The United States Constitution is the single most important document in American history for a variety of reasons. Not only does it provide the framework for our government to operate‚ but it also states the rights and liberties each citizen has. The Constitution strikes a unique balance between power at the national level and at the state level‚ not allowing for the national government to become so strong that it tramples the rights of states or individuals. In a world where we see so much instability
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national‚ and the state government. State and Federal power is then again divided into legislative‚ judiciary‚ and executive branches. This all keeps no one group maintaining all of the power‚ it is a constant check and balance. The power of the state is what the national government does not have‚ and also has to be deemed as legal. Both the state and federal government have denied powers‚ which are as you can guess powers that are denied to them. The history of federalism in the United states started off
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polls‚ surveys‚ and research has proven that America has actually fallen behind. According to Fareed Zakaria‚ an indian American journalist who hosts CNN’s flagship foreign affairs show and is the author of New York Times Award winning books‚ “the United States does not seem to be leading the charge. Americans see that a new world is coming into being‚ but fear it is one being shaped in distant lands and by foreign people” (Zakaria). Countries around the world such as China are starting to improve their
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After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898‚ Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. On February 4‚ 1899‚ just two days before the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty‚ fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers. The ensuing Philippine-American War lasted three years and resulted in the death of over 4‚200 American and over
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The war on drugs is one of the wars that every nation claims to be carrying out. The United States of America is considered as one of the vibrant drug trafficking regions globally. The war of drugs in the United States of America therefore rates as one of the longest wars in the nation (Lurigio‚ 2008 pg. 87). Ideally‚ it has taken approximately forty years since the kick-off of the war. Despite the fact the war may appear to be plain from the word of mouth‚ it posses unimaginable consequences on
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From 1973 to 2015 the United States of America’s population increased by about 109‚ 533‚ 231. In that same amount of time‚ about 43‚ 800‚ 000 abortions took place (Lang). This statistic helps show that abortion has always been a problem‚ but only recently has became one on a national level with the two sides forming. One side‚ the Pro-Life one‚ wants laws that will help protect the fetus. The other side‚ the Pro-Choice one‚ supports the belief that abortion should be the choice of the mothers. “Abortion
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be analyzed in order to determine if this collection of economic programs helped or hurt America’s effort in ending the Great Depression. The Great Depression caused both a decline in national moral and economic productivity unprecedented in United States history. The previously prestigious capitalistic economy was brought to its knees on Black Thursday in October of 1929. Roosevelt had taken office with the intent to quickly relieve a nation from Hoover’s “do-nothing approach” within his first
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most influential nation in the world‚ but has one of the lowest voter turnouts. Less than 57% of the United States electorate does not vote to the hurdles that it takes to exercise a basic right. The reasons for voter apathy include not registering‚ inability to get to the polls and the type of election. To begin‚ registration in the United States does not have automatic registration. Only some states have made “same-day registration” available or offering voter registration while getting a driver’s
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Sex trafficking is a terrible widespread phenomenon in the United States. Human trafficking ranks 3rd in world crime. An U.N. agency estimated the total value of human trafficking at $150 billion. (Tampa bay times) The Government Accountability Office wrote that "human trafficking involves the exploitation of a person typically through force‚ fraud for the purpose of forced labor‚ involuntary servitude or commercial sex." Desperate people might go into debt to smugglers who place them in jobs.
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been a very debatable issue in the last 50 years in the United States‚ and various countries were it’s been legalized. Induced by issues of ethics and morality‚ it’s been the winning horse that politicians gamble‚ to win their election. The medical definition o f abortion is "An abortion is the premature termination of pregnancy resulting in the death of any or all carried embryo(s) or fetus (es)."(www. en.wikipedia.org). In the United States‚ there is an abortion can be done: vacuum aspiration
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