The easiest way to approach the question would be to be against it. Ballot initiatives known as a direct initiatives undermine the political process we have had in place since the beginning of our nation. American voters elect representatives to create laws that benefit society. If these representatives fail to do their jobs then they can be voted out of office during the next term. There should never be a time when a group of voters gets together and decides that since they can’t get what they want
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could just have people killed if he wanted. Jesse James was also a great family man‚ which shows his great leadership skills. He fought as a Missouri Guerrilla and robbed banks and trains all in the central states of America. Even after the Civil War had come to an end‚ his war was never over. Biography Jesse James was born in Clay County‚ Missouri‚ on September 5‚ 1847. He also has a brother named Frank and he play a very crucial room in Jesse James life. The way he and his brother were
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The south’s view on slavery was way different from the one in the north because they thought slavery was a good thing because their economy depended on slavery. In the north they had a complete different opinion on the topic of slavery the north believed it was wrong and it should be stopped this is why in the north there was a lot of abolitionists groups. The south would constantly say that everything they said was fake and that they are liers. This is why compromise started to break down because
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year. This spike in murders in Missouri only occurred for murders committed with a firearm and was widespread across the state’s counties. In contrast‚ none of the states bordering Missouri experienced significant increases in their murder rates‚ and the national murder rate declined during this period by over 5%. Additionally‚ immediately following the repeal of Missouri’s background check law‚ there was a twofold increase in the percentage of guns recovered at Missouri crime scenes within two years
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their cause and how important it is to make their side victorious. Congress doesn’t have the constitutional power to abolish slavery within a state‚ but precedent did exist. For example‚ congress did this for the north west ordinance and for the Missouri compromise. The idea of southern domination of the federal government angered the North and preventing new slave states appealed to them. For the South‚ the idea of not having slavery in new territories
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The Era of Good Feelings As James Madison approached the end of his presidency in 1816‚ a fellow Virginian and Republican—James Monroe—was elected as his successor. Monroe’s presidency was a continuation of the so-called “Virginia Dynasty‚” since all of the presidents between 1801 and 1825 were from Virginia. The fading Federalist Party ran a candidate in the 1816 election for the last time‚ securing only 34 electoral votes compared to Monroe’s 183 votes. Monroe came to the presidency with a solid
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itself‚ the Civil War was considered to be the bloodiest war fought on american ground. It was an internal war within the United States‚ between the Northern States and the Southern States. Mostly about slavery‚ but other things led to this. The Missouri Compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850 and the Battle of Fort Sumter. Over a million Soldiers died and the northern Ideals flourished while the Southern fell. Through the 1700’s to 1860’s slaves were widely used throughout the south for labor purposes
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Civil War Battles summary: The Civil War consisted of nearly 10‚500 battles‚ engagements‚ and other military actions including nearly 50 major battles and about 100 others that had major significance. The remainder were skirmishes‚ reconnaissance‚ naval engagements‚ sieges‚ bombardments‚ etc. The engagements were fought in 23 different states and resulted in a total of over 650‚000 casualties. The battles are divided amongst designated theaters including the Easter Theater‚ Western Theater‚ Trans-Mississippi
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many years of debate the Missouri Compromise came to be in 1820. The Missouri Compromise was devised by Henry Clay . It was an attempt to defuse the tension causes by the addition of the Louisiana Purchase. It gave the pre-slavers the decisive state they needed to hold their position in congress. After much debate was had about which states would be free or slave states with the addition of the Louisiana Purchase‚ a compromise was worked out. To appease both sides Missouri would be admitted as a slave
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Steven Lauder‚ SIU Investigator for Aetna Life Insurance submitted a complaint to Missouri Department of Insurance alleging a review of billing invoices over a 12 month period‚ revealed codes 92225 and 92226 were submitted a total of 341 times for 57 patients and that many patients were noted to have had billing code 9226 submitted 10 to 12 times in a 12 month period. Mr. Lauder’s original complaint also noted a retinal drawing must be maintained in the patient’s record‚ and the drawings should
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