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    Women's Right to Vote

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    News women take the right to vote May 30‚ 1997 1960! That’s when all Canadian women were allowed to vote! Women won the vote in small and incremental steps‚ with our western provinces leading the way. The first federal election in Canada was held in August‚ 1867. Women didn’t have the right to vote in it. Even if women met the same requirements around citizenship‚ property‚ age and race as men‚ women did not have the right to vote. Why? Because the laws of the provinces of Nova Scotia‚ New Brunswick

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    Pandemic In 1918 Essay

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    Abstract In 1918‚ the world experienced its most deadly modern pandemic‚ the H1N1 influenza virus named the Spanish Flu. Killing between 20 and 40 million people worldwide‚ the pandemic has not since been repeated on such a large scale. This paper provides a background of the 1918 virus and its effects followed by an examination of the danger represented by the H5N1 Avian Flu virus of 1997. Finally‚ it discusses the potential international economic impact of a modern pandemic like the Spanish Flu

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    By the time women began to fight for their right to vote‚ the majority of the people were against‚ on the other hand some men were‚ in some way‚ in pro‚ defending the woman suffrage. Women were the most interested people to get their rights‚ therefore‚ a lot of them wrote stuff to convince the people and the courts that they were able to choose people‚ that women also think and could have an opinion of some matter different than the breeding of sons that became free citizen and daughters that became

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    Vote for Me

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    after which the news of the closeness of the Florida vote caused Gore to retract his concession. Armies of lawyers then descended upon Florida and the nation was buried in a flurry of dimpled ballots and falling chads. Almost immediately‚ a number of influential academics‚ pundits‚ and political leaders seized the opportunity of confusion in Florida to blame the Electoral College and urge us to throw it out in favor of a simple national vote. Their cry for a more direct democracy makes a nice bumper

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    Spanish Influenza 1918

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    deaths and the severity and geographic reach of this disease‚ it merits little attention in the history books. Today one of our greatest medical threats is AIDS. The Spanish Flu is exponential compared to AIDS casualties (Gloria). The Spanish Flu of 1918-19 affected our world like no other disease in history. It changed the ways people sought medical help‚ the ways physicians treated illness‚ the role of medical researchers and how society‚ particularly medical and political leaders respond to pandemic

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    Right To Vote

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    and unusual punishment‚ and others that are not listed in the constitution. While all of these help define our nation‚ the biggest freedom that U.S. citizens have is the right to vote because of what it symbolizes and the power it holds in the government.. Voting is most celebrated because the process of getting all to vote shows our growth as a country to view all

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    Many people choose not to vote every election because‚ they believe that their vote does not count. But in fact it does. If you don’t vote‚ then you can’t complain if things go south. Being in a country whose government revolves around elections and democracy; as Americans we should state our concerns.

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    Important To Vote

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    will be telling you why it is important to vote. I have 3 reasons that I came up with as to why it is important to vote. My three reasons are your vote is important‚ voting is an important part of your independence‚ and if you don’t vote it is like you are leaving your future in the hands of others. The first reason is that your vote is important. If you vote it gives you the option of who might become the government. Your vote could be the deciding vote on who could be the government. Also‚ most

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    The Right to Vote

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    Research paper The right to vote In this research paper‚ I intend to analyze the historical events and public activities that created a ground for politically unprivileged portion of 18th and 19th century United States society to express their dissatisfaction and the desire to have a right to vote. I will study how relevant historical events took place in different states or towns‚ how did the municipal and state authorities respond to them‚ how the press illustrated these events and what level

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    Allowed To Vote

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    Allowed to Vote The United States has had a history of disenfranchising criminals. (Nunn‚ 2005) This disenfranchisement can be seen in state laws that prohibit criminals from exercising their right to vote. However‚ this is not a new concept because denying criminals to vote can be traced to as early as ancient Rome. In Renaissance Europe‚ the justice system there has even a term they used as “civil death”. This means putting an end to a criminal’s capacity to exercise his right to vote. (Nunn‚ 2005)

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