the breakdown of the triumvirate. Political instability within Rome spurred the outbreak of the civil war providing Caesar with immense autocratic power‚ undermining that of the senate. Due to Caesar’s assassination in 44BC‚ the collapse of the Republican political system in Rome was provoked through Antony’s unsuccessful assumption of Caesar’s Parthian campaign and the failure of the second triumvirate. The results of the Mithridatic and Parthian Wars were significant in their stimulation of the
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Research Paper: Jefferson vs. Hamilton Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were two very influential people with very different ideals. With land inherited from his father‚ Jefferson set himself up as a Virginia tobacco farmer. Once established as a planter‚ Jefferson entered Virginia politics. As a politician‚ he did not have the ability to make rousing speeches. Instead‚ Jefferson spoke eloquently through his writing. His words in the Declaration of Independence and other writings are still
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Roe vs. Wade In the 70’s a pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws‚ which proscribe procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the for the purpose of saving the mother’s life. In the 1960’s there was no federal law regulating abortions‚ and many states had banned the practice entirely‚ except when the life of the mother was endangered. Because women were not allowed to get abortions‚ it led many
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Our founding fathers didn’t want political parties‚ and they tried to prevent them but then in 1796 the Federalist and Democratic/ Republican parties were formed.(D/R) Three issues the federalist and the D/R disagreed on were foreign policy‚ the powers of the National government vs the state government and tariffs. First issue the Federalist and D/R parties differed on was foreign policy. Foreign policy was interacting with other countries especially Europe. The Federalist wanted the U.S to be
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political parties‚ although warned thoroughly by our very first president‚ continuously solidified itself into the core of American government until it has become two standing pillars of modern politics: the Democratic Mules and its counterpart‚ the Republican Elephants. In 21st century politics‚ these two reigning parties‚ both having changed and altered their focus over time‚ have maintained a core value system‚ ideas beliefs‚ and key constituencies‚ which are made apparent throughout political campaigns;
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The Democrats are one of the oldest political parties today. Their ideals have appealed too many. Over the years‚ different types of campaign strategies have been implemented. To properly campaign the party must appeal to certain groups‚ as well as present their ideas in a convincing way. The Democratic Party has remained strong by appealing to many people. Democrats work for the "little guy." They try to help out our veterans‚ and make sure that social security is reliable. Democrats are interested
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White southerner’s rejection of the fourteenth amendment increased the influence of radical republicans.American feminists objected to the language of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because the legislation extended voting rights to black men but not to women.The south‚ as you can imagine‚ did not exactly like the 13th amendment. They saw it as a blatant effervescence to the southern mentality. In response to these prolific actions taken by the north‚ the south fought back. They knew that
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Summary: Today a trio of experienced Senate Republicans-Tom Coburn‚ Richard Burr‚ and Orrin Hatch-have put forth the most thoughtful and constructive plan yet developed to repeal and replace Obamacare. The plan seeks to ensure that as many Americans have health coverage as Obamacare does. The vast majority of the Republican base is employed or retired; these active GOP primary voters are sometimes unaware of the degree to which their health coverage is heavily subsidized by the tax code or financed
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process. The changes to the health care system were attempted to be passed in prior years by Bill Clinton. However‚ it failed at this time and was implemented in the United States by the current president Barack Obama. The Congress diversity of Democrats vs. Republican’s was very similar in both Clintons and Obamas time in office. There were many steps that were taken in creating this policy‚ and some of those steps succeeded‚ and some of those steps failed. Any new process would be expected to
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The Federalists favored a balanced relationship with the federal and state government. For example‚ James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were in favor of a strong central government. They saw that the states had too much power and thought that under the new constitution ‚ the new national government needed to be stronger. On the other hand‚ the Anti-federalists favored a weaker national government with power belonging to the states. For example‚ Patrick Henry favored this idea that the state has
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