democracy. Around 1200 England laid the groundwork to become a republic. Later‚ in the 1700’s‚ United States of America became a democracy. During the first decades of our premature nations’ existence‚ it is hard to imagine that the United States would evolve to become such a great democracy. A democracy others would prefer to believe with hypocrite reasoning. When the U.S. first won its independence it was a united group of people left to defend for themselves. This group was to become a nation and creating
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American History December 8‚ 2007 Debate On Federalism The United States constitution created a new type of government called federalism‚ which divided power between the states and the national government. But the proper balance of federalism has been debated throughout the history of the United States‚ Federalism‚ which signifies members of a group that are bond together with a governing representative head. Two time periods that there has been a debate on federalism was the Supreme Court
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The United States Constitution (ratified in 1788) is the second oldest national constitution still being used today. This document serves as the guidelines which highlight the freedoms given to its citizens. The US constitution aimed to provide much needed stability and support to our new nation and succeeded in doing so. As one of the oldest constitutions‚ it serves as an example for democracies like ours across the world. The constitution is a living document‚ meaning it is made to evolve with
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Writing the United States Constitution was a very long very hard process. They needed a new constitution‚ they failed with the Articles of Confederation‚ they couldn’t stay unified in the face of a crisis like Shay’s Rebellion; every state had their own government but they needed to be unified. The problem was that everyone wanted it to be perfect‚ but the debates over what to include were very controversy. Not everyone could decide on one thing‚ with a country filled with a diverse group of people
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things for a nation to be proud of‚ the people of America have to keep these things up or our great nation will disintegrate. What I mean when I say that the people of America are free I mean that there is a very detailed bill of rights in our constitution listing all of our rights and it is by far the largest list of rights any country has. Americans have freedom of speech‚ which lets anyone say anything as long as long as it does not offend anyone. Americans also have freedom of the press‚ which
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Alliance and Knights of Labor. Later that year populist presidential candidate‚ James B. Weaver won over 1 million popular votes and 22 electoral votes. Although they didn’t win an election they made a huge impact on state and local governments in several southern and western states. In the platform they introduced several planks. One major one was the free coinage of gold and silver. Everyone agreed that free silver would raise prices; the question was whether or not this inflationary measure
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the complete government control on the US dollar by the Federal Reserve. Our government currently ignores our interest and our will because it is unaccountable. Because the federal Senate ignores the interest of the people and because your elected state government has no say and cannot defend you‚ we believe that something must be done. Heritage Foundation (Founded in 1973‚ The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institution—a think tank—whose mission is to formulate and promote
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The Thirteenth Amendment was the first amendment put into the United States Constitution to end slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was passed by Congress on January 31‚ 1865‚ and ratified on December 6‚ 1865‚ and known as one of the three Civil War amendments added into the Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment states that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for a crime of which the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States‚ or any place
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the past‚ the United States established the Articles of Confederation‚ giving states the opportunity to govern themselves through elected officials‚ but this proved to be a weak government system because Congress did not have any power to regulate domestic affairs (Ushistory.org‚ 2014) Since challenges were arising‚ the idea of government needed to be revised to protect individual rights and to support the majority rules concept. With the people in mind‚ the farmers of the Constitution responded by
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The United States Constitution‚ adopted by the Constitutional Convention on September 17‚ 1787 and executed on March 4‚ 1789‚ replaced the less effective Articles of Confederation‚ and is now the supreme law of the United States of America. It is the oldest written constitution still in use‚ and plays a decisive role in US law and politics. The Constitution is often hailed as a philosophical marvel‚ and serves as a template for several other nations. Nevertheless‚ it has been challenged numerous
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