UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT What is government Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) said the purpose of government is to establish peace and security for the people. Government: The formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people. Main components are people‚ policies‚ and powers. Government consists of elected officials who have the authority and control over others and the other half are the public servants who carry out the daily functions. Power is the government’s
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Regions of the United States NEW ENGLAND REGION The states in the New England region are Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ and New Hampshire. Pilgrams from England were the first settlers to settle in New England. The geography of new england is hills with low moutians. Large areas covered in forest. The soil is thin and rocky a really diffucult place for farming. There are narrow plains across the atlantic coast. The conneticut river is the longest
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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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people acquire wealth. Throughout history‚ consumerism has evolved drastically since the first records of civilized society were recorded. The evolution of consumerism in the United States can be understood by dividing it into three basic components; trade‚ monetary policy and the digital economy. These types of economies can also be described as the agricultural economy‚ the industrial economy‚ and the post industrial economy. At first‚ consumerism in the United States was established as trading
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if someone has the intention to complete a genocide act without someone saying themselves that were their intention. It might even seem that some people are more favored over others due to the lack of protection the law gives to certain groups of people.
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History Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has‚ and always will be seen as one‚ if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars‚’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors‚ which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system‚ Imperialism‚ The Naval Race‚ The Schlieffen Plan
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Alvina Lai Honours American History OL V1 Ms. Alison Jones March 31st‚ 2015 Slavery in the United States The United States has had a horrible and shameful history of slavery‚ and although many movements had been made to abolish the worst of it‚ so many deaths and torture had been caused in the time that it took for blacks to get the same rights as whites. Even now‚ we can see the horror that it wrought on the country. Black people are still being killed in their own homes‚ they are still being
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For most Americans over the majority of the Nations existence has held the United States of America to a high standard. Americans expect the government to do a vast number of jobs that benefit the individual. With such high standards over the past 241 years the United State of America has progressed at attaining the goals of the general public‚ or atleast it seems that way. Globally‚ the United States of America has the strongest economy‚ 3rd wealthiest gdp per capita and the strongest most advance
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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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United States Expansionism In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the United States developed a reputation as an overseas empire and a power country. The United States built this reputation by its involvement of imperialism‚ which expanded‚ colonized and competed against other power countries such as Germany‚ France‚ Britain and Japan. However‚ nineteenth and early twentieth century imperialism was not a continuation of past United States expansionism. It is clear that this development
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