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    The Constitution of the United States has twenty-seven amendments and out of those twenty-seven‚ I believe the first amendment is the most important. The first amendment protects your most basic needs. The first amendment consist of freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly‚ freedom of press‚ and freedom to ask the government to right their wrongs. The freedom of speech allows a person to say what they think within reason. When speaking your opinion‚ you should be careful not slander

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    Was Slavery Right Or Wrong

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    aftermath of slavery are one of the world’s toughest times towards the millions that suffered the hardship of being black. Slavery of African Americans was where people that were black were forced into working for a white. This had caused pain and suffering and they didn’t know if they are going to die that day or be sold. Slavery of African Americans was wrong because the way that blacks got captured and transported elsewhere to be sold‚ their miserable life working

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    quality. 3. Several amendments have been made in the constitution of unites states to ensure that the constitution is efficient and protects its people as well as eliminating the clauses which are not important. Some of the amendments are; an amendment which was to ensure that individuals were secure wherever they were even in their houses. The people were to be protected from seizures which were unreasonable and the necessity to give out a search warrant which indicated the person who was supposed to be

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    Why Was UNHCR

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    During the Second World War period Actually‚ the UNHCR was not the first refugee organization at the end of the Second World War. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was set up by the Allies in November 1943 whose mandate was simply limited to help civilians from allied states and displayed people in states with temporary emergency aid. Although it was not a true refugee organization with authority‚ it succeeded in helping these people in the beginning and continued

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    Why Homosexuals Deserve an Equal Opportunity to Marriage Mark Stillion PHI 103 Instructor: Gloria Zuniga y Postigo January 27‚ 2013 Why Homosexuals Deserve an Equal Opportunity to Marriage A very big topic that lingers on the hearts and minds of so many Americans today‚ on the desks of so many politicians and in so many courtrooms around the country today is gay marriage. There are two very identifiable sides to this debate and both sides have very defendable points of view‚ which are constantly

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    on how to be a successful leader. Machiavelli’s idea of a successful leader consists of being a humble leader‚ while being humble‚ a leader must be aware‚ and whether or not a leader should wish to be loved or hated. In the article‚ "Machiavelli was Right" it compares today’s later to have the princess one should act. A question arose by wondering if his thinking is fair to all leadership situations. Machiavelli believed to politics involved being evil but also the leader should not care of what people

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    Why was Reconstruction a failure? The Reconstruction of the South was a period where the government decided they needed to solve economic and political problems that had become over the years. I think the Reconstruction Era was a failure for many reasons. The Era had a goal of allowing freedom and equality for all‚ abolishing slavery‚ and restoration of the Union and I don’t feel as though any of those were accomplished. President Lincoln issued a proclamation

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    Karl Marx Was Right

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    Karl Marx Was Right We can’t say Karl Marx didn’t warn us: capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction. In their chase for ever higher profits‚ the capitalists shed workers for machines. The higher return on capital means that the share of profits rises and the share of wages falls‚ and soon the mass of the population isn’t earning enough to buy the goods capitalism produces. And that’s exactly what’s been happening over the past four years of the Great Recession: ever increasing income

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    presidential elections‚ and enjoy many other rights and freedoms‚ all of which are kept by numerous laws‚ bills‚ non-governmental organizations‚ and so on. However‚ the realities of social life were not always so fair. Many years ago‚ women were not considered equal with men by a large extent. One of the most significant social movements in history is feminism. Feminism is a collection of movements and beliefs aimed at defining‚ establishing‚ and defending equal political‚ economic‚

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    Was Truman Right Or Wrong

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    I don’t believe it was acceptable for the U.S. to drop the atomic bomb. Because of Truman‚ over 70‚000 innocent people died. Had he not chosen this path‚ there would have been no civilian casualties. But I can also see where he was coming from. He wanted to save American lives. Truman believed he was doing the right thing. He had to make a decision based on what had happened. He was trying to gain a victory in the pacific by getting the Japanese to surrender. His option was that or the ‘or else’

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