Second‚ and closely related‚ was the issue of whether the roughly four million freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the
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Should Cell Phones Be Allowed In The Classroom? Personally‚ I think cell phones should be allowed in the classrooms as they can benefit students in many ways. Student’s listen to music on them‚ do research on them‚ and they benefit students with individual education plans. To start‚ cell phones should be allowed in the classroom‚ as student’s use them to listen to music. In addition‚ listening to music helps people concentrate on their learning as it avoids them from getting distracted at what
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"Should Parents Vaccinate Their Kids?" "The number of reports of influenza-vaccine–associated Guillain– Barré syndrome to the national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System increased from 37 in 1992–1993 to 74 in 1993–1994‚ arousing concern about a possible increase in vaccine-associated risk" ("The Guillain" par. 1). Vaccinations have been around for many years and are supposed to help children. So‚ what if statistics showed you they didn’t‚ would you rethink your decision? Most people believe
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Thurston 1 Brienna Thurston Ms.GillE7h 17 Feb 2012 Should Homosexuals Be Allowed In The Military? In our history we fought for the rights of all people. We abolished the “N” word because of discrimination and today blacks are accepted as regular people common to society. Women Fought for their rights such as voting and being able to work‚ so why should gays be any different? Should homosexuals be allowed in the military? Society blew this topic out of proportion. Homosexual people
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forming picket lines for the last several days. Amongst them stood parents even children. One can understand that teachers are fed up‚ however their current situation is causing a dominoes effect throughout Chicago for everyone. 87 percent of Chicago families are low income. No School means a possible financial strain for families. Parents find themselves paying for childcare when the children should be in school. For single parents with little resources it may causes then to lose money. Can they
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If a student is found smoking anywhere else‚ there should be some sort of penalty or punishment to them‚ including the understanding of how this is negatively affecting their lives. It should be something to scare the smoker‚ enough to shake that person a little bit. That person should have to do community service around campus by cleaning up cigarette butts to make the campus look cleaner. Also‚ a series of The Real Cost commercials can be shown. On the other hand‚ the approach can be taken of raising
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deserve the right to carry a firearm to protect themselves. There have been many occasions when the campus police were not able to protect students and faculty. The second amendment gives the right for Americans to bear arms. However‚ firearms should not be allowed on college campuses because people will feel unsafe‚ some individuals do not know how to use a gun‚ and officers will become confused. First‚ individuals will become afraid when attending class. Since we are all different individuals we do
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insurance plans provided coverage for birth control‚ Viagra‚ or abortion. Everyone surveyed maintain that his plan provides coverage for Viagra‚ a sexual enhancement drug‚ and abortion. The same survey showed that 26% of the insurance plans do not provide benefits for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved prescription contraceptives or devices for the solitary purpose of preventing pregnancy (personal communication‚ 2010). Not providing coverage for birth control‚ yet providing coverage for other
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many pros that come with prisons‚ a handful of cons come with them as well‚ which allow for arguments to rise about whether prisons should be allowed in America or not. Prisons are a necessity in modern society that punishes and rehabilitates those who commit crimes with the purpose of protecting
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neighbour begging for help. Her children were dying‚ and she was vomiting non-stop. All of a sudden‚ he could see nothing but darkness and next he was placed with the dead bodies. The reality is evident. We can’t sit here and do nothing. Refugees should be allowed in the UK because they are ordinary and helpless people like me but are in unsafe circumstances. They have no other option but to flee their home in fear of their lives because of war‚ persecution or violence. Imagine if tomorrow you had to escape
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