did Nunavut become a territory? a. July 1st‚ 1867b. April 1st‚ 1999c. June 24th‚ 1995d. March 31st‚ 1949 | What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy? a. To remember our Sovereign‚ Queen Elizabeth II.b. To celebrate Confederation.c. To honour Prime Ministers who have died.d. To remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day. | When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Canadian Constitution? a. 1867.b. 1905
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The film Who Framed Roger Rabbit is stated by Louis Giannetti as being one of the most successful instances of combining live action with animation. While this is very true‚ there is a deeper meaning to this combination. The film portrays many examples of the racism‚ segregation‚ and prejudice demonstrated in the 1940’s. The movie symbolizes the state of unrest between white Americans and people of color. Additionally‚ characters and scenes are used to represent different social statuses and situations
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Ratifying the Constitution DBQ “…thirteen powerful‚ independent‚ disunited States are in the habit off…refusing to obey our national Congress…I pray that we can act in time to prevent the bad things we fear may happen.” George Washington wrote this in a letter to John Jay (Doc 3). Even the man who is immediately thought of when talking about the start of our nation thought that without a new set of guidelines to run our country by‚ the young country would eventually break apart and the fighting
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I wish to become a member of the National Junior Honor Society because this prestigious organization‚ which is an honor to be recommended‚ is an amazing way to learn‚ achieve my goals and give back to our community. To be an NJHS member means to be a Leader‚ have an honorable character‚ serving your community‚ and succeeding academically in school. I believe that I have demonstrated in the course of my Baldwin school years these traits and much more. I work hard to get the best grades possible
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certainly hard‚ but as time passed America transformed into a more complex civilization and so too did its identity and unity. Still ruled under Great Britain the colonists were able to create a unique identity and partial sense of unity as time progressed. The colonists had a full sense of their identity being the egalitarian‚ self-reliant people that they were‚ but lacked complete unity‚ still indecisive about breaking away from their mother country by the eve of the Revolution. A great deal of the
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The Constitution has often been called a living tribute to the art of compromise. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention came from all over the country. Each individual came with the intention to keep his interests‚ as well as‚ the interests of the region they represented secure. These were educated men with considerable wealth‚ most of which were involved in politics previously. Several of the Constitutional compromises were made in the area of slavery and the terms used are racist. Slave
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The Constitutions of the United States The United States Constitution is one of the most famous works of America; outlining the rights of the citizens and ensuring the government has limited power. However‚ what not everyone may know is that each one of the states making up the nation have constitutions as well. While these constitutions are exclusive to whatever they belong to- whether the U.S. as a whole or a state- there are aspects of all of them that both set them apart from each other as well
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Imagine the world before the 1850. There was no heavy equipment to assist in making buildings‚ houses‚ paving roads or cranes to move heavy equipment. Draft animals were used to pull heavy loads. People who worked the lands had no help other than manual labor and draft horses. Manual labor was grueling before the industrial revolution of heavy equipment. Over the years inventions were made that revolutionized the way building and structures were made. James Watt made the first reliable steam engine
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IN compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself‚ I appear before you to address you briefly and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States to be taken by the President "before he enters on the execution of this office." 1 I do not consider it necessary at present for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement. 2 Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States
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The British constitution is described as unwritten because it is not embodied wholly or mainly in any single enactment. However 3 constitutional pillars have been able to compensate the absence of formal constitutionalism in the UK – they are * The doctrine of Supremacy of Parliament * The doctrine of Separation of Powers and * The concept of Rule of Law’’. Discuss. Indeed ‘constitution’ can be defined as a document having a special legal sanctity which sets out the framework
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