“...Democracy is an achievement that has come about through determination‚ hard work‚ struggle‚ even bloodshed.” (Text 4 Line 1). Democracy is something we as a country have worked hard to achieve. It would only be smeared if the United States passed a law to make voting mandatory. It would be a direct violation of the Constitution and everything America stands for if voting was made mandatory. The right to vote should remain a choice not a compulsory decision. Compulsory voting just makes invalid
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text Democracy in America takes place in the 1830s and the French are the main audience. Analyzing Tocqueville’s observations of America is important because it teaches the livelihood of people around the time this novel is written. The lifestyle of the people around this time was consumed with racism and prejudice in the form of slavery. America still has racism and prejudice today‚ but in the form of name-calling and actions towards another person instead of slavery. In Democracy in America‚ Tocqueville
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Dangers of Despotism in a Democratic Age In his book‚ Democracy in America‚ Alexis de Tocqueville expresses his concerns regarding the emergence of despotism in the new democratic age of New England. For Tocqueville‚ despotism does not solely reside in one man. Despotism is a form of power that does not abide by the laws or rules. According to Tocqueville‚ despotism is not the rule of a single person; it does not lead to the rise of a single tyrant. Rather‚ despotism is an arbitrary form of power
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tomatoes‚ carrots‚beets‚onions‚ squash ‚ and celery they also used different types of flowers. The early temperance movement alcohol was a part of american culture from time the first colonies were established. Beer was one of the earliest industries in colonial America.The growing popularity of rum‚whisky‚ beer and other spirits caused a reaction against the effects of excessive alcohol consumption. The prohibition in the united
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Alexis de Tocqueville?s novel Democracy in America touched on many topics having to do with democracy‚ not in the United States‚ but also in his home of France‚ as well as England. His views were established during his stay in the United States. Tocqueville made a number of references about the political activity in the United States. He did this ranging from the courts to the executive branch. Henry David Thoreau touched on many of the same topics as Tocqueville. They both believe in the motto of
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Progress. What material or technological transformations did Latin Americans seem to have associated to the idea of “progress”? Latin America decided to associate with the idea of progress the idea of being able to export their home grown goods. While England‚ France and the US‚ exported industrial machinery (because it was made in those countries) Latin America decided they could not compete with those countries in selling machinery so they made their economies of selling livestock and agricultural
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Colonial America’s democracy was a work in progress with democratic and undemocratic features. With features like Individual and Human Rights‚ Equality‚ and Limited Government‚ colonial America was continuously finding new ways to govern a new society. While‚ some of their strategies were undemocratic and cruel‚ they realized and fixed it with democratic solutions. Their efforts were enormous‚ and created the free land of colonial America. One democratic feature would be Individual and Human Rights
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known to this world”: democracy. What is democracy? It is defined as “a system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process”. It implies that the whole body of citizens limits the power of the government. That concept tends to draw people toward the United States. America is the idea that leads men and women of all ethnicities‚ religions‚ cultures‚ and nationalities to come together as one: American. With that
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majority using their power to pass uneducated and disastrous legislature. They feared “the mob”‚ the everyday citizens that had little schooling and knew almost nothing about politics. To avoid giving the voters too much power‚ a Representative-Democracy style government was created‚ a system where citizens would vote for a person or group to represent them in making legislature. Referendum votes bypass the politicians and ask for the people’s opinion directly- they are direct votes where the entire
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millions) were transmitted from human to human‚ however; the Natives hadn’t built up any immunity to these zoonotic diseases because the only domestic animal in the Americas was the llama. There were not as many rats in the Americas either (rats spread the Plague). Also‚ the smallpox virus and other Old World viruses did not exist in the Americas like they did throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ therefore they killed not only the weak‚ the young‚ and the old‚ but people in their
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