more than one spouse at the same time‚ and monogamy as the practice of having only one mate at a time or during a lifetime. Having more than one wife is illegal in the U.S; however it’s accepted in Islam and other religions. According to the United States constitution:" Be it enacted ... that every person having a husband or wife living who shall marry any other person‚ whether married or single‚ ... shall ...be adjudged guilty of bigamy and‚ upon conviction thereof‚ shall be punished by a fine
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children (Cook‚ Lane‚ Mataras‚ 2013). A second resurgence in homeschooling happed in the 1990’s with it legal in every state. Although‚ all K-12 programs must be approved by the state and they may make decisions about how they support homeschool children with disabilities. The Supreme Court upheld the Nevada school system’s denial of services for a homeschool child‚ while‚ states such as
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Legitimacy enables a state to depend not on shear force or coercion‚ rather the idea of consent of the governed. Consent of the governed is a principle that goes back to the English philosopher John Locke‚ stating that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and legal when it is consented by the people or society that the power is being exercised over. Consequently‚ this makes legitimacy an integral component of any successful modern state. Various forms of political
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War. One of the major reasons for the outbreak of the war was sectionalism. Once the United States was split‚ many of the country’s fundamental issues were disputed‚ with slavery being at the top of the list. Some of the other major issues in dispute were representation‚ tariffs‚ and states’ rights. Sectionalism is defined as‚ the sharp socio-economic differences that divided the Northern and the Southern states in the U.S. The most important difference between the north and south was the issue
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With the thought of poverty‚ several issues come to mind: money‚ crime‚ health and welfare. These are the top four concerns when responding to the issue of poverty in our nation as a whole. Each presents problems and solutions‚ but addressing them in the face of government is difficult; for every good point or action‚ there is a negative reaction affecting both pro and con supporters. The most prevalent means of measuring poverty have been‚ and continue to be‚ bench marks related to money. Poverty
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dispute your assertion that slaves were being freed from 1775 to 1830. While slavery might have been stagnant from 1775 to the 1790s‚ slaves were not being freed. Slavery was just not expanding. Now‚ we may be having a semantic argument‚ as you use the word "many"‚ and my opinion is that only a few slaves‚ in relation to the hundreds of thousands‚ about 500‚000 by 1800‚ of slaves in the U.S. were freed after the Revolutionary War. And it also may be that you are looking at mostly Northern states where
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such as houses‚ cars‚ as well as other high ticket merchandise‚ which can lead to more people losing their jobs since the economy becomes volatile. This is where the government steps in to collect data regarding the unemployment in our country. (United States Department of Labor‚ Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ How the Government Measures Unemployment) Where do the statistics come from It’s more complicated than just looking up unemployment insurance (UI) information. That is how most people tend to
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the United States Introduction: Our report is on Crime in the United States. Crime is a major problem all over the world‚ but we are focusing on the crime problem right here in our own country. We have listed some different statistics‚ problems‚ and solutions. FBI Crime Statistics: Final 1995 crime statistics showed that 13.9 million Crime Index offenses were reported to law enforcement across the Nation. The 1995 total represents a rate of 5‚278 offenses for every 100‚000 United States inhabitants
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factors that contribute to the migration of persons to the Unites States some of which includes economic incentives‚ better education opportunities and family. Economic incentives is one of the top reason for persons to migrate to the United States of America‚ as they are able earn more money there than what they would earn in their native country. Mexico with 6‚720‚000in 2012 has the largest population of immigrants in the United States Table 3 (Baker and Rytina‚ 2013)‚ this is because these persons
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Poverty in the United States is getting in inferior quality every day and nothing is being done about it. Many people who want to help the poor‚ but no one knows exactly how to help them. A primary reason for people not taking action is because of lack of information that is provided about issues on poverty. Poverty is defined as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. According to the U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday September 13th
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