Alicia Alcaraz Period 3 AP U.S. History December 8‚ 2014 APUSH Chapters 27 & 28 Homework Assignment Chapter 27: 1. Whites finally overcame resistance of the Plains Indians ultimately with various factors. The whites had a fire-and-sword policy that was the last step to shatter the spirit of the Indians. The railroad‚ diseases‚ locomotives‚ and the near-extinction of the Buffalo in the plains all contributed to the “taming” of the Plains Indians. The railroad sprang right through the heart of the
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Reaghan A. Bennett AP US History Mid-Term Overall‚ what I learned was that throughout history‚ whether it is American or history within other countries‚ the game never changes. We repeat incidents in history and though we might expect the outcome to differ‚ it rarely does. “The names of the players change but the game does not.” There are trends in history and almost every incident we face can be referred to similar happenings of the past. But the most predominant and reoccurring theme throughout
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Jails and Prisons History and Development Introduction Jails and prisons lay at the heart of the Criminal Justice System. These facilities helped forge the concept of rehabilitation. These institutions have changed over time and now reflect the modern methods of housing convicted individuals who need to be reformed or punished. Description of jails The clear concise difference between a jail and a prison is the time limit a convicted person is sentenced to and what offenses were committed. In
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Should we close Guantanamo Bay‚ and move the inmates to a federal prison in the U.S ? Are they getting the rights they should be getting? Many people are convinced that Guantanamo Bay should be shut down for a handful of reasons‚ one of them is that they’re not getting treated like they should be‚ it is also an exorbitant amount of money that us taxpayers pay just to run and keep open‚ some are in their with no trail no chance to prove their innocence. The people who are locked up in here are
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Federal Courts vs. State Courts Courts in the United States are made up and governed by the United States Constitution and then separated by Federal and State levels. Both levels are different in how they are made up‚ how they run and the laws they are in charge of enforcing. Federal: 1. United States Supreme Court; the highest appellate court in the Federal judicial system. This court is tasked with taking on its own cases and normally takes from lower courts that struggle with defining Federal
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Summary of the Stanford Prison Experiment Nicole Bennett University of Winnipeg The Stanford Prison Experiment involved 24 male college students from North America who volunteered locally through advertisements in newspapers. The volunteers had to be living or staying in the Stanford area‚ totally healthy – psychologically‚ mentally‚ emotionally and physically – as well as willing to participate in the study for around 1-2 weeks. For their participation‚ volunteers would receive a $15 per day
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the slightest chance of getting out. To many factors fall into play and the subject can only run deeper and deeper. These convicts were brutal in the outside world‚ and after taking their first step in a penitentiary it only gets worse. Their mental state crumbles‚ eventually leaving them hard wired to live in a dangerous environment. Being prosecuted for such terrible crimes‚ doesn’t happen just once for these people‚ and American citizens do not want these fist degree murderers set free in their communities
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Extrinsic motivation drives me to do things for tangible rewards such as money or pressures‚ rather than for the fun of it. In a workplace this motivation would be the most used because most people work for money. I am employed at the Corcoran State Prison and this is an extrinsic motivation because I get paid to watch and protect inmates and control any possible hostile situations. One way where my occupation wouldn’t apply as an extrinsic motivation‚ but as an external regulation‚ is if I was
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various mental illnesses with extremely mixed results. Is there a correlation between these three events as far as the mental states of the participants? The article starts off telling the story of Sergeant John M Russell taking the lives of 5 American Soldiers on May 11‚ 2009. After he pled guilty to this appalling act‚ more detailed‚ information surfaced about his mental state. Sgt. Russell was on his third deployment in six years without incident. (Hong) Although
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EPA – Policy-making in the Federal System POL 201 Instructor: Matthew Szlapak Monday‚ April 29‚ 2013 The federal government enacted the Clean Air Act‚ so as to protect the citizens of the United States. At the same time Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency with its primary role of regulating and the enforcement of environmental policies at the state and tribal levels. A brief history on air pollution‚ in October 1928 in the industrial town of Donora Pennsylvania a thick
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