days earlier the first was seen in Hiroshima. These were two of the numerous events that propelled the most powerful combatants in history‚ the United States and Soviet Union‚ into the dangerous arms race we know as the Cold War. Many ask‚ “Was it necessary?” This is a controversial topic‚ asking whether or not the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians was worth saving a much smaller number of military personnel‚ or if the bomb should have even been created in the first place. To the
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an attorney. Where did these rights originate from though‚ what is the purpose of them and are they really necessary? This paper will look at the origin of Miranda Rights and why they are necessary through the use of court cases. Before these rights were known as the Miranda Rights‚ they stem from the Fifth and Sixth Amendments: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital‚
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The Electoral College: Is it Still Necessary? Dawn Moore SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Mitra Rokni May 4‚ 2009 Electoral College: Is it Still Effective? Article II‚ Section 1 of the United States Constitution established the Electoral College‚ although‚ at the time‚ it was not specifically referred to as the Electoral College. That term did not appear in any federal statutory law until 1845 (Cain‚ Basciano & Cain‚ 2007). The Electoral College as we know it today‚ is
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WHY IS WAR A NECESSARY EVIL There is no double that war is evil‚ human suffering in the biggest man-made disaster. It brings death and destruction‚ hunger and dieses‚ and run in its wake. If looking back to the havoc war only brings destructive effects to social and economic of this world. However‚ according to Richard Gabriel nations normally just customarily measure the ‘costs of war’ in dollars‚ lost production‚ or the number of soldiers killed or wounded. Rarely do military establishments
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Standardized testing is a huge part of the American educational system. The first test American children take is before they start even kindergarten at times. They’re evaluated on if they can read or write‚ if they know how to add or subtract‚ if they know how to write their name or not‚ to place them in the class that fits them the best. From the moment they take that test‚ they take them leading all the way up to the end of their senior year in high school. Some say standardized testing increases
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change already being implemented today‚ is education. We educated our Soldiers in the Army about indictors of espionage and the insider threats. Mata Hari was not exactly a spymaster in her time. She made a quote during her interrogation that explains her lifestyle‚ “"I have always lived for love and pleasure" (Mata Hari Biography.com). Mata Hari lived a
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Affirmative action is still necessary because it was affective for helping minorities‚ it has the potential to start ending poverty‚ and bring the lower class to the middle class. When John F. Kennedy signed the Executive Order 10925‚ it begin a change for diversity in employment and education. This order was very effective to help races such African-Americans and Latinos find jobs and go to college who have been discriminated in the past. This action was very necessary at the time‚ but quickly leveled
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Civil Disobedience: An Act Which Citizens have the Moral Obligation to Complete Laws are created in order to protect and keep the common good in society. However‚ what if a person finds a law unjust; should they obey the law anyways or should they ignore it because they feel it goes against the common good? If a law is unjust‚ the people in that society should have the moral obligation to disobey the law. Of course‚ there are limitations as what is deemed unjust. A person cannot go against the law
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The Bill of Rights is absolutely necessary in order to protect citizens from an imposing central government. The Constitution was originally intended to provide a framework by which a government could be established and function. The Bill of Rights is still relevant in the 21st century‚ as it continues to benefit society by serving as the basis for the preservation of rights. The Bill of Rights protects those rights which were regarded to be fundamental to humankind‚ at the very start of life‚ from
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Educational gaps will make it necessary for affirmative action to still be needed. Minority families will start to believe their children will not be able to uphold a higher education with the qualification in the workforce will not be represented by the minority groups. (Anderson‚ D 2015)
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