United States Senate

I am Glad the Supreme Court of the United States has amended those parts of that absurd act. Let’s just think about it for a second. If the Supreme Court hadn’t stepped in and changed things, how many families would be destroyed? How many children would have had to go without a quality education? And to think, in this instance it’s the Hispanics in this country that are being profiled. Earlier, I read an essay by Brent Staples entitled “Just Walk On By”. In the essay Staples gave a prime…

3 Branches Research Paper There are three different branches of the United States government; legislative, executive, and judicial. They all have a way of “checking” each other, and making sure one doesn’t become more powerful than the other. All three have different roles in government, and these roles help run the US Government. The legislative branch of government has the power to make the laws. They also check the executive and judicial branch. They check the executive branch in many…

Annexation of the Philippines is a debatable topic to historians. Some methods of analyzing the past though they may be different, can be used to explain the issues. There truly is not just one way to analyze the Annexation of Philippines. Why the United States wanted to use the Philippine territory can be both beneficial at least to about 80% of any argument. Though there are those who look at the topic from a more caring view versus those who find it a stern issue and belittle the Filipino’s…

The majority of the population in Colombia are Roman Catholic individuals who mostly attend mass routinely. Catholic sacraments are performed by Priests in the churches. Christians also believe in the afterlife where people’s doings in life will direct them on their spiritual path after they die. People in more rural areas tend to have a mixed religion with a bit of an African/Spanish mixture and pray to a patron saint. About 15 percent of the population are Protestants. Many people were…

legislative branch of the government, which is the part of the government that makes laws. A senator's job is to represent the people living in his or her state in the United States Senate. Part of this job is to write and vote on new laws called bills. Kelly Ayotte is a republican United States senator for the state of New Hampshire. Elected into the senate in 2010, she is ranked as one of the most bipartisan senators and has been widely recognized for her commitment to finding common ground to…

Before Truman was the 33rd president of the United States he was the vice president for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. During the 1944 presidential elections Roosevelt chose Truman to be his running mate because his former vice president, Harry Wallace, was not well liked. He was only vice president for 82 days when Roosevelt died of a stroke. When Truman came into office America was in the middle of the Second World War. The war had already been going on for six years before Truman became president…

sectors Mexican immigrants in the United States were encouraged to return to Latin America through the deterioration of their social and economic standing in American society. Mexican Americans went through repatriation in large numbers during the early 1930s because of the quickly rising unemployment rates caused by the Great Depression throughout the United States. These unemployment rates led to even fewer opportunities for minority workers in the United States, as well as increased hostility…

While many claim that the United States is a democracy, it is actually a federal republic with a strong democratic tradition where the people are represented in the national government, prominently under a bicameral legislature, but still have an opportunity to participate in political activities. Socioeconomic status is defined as one’s social and economic standing in society. The American Melting Pot holds a multitude of races and income rates that contribute to socioeconomic statuses.…

abusing their power.] If the United States did not have federalism, people across the country in Congress would be making decisions that don’t fit our needs. If there were no separation of powers, the president might make and enforce the laws making him a dictator. If there were no checks and balances, the president might fire justices in the supreme court he didn’t like leading to him making unconstitutional laws. *If there were no Great Compromise the larger states would be tyrants. These…

continental Europe many times, but in 1803 war was renewed between Britain and France. During the war, the United States traded with both countries, which also offended them. The countries reactions were to hurt America's economy. Pinckney Treaty 1795: Pinckney Treaty 1795: Many times Spain threatened to close the ports of New Orleans, which would greatly affect American farmers. Finally, in 1795 United States President Washington sent Thomas Picnickey…