The Eighth Amendment was passed by Congress on September 25‚ 1789 and became part of the Bill of Rights on December 15‚ 1791 ‚ it was voted for by 9 out of 12 states . James Madison was the one to introduce the 8th amendment into the Bill of Rights ‚ Madison is also known as the “Father of the Constitution ’’ because he wrote all of the other ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. I guess you could say that Madison “borrowed’’ the 8th amendment form the 1681 English Bill of Rights which also said
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Landlord James Mataya Due to shortage of dwelling houses in the city some landlords abuse their tenants. But tenants are human beings that need thoughtfulness. There should be win-win situations between the landlord and the tenant. James Mataya’s tenants reasoned with him. They were tired of his bad behavior‚ just collecting money without maintaining his property. “Enough!” It was the time for the landlord to be protected from his own idiocy; the tenants though and did what was in their best
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James Baldwin: On What it’s Really Like In James Baldwin’s “A Stranger in the Village” and “Sonny’s Blues‚” our eyes are opened to the struggles of African Americans in the 1950’s. Baldwin writes about the struggles with identity‚ social acceptance‚ and racial discrimination. It is apparent that Baldwin has a very strong opinion behind the reasoning for these three struggles and he elaborates on each throughout these two stories. Through bringing these themes to life‚ he helps us to have a
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Choices/Consequences Essay The story of Eveline written by James Joyce shows is about a young girl who must decide whether to leave with frank into the unknown‚ or stay at home with her alcoholic father and her job. Moreover‚ her choices are all weighted down because of the external forces that she cannot control and her promise to her deceased mother. However‚ in the end Eveline made the choice to stay in the comfort of her home. Eveline was faced with a life changing choice‚ but she made the right
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Clara had used her connections with her district representative‚ Col. Alexander de Witt‚ to get a job at the Patent Office. She became one of the first female clerks working as a U.S. Patent officer. Unfortunately‚ when the fifteenth president‚ James Buchanan‚ took office‚ she was dismissed due to her position being eliminated. Yet‚ she returned to the Patent Office when the Civil War broke out. She wanted to help as much as she could‚ so she offered to do the work of two clerks for the price
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James Rachels ’ Death and Dying James Rachels is one of the most controversial philosophers talked about in today ’s society. One of his most talked about topics is whether a person has a right to die or not. Not much is known about Rachels expect for the many articles and books he has written. In the controversy of letting a person die or killing him‚ he does not try to explain which method is good and which method is bad. He however tries to explain why they both are bad to a certain degree
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James"Wild Bill" Hickok was born on May 27‚ 1837‚ in Troy Grove Illinois.He was an American frontiersman‚ army scout and lawmen who helped give some order to the frontier West.His marksmanship gave him a legendary rise and lifelong tales.He was an early hero of the West. Hickok’s family emigrated from England in 1635 to Troy Grove Illinois where his family served as an Underground Railroad stop.Hickok left home at age seventeen and worked as a canal boat pilot in Utica Illinois.Hickok joined an
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to help live a better life. And one thing cannot be ignored is the concentration engineers have made during the past hundreds of years. The first thing I learned from the video is how hard and persistent an engineer should be to achieve something. James Watt is the person who impressed me most. Before I listened to our classmate’s speech about Watt and saw the video‚ I thought he just found how the hot steam from a kettle worked and nothing more. In my opinion‚ he was just a curious and lucky person
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Cindy Wong James Madison High School 11/24/2015 Persuasive essay Topic Home school is more effective than Public High School. Many people going to be a home schooling why is because a lot of people was never done well in Public High school is because they were 98% of a dropout students and sometimes it they can’t cooperate with their mind because at school most students couldn’t concerted sitting in class so they dropped out and took their GED. I never thought many students took
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According to researcher James Marcia‚ there are four identity statuses that people can experience throughout life when they are trying to develop an identity for themselves. Marcia asserts these statuses include identity diffusion‚ moratorium‚ foreclosure‚ and achievement. In the example posted in this assignment‚ the two students‚ Maya and Yolanda‚ seem to be experiencing opposite statuses from each other. Maya is going through the stage of identity moratorium. This means she is exploring her options
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