How much power and liberty did the constitution give to "the people?" The constitution is the document that has framed and shaped the United States from inception. It is the document that is defended by all new presidents and also the document which affords the citizens of the United States freedoms and rights that cannot be removed. In its drafting it shaped the formation of a new country and a new style of governance. It is a bottom up’ as opposed to established ways of government which are
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UNIVERSITY OF PEDAGOGY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH American Studies HANDOUT # 5 THE AMERICAN FAMILY 6.1 Family Structures What is the typical American family like? If Americans are asked to name the members of their families‚ family structure becomes clear. Married American adults will name their husband or wife and their children‚ if they have any‚ as their "immediate family." If they mention their father‚ mother‚ sisters‚ or brothers‚ they will define them as separate units‚ usually living in separate
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of six phases which tilt monarchy into tyranny‚ to which follows the aristocracy which then degrades into an oligarchy. Again as democracy aims to remedy the oligarchy in the sixth phase‚ the worst of all the regimes springs up—that of the ochlocracy or mob rule. Mob rule then births a monarch repeating the entire cycle. This idea backed by Plato‚ presented by Machiavelli and implemented by those who framed the Constitution assures protection against tyranny‚ or political domination of one over the
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APUSH: CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY 1. Alexis De Tocqueville: a young French aristocrat who visited the United States in the 1830s‚ and was amazed by the informal manners and democratic attitudes of Americans. The most able men in the United States are very rarely placed at the head of affairs‚” Alexis de Tocqueville concluded in Democracy in America (1835). The reason‚ Tocqueville suggested‚ lay in the character of democracy itself. Most citizens ignored important policy issues‚ jealously refused to
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American Exceptionalism and Social Welfare Development The term American Exceptionalism‚ introduced by Alexis de Tocqueville in 1931‚ was based on the idea of America being built on individualistic‚ anti-government beliefs and attitudes‚ with special attention directed to personal freedoms and rights (Skocpol‚ 1992). The weakness of government caused by the decentralization of its power‚ slavery‚ increasing immigration‚ as well as cultural and racial discrimination played a crucial role in the
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The struggle over religion in American schools relates back to the 1850’s‚ a struggle that has been through much upheaval and reform and is rooted from religious conflict brought to the United States. From the reading‚ Catholicism and American Freedom‚ by John McGreevy‚ I have learned where many of the problems with Protestants and Catholicism in American schools emerged. The story of Whall‚ in the introduction portrays the struggle of Protestant resistance that Catholicism has constantly seen during
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convicted of a serious crime or subjected to a lengthy term of imprisonment unless‚ either a body of his fellow citizens or the law of the land‚ has considered the evidence and satisfied itself‚ based on that evidence‚ of his guilt. According to Tocqueville‚ historically‚ juries in England were chosen from aristocrats who also made the law‚ applied it and punished those who disobeyed it. Further‚ the right to trial by jury was reserved for serious crimes whilst magistrates decided less serious charges
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and the social and political evolution and structure of Greece. That is why the text Plato’s Republic is superior to The apology In his talks with Adiemantus‚ Plato and Socrates discuss the evil or imperfect government systems such as oligarchy‚ tyranny‚ and timarchy. They remove these goverments as feasable goverments. In the Republic‚ they speak of these negative goverments as a mixture of good and evil1. They say that because the driving force behind the oilcharchy system is the pursuit of wealth
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the Union was a tyranny‚ one very much like they faced in the revolution. England had ruled over them for many years‚ setting the rules and dictating what was right and what was wrong. The south was not going to allow another tranny to take over them‚ especially after they had spent so much time and effort in fighting against England. â€All the hope and confidence of the world in capacity of men for self-government will be lost… and perhaps be followed by a long night of tyranny (30).†It was
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Our Constitution begins with the words‚ “We the People”‚ not we the government‚ or we the wealthy elite‚ but “We the People”. Our democracy was founded on the basic ideals that everyone should have a say‚ and that everyone’s opinion matters. This has been the selling point for America for generations‚ that we are a society of equal opportunity‚ “The land of the free” as our national anthem states. And yet we aren’t a pure democracy. The people do not enact or vote on laws‚ they don’t have a say in
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