In the years before the war of 1812, social and economic differences between the North and the South led to sectionalism. ... Georgia has passed a law that was unconstitutional and violated individuals" rights to enter into a contract. ... This case was about New Hampshire wanting to revise their charter, but since a charter is a contract and the Constitution did not permit states to interfere with contracts Dartmouth lost. ...

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I believe that affirmative action is necessary when a qualified person loses an opportunity to advance socially, politically or economically due to race, gender, or socioeconomic status. ... In this case a black woman was renewed her teaching contract while a white teacher was not. ... If the white teacher had her contract renewed would it be fair to say that it was because she was white? ... The review found that the programs have been successful in meeting the government's goal of increasing the percentage of minorities and women receiving federal contracts., (Washington Post 7/95, A...

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Another inconvenient truth is the social structure that allows people to purchase and own firearms. ... Not much has been done to resolve this social problem. ... I believe allowing these will open doors to more complex social problems. ... Last week, Kobe Bryant signed a contract with the major league basketball team Lakers based in L.A. His contracted amount is at 4.5 million over the next 2 years. ...

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Throughout the 20th century many great leaders have emerged; from the evil Adolph Hitler to the motivational Martin Luther King JR. However it is my opinion, and the opinion of many others, that the most influential and successful leader of the last century was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The four ...

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For the Native Americans to break free of their nomadic ways they needed to cultivate a stable food source. With hunger and sickness nipping at their feet, brought on by the lifestyle they were living, they needed to do so quickly. The Native Americans were putting themselves in great risk if they w...

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He talks about social problems (sharecropping and gentrification). ... He talks about Cheney's Habilutron contracts, what they have to do with building future pipelines in Iraq, and accuses the president of being a puppet taking orders from a cell phone. ...

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Teen parents are less likely to give their proper nutrition, health care, social stimulation, and old fashioned nurturing-the things ALL kids need to get a good start in life. ... Each year, more than three million teens contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD), accounting for about one fourth of the twelve million Americans infected annually. ...

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"Young people are forced to create their own "speakeasies" in secret locations where they, too, must gulp their alcohol in the absence of moderating social control." ... When people turn 18 they are responsible enough to vote, go to war, have kids, and enter into contracts, but not to drink. ...

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Some of these include expenditures on war, the enforcement of law and public order, protection of property, economic infrastructure (roads, legal tender, enforcement of contracts, etc.), public works, social engineering, and the operation of government itself. ...

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Throughout history, certain periods of time have been given certain names based on the happenings that occurred. Many have called the period of 1865 to 1901 the "Gilded Age", because it was "shiny and pretty" on the outside but it was "rough and ugly" underneath. The term "Gilded Age" was actually c...

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Social Darwinism also had a racialist tinge, providing intellectual justification for laws and social practices that kept African Americans, Indians, certain categories of immigrants, and women second-class citizens who were often denied the vote and basic right to property ownership. ... As a result of these efforts, Congress in 1868 mandated an eight-hour workday for federal construction projects, and in 1885 it passed the Contract Labor Law. ...

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Hobbes and Locke provide the answers to this question in the form of a social contract. ... The constitution owes its legitimacy to the Declaration of Independence, which all but quotes Locke's views of the social contract. ...

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Beth Rubin, in Shifts in the Social Contract, speaking of the post war period, says, "The labor-capital accord emerged in the unionized core of the economy, particularly in manufacturing industries, in the immediate post-war period. It coordinated the interests of workers and employers by restructuring their relationships around a new social contract. ...

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However, the 1950's were also an era of great conflict, as people realized that the freedom that they so painstakingly fought for has only been attained by a privileged few, that freedom was nothing but a speech made by masters who broke off their chains but not the ridicule and shame that comes with it; that even with them freed from their contracts, they are as bound to it, still, as though they have never been freed from the first place. ... Society has branded them as the inferior race for quite a long time, marked them with social disgrace and humility for scores of years, that even...

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Besides being legal to place in prison and enter into contracts there isn't much to look forward to. ... It is now looked down upon by society to drink and drive; rather it is socially acceptable for you to have a Designated Driver.* Both alcohol and the responsibility that goes with it have come a long way over the years. ...

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The term affirmative action is applied to the use of racial, ethnic, or gender preferences set apart a variety of social benefits. ... The goals were later extended to college admissions and of government contracts. ...

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Sherry Atkinson Dr. Bunce English 1123/18 03/06/03 Crime and punishment An issue that has continually created tension in today's society is whether the death penalty serves as a justified and valid form of punishment. Whenever the word "death penalty" comes up, extremists from both sides...

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The first foreigners that came to Hawaii brought a new way of living to all the islands. The increase of foreign values opened the eyes of Hawaiians and gave them a new perspective on resources, but created a negative impact on the health and mentality of the Hawaiian people. In the movie Hawaii, a...

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If the U.S. had have convinced Japan that Russia would use force, the Japanese may have felt that it was necessary to give up, as at the time Russia was the only nation with whom Japan maintained a neutrality contract. ... The Committee on Political and Social Problems submitted to President Truman a report called The Franck Report on June 11, 1945. ...

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The reason for this was that social and religious custom did not approve or look kindly upon women or girls being in public with an uncovered head. ... Instead of a meetinghouse being the center of the community, the waterways and roads became a place of social life a brief moment for colonists to sit back and relax was very rare and very savored. ...

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In addition to the question of which teenagers become pregnant, interest is shown in the social consequences of early parenthood. ... Teen mothers may have limited social contacts and friendships because they do not have time for anything other than their baby. Lack of social life and time for herself may cause the teenage mother to become depressed or have severe mental anxiety (Johnson, 1995). ... Researchers say that the recent trends in sexual activity and contraceptive use are the result of a number of factors, including a greater emphasis on abstinence, more conservative attitudes abo...

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Prison companies have established an interest with private corporations to make money off Blacks doing reduced work, "even producing advertisements to bring in business and land contracts, touting prison labor as a cheap alternative to outsourcing to other countries" (Fredrick, 2012). ... Blacks and Hispanics are considered poor because of lack of education, unemployed, social environment. ...

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This socially constructed condition does not fade much because of the perpetual nature of humans to pass down beliefs and culture from one generation to the next. ... This shows that most of the information we receive on social events comes from articles and reports of the media. ... