the early 2000’s, 9/11, because we have been so scarred by this event that our very politics drastically shifted…
in our hands on what and how much information we share with the virtual world. Similar is the case with democratic governments. Democracy can be simply defined as the government of the people, for the people, and by the people. But, sometimes the government leaps ahead of the law and breaks the law to achieve certain heights and accomplish their tasks. The laws broken by the government have its records, but not for the public. So, organizations like WikiLeaks comes to play to reveal the dark…
An average of 20% of the American workforce saw themselves unemployed; the others mostly found themselves with less hours and pay. Had the American government acted responsibly, the severe depression could have been prevented. The Great Depression could have been avoided; changes in industrial wealth distribution, credit structure and the dealing of the unstable international debt structure would have…