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- 431: Articles Of Confederation DBQ
- ... the English king. In 1781 the Articles of Confederation were ratified, effectively tying knots around the new government. The Articles were written to not create a strong government but they did create, however, a basic constitution, and provided a start for the constitution to come later. Reflecting the fear by the colonies of a British-like government, there was no judiciary or executive branch and congress was weak. Amendments could only be made by unanimous consent of all ...
- 432: The Presidential Contenders In
- ... Republican party for the specific purpose of opposing slavery. In the meantime, pro-slavery factions, many from across the Missouri border, held a bogus election in the newly formed Kansas Territory, adopting a pro-slavery constitution and electing a pro-slavery state government. When anti-slavery citizens learned what had happened, they organized their own elections. President Pierce, in a serious error of judgement, recognized the first government as the official ... the document. [Brinkley, pg 375] Buchanan, against clear evidence to the contrary, decided to side with the Lecompton proposal. Stephen Douglas, in another bizarre moment of political suicide, argued against the Lecompton document. The statehood constitution was ultimately submitted to the general population of Kansas, who overwhelmingly defeated the illegitimate document. However, Kansas was not admitted to the union, as a free state, until the closing days of the Buchanan administration ...
- 433: Julius Caesar
- ... discovered his own military genius, Caesar was evidently fascinated and obsessed by military and imperial problems. He gave them an absolute priority over the more delicate by no less fundamental task of revising the Roman constitution. The need in the latter sphere was a solution which would introduce such elements of authoritarianism as were necessary to check corruption and administrative weakness. Caesars first dictatorship was simply a commission to enable ... the Hellenistic kings. The month of July was named after Caesar and his statue was placed in the temple of Quirinus. Caesar was considered to be a dictator for life. According to the traditional Republican constitution this office was only to be held for six months during a dire emergency. Caesar also obtained honors to increase his prestige. He wore the robe, crown, and scepter of a triumphant general and used ...
- 434: Censorship Of American Music
- ... matter in them thought to be immoral, seditious or otherwise undesirables"(Webster Dictionary 227). The question of what constitutes "proper" language and obscenity has been greatly forced upon the music industry. The government oversteps the constitution in concluding on which lyrics are appropriate for children. Legislation on this topic has been in effect since the mid 1950's. Further legislation was not passed until 1985, when music labeling was voluntarily adopted ... artists who use either swears or sexually explicit material are, artistic pieces no matter what kink of message they send, or however unpopular they may be, are still protected by the first amendment to the constitution. The people who vote for and pass the laws prohibiting free speech are taking it upon themselves what they think is moral and right for the rest of the country. I feel I can make ...
- 435: Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-18
- ... beginning to reshape its political authority. Today in many books he is quoted from his writings of Democracy in America. One quote that I have heard a lot in my American Government, Judicial Process, and Constitution class is, "If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation . . . that it occupies the judicial bench and bar.... Scarcely any political question arises in the United States that ... writing and helped publish his works. Tocqueville served in political positions during the different eras of the revolution. After the Second Republic was dead, Tocqueville was elected to a committee charged with writing a new constitution. But because of short tempered personality, poor health, and being imprisoned for protesting against Louis Napoleaon's coup in 1851, he was driven into privacy. He spent the next few years reading about the revolution ...
- 436: Hammurabis Code
- ... too hard on the accused. I do think they are very harsh and sometimes extreme, but I do think they are justified. I also know that I love our country, our country runs by the constitution, and the Constitution contains the same principles and ideas that first came to be when a young man named Hammurabi took his throne as King of Babylonia way back around 1790 BC. Alrighty then, all done.
- 437: American Reconstruction
- ... veto. With the two new bills passed,Congress had started to take over Reconstruction. Republicans were not satisfied with laws protecting the equality of all citizens and wanted that equality to be protected by the Constitution itself. To do this they proposed the Fourteenth Amendment It said that all people born in the United states were citizens and had the same rights as citizens. This Amendment also stopped short of requiring ... their voting rights, and the law explained how the southern states could re-enter the Union. Voters in those states would have to do two things. (1.) They would have to approve of new state constitution that gave the vote to all men. (2.) They would have to ratify the fourteenth Amendment. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was a help for the South since they were given the right to re ...
- 438: Hammurabi
- ... too hard on the accused. I do think they are very harsh and sometimes extreme, but I do think they are justified. I also know that I love our country, our country runs by the constitution, and the Constitution contains the same principles and ideas that first came to be when a young man named Hammurabi took his throne as King of Babylonia way back around 1790 BC. Alrighty then, all done.
- 439: Gun Control and Why People Think It Is Unfair
- ... amendment the right "to bear arms". Opponents of gun control, including the National Rifle Association, better known as the NRA, argue that the "right To bear arms" is guaranteed in the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America and licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be ... four times in the head and killed. In conclusion there are valid reasons for why certain people feel that gun control is unfair. People against gun control feel that it is a violation of the Constitution to control the sale and distribution and the registration of guns and gun owners. But it is necessary for there to be certain limits on the way that firearms are handled in this country because ...
- 440: Morocco
- ... for the fastest mile in the world. In 1956 Morocco became an independent nation led by Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef. He died right after surgery in 1961. His son Hassan the 2nd wrote a new constitution for the country. On July 10, 1971 a guests were celebrating his birthday. Then young army officers staged an attack on the king. His guest and his staff try to gain control of the government. They broadcasted the president was dead. But the president made an appearance to tell the people he was not dead. He made a new constitution. Then there was another attack on the king when he was on his airplane. Attack by a Moroccan Air Force jets. Then he took more control of the county, especialy the Armed Forces. Well in ...
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