The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in January 1919 and executed in January 1920. It banned the “manufacture‚ sale‚ or transportation of intoxicating liquors”. This amendment was the finishing touch of decades of realization and fulfillment by organizations such as the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League‚ and was also built upon the dry laws of eighteen states. The Prohibition Amendment had heavy consequences. It categorized the brewing and distilling
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Modern Day Dehumanization Corruption in the government has always been apparent in societies of the past. Though our modern day government has gotten more effective at hiding it’s obvious corruption‚ it does not justify them from their actions. By critiquing totalitarianism‚ George Orwell in his novel 1984 provides a warning to people of all times and places to be wary of their governments. The many examples of government totalitarianism in 1984 can be seen through the eyes of the protagonist
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Boston Bombing & Patriot Act In the early afternoon of April 15th during the 117th Annual Boston Marathon‚ two bombs were detonated and exploded‚ killing 3 people and injuring 183 others. The bombs had been placed near the finish line‚ along Boylston Street. The bombs‚ which were pressure cooker devices detonated at 2:49 p.m‚ 13 seconds apart. No warnings had been given‚ and no one has been arrested or claimed responsibility for the bombing.(Bacon) The FBI have found two suspects that are responsible
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“A Third-Party Invasion” Specific Purpose: To get the audience to: protect themselves from the National Security Agency‚ keep their information safe. Central Idea: To inform the audience about the National Security Agency‚ how they spy on us and what they do with our information. Attention If someone told you “You are being watched every time you use digital communications‚ “how would you feel? The majority of people would probably feel discomfort. Sadly‚ you are being watched by the National Security
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Police Functions Kyra Kirkland CJA/394 March 19‚ 2012 Dr. Hector Garcia Police Functions Over the years‚ police have been portrayed in the media‚ television shows‚ and the local newspaper as crime fighting heroes. This portrayal would make one think a police officer is always out doing a dangerous job‚ which may require shooting‚ beating up‚ or arrested the bad guy. The truth is‚ most officers will not make a felony arrest in a given year‚ and there are also many officers who have never fired
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Describe and Discuss an Episode of Significant Investigative Journalism and Analyse What Impact This May Have Had In this essay I am going to look at the significance of the Watergate scandal and the effects that it had on America. I will also discuss what the importance of investigative journalism is and the role that it has in society. The chain of events known as Watergate was an American political scandal in the 1970’s which ultimately led Richard Nixon to resign as president of the United
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National Security: How Working Without Warrants Puts Us At Risk Samantha Schmidt English 112-L04 April 19‚ 2012 National Security: How Working Without Warrants Puts Us at Risk After 9/11‚ the whole country was sent into a tailspin. The fact that the United States‚ one of the most powerful countries worldwide‚ had suffered such a blow was mind blowing. The people were terrified. So too insure that a tragedy of that magnitude never happened again
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“ for decades the threat of terrorism and actual terrorist incidents inside the united states- in most cases‚ by home grown perpetrators- were treated like potential and actual crimes” (Nacos‚ B.L. 2012‚ pg.238). With a lack of proper means to correctly identify terrorism and the repercussions that followed‚ the FBI and local law enforcement were in charge of handling prevention and investigation. The magnitude of terrorism quickly proved too much for these agencies and emergency responders to handle
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The issue(s) raised by networked computers is simple enough to grasp‚ billions of computers‚ networks‚ and people linked in groups of millions (perhaps billions) all around the world. The shear scope of it is difficult to grasp‚ the idea of your information being stored somewhere far away‚ maybe in the US or in India or China; questions of privacy have been raised since the beginning of the tech boom two decades ago. Perception is one anomaly‚ sitting at the computer‚ people do not often realize
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The Watergate Scandal The Watergate Affair‚ is the worst political scandal in U.S. history. It led to the resignation of the president‚ Richard M. Nixon‚ after he became implicated in an attempt to cover up the scandal. "The Watergate Affair" refers to the break-in and electronic bugging in 1972‚ of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate apartment‚ and office building complex in Washington D.C. The term was applied to several related scandals. More than thirty
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