On May 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) signed the Indian Removal Act‚ which would take tribes of eastern Indians‚ living in settled states‚ and resettle them in specially designated districts west of the Mississippi River in Indian Territory (now the state of Oklahoma). Many tribes were affected by the Indian Removal Act. Most notably‚ the Cherokees‚ Choctaws‚ Creeks‚ Chickasaws‚ and Seminoles tribes were subjected to eviction (O’Neill 11). By the large‚ these tribes were known as the
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Amber Harris Diane Mercer Honors English 1 23 April 2016 Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act is the notion of affordability and the role of health insurance in making otherwise unaffordable health care affordable (Nyman and Trenz 264). The Affordable Care Act gives every American a right to health care through Obamacare. Millions of Americans have benefitted by receiving insurance coverage through the ACA. Many of these people were unemployed or had low-paying jobs. Some could not work because
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The FIRST freedom act‚ a bill that seeks to “protect and promote international religious freedom.” is of the utmost importance to me as a student‚ as a Christian‚ and as an American. If passed‚ this bill will dramatically increase the amount of protection for both refugees‚ and those people seeking asylum from religious persecution. It will also introduce stricter guidelines and punishments for those who are responsible for committing acts of religious persecution. I am concerned that we‚ as a country
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Today‚ more than 60 million people in the United States‚ approximately one in five‚ have some type of disability (The Equal Rights Center. n.d.). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. In general‚ a physical or mental impairment includes hearing‚ mobility and visual impairments‚ chronic alcoholism‚ chronic mental illness‚ AIDS‚ AIDS Related Complex‚
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The Social Security Act was created August 14‚ 1935. This Act was made during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term as president of the United States by the President’s Committee on Economic Security and by Frances Perkins‚ and also passed by Congress as part of the New Deal Act. The Act was an attempt to restrict what were seen as a threats in the modern American lifestyle‚ including older people‚ Poverty‚ unemployment‚ and the struggles of single women with fatherless children was another
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An act that was created many years ago to help single mothers support themselves and their children. In 1998 this federal act was made mainly so that it would take single mothers off of welfare. Couples were having children and fathers were not stepping up to the plate. They were finding ways around not paying child support; for example‚ moving/traveling to a different state to not pay. It was created to punish parents that would not pay their child support. Bill Clinton was the President that passed
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“The Indian Removal Acts” Imagine in today’s society‚ all of a certain minority being sent to Maine against their will while the public was cheering it on. It is incredibly immoral to do such a thing; yet in the early 1800’s this is basically what happened to the Cherokee Nation of Indians. Starting in 1814‚ Andrew Jackson wanted to move the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland of North Carolina‚ Tennessee‚ Georgia‚ and Alabama‚ to the present day state of Oklahoma. The Indian Nations
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The Welfare Reform Act What is Medicaid? Medicaid is joint-state health insurance program that is coverage for the low-income families‚ senior citizens‚ and people with disabilities. (Leighton‚ Coughlin) 2010 On August 22‚ 1996 the Welfare Reform Act‚ and is officially called the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was fulfilled and signed by President William Clinton. (http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Th-W/Welfare-Reform-Act-1996.html) This
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The collective bargaining process in the United States was intended to help resolve disputes between employees and employers. The National Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA) gives employees the right to organize and bargain collectively over wages‚ hours‚ and other work conditions. The Act also requires both employer and unions to bargain in good faith. To protect the rights of both employees and employers‚ the NLRA defines certain activities as unfair labor practices. These unfair labor practices are
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then‚ everyone did it. The Indian Removal act was an act created by President Jackson. He had these poor people forced from their property because of their ethnicity. The Indian Removal Act was not justified because the U.S. Government (President Jackson)‚ lied to the Cherokee people about what they promised‚ President Jackson took away the Cherokee’s rights and the Cherokees had a lot of hardships while they walked the Trail of Tears. The Indian Removal Act was not fair for anyone and shouldn’t have
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