8TH Amendment: Atkins v. Virginia The Eighth Amendment: It prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. In the case of Atkins v. Virginia‚ the facts brought to the court was that the defendant‚ Daryl Atkins was tried for capital murder and sentenced to death for the shooting of a victim named Eric Nesbitt. Atkins had been smoking and drinking all day before he decided to walk to a convenient store and hold Nesbitt at gun point‚ upon Daryl’s dissatisfaction with the money he took‚
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The 18th Amendment ‚ considered to be one of the biggest follies of the nation‚ was brought about with the intent to sincerely help the U.S.‚ but more harm came from it than good. Prohibition‚ also known as the 18th Amendment ‚ was ratified on January 29th‚ 1920 and was repealed on December 5th‚ 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment which nullified prohibition.The 18th Amendment stated that it was illegal to manufacture‚ transport‚ and sell alcoholic beverages in the
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The 19th Amendment was one of the most important pieces of legislation as far as women in the United States were concerned as it granted them the right to vote. Previously‚ they were only “represented” by their husbands and fathers‚ it was a time of transformation in women’s history. The women’s rights movement of the mid-nineteenth century focused attention on Constitutional rights for all U.S citizens which included: the right to own property‚ access to college‚ suffrage‚ and the right to have
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The Nineteenth Amendment grants all citizens the right to vote‚ regardless of their gender. This particular amendment was made to have the right to vote. This Amendment was also part of the twenty-seven constitutional Amendments of the United States. An Amendment is “a change or addition to a legal or statutory document”. The Nineteenth Amendment brought many struggles and took decades to be overcome. Decades later it was overcome and now befits our lives today. The Nineteenth Amendment had a big impact
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Brief Plot Summary: Benjamin Martin‚ who was a French and Indian war hero‚ is a patriot who does not want to fight in the war against Britain. He has seven children and is raising them alone because his wife died. The family lives in South Carolina and owns working slaves. Two of his sons‚ Gabriel and Thomas‚ are nothing like their father. They are eager to fight battles as soon as possible. Gabriel enlists in the army and‚ when South Carolina goes to war with Britain‚ he is involved. Colonel Tavington
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1) What image shows the patriots point of view? Why‚ how can you tell? I think image B. The patriots came from England hoping that they could make up their own government and then the loyalists come along. The patriots would probably despise that they came to the colonies. So‚ the patriot’s kind of called them names and things like that. Things really happened when the patriots started throwing rocks and ice at the loyalist windows but then again‚ they were only doing it because they were mad that
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Telephone Advantages of communicating By telephone: •often easier to reach someone by phone than by trying to arrange to see them in person; more convenient for patients. •more likely to succeed in contacting someone – especially if a time / date has been agreed (few people are able to ignore the telephone and leave it ringing) •telephone conversations are‚ on average‚ shorter than face-to-face conversations as it’s easier to control the conversation and take the initiative. Disadvantages
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“the patriot and the revolution” The patriot‚was made in 2001 Revolution‚ in 1985. the setting in the Patriot opens up to the main character‚ Mel Gibson who owns a farm‚ he has 4 kids. But he ends up fighting for his one son who dies‚ for his right. Revolution opens up to Tom Dobb‚ a master fur trader who shows up a New York at a bad time. His son Volunteers to fight the war so Tom Dobb follows in the war unwillingly to protect his son. But what are the similarities? what are the differences
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Foreword- Every time Michael wakes up he goes and gets his slaves to make sure they are working by the time he’s up. And if they are not he really hurts them and it’s not fair to the slaves and he is very hard on them. He doesn’t pay them anything even though he is one of the most richest Americans. He owns 100 slaves‚ 3 houses‚ and 10 plantations‚ and has 600 million dollars. At auctions he spends lots of money on these slaves and he purposely separates people from their families cause he is just
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Classroom Observation Paper Kathy Moore RDG 410 Elementary Methods Reading/Language Arts Instructor: Elizabeth Schmitz June 3‚ 2010 On Wednesday May 19‚ 2010‚ I observed Mrs. Kristi Jones 6th grade Language Arts Class at Chase Middle School. Mrs. Jones has her students come into class and sit down and begin their Silent Sustained Reading for the first 15 minutes of class every day. Students have their choice of trade books to read which when they finish they take Accelerated Reader test
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