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Intro: It’s Election season, and voting is a very important part of the democratic process. Since the formation of the United States, voting has been every citizen’s duty to continue making the country democratic. This election cycle is like no other. Between unreasonable candidate Donald Trump and untrustworthy candidate Hillary Clinton on the ballot; voters are surprisingly undecided when it comes to the next four years. So in light of the presidential election, I wanted to categorize how…

years apart, it is easy to see that the architects of from Texas were definitely inspired by the neoclassicism that inspired those that created and designed the US Capitol Building. Following in the design of the United States capitol building in Washington D.C., the capitol building of Texas in Austin, brings together balance, symmetry, and scale into awe inspiring buildings. The US Capitol Building, and city design, was tasked to Charles Pierre L’Enfant, who, in Italian style, chose to place…

riana Roberson December 4, 2014 POL315 Professor Russo The United States has been well known for its democracy since the 1700s. The country has presidential elections every four years. In elections almost every American citizen over the age of 18 has a right to cast a vote for the president excluding United States territories such as Guam. The process in voting for the president of the United States is by no means straightforward. In the 2000 presidential election the candidates were Al Gore…

speech that covers King's views on discrimination in the United States and his desire for people to live as equals. The speech was recited by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28th of 1963 to a crowd of civil rights marchers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The Sneetches and Other Stories, by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), is a children's book including a variety of stories, one of which depicting a fictitious race of creatures called Sneetches. In the story some of the sneetches have stars…

D. Company Analysis Background & Context Initially founded as Everett City Lines in 1893, Everett Transit is the public transit authority for Everett, Washington. This organization was created in order to help fill the transportation void of near the turn of the century. People needed a reliable way to travel from one location to another, and thus Everett Lines was born. Dissimilar from the rest of Snohomish County, who operate under Community Transit, Everett Transit operates its own city wide…

When John Marshall was 20 years old he was inspired by George Washington to join the Revolutionary War. He was made a lieutenant with a state militia called Culpeper Minutemen. In 1780, he began his first own law practice defending clients against British laws. In 1800 he held the position of Secretary of State. John…

The Effects of 9/11 September 11th 2001 a day most people can remember where they were, how old they were, and even what they were wearing. This tragedy was seen as the first major attack on U.S soil since the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks. The United States had endured peace and Economic prosperity during the 1990’s until the “9/11” Terrorist attacks ( cite ). These attacks had major effects on America. There were major changes in government and national security, the economy,…

their trip to the United States and refrained from attending conferences to show their anger. The Washington Post, which is one of the highly trusted newspaper in the United States published, “A series of disclosures about U.S. surveillance in Brazil — based on leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden — have caused a furor in that country. Earlier this month, Rousseff canceled a state visit to Washington over the revelations.” This shows that the leaders of other countries are enraged by…

Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence, the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and many others. He was our nation’s third president and founded the University of Virginia. He studied law at the University of William and Mary in Virginia, and went on to use what he learned there to help form our great nation. Although all of his actions were not graceful, Jefferson was a man that made more of an impact on our country, than any other person. Born into a…

As well as allowing all voters to have a say, the College balances the size of large populations by distributing their votes more evenly than the population. It balances large Democratic populations, such as the states of New York, California, Washington, and Illinois. by reducing their voting power. Together, these states have a population of 76,187,230 according to the Census Bureau, comprising of almost 24% of the United States population (Census.gov). However, these states only have 116…