Americans have a long history of celebrating democracy‚ and America is seen as the pillar of democracy throughout the world. However‚ the United States of America is not actually a democracy. If America was a true democracy‚ the country would be vastly different and would not be the leader of the free world that it is today. A democracy is a system of government in which the popular vote reigns. Through the popular vote‚ a leader is elected‚ decisions about the country are made‚ and the future
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KEY QUESTIONS 1) How was the US constitution and its electoral system devised? The first ten amendments (the Bill of Rights) of the US constitution was devised by the "55 Founding Fathers" to set the the rights entitled to all individuals collectively in the US. These founding fathers deliberately created a system for a balance of power to be exemplified fairly between the three branches of federal government to specifically contrast that of a monarchical system of absolute power in 18th-century
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Legitimacy enables a state to depend not on shear force or coercion‚ rather the idea of consent of the governed. Consent of the governed is a principle that goes back to the English philosopher John Locke‚ stating that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and legal when it is consented by the people or society that the power is being exercised over. Consequently‚ this makes legitimacy an integral component of any successful modern state. Various forms of political
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9.3 RESEARCH RELATED TO CONCEPT Research on the importance of history taking by Tonks Fawcett and Rhynas Sarah Their studies revealed that history taking is a vital component of patient assessment‚ because it ensures delivery of high quality care. Understanding the processes and complexity involved in history taking allows nurses to have a better knowledge of patients’ problems. Care priorities can be identified and the most appropriate interventions commenced to optimise patient outcomes. 9.4
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The Ordovician Period‚ which is best known for its diverse marine invertebrates‚ began 488.3 million years ago and ended 443.7 million years ago. As mentioned‚ this period is famous for its variety of marine life but also for the major Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event and Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction which began and ended the Ordovician Period. These extinction occurred nearly 488 million years ago and 443 million years ago and eliminated many brachiopods‚ conodonts‚ and intensely lowered
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Throughout the last century‚ poverty has been a major issue in the society of the United States. The government has tried to help those who are living in poverty through numerous acts including Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plans to get the country out of the depression or the welfare reform in 1996. Although the government has sought to ease poverty‚ mainly by creating government anti poverty programs‚ their methods are in fact ineffective. The Federal governments anti poverty programs as a majority
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Welfare in the United States In the US today we have many resources‚ and organizations that Americans can reach for when they are in a time of need Some Americans will never reach out towards these "helping hands"‚ but others will if they fall on to hard times. The United States funds many of these welfare programs for just that‚ the idea of when someone experiences paucity‚ their country‚ the people‚ can help them. There are many programs with welfare institutions such as the Supplemental Security
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in the United States Divorce involves the recognition that a marriage has hopelessly failed and that at least one of the partners has no desire to continue the marital relationship. Divorce legally dissolves a marriage‚ and permits the partners to remarry if they choose. Divorce differs from an annulment‚ which declares a marriage invalid because of some flaw in the contract. The early American settlers brought with them three different views on divorce: 1) the Roman Catholic view that marriage
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their losing a lot of blood. Part of a politician’s job is lying. Now it’s not in their job description but if the president‚ the governors‚ and the senators didn’t lie to us our country would be in chaos. Arguably one of the scariest times in U.S. history was September 11th‚ 2001. As the story goes President Bush was reading a book to a class of kindergartners when the attack took place. After getting word of the assault Bush remained calm stood up and told the class he had to leave. If Bush told the
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Diabetes in the United States Outline I) History of Diabetes and Insulin II) What is Diabetes? A. What it is B. Major functions of insulin III) Types of Diabetes A. Type 1 B. Type 2 IV) Cause of Diabetes A. Hereditary B. Stress C. Obesity V) Complications A) Acute complications 1. Diabetic Coma 2. Insulin reaction B) Chronic complications 1. Retinopathy 2. Kidney Disease 3. Nervous system disease VI) Treatments 1. Insulin 2. Insulin pump 3. Transplants a) Pancreas
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