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- 1601: Gilded Age
- ... government was more powerful than the state government, something that American citizens were not going to accept. The amendment gave blacks citizenship, which then also gave them the right to vote. Legally it gave some rights to blacks, but in reality Americans were fearful of losing political power, especially in the southern states. According to the amendment, no "state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws," (Fourteenth Amendment, 1868). The amendment targeted southerners, who in turn were unwilling to accept the new given rights to blacks nor the governments power over the state. Although America on the outside showed gilded signs of progress, the country was battling as political corruption, labor strikes, and southerner's who continued to cling ... democratic society. The labor union disputes dispelled the myths that America was ideal of economic independence and that it was the land of boundless opportunity. Finally, all men were not equal or have basic citizenship rights, despite the fourteenth amendment. All the problems that America had was covered by a golden surface labeled as progression while its citizens suffered and battled.
- 1602: FDR
- ... Once he completed his years of tutoring, Roosevelt entered Groton school, where he studied under headmaster, Endicott Peabody. While at Groton, he made his first ever political speech on the topic of the Nicaragua Canal Bill. (Ginna 33) On January 17, 1898, Warren Delano II, Franklins grandfather, passed away (Eisenhower 44). True to form, Roosevelt pushed forward only two days later by delivering an address during a debate at Groton ... office was an extremely successful one. For this reason, he was re-elected on November 4 of the following year. In the next two years, Roosevelt called for a banking reform to protect depositors, approved bill regulating hours of labor for women and children in New York State, and gave the address at the opening of the Empire State Building, among other beneficial decisions. (Asbell 212) It would seem that this ... the Emergency Banking Relief Act. This movement placed banks under federal control and provided for their re-opening. Also, the Economy Act was signed, which saved about $243 million. During this time, Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to create employment for young men and to aid in reforestation work. Another extremely important decision was his request that Congress create a Tennessee Valley Bibliography Asbell, Bernard. ...
- 1603: Bioethics
- ... was prepared on ethics. It was responsible for construing ethical guidelines for the people to abide by. Although the report deals with ethics in the bio-medical studies, it emphasizes more on other issues. ANIMAL RIGHTS EXPERIMENTATION ON FETUSES euthanasia, abortion, genetic engineering Since the law states that most experimentation performed on animals and humans is unethical yet provides fruitful results, it should be left to the people to make the ... just like a mother for her own child. One who agrees with this statement, most likely agrees that we should decide whether or not any experimentation on a creature that has no developed morals or rights can be performed. One who disagrees with the aforementioned statement has no question in his or her mind that, no experimentation should be performed if it results in the harm of the subject, be it ... any animal. The other view is, if the experiment provides positive results, and is not cruel to the subject, then it should be allowed to be performed. Even though much abuse and infringement on animals' rights has occurred over the past century in the field of study, that should not stop us now from continued learning. Here are some examples of abuse on animals and some issues involving bioethics. At ...
- 1604: Woman's Struggle for Independence
- ... viewed as individuals. There husband was there master and women we practically slaves and was often mistreated by there husband. A servant to the male sex. During the middle ages women still has almost no rights. They still didn't have the right to voice there opinion and were still viewed as property. If they disobeyed there male role model they were punished. The art of the Renaissance gave women some ... Up until this time women had been in the same category as property or slaves. But as the French society moved toward revolution women began to speak of the injustice against them. "The Vindication of Rights of Women (1792) called for the extension of the principle of the liberty to women and urging that equal public education be made available for men and women" (Perry, 289). This list of the right ... in society as close equals to men. In a socialistic society everyone is equal, including women. This idea of equality women in the past could not even in vision. As the battle for women's rights continued they gained the right in the United States to live freely. They could now own land and participate in the government. At the end of the 19th century women began to become educated. ...
