Washington Irving

The vast majority of democracies in the world select their president by popular vote. In the United States, however, an electoral college is chosen by the people which in turn elects a president. This system was chosen because of the United States’ unique make up of individual states. The electoral college is a group of electors, elected by the people, that vote for the president. Each state is given a number of electors equal to the number of house representatives they have, plus two…

Capital Punishment: as this idea brings some great comfort to society,it is also shown to bring a discomfort. This is happening in due to the fact that people believe taking a person’s life no matter what they did is wrong and cruel, and wrong people are killed at times. Many of the reasons why people hate capital punishment are because the religious values one holds. The different kinds of religions that influence an individual’s values are those really popular religions that countries get run…

For centuries the United States has held many longstanding traditions through history. Most of them were written in the first drafts of the Constitution. However, many policies have changed over the decades, but one of these systems has not changed much since the beginning of America, the Electoral College. Even though the Electoral College system has not undergone any restrictions, it doesn’t mean that it is perfect. There are many ways to refine the process to make it a better fit for the…

Jefferson’s Rule is that you do not have to agree with governmental ideas. It is perfectly acceptable to have conflicting viewpoints and you should have the freedom to voice your opinion and fight for what you believe. Thomas Jefferson was the voice for conflict in the United States. Jefferson desired federal state power, to keep the Articles of Confederation with a few amendments so that way, the government was not completely weakened and the citizens still had a few laws to live by. He…

The Civil Rights Movement was a time of utter chaos in American history. It was a period of protests and demonstrations against the racist policies that were governing the lives of African Americans. Alice Walker does a wonderful job of providing an up-close view of just how difficult this period was in her novel Meridian. This book shows the amount of unnecessary violence, segregation, and denial of rights towards African Americans that existed during that time. Meridian truly helps us to…

For most Americans, the Louisiana Purchase is regarded as one of the most influential treaties of our nation in expanding its borders and securing its status as a world powerhouse in political dominance. However, a significant yet otherwise subdued dilemma the Louisiana Purchase treaty caused was an unconstitutional expansion of federal powers, specifically with regards to the president. Robert Knowles argues that the assumed expansion of federal powers to include additions of states and…

My essay that I have choose the two main domains are the Constitutions, “We, the People of the United States America” and “Declaration of the Independence”. However; both laws are violated against African American Rights, along with the comparison of the two famous historical African American men, Fredrick Douglas and Martin Luther King Jr., who fought for freedom rights, civil right, humanity and equality and justices for all Negros men, women and children, who were slaves during the Civil War…

America worldwide is known to be ‘the melting pot’ because it welcomes people from different countries, regardless of race, culture, religion, creed or orientation with open hearts. These immigrants are all hoping to find freedom, new opportunities, be free of oppression and be allowed to practice their religions free of prosecution. The United States of America globally is referred to as the land of opportunities, dreams, religious freedoms and the home of the free. The belief is that any…

The United States government 's current involvement in minority health is incredibly insufficient and the health issues minorities face today would decrease if there were more participation from the U.S government. The lack of government involvement is harshly affecting minority health, especially Native Americans. History illustrates the carelessness the government has shown with Native American health care since the beginning. It is up to the U.S government to step up and sufficiently supply…

In the “im just bill” song by School house rock, it only goes over the brief aspects of the complicated long process on how a bill becomes a law. In the song, it states like most things, the bill starts off as an idea. Mostly these ideas come from problems that arise in the American society. The problems then go forth as ideas to a congress man in which that he has to agree with. If the congress man agrees then he we will write the bill which will later be presented to the committee and will…