The 13th Amendment‚ passed by Congress January 31‚ 1865‚ and ratified December 6‚ 1865‚ states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States‚ or any place subject to their jurisdiction." The passing of this amendment freed slaves and made it illegal to have slaves‚ but the 13th Amendment did not give African-Americans the equal rights that they longed for. Consequently‚ slavery
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If any given history buff were to ask anyone on the street who the 7th president was‚ or what the significance of the 14th amendment is‚ would they be able to answer either question correctly? Would any high school students be able to answer them correctly? Although these seem like silly and random questions‚ they both have shaped America and it is a significant part of our history. These days‚ there are many people who don’t- or don’t care to know the history; whether it generally as humans or specifically
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promises to pay Ryan $1000 for his efforts Issue: Is there any consideration for the promise made by Richard? The Law: Every contract requires an offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration. Consideration is the exchange of benefit and detriment‚ for example‚ the making of a promise in exchange for an act. If a party voluntarily acts and then the other party makes a promise‚ the act is said to be “past consideration.” A past consideration is some act or forbearance in time past by which a man has benefited
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decisions can make all the difference at times to save their own lives or a person or multiple people’s lives. These types of decisions can obviously carry a lot of weight. When I asked Officer Romano how he himself and other police officers make and justify their decisions in the field‚ he said‚ “Every day is different‚ which makes decision making very different for each incident. My entire decision making is based off what the law says‚ reasonableness and fairness.” This decision process based off the
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Diversity Considerations Capella University Public Safety Ethnic and Cultural Awareness PSF5334 January 19‚ 2014 Diversity Considerations Introduction The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of culture on attitudes‚ values‚ perception‚ human behavior‚ and interpersonal relations. The discriminatory factors that promote societal‚ political‚ socioeconomic‚ and spiritual oppression of culturally diverse populations will also be illustrated in this paper. The paper would further
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C. Jarv Consideration of Animal Rights Peter Singer’s Theory of equal consideration for animals means that animals should be equal rights with respect to their particular interests. If a bird’s interest is to lay eggs‚ nest‚ fly and eat. It should be left to those interests. Different animals species have different interests. Implications of this would be an animal would not work a farm‚ be used in research‚ be served on the dinner table or any other activity that might remove it from
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Consideration in contract formation ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Consideration is essential to the formation of any contract made without deed. It distinguishes a bargain or contract from a gift. Lush J in the case of Currie v Misa (1875) referred consideration consist of a benefit to the promisor or a detriment to the promisee as: “Some right‚ interest‚ profit or benefit accruing to one party‚ or some forbearance‚ detriment‚ loss or responsibility given‚ suffered
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Jimie C Vallee English 1B 18 November 2013 A Standard Model for Gun Control Is gun control worth the potential cost of our freedoms and can or will it come to a complete forfeiture of our Second Amendment rights? The loss of our Second Amendment rights would be a total travesty of justice for there is no room for error especially in light of our worldly circumstance today. We have so very much to lose in our precedent as a world leader. This is a topic that is of direct interest to everyone
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fourth generation computer - A computer built using Very Large Scale Integration(VLSI) integrated circuits‚ especially a microcomputer based on a microprocessor‚ or a parallel processor containing two to thousands of CPUs. VLSI made it routine to fabricate an entire CPU‚ main memory‚ or similar device with a single integrated circuit that can be mass produced at very low cost. This has resulted in new classes of machines such as personal computers‚ and high performance parallel processors that
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The Meaning of Fourth of July for the Negro by Fredrick Douglass is one of Douglass’s most famous speeches. In his speech‚ Douglass speaks about what Fourth of July is like for an African American‚ and argues points that are still relevant today on why African Americans are equal to the white man. Douglass’s Fourth of July speech is starts out by paying tribute to what the founding fathers did for this country and what Independence Day means to the African American population. His speech then develops
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