- 1605: The Communications Decency Act
- ... person sick with the bubonic plague. "Whatever the mechanism, there can be no doubt that virus software can be readily found in cyberspace." (Cavazos 115) The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted to protect the rights of the on-line users within the bounds of the United States. "Today the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) makes it illegal to intercept or disclose private communications and provides victims of such conduct a ... liability away from the end-user we must lay the liability on either the providers or on the system operators. Cavazos says, "the Constitution only provides this protection where the government is infringing on your rights." (1994). When the providers and system operators censor the users it is called editorial discretion. When the Government does it, it is infringement of privacy. So why are we still trying to let the Government ... it is, a blatant violation of the First Amendment right of free speech, by the average citizen before the C.D.A. will be changed. Works Cited Cavazos, E. (1994) Cyberspace and the law: Your rights and duties in the on-line world. Boston: MIT Press Macdissi, K. (1995) Enforcement is the problem with regulation of the Internet. Midlands Business Journal Stone, E. (1996) A Cyberspace independence declaration. Unpublished Essay, ...
- 1606: Computer Software Piracy and it's Impact on the International Economy
- ... the past, when a software firm spent millions of dollars to write a program for a mainframe computer, it knew it would sell a handful of copies. It licensed each copy to protect its ownership rights and control the use of each copy. That is easy to do with only a few copies of a program. It is impossible for a software company to handle five million copies of there latest ... to rent software, it is illegal to do so. said Sandra Sellers, SPA vice president of intellectual property education and enforcement (SPA sues... Internet.) NERDC information services researched that the copyright holder may grant additional rights at the time the personal computer software is acquired. For example, many applications are sold in LAN (local area network) versions that allow a software package to be placed on a LAN for access by multiple users. Additionally, permission is given under special license agreement to make multiple copies for use throughout a large organization. However unless these rights are specifically granted, U.S. law prohibits a user from making duplicate copies of software except to ensure one working copy and one archival copy (NERDC Internet). Without authorization from the copyright owner, title ...
- 1607: Sir Robert Laird Borden
- ... a war with Germany was likely, they thought Canada should construct troops and build ships and that the Canadian Parliament should decide if and when they should be used. So in 1910, Parliament passed a bill, which led to the building of a Canadian navy. This was entitled the Naval Service Bill. Borden opposed this bill and thought it to be useless in view of the international emergency. He believed it would take too long to produce a Canadian navy and thought that sending money to Britain for the immediate ...
- 1608: Freedom
- ... free to worship as we choose, to speak and write the truth as we see it, to choose our lifes work and to travel where we want to go-and to grant the same rights to others. The constitution does not give us unlimited rights to act without regard to other people. But it does guarantee us to live as a free person in a society whose citizens are equal in the eyes of law. I have seen many people ... hands, gives us rules. He tells us we are free from things if we go by the instructions he gave to us. When people do whatever they want and do not have regard for the rights of other people. Then we have destruction and dictatorship. Freedom is the ability to be whom God wants us to be loving and caring and peaceful human beings.
- 1609: Outline: Negative Debate on Effects of Hate Mongering
- ... the United States constitution states that, Congress shall pass no law violating anyones freedom of speech, religious belief, or right to assemble. It is obvious that this, one of the most important passages in the Bill of Rights, was placed there to prevent laws such as this, for the second we allow our government any control over our right of expression we have given them the presedence to pass other such laws. It ...
- 1610: The Federal Bureau of Investigation
- ... the FBI began conducting background security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as well as probes into internal security matters for the executive branch of the government. In the 1960's, civil rights and organized crime became major concerns of the FBI, and counterterrorism, drugs, financial crime, and violent crimes in the 1970's. These are still the major concerns of the FBI, only now it is to ... process, the FBI has divided it's investigations into the following programs: · Applicant Program ° Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Applicants ° Department of justice Candidates ° FBI Special Agents and Support Applicants ° and others · Civil Rights Program ° Civil Rights Act of 1964 ° Discrimination in Housing ° Equal Credit Opportunity Act · Counterterrorism Program ° Hostage taking ° Sabotage ° Attempted of Actual Bombings ° and others · Financial Crime Program ° Bank Fraud and Embezzlement ° Environmental Crimes ° Fraud Against the Government ° ...
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