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- 951: The Inequality Of American Jus
- ... Race and class have long been issues in the criminal justice system, but does the system "affirmatively depend on inequality?" Does the criminal justice system depend on the disparities of the people that it serves? American justice is supposed to be blind. Despite this there have been many disparities in the justice system due to racial, social class, and economic reasons. "Absent race and class disparities, the privileged among us could ... use. Cole summarizes the situation: "When the effects of a criminal law reach the sons and daughters of the white majority, our response is not to get tough, but rather to get lenient" (153). The American justice system has never been truly equal because it has always depended on inequalities. The system could easily be changed to eliminate those inequalities, but that will not likely happen. So long as there is ... the disparities of a minority, the system will maintain its current sanctity. In doing so, the system will affirm its dependence on inequality. Works Cited Cole, David. No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System. New York: The New Press, 1999.
- 952: Industrialization American
- ... three of the most important changes in peoples lives caused by industrialization. First, the building of railroads out west played a huge part in the successful expansion of our country and the fulfillment of American dreams. Priot to the development of a more efficient railroad system, the movement of people and freight were relatively slow, difficult, and costly. Because of different rail gauges, sometimes freight had to be unloaded and ... and began to take advantage of the opportunities that the west offered, such as cheap land, gold, new businesses, and more. Through the development of a transcontinental railroad system, the west was settled and many American dreams were in reach. Second, the development of new public transit systems, was important in shaping the design of our cities and the growth of our cities by enabling people to move further away from ... limited to daylight hours. Second, improvements of public transit systems in cities allowed us to live further away from the chaotic city. Third, railroads help to create new national markets and make dreams possible for American people.
- 953: Evolution Of Canada
- ... federal system of government, in which the provinces enjoy a large measure of autonomy. Land and Economy. The 2nd-largest country in the world (after the USSR), Canada occupies the N half of the North American continent, stretching E and W from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans, N from the 49th parallel to the North Pole, including all the islands in the Arctic Ocean from W of Greenland to Alaska. It ... the population is of British descent. About 30% is French, descended from the colonists who came to Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries, and now heavily concentrated in Quebec and New Brunswick. During the American Revolution many British loyalists fled to Canada from the United States, and after 1900 waves of immigrants from Germany, the Ukraine, and Italy settled on the prairie farmlands or the urban centers. Native Indians have ...
- 954: Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell
- ... Animal Farm, "an animal fable satirizing Communism,"7 Orwell uses farm animals in England to satirize Russian Communism and its leaders. One animal he uses is a pig named Napoleon, whose counterpart in the Russian Revolution is Joseph Stalin. After Napoleon takes charge of the farm, he assumes the role of a dictator that benefits himself much like Stalin did. During StalinΉs reign, 1929-1953, he used terror to enforce ... retold the event to NapoleonΉs benefit,the same thing can be said about Stalin. After he "became dictator of the Soviet Union, he had history books rewritten to say that he had led the revolution with Lenin."11 This however is not the truth. In reality, it was Leon Trotsky who led the revolution with Lenin. This is just one of the many comparisons that Orwell makes between Stalin and Napoleon. Stalin was what Orwell and people who were against Communism feared the most; a ruler who rules ...
- 955: Federalist Party
- ... history has there been a period so extraordinary in accomplishment as the first decade under the Constitution...." This paper is going to be a step by step evaluation of arguably the most important decade in American History. The time period covered in this paper is 1789-1801. These are the years in which the Federalists had the most influence in the new government. They accomplished an amazing amount in these 12 ... great accomplishment. If the Federalists (they didn't call themselves that until 1792) weren't in power the nation would have been weaker and more decentralized. Foreign Difficulties There were three views on the French Revolution and the French-British war in 1793. Jefferson's followers favored France. They wanted to abide by the treaty America signed with France in 1788. They thought it was the right thing to do. Hamilton ... the French would be suicidal, but at the same time he didn't want America to be known as the nation that breaks treaties. George Washington proclaimed that America will be neutral. He forbade any American citizen from helping any warring nation. Without the Federalists there to oppose a war with England America might have been wiped out. The Federalists were looking out for the best interest of the country ...
- 956: Religion In American Life
- Religion In American Life SOCI 250/2 Computer Assignment #1 Religion used to be a very important component in an American's life. Protestantism was as American as Mom and apple pie. Families would don their "Sunday best" and go to church early on Sunday mornings. However, this situation has changed quite a bit. After reviewing the 1994 statistics I gathered ...
- 957: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
- Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a fully documented account of the annihilation of the American Indian in the late 1800s ending at the Battle of Wounded Knee. Brown brings to light a story of torture and atrocity not well known in American history. The fashion in which the American Indian was exterminated is best summed up in the words of Standing Bear of the Poncas, "When people want to slaughter cattle they drive them along until they get them to a corral, and ...
- 958: The Joy Luck Club
- "Hey, Sabrina, are you Japanese or Chinese?" I asked. Her reply, as it seems to be for a lot of minority groups, is, "Neither, I'm Chinese-American." So, besides her American accent and a hyphenated ending on her answer to the SAT questionnaire about her ethnic background, what's the difference? In Amy Tan's enjoyable novel, The Joy Luck Club, about the relationships and experiences of four Chinese mothers and four Chinese-American daughters, I found out the answer to this question. The difference in upbringing of those women born during the first quarter of this century in China, and their daughters born in the American atmosphere ...
- 959: The Borderlands: 1880 - 1940
- ... actions of the United States. Actions that affected the cities in Mexico were Prohibition and the Great depression. Events in the United States were not the only economic factor to effect the region. The Mexican Revolution had great social and economic influence to the region. On November 10 1910, the Mexican Revolution began and did not end until President Diaz was overthrown. The United States and its border towns were heavily involved in the conflict. The fighting was mainly in the north and they need supplies. The majority of the weapons and supplies for the Revolution was brought in the United States. The border cities in the United States became the chief suppliers of guns to the Revolution. This form trade was illegal and mainly done on the Black Market. ...
- 960: Communism: Overview
- ... Communism is the belief that everyone in a society should be equal and share their wealth. It is an outgrowth of socialism and Anabaptism (Laski 45). It became a firmly rooted term after the Russian Revolution of 1917. According to the words of Karl Marx, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" (monkeywrench@iww.org). These theories were spread by Karl Marx. He believed that what ... Europe" (Leone 1). The London Communist League asked Marx for help in drafting a document to represent their standings. He composed the "Communist Manifesto" or "The Manifesto of the Communist Party" (Leone 1). The Russian Revolution helped foster communism. The Russian Revolution started with the with the assassination of Rasputin. In March of 1917, the Duma declares a prvisional government, including czars. During this period, there were also massive strikes by the workers. It was furthered ...
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