Civil Rights and Responsibilities HIS/301 The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution shortly after its ratification. These amendments guarantee certain political‚ procedural‚ and property rights against infringement by the national government (Patterson‚ 2009). “A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth‚ general or particular‚ and what no just government should refuse‚ or rest on influence (Thomas Jefferson). The First Amendment provides
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The American Civil War and also known as the War Between the States was a war fought from 1861 up to 1865 between the Northern and Southern United States. The war has led to over 618‚000 casualties. There were several reasons to why the Civil War has occurred in the United States. Firstly‚ the Northern and the Southern have different economies. With the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in 1793‚ cotton became very profitable. This machine reduces the time taken to separate the seeds from the
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties have some similarities‚ but they are different in their own ways. Civil Rights protects the rights of people from discrimination‚ while civil liberties protects people from undue government interference. Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Something created to limit the power of the federal government and protect citizens from infringement. For example‚ freedom of speech in the U.S. is a civil liberty because it restrains the
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September 7‚ 2007‚ officers observed Fred Wade talking on his cell phone in a Boston‚ Massachusetts parking lot. Shortly after Wade got into a car being driven by Brima Wurie. Wurie then pulled out of the parking lot‚ went 150 yards down the road‚ made a U-Turn and continued to pull back into the parking lot they had just left from. Police believing they just witnessed a drug bust confronted Wade and found cocaine. Other officers arrested Wurie. When Wurie arrived at the police station‚ his cell phone
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Civil liberties are our natural rights‚ such as freedom‚ equality and pursuit of happiness‚ which the government cannot modify by making new laws or by judicial interpretation. Civil liberties are important because it helps restrain the power of the government to dictate how we behave. This ensures that our daily life is not interrupted by authoritative figures that may just try to intentionally cause harm. Civil liberties contribute to the protection of our personal choices‚ such as the right to
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Injuries do happen. In the Civil War many fatal injuries have occurred. Roughly 620‚000 people died in this war one even died while getting treated for an injury. The most common surgery procedure was an amputation. However due to the poor sanitation of the tools people died after the procedure. Many injuries could have occurred during the Civil War. One injury that happened was a bullet wound to the chest. This particular injury was suffered by General Lewis Armstead. Armstead notice
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The civil war was one of the most deadly wars our country has ever faced. It was between two different sides of people who believed in different ideas but lived in the same country. The start of the Civil War was really key. It showed which side the North or the South would have the advantage at winning the war. The side which I think had an advantage was the North because of the factories they had. The good army officers they had. The fact that the war was also not in their territory so many of
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The civil war created a big rift between the North and the South that was not easily mended. After the decisive union victory the government had to create an ingenious plan for reconstruction. After Lincoln’s assassination‚ Johnson tried to carry out many of the former plans. Sectional tensions surrounded the civil war‚ and the role of the federal government was greatly impacted in terms of race relations and western expansion during the period between 1861 and 1877. The post-civil war role of the
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“Civil Rights in the Sixties” University of Phoenix HIS/145 Kristin Nelson Mallory Edinborough July 19‚ 2010 During the 60’s the United States was in a chaotic state of mind. There was the Vietnam War‚ conflicts around the world‚ assassinations of Presidents‚ and continuous problems in the economical world. But within all this drama in America there was a great rising among the minority population of the United States The Civil Rights movement was in full effect and people all around
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Post-Civil War and Growing Pains Chuck Jones History 105 Dr. Rogers April 26‚ 2013 During the Post-Civil War era (1865-1900) there were several reconstruction periods as well as a widespread Western industrialization occurring. After the war it seemed as if the entire country had to press the “reset” button and literally start afresh. There was a break down in the south after the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves‚ Gen Custard destroyed cities‚ and what seemed to be a booming economy
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