COURSE SYLLABUS—History 111 African American History in the US‚ 1877-Present Spring 2015-El Camino College/MW 9:30am 3 units; 3 hours lecture Recommended Preparation: eligibility for English 1A Credit‚ degree applicable‚ Transfer CSU‚ UC Instructor: Dr. Daniel E. Walker E-Mail: dwalker@elcamino.edu Phone: 310.660.3593 ext. 3564 Office: SOCS 107 Office Hours: MW 8:15am-9:30am & 12:40pm-1:35pm‚ TTH 7:15am-7:45am Course Description: This course is a survey of the history of the United States from
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In 1947‚ President Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights issued “To Secure These Rights.” The text emphasizes the government’s responsibility to protect Black people amid unfair treatment regarding employment‚ housing‚ and voting‚ while drawing on the morality of Americans to stand for the freedom that the nation claimed to uphold. The statement recognized that the federal government should interfere in instances of “serious wrongs” —discriminatory housing policies to lynchings—committed by private
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In 1947‚ President Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights issued “To Secure These Rights.” The text emphasized the government’s responsibility to protect black people amid unfair treatment regarding employment‚ housing‚ and voting‚ while drawing on the morality of Americans to stand for the freedom that the nation claimed to uphold. The statement also recognized that it was the federal government’s responsibility to interfere in instances of “serious wrongs” —discriminatory housing policies to lynchings—committed
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presidential candidate Aaron Burr. The election was then sent to the House of Representatives‚ which required 36 ballots to finally elect Jefferson president. The 12th Amendment specifies that electors should cast distinct votes for the president and vice president‚ rather than electoral votes for two men. The twelfth amendment is about presidential and vice presidential votes being in separate ballots so the citizens that vote for their president and vice president will not count it as two w printclose1804
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to gather and discuss the presidential candidates for their specific party. The Republican party do a different process than the Democratic party. The Republicans cast a secret ballot with the candidate that they would prefer enclosed inside. When all those attending the caucus submit their specified ballot‚ the ballots are tallied to determine that parties delegate. The Democrats do it a bit differently. The Democrats come together and group themselves together based on their specified candidate
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the printing of various language ballots as the beginning of the Balkanization of American culture where the spread of other languages will outstrip the use of English is many parts
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Three days after the statewide recount happened and was completed Bush’s lead stood 327 votes out of six million cast. Durning this time people were saying that ballots were not fully punched through or ballots were dimpled but not pierced during voting. By late November the state board certified Bush as winner by 537 votes. The supreme court in Florida decided (4-3) a statewide manual recount because of legal battles that have not
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Chapter Summary Chapter seven talked about campaigns‚ elections‚ and the media. The legal qualifications for holding political office are minimal at both the state and local levels‚ but holders of political office still are predominantly white and male are likely to be from the professional class. American political campaigns are lengthy and extremely expensive. In the last decade‚ they have become more candidate centered rather than party centered in response to technological innovations and
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as the people can make a difference is to use the system that is provided‚ but use it in a way that turns the system on its head. When people vote they exercise their democratic right to change. The biggest change of all is made by spoiling your ballot paper‚ this can be done by writing Passive Resistance over it. That way‚ your vote will be registered but it will not be cast for any of the standing candidates and you will have made a stand for true
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4/5/2014 FINAL REPORT FINAL REPORT BASELINE SURVEY OF VOTER KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS By William A. Collins‚ Ph.D. Hean Sokhom‚ Ph.D. Annuska Derks‚ M.A. Heng Kim Van‚ M.A. Kim Sedara‚ B.A. Lim Sidedine‚ B.A. Kin Tepmoly‚ B.A. Chraloeng Chanvattey‚ B.A. Center for Advanced Study Phnom Penh‚ Kingdom of Cambodia June 1998 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................
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