A hoodie, Arizona ice tea and skittles. That was the spark that spawn into a flustering fire. On February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida seventeen year old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. The murderer, George Zimmerman. The verdict, not guilty. As the story got out and emotions ran high, people all around the country […]
The progressive era began as a social movement then grew into a political movement. The early progressives rejected Social Darwinism, the survival of the fittest. The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to 1920s. The main objective of the Progressive movement was […]
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Get help with your assigmentIn 1848, the first spot of gold in the Sacramento Valley in California triggered a high demand for gold leading to a massive immigration spree and economic breakthrough known as the California gold rush. The discovery of gold, once spread to all of California, spread internationally to countries as distant as China and France. The […]
During the Reconstruction era, blacks were beginning to gain their human rights. In 1868, the fourteenth amendment gave them equal protection under the law and two years later, the fifteenth amendment allowed them the right to vote. This frustrated many whites, so the Jim Crow Laws came into effect during the late nineteenth century. Reconstruction […]
Introduction In America, the issue of race has always been of actuality. The country itself was built on the belittlement and inconsideration of black people’s lives. The abolition of slavery should have been the end of all of the injustices. However, they only continued under different forms, one being police brutality against black individuals. Black […]
The main idea of the Progressive era was trying to reduce problems due to industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. The goal of this movement was to make living conditions better and protect social welfare. To help this they opened libraries, swimming pools, and feed the hungry. Many people blamed problems on alcohol, so they banned it […]
On February 19, 2018, I lost a man who I considered a family to cancer. Brother Wells worked for the church for a majority of his life, serving God and the people who attended Cornerstone Revival Center. Because of high premiums and outrageous out of pocket costs, he and his wife couldn’t afford health insurance. […]
Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist and one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement. She helped to form and later lead, the National American Women’s Suffrage Association. She traveled around the country giving speeches and gathering signatures on petitions. She was born in 1820 to a Quaker family, and […]
Throughout most of history humans have been controlled by absolute monarchies or regimes run by a single family. As well as given very few liberties and the ability to freely live their lives. It wasn’t until around the 1500’s that certain individuals began to freely think for themselves without the influence of their government and […]
The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation was largely influenced by Abraham Lincoln’s negative opinion of slavery, however he was also under pressure from his peers and the slave owners of the United States as well. The President expressed his dislike for the concept of slavery in documents and speeches more than thirty years before the […]
On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January 1863, black abolitionists finally could claim the Civil War as their own struggle-a battle for liberation (Ripley 221). It modified the federal legal status of enslaved African Americans within the South from slave to free. […]
If you were taking a stroll down the street and asked any average American to describe our government, it’s quite likely that they would hatefully bring up the rising debt, political deadlocks and hate-filled campaign seasons. They would also probably mention the splitting of voters and our country between the two political parties– Republican and […]
Topics Studied The course had a number of topics which I found interesting, therefore the whole course of Political Science seemed appealing to me. However, there were certain topics which sparked my interest more than other topics, and are discussed as below. Voting and Elections Voting and elections are an important part of political science […]
Even though the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were created to mend the issue of slavery in the United States and create equality and freedom for blacks; it caused for more loopholes than expected in the battle for justice amongst the minority community. Plessy v. Ferguson, Loving v. Virginia, and Roe v. Wade are three […]
The United States Presidential election of 1800 became one of the most radical elections of its time. This election candidates were Thomas Jefferson a Democratic-Republican, Aaron Burr a Democratic-Republican, John Adams a Federalist, C. C. Pinkney a Federalist, and John Jay who was a Federalist also. This was the first election where people ran for […]
The United States has a deep-rooted history of racial and socioeconomic inequality. One of the most enduring, and often-times overlooked, aspects of systemic inequality is school segregation. Throughout American history, people have been fighting to ensure that every student, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, has the right to a quality education. The country is […]
Using the data I collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, World Bank, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Trading Economics websites, I created a few graphs based on the information I found. The data indicates that the average unemployment rates were fairly low in 2006. There was actually a decrease in the average […]
Introduction War on drugs was started in 1971 by President Nixon of United States of America who realized existence of far reaching impacts that hurt both the population as well as economy at large. It was a futile fight as much of his efforts failed to bear desired results. Analysts have judged the outcome and […]
Introduction Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15th, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts to Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read Anthony. As a little girl, she witnessed the hard work and skill exemplified by her mother and father. Daniel Anthony manufactured cotton in his self-built factory and gave the opportunity of employment to many young women, […]
Mid-19th century America was a period of evolution and reform. People were voicing their beliefs and sharing it to the public to try and make the United States the best country they felt it could be. That was certainly the case for activist Susan B. Anthony. Anthony was born on February 15th, 1820 in Adams, […]
After a few days of the convention, The Declaration of Sentiments and resolutions was addressed and resolved. The Declaration argues that women are separated by the government and the society of which they are a part of and it insists women to be considered full citizens and to have the same rights as men (Cokely). […]
In the beginning of 1880s going into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through “Jim Crow” laws, which were so called after character black in minstrel shows. From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas, many states (and other cities too) could impose legal punishments on people for consorting with […]
A proud group of people forced to move out of their home land and forced into a new life style. Changes that shift everything about who they are and the life style they once held so dear to them. The group at mention is the Chickasaw tribe of North America. This group of Native Americans […]
In the hopes of traveling a straight ride to California is mislead by 81 inexperienced Donner Party emigrants. One of the many misunderstood tragic stories of all time. The need to travel and make shortcuts in life that only take us one step forward and two steps back. This only proves that the human mind […]
The Westward Expansion was America desire to migrate west and use the land that was either not yet claimed, or claimed by other countries and they wanted to make it theirs. In the midst of the 1800’s, the citizens of America packed up all of their things, and headed out West to the new-found lands […]
Westward Expansion was a really important time in a America’samerican history. People were in the need of gGold and they wanted to start their new lives on a fresh page. Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was America’s believed it was there duty to stretch from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Do […]
During the early years of the United States, many thought that expansion was vital to the young nations survival. Early states were strategically located along the eastern seaboard which allowed for trade to flow easily, however many started to question what profit may come out of the vast interior land that had yet to be […]
Introduction Today I am going to tell you about lewis and clark and the louisiana purchase I am going to tell you there adventure and what happened on their journey about the people they met and other things and another thing i will be telling you about the louisiana purchase and more details about the […]
The problem of juvenile offenders and teenagers being involved in criminal activity is one that the schools, police and the judicial system are working together to solve. The juvenile justice system was set up by the government so that people can find a way to change the mindset and help with the rehabilitation of children […]
Racial profiling is the act of linking certain ethnic groups to criminal activity. America is known as a melting pot or salad bowl, America is a country mixed with many cultures and people. Racial profiling has been used in America as an unjust mean of arresting, incarcerating and murdering black men in America. Racial profiling […]
