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    Dylan J. Lovas. HIST 3401. Professor Warren. Bill of Rights Report. · The Fourth Amendment protects American citizens’ “houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures.” This means that if a government official or police officer wants to search your person or your property‚ he/she cannot do so without a judicial warrant and/or probable cause. · Back during the colonial era‚ King George would often give British soldiers “writs of assistance.” These were

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    How Values Affect Decisions in Personal and Professional Life Shaundrea Sager University of Phoenix Abstract Many people have a set of core values‚ either personal‚ organizational‚ or cultural‚ that help guide his or her life‚ and that assist him or her in making decisions in their everyday existence. Most of my decisions are based on how they will affect my family‚ me‚ and my career. My family is the key factor in any decision I make. I have to consider what influence my

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    For all of my life‚ I have been an American citizen. I’ve never thought of my freedoms and rights as being a blessing‚ for I’ve never known anything different. But now that I have gone to DC and have seen all of our national buildings and landmarks‚ like the white house‚ Arlington Cemetery‚ the Jefferson Memorial‚ and so on‚ I now have a newly founded appreciation for my liberties. All of the rights I have as an american are very special and unique‚ for the concept of everyone being equal was new

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    In life your decisions and actions can be determined by you only or they can be influenced by one of the many people in your life. Like us‚ Christopher is influenced greatly by his mother who had left him‚ his father who is his only parental figure and his teacher Siobhan who has helped him overcome his fears. These 3 characters have influenced Christopher in both positive and negative ways. Mr.Boone‚ Christopher’s father would have to be one of the greatest influences on Christopher. Christopher’s

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    The court case‚ United States v. Lopez‚ was the first Unites States Supreme Court case in a long time‚ since the early 1930’s‚ that confines the power of congress. Which functions the importance of the relationship between the federal government and the states. The National and State government both share similarities in which they create and enforce laws. The United States has been dependent on sharing powers with the Federal government and individual State government. However‚ many cases have been

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    When Europeans first landed on North American territory‚ domination was vital. Europeans would take out whoever was in their way if they did not collaborate with them. The Americas‚ which was once solitude for the American Indians‚ quickly came crashing down when the Europeans arrived. English settlers treated undesirable people with no respect. English settlers viewed themselves above all others as being the best‚ and when Indians‚ African slaves and “witches” came along‚ no respect was given to

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    schema was first examined by Sir Frederick Barlett1 (1932). In his classic study‚ he told a group of American participants a North American Folklore “The War of The Ghost”. The folklore consists of concepts and terms for example spirits and kayaks that were unfamiliar to the participants. In a later unexpected test of recall‚ participants tend to shorten and alter the story to a slightly “American version”. Key local terms such as kayaks were recalled as boats‚ the folklore was altered into a more

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    Rights and Responsibilities of an Effective Citizen DBQ By Jocelyn Freeman 1/14/15 P 6 The Ancient Rome Republic and our government have a lot more in common than you would think. They both have similar ideas of what an effective citizen looks like. An effective citizen obeys rules and laws‚ holds office‚ and voices their opinion in the government. These are the roles on effective citizen. Without these‚ the government would not remain intact without these roles of a citizen. The first role of

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    AlSaid 1 Aya AlSaid Mrs. Price English 9 Honors 16 May 2016 Civil Rights in To Kill a Mockingbird Have you ever wondered how Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird affected the Civil Rights Movement? The novel helped people better understand why racial discrimination was wrong. The Civil Rights movement was beginning to take shape in the 1950s‚ and its principles were finding a voice in American courtrooms and the law. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee sets her story in the South of the 1930s‚ although

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    Roe vs. Wade Roe vs. Wade is a very well-known court case about abortion in the United States. It broke the news in 1969 when a divorced‚ poverty stricken‚ high school dropout‚ Norma McCorvey‚ desired for an abortion.1 In the state of Texas during this time‚ abortion was prohibited unless it jeopardized a woman’s health. So‚ Norma decided to have her child and set the child up for adoption. Then‚ she met Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee. Dictating on whether Texas’ Law was constitutional‚ the

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