Washington Irving

Morgan says that the american citizens are responsible for westward expansion. Morgan also believes that “there is properly no history, only biography.” This shows that not everything you believe about Thomas Jefferson causing westward expansion is true. Westward expansion was caused and powered by the american people, contrary to the belief that Jefferson started and caused everything. “The historian John Buchanan has called the westward expansion, or Manifest Destiny ‘the greatest folk…

What is the Electoral College? The Electoral College comprises of 538 voters who choose who the leader of the United States will be. The arrangements for the constituent school are found in Article 2 of the Constitution: "Each State might designate, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may coordinate, a Number of Electors, equivalent to the entire Number of Senators and delegates to which the State might be entitled in the Congress: yet no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an…

Mata 1 Michael Mata Kline Period 4 7 April, 2017 The Unfair System of Voting The Electoral College is the system of voting that the United States of America uses to elect its President. The Electoral College is also used to elect the Vice President of the United States of America. Every four years in America the time comes when its citizens cast in their votes for who they want as their future President. But the Electoral College does not depend on the popular vote, it depends on the votes of…

“I Have a Dream” Rhetorical Analysis Well-known civil rights activist and Baptist Preacher, Martin Luther King Jr, in his speech, “I Have a Dream”, emphasizes racial injustice, equality and freedom. King’s purpose is to provide the equality that the founding fathers promised. He adopts a critical in order to convey that equality and freedom is needed to Americans, people at the protest, politicians, lawmakers, and pro segregation people. King begins his speech by incorporating…

Alexander Hamilton was the Secretary of treasury from 1789 to 1795; Hamilton had great foresight with his aspirations on how to solve the national debt. There were a few people that didn’t support Hamilton’s plans and some of his loudest opposers were James Madison who at one time was his protégé and fellow Congressman Thomas Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton was interested in raising revenue for the new federal government, he was a believer in capitalism and he was steadfast in his belief that he…

What is America? Or better yet what can we say represents America and its values? Herbert Hoover once stated, “Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man.” This leads one to think American is represented by the ideals of the people, but what if one said America is represented by the U.S. government and its policies. Nowadays, there is a disconnect between the U.S. government policies and the ideals of the American people. When asked whether America continues to follow the…

“I know. I’ll get an F. I’ll lose the scholarship” (427). In the book Swagger by Carl Deuker, Jonas, a kid from California, is put in many situations that he was not expecting. After moving to Seattle, and meeting his friend Levi. Jonas meets Coach Hartwell, who was his his dream coach. Until Jonas learned Levi was being abused by Hartwell, and that is where most of his troubles start. Jonas can not focus, Levi can not play basketball, and Jonas will lose his scholarship. Although friendship can…

Amendment 71 to Colorado’s constitution spits in the face of democratic virtue. Colorado, being one of just 18 states in the union that allows its citizens to initiate constitutional amendments, is now assailed by private interests that would prefer to exclude the common Coloradan. Specifically, Amendment 71 makes it more difficult to amend the Colorado Constitution by requiring each and every initiative to have signatories from each and every senatorial district in Colorado, a feat that has…

Martin Luther King, Jr gave a speech in August 1963, standing proud before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., King spoke in front of 250,000 people, trying to spread his word of hope, frustration, and goals. King fought and preached for brotherhood, equality, and justice for the blacks of America that have been promised rights and were served injustice. In his speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. uses various metaphors, historical and Negro spiritual allusions, repetition, and an analogy to…

One of the main places in Ecuador I would like to visit is the Cotopaxi. It’s one of the world’s tallest volcanos. It’s also one of Ecuador’s active volcanos, located in the Andes Mountains. I would also like to visit the Galapagos Islands. The islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador and close proximity to the equator. They are a chain of volcanic islands consisting of 18 main islands and three smaller islands. I would like to visit these places because they’re known…