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- 1951: The Right To Life
- ... will be born with a handicap, or will be born with a disease, life threatening or not the abortion should not be permitted to take place. Within the past year President Clinton has vetoed a bill that will outlaw "partial birth abortions," I strongly oppose his decision and believe that he should have outlawed them. In New Jersey, there is an assemblywoman writing a bill that would outlaw them in New Jersey and fine each party involved twenty-five thousand dollars. Assisted suicide has also been a controversial topic concerning the right to life. I believe that everyone should come ...
- 1952: Ku Klux Klan 3
- ... s the Ku Klux Klan broke apart and would not officially come back until the year 1915. The Ku Klux Klan never hit any significant growth period again until the 1950's when the civil rights movement cause a large increase in membership of the group. Eventhough the Ku Klux Klan dwindled in membership, it never died in the eyes of the people who truly believed in it. The Ku Klux ... chivalry, humanity, mercy, and patriotism which are all characteristics of the original Klan.("Southern Cross White Knights", p.2) Also, the Ku Klux Klan is dedicated as preserving the maintenance of White Pride and the rights of the White Race, which was also a goal of the original founders.("North Georgia White Knights",p.1) The activities of the modern Ku Klux Klan vary from den to den depending on the ...
- 1953: Theory Of Knowledge
- ... events. When we start to judge history, people can have different views of what is significant and what isn't. Take the same example of Napoleon. Although he limited the press, he also promoted the rights of the peasants. This can be seen as a similarity of the Old Regime. Does this mean that Napoleon's rule was much like the Old Regime? Some people may think that the suppressing the press is more significant point that the rights of the peasants and others may think the opposite. Therefore, history is human's unsuccessful attempt in applying logic to explain past events. Physics can be seen as an imitation of the world so that ...
- 1954: Hate Crimes
- ... far left extremists and far right extremists, and both have had there leaders. The far right extremists are the ones who want change and want it now. They want to have Black power. Not equal rights for all as preached by the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was a minister that spoke out for the equal right of African Americans. Far left extremists want to rid the country of ... systems. These times can cause fear, insecurities, frustration, and anger which in turn inflames scapegoating and racial stereotyping and in turn results in resurgence of racism. Freedom of Speech is one of the most significant rights given to all Americans but it is by far one of our biggest problems. The price we pay for Freedom of Speech and the ability to talk our mind is that we have to tolerate ...
- 1955: Jefferson Davis
- ... was wounded. He was a U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1847 to 1857, and a U.S. Senator again from 1857 to 1861. As a Senator, he was in support of slavery and states' rights. "He also influenced Pice to sign in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which favored the South and increased the bitterness of the struggle over slavery. (Encarta, Davis Jefferson. 97)" In his second term as a Senator ... he declined. He neither apologized nor asked for amnesty for his actions during the Civil War. He believed that he had done nothing wrong. He believed that he needed to stand up for the states' rights no matter how bad the conditions got. In other words, he stood up for what he believed in. He never regained citizenship with the United States. He died in 1889 of a complicated bronchial ailment ...
- 1956: Proposition 6: Prohibition of Sale of Horse Meat for Human Consumption
- ... countries history and culture. In this country horses are considered companions and pets and are not bred for the intent of consumption by human beings in this country. Arguments for: Horses should have the same rights the as cats and dogs including the right to be killed humanely. Just because some fourth world country is known to eat these animals does not mean that we should hop on this band wagon ... be slaughtered or sending a sick and/ or disease infected animal to be made into food. Arguments against: Horsemeat is commonly used for sustenance in other countries. Proposition 6 would interfere with the peoples individual rights to eat what they want. Many horses that would be abandoned or left to die would be removed instead of left to suffer. If they were disposed in land fills their decomposing bodies would pollute ...
- 1957: Rose Schneiderman And The Tria
- ... responsibility for the exploitation of immigrant labor and saw striking workers anarchists. This began to change after the fire. The 146 dead made the establishment begin to see striking workers as human beings seeking their rights. The Triangle Waist Company fire was not the first waistmaker's fire. Three months before the Triangle Waist Company fire, 25 working women were killed during a destructive fire in Newark, New Jersey. Garment worker ... responsibility for the exploitation of immigrant labor and saw striking workers anarchists. This began to change after the fire. The 146 dead made the establishment begin to see striking workers as human beings seeking their rights. The Triangle Waist Company fire was not the first waistmaker's fire. Three months before the Triangle Waist Company fire, 25 working women were killed during a destructive fire in Newark, New Jersey. Garment worker ...
- 1958: Different Forms of Government
- ... of Gas, its the Governments fault for everything. By trying to regulate more it gains the blame for things that it does not cause. The Influence of Structure It gives local Governments and people more rights and power. An analogy is set up between our semi- decentralized government and that of Britain. It states that if the U.S. was under the British parliamentary system people would have little legal recourse ... would change rapidly with changes in the Majority. The influence of Ideas Though the Government is growing it is not becoming the "Big Brother" Of Orwell's "1984" solely by the ever increasing concept of "Rights" or Civil liberties. The courts of the U.S. are the most heavily trafficked in the world. The government has to abide by these right like a set of rules. The right to Privacy act ...
- 1959: Reflective Essay About Rite Of
- ... do it because they know that there are millions of people who do their taxes every year and it would be almost impossible for the government to find everyone who cheated on their taxes. The Bill Clinton scandal is also a great example of this philosophy because he thought he could conceal what he did, but in the end it went all wrong. Bill Clinton did what he did because he thought he could hide it, but it turned out to be wrong. Cheating is wrong no matter how hard someone tries to disguise it. This philosophy should not ...
- 1960: Men Will Rise From The Dark Depth Of Prejudice To The Majestic Heights Of Brotherhood
- ... of prejudice. Many people have seen the effects of prejudice and sought to put an end to it. one such person was Dr. Martian Luther King. By the time Dr. King became involved in civil rights he was already an ordained minister. He had married and he and his wife had four children. His civil rights activities began with the protest of an incident that occurred on a public bus. Rosa parks had broken the law by not getting out of her seat to allow a white person to sit in ...
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