old growth forests‚ to the high‚ windswept mountain slopes. It’s all an outdoorsmen could ask for. This tradition started back before I was even brought into this world. 22 years ago my parents moved from Los Angeles‚ California to Puyallup‚ Washington. Looking to explore their new state‚ they stumbled upon the wonderland known as Mount Rainier. 8 years later‚ when I was born‚ I also started to develop my love for the mountain. Hiking is my favorite activity
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Civil Rights Movement and is a very iconic symbol of the act. This powerful address was told on October 28th‚ 1963 in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands‚ consisting of both blacks and whites. Given in front of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington‚ D.C.‚ this speech affected enormous amounts of citizens to take a stand on the discrimination of African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. presented an overall incredible speech full of
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constitution that said that‚ “all free men could vote‚ including those who did not own property.” Then later each town sent 312 delegates to a constitutional convention in Cambridge. The Constitution was sent to congress with a cover letter from George Washington to be ratified. In 1788 congress made an announcement the most of the states was for the Constitution and it was then in play. This an example of how the people were ruling the government at that time. One of the most important thing to me is that
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was that it “contributes to the cohesiveness of the country by requiring a distribution of popular support” to be elected president. I found this the most convincing because I think the Electoral College does a good job of ensuring each state and Washington‚ D.C. has a say in who is elected president. Even though some states have more electoral votes than others‚ the amount of votes are determined by population of state. The amount of electoral votes are determined by the number of House Representatives
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because he thought it was notable for her. I. Hope was on dancing with the stars. The first time she was on the judges said that she needed to be more feminine. J.Hope when to Richland high school. Hope when to the Washington Huskies for college and
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In the United States in 1971‚ Nixon was still in his first term and the Vietnam War was still going on. Charles Mason was found guilty for the 1969 Tate-LaBianca Murder‚ where Mason Family were found guilty of killing actress Sharon Tate‚ who was pregnant‚ and‚ and several of her friends and a stranger who happened to be on the property‚ and the earlier killing of Leno LaBianca and his wife. “Chua-Eoan‚ Howard. Par. 1.” On February 9‚ 1971‚ in San Fernando‚ California‚ an earthquake hit destroyed
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Electoral College Reform Five times in our nation’s history‚ the Electoral College has failed and elected a president that was not the majority vote from the election. The two most recent cases were the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore and the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. During elections‚ there is always a good turnout because people are excited to vote for the next president of the United States‚ but what they do not know is that they do not directly
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After creating a Bill of Rights‚ the new United States congress turned its focus to the issue of financing the new government. Alexander Hamilton was hired to be the Treasury Secretary by president George Washington. Hamilton made it his duty to develop an economic structure for the United States that would ensure public confidence in the government’s financial affairs. Hamilton didn’t want to implement the constitution verbatim rather using the loose interpretation of it. He believed that a solid
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and also a regulation to insure that the environment and the ecosystem are protected and restored. Puget Sound Partnership Reports that The Washington State Legislature included several priority items in the 2010 Supplemental Budget which are intended to support restorative efforts of the environment. This includes funding totaling $50 million for Washington State Department of Ecology storm water project funding. "Storm water is a primary source of toxic chemicals and other hazardous materials washing
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Civil Rights Museum The Civil Rights Movements are a big part of U.S. history. It ”was a social‚ political‚ and economic revolution in which Africa Americans fought against racial segregation and discrimination rooted in the days of slavery.” (Riggs 2nd ed Vol. 1) It shows that Americans fight for what they believe in despite people’s opposing opinions. These movements include fighting for African American’s rights‚ women’s rights‚ the mentally ill‚ and prison reforms. Each of these reforms show
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