Why It Is Important to Vote? Historically Americans has exercised our right to vote through the electoral process to elect the president and most government officials. Voting is not about electing someone that we like‚ it is primarily about electing the person that will implement the policies that will impact our local‚ state and federal communities. Many important policy concerns that are always primary during an election year are healthcare‚ inflation‚ and employment‚ to name a few‚ all of which
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Do you think your vote can change America? There are many ways that voting can change America. Many people think that it’s not important to vote and that their vote doesn’t make a difference. However‚ one vote can decide on the winner of an election and that vote just might be yours. There are many reasons why it is important to vote. One reason why it is important to vote is because if nobody voted then we wouldn’t be able to have a democracy type government. We wouldn’t be able to have a president
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“How did women win the right to vote?” Women became active in politics fighting for emancipation since the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. During and right after the Civil War‚ women split into two different groups. One cheered women’s vote before rights for African American while the other‚which had more supporters‚ prioritized equality of races. During the reconstruction era‚ women saw little hope for female suffrage as the Congress passing the 14th and 15th amendments that once again excluded
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Why Did Women Get The Vote in 1918 Women first petitioned Parliament for equality in 1649- but were told that it was unnecessary as their husbands represented them in political affairs. 250 years later many people in Britain (women as well as men) still agreed with the Parliamentary response to the petitioners for women’s rights in 1649. However‚ the women’s suffrage moment in Britain took hold of the country in the 1860’s. Women (over the age of 30) finally won the vote in 1918- although historians
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Robin williams was a american stand up comedians and actor .He started comedies in Sanford comedy. Why did he die at 63 years old? He was born in July 21‚1952.He died August 11‚2014. He died of depression .His children are Eelida ‚Zachary ‚Cody ‚williams . Why was Robin williams a good actor.? He was one of the funniest performers/actor ever.He also enrolled in Juilliard schooled in New York.He developed success by doing this.Personal challenges Robin williams had‚His career was taking off.He faced
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Women were not treated as equals with men before the second half of the eighteenth century. They had to marry‚ obey their husbands and have children‚ only receiving little education. In the eyes of the law they had little power and men were their superiors. For example‚ once they were married‚ everything they owned belonged to their husband‚ this meant that if they separated the women would be left with nothing‚ not even her children‚ as they too‚ belonged solely to the husband. Around 1850‚ the
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right to vote now but many women still do not. Many women are still denied the vote regardless of their efforts during the war‚ we are still unequal to men. Child only women over thirty who either own a house or is the wife of a householder or a university graduate have been given the right to vote under the Representation of the People’s Act 1918. Women had been left out of The Reform Acts of 1832‚ 1867 and 1884‚ even when women in other countries were receiving the right to vote‚ Britain was still
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The Elizabethan Era was a time in history with many important contributions that still affect life in the world today. Is it ironic to say that while having a queen‚ the rest of female citizens had very little rights and were discriminated against? The answer is yes‚ during this time period‚ like many others back in history‚ women were viewed as subordinate to men. They were denied rights that men had and were basically owned by their husbands. Most women that lived in Elizabethan England were underestimated
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Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One‚ most of which were negative. In his earlier days‚ Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disasterous losses for the British Army‚ for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the
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slavery Have you ever wonder why there was slavery? Slavery started when the first group of african american came to america in 1619 in virginia jamestown. slavery started when it was a practice in the 17th and 18th colonies centries. african american helped build the economic foundations. In 1793 an invention called the cotton gin it central importance of slavery in the south. In the mid-19th there was a movement in slavery and it tear the nation apart and started american civil war from
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