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    Importance of Voting

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    concern for popular sovereignty shaped the emerging government’s policies. Unfortunately‚ the right to vote was not extended to all people. Brave men and women sacrificed much to secure their inalienable right to influence government through voting. Thus voting‚ being essential to democracy‚ has always been the people’s conventional avenue for change and ensures the continuance of a democratic nation. As the fledgling nation began to revise its government after the Revolutionary War‚ the protection

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    What comes to your mind when you think of a witch? Someone thinks she is an ugly old woman‚wears black clothes and pointed hat‚ rides across the sky on her magic broomstick‚ and has magic witchcraft. The legendary of witch become popular subject so that many directors make movies about thriller‚ fantasy‚ and animation films. According to Christians beliefs‚ there are two sides of witch. There are white and black witches. Witches do not divide a human skin color‚ but they divide white and black witchcraft

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    The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seal as a form of advocacy for African- Americans. I believe that it is not the people’s fault that people think of the group so poorly‚ it is the hearsay and the information that the media portrays. I believe that the Black Panthers are misunderstood because they were different from their time. They were not as calm‚ peaceful‚ and passive as the protestors who are under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Playwriting had been varied in colors in the reign of William Shakespeare‚ but his plays had had different descriptions than the other playwrights of his age‚ and had differed distinctly from what they had written. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays involving the ethics of human beings and their attributes such as love and generosity on the one hand‚ jealousy‚ ambition‚ betrayal and treachery‚ which crowned with tragedies for they depict deviations

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    White collar crimes are a full range of fraud crimes and is mostly used for financial gain (Find Law 2017). The most common types of white collar crimes that is common is fraud‚ embezzlement‚ tax evasion‚ and laundering (Find Law 2017). Political crime is crimes that injure the state‚ state government‚ and the political system (The Lectric Library 2017). Some of example of political crimes are treason‚ and terrorism (The Lectric Library 2017). Organized crime is crimes in distinct categories that

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    The short story written by Dorothy Parker‚ “An Arrangement in Black and White”‚ contains a lot of satirical writing. Most satirical writing is about politics and propaganda. In this story‚ we get to experience‚ in a way‚ that kind of satirical writing. Dorothy Parker creates a character who is too afraid to admit that she is racist. In an attempt to convince herself‚ the remarks she makes about the black musician at the party‚ seem funny at first and then you think of the real meaning. You then come

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    Voting Rights Dbq

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    2013 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 & What Led To It As I sit down and analyze the events that had significance in the time period that was covered in our class‚ I continue to be amazed at the authorization of The Voting Rights Act in 1965. Its substance not only had such a tremendous impact on many citizens during that time‚ but it has continued to be a critical component in our government still till this day. For almost fifty years it has been amended and restructured to improve voting rights

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    using social media‚ or walking down a street in a large city has most likely seen or heard the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” Black Lives Matter is an organization founded by Alicia Garza‚ Patrisse Cullors‚ and Opal Tometi‚ but these are just the chief founders in the organization. The major reason that this organization formed is due to the shooting on February 26‚ 2012 in Sanford‚ Florida‚ of a black man named Trayvon Martin who was shot by George Zimmerman‚ a neighborhood watch member. Zimmerman went

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    day we become silent about things that matter‚” and what mattered 50 years ago‚ was finding a sense of equality in the world. That each person could feel as if they were all equal to one another‚ without feeling misplaced‚ but at home. King took a stand for people too scared to let their words be heard‚ taking on the walls that stood between segregation and equal rights. His strong words gave a sense of realization‚ that all people‚ black or white should have equal rights‚ and feel just as safe and

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    Voting Age

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    A lot of thing are said to happen if the voting age is lowered to the age of 16. It isn’t the first time the voting age been changed from one thing to another. Just think about it‚ 16 year old aren’t ready to make them type of decision at that age. I’m not sure if even 18 has the mindset of voting because they are caught up in other thing rather than voting at that age. As stated in the essay only 38% of 18-24 year old voted in the 2012 elections. Lowering the age would drop the turnout rate majorily

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