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    Students shouldn’t have to wear school uniforms in school. Wearing school uniforms goes against the First Amendment of the Constitution. Everyone has the right of the freedom of speech. If you make us wear uniforms then it will take away that freedom. Wearing your choice of clothes is part of expressing yourself and that is a part of your freedom of speech. (Akhavan). This implies that everyone can speak their own my mind and people express that through their clothes. This is important because if

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    William Wilberforce was one of Britain’s great social reformers involved in campaigns against slavery‚ the promotion of education‚ Christianity‚ strict morality and animal welfare. He was also an English politician‚ philanthropist‚ and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull‚ Yorkshire‚ he began his political career in 1780‚ eventually becoming an independent member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784-1812). William Wilberforce was born in 1759 and died in

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    In May 1776[[[‚]]] the highly ranked political philosopher John Adams wrote a letter to John Sullivan expressing the republican idea that property should be a prerequisite for the exercise of the right to vote. John Adams was a disciplined scholar that gained knowledge of government and law through his attendance at Harvard University at the age of sixteen. In 1758 he became a recognized able lawyer in Braintree‚ Massachusetts where he was born. Adams became very involved in government decisions

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    November 16‚ 2012 Why the American Democracy Does Not Work Democracy in America does not work. The system has failed too many times and when problems do get addressed‚ they get addressed by using tactics that break the Constitutional guidelines. Slavery almost broke the Union and if President Abraham Lincoln did not violate the Constitution‚ slavery would have destroyed the Union. Economic crises test the limits and powers of the government. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stretched

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    be allowed to vote? A Felon: A person who has been convicted of a felony‚ which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. A felony is a serious crime usually punishable by whole-life imprisonment or capital punishment. In other words a felony is a big deal. Felons have been convicted of a crime including‚ or in the same category as murder‚ rape‚ arson‚ and burglary. It is because of this that many believe that felons do not deserve the right to vote. Those against

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    Basketball is a very common sport that originated in 1891‚ when a Minister by the name of James Naismith was appointed to teach a P.E class at a YMCA training school in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He started by creating a ball‚ then cutting a big round hole on the bottom of a basket and nailing it to the wall. His students loved the game. It’s physical‚ funny at times‚ competitive‚ challenging‚ and easy. You can learn new moves‚ lay up finishers‚ shooting ranges‚ passing skills‚ and more. Basketball

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    There are many reasons in which euthanasia should not be legalized. (1)The act of this "right to die" is against the word and will of God because the right to decide belongs to God as every human being is the creation of God. To kill oneself or by others actually denies God’s control over our lives. No one can clearly prove and ascertain that God exist. There is no evidence of the truth of God and the meaning of God’s beliefs on life. (2)Many religious beliefs and culture are also against killings

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    The American Revolution can be tied to a litany of well-known historical events‚ such as the Proclamation of 1763‚ the Stamp Act‚ Boston Massacre‚ Boston Tea Party‚ the First and Second Continental Congresses but these are just that events and not factors. When you break the revolution down to its simplest form the two most important factors were money and distance. As with every conflict going back to the first instance there was a currency to spend if you follow the money you will find your reason

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    202 Idealized Heroines In Don Juan‚ Lord Byron reverses the gender roles of males and females‚ portraying Juan not as a womanizer but as someone easily seduced by women. The women in Don Juan are seen as pretty‚ submissive women whom are sexually attractive even sexually responsive. The men in Don Juan appear to be charming and unaccountable for their irresponsible love affairs based on the rationale that falling in love and lust is their default. Thus the men in Don Juan have no need for brute

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    Coursework- Questions 1) Explain why women failed to gain the vote in 1900 and 1914. (10 marks) Women failed to get the right to vote in 1909 to 1914 because of many reasons of which include: The suffragettes and the suffrages‚ the suffrages where to violent not law abiding and the sufragettes where to law abiding and too peaceful. The expectations of women‚ that women should stay at home and look after the family. The influences of religion‚ religion where in favour of man and believed

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