The conclusion of Scott v. Sandford was considered the worst judgment Chief Justice Roger broke Taney ever composed. He disregarded constitutional points of reference‚ misshaped history‚ forced an inflexible instead of an adaptive development on the constitution‚ overlooked particular awards of power in the constitution‚ and tormented implications out of other‚ more-cloud provisions. His rationale on the citizenship issue was maybe the most convoluted. He conceded that African Americans could be
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Prevent America from Spending Money to Make Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers America shouldn’t spend billions on Ford-Class aircraft carriers because America already has enough carriers‚ the carrier force is in danger of new weapons that could reduce the power of carriers‚ America should have less ambition so that there will be less wars and less lives lost‚ and because some members of Congress are even thinking about cutting Social Security and Medicare for the military. Building more carriers when
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The two lessons that I picked from the Smithsonian History Explorer are called “Was It Destiny to Move West?” and “Is the President the Most Important Person in Government?” (Smithsonian). Both lessons adhere to the C3 Framework standard promoted by the website. Based on this framework‚ the Behaviorism concept of teaching is applied to both lessons. According to Surgenor‚ “The concept of reinforcement (of something positive following an event to increase its likelihood of occurring again) is evident
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I am from an intercultural and interracial family; according to ancestry.com DNA I am Cameroon/Congo 29%‚ Ivory Coast/Ghana 21%‚ and Ireland 20%. Culturally I identify with the American culture and the African American subculture of North America as referenced in our text African American culture differs from African culture. I will discuss my current cultural perspective as it pertains to communication. When I grew up in Buffalo‚ New York my family practiced Catholicism‚ we attended the
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The Electoral College is a system created by our founding fathers when they created the Constitution. Within this process‚ the selection of electors hold a meeting where they vote for the President and Vice President‚ as well as‚ the counting of electoral votes by Congress. Each state is entitled an allowance of electors which is based off the number of members in its Congressional delegation. The total number of electors within the Electoral College is 538 electors‚ but in turn there is only 270
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When the Constitution was being written‚ adjustments had to be made along the way. These adjustments came in the form of compromises and were made in order to try and please everyone involved. Among considered plans were: the Virginia Plan‚ the New Jersey Plan‚ the Connecticut Compromise‚ and the 3/5’s Compromise. Each of these were very important to the creation of the final draft of the Constitution. James Madison‚ the Father of the Constitution himself‚ divulged the Virginia Plan. He wanted
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Scalia Replacement As the Constitution was created‚ some topics were explained in great detail‚ yet some were explained very vaguely causing many disputes over how certain topics should be dealt with. In Article III‚ it states how the Judicial Branch works. It decides what the court bases their decisions on. In Article II of the U.S. Constitution it states how a justice must be replaced‚ who picks the new justice‚ which is the president‚ yet there is no time frame stated on how long it must take
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The electoral college was created by our forefathers for a purpose‚ and the reasons that support their decision still remain. The Americans who dispute the validity of the electoral college have a fundamental misunderstanding of purpose of both electoral college and the President of the United States. The presidential election is performed by electors who vote as the public they represent vote‚ otherwise they are faithless electors‚ a punishable crime in some states. This is where the misunderstanding
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On December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. Being attacked on their own soil was shocking to the U.S. After this attack the U.S. lost all their trust in its citizens of Japanese descent. This lead to the harsh actions against them during World War II in 1942. In the Internment camps the U.S. military tried to treat the internees as humanly as possible‚ even though at times they failed to do so. The U.S. had been able to avoid the conflict of WWII‚ but this attack on American
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“Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” (King). The most compelling speech is “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. In the speech‚ he persuades America to treat everyone‚ of all color‚ as equals and to give everyone the rights promised in the Declaration of Independence. The speech was very impactful and included many rhetorical devices. Martin Luther King Jr. incorporated ethos and imagery in his speech to express
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