Why did Americans pass the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act? During the late 1800s‚ The Gilden Age was in full effect. After the Decade of Crisis‚ when thousands of settlers came to the West in search of gold‚ reconstruction began. While many of these temporary settlers left when the Gold Rush was over‚ some stayed like the Chinese. They worked on the Transcontinental Railroad‚ more commonly as replacements for fellow Irishmen‚ Germans‚ Englishmen‚ or Italians who were unreliable for miscellaneous reasons
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History It can easily be said that the Stamp Act of 1765 was the beginning of the revolution for the colonies of North America. Before the Stamp Act‚ there were other failed attempts to tax the colonies by the British parliament. Each attempt to gain money from the colonies was unlawful because there was a lack of representation from Parliament. The Stamp Act of 1765 was very detailed and expensive for the colonists. The Stamp Act was the final act of taxation by Parliament before the colonies started
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Alien and Sedition Acts- During the presidency of Adams he decided to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts in the year of 1798. These new Alien set of laws‚ three in total‚ made situations worse in the United States by controlling immigration more and giving more power to the president. With this power‚ the president could throw anyone out of the country thought to be a risk to the United States or even by sharing certain political ideas. The Sedition Law allowed authorities to fine and even imprison
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Specifically‚ the goal is the DREAM act. So‚ what is the DREAM act? "Why DREAM Act is Right for U.S.‚ Young People"‚ a USA Today article‚ the DREAM Act was made to create a chance for illegal immigrant students to attend college (Duncan). In the book The Children of Undocumented Immigrants‚ Fitz states‚"...The Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act offers young undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship if they have lived in
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March 22nd‚ 1765. News spread like wildfire after the colonists heard that the British Parliament had issued a new tax on the American people. Initially passed on February 17th‚ 1765‚ the Stamp Tax was not given Royal Assent‚ or made an official law by the passing of the British Parliament‚ until March 22nd‚ 1765. The Stamp Act was put into place by Britain shortly after The Seven Years’ War: a battle between the British and the French over land. After the bitter war left Britain in crippling debt
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Its history has demonstrated how money can blind morals like an addiction that is never satisfied. Past lawsuits were mostly unsuccessful because the juries blamed the smoker even though the definition of criminal negligence fits the industry ’s acts perfectly. Some may argue for the industry in the name of free enterprise but since they have had such a clear understanding of the dangers of their product it changes the understanding of their business tactics and motives. The success of the industry
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One of the biggest violations to American Civil Rights is the Patriot Act. “The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2001. The act greatly reduced restrictions that were placed on law enforcement agencies and gave them the ability to search telephone‚ e-mail communications‚ medical‚ financial‚ and other records. It eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States and expanded the Secretary of
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The Patriot Act was enacted in October 2001 shortly after attacks from terrorists on the United States on September 11‚ 2001. The act gives Federal officials and state agencies greater authority and tools to investigate and track suspected terrorists with the goal of bringing them to trial. The attacks on the United Stated on September 11‚ 2001 were planned and carried out by 19 people affiliated with the al-Qaeda network. This group hijacked four commercial airlines with the intent to crash
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Besides this governmental change‚ there are also parts of the Patriot Act that are in contrast with the laws that are set in the US Constitution: The fourth amendment of the Constitution clarifies “the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated… or things to be seized”‚ while the Patriot Act reverses this right by enabling the government to “search and seize American’s papers and
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White culture and building a successful‚ independent economy‚ the question of whether or not Native Americans residing in the southern states and specifically the Cherokee in Georgia should be removed was hotly debated until the ratification of the Removal Act in 1830. Andrew Jackson‚ the man representing the federal government as the President of the United States‚ actively pursued the Removal Act despite his previous opinion of Natives being so savage it were better to have them driven to extinction
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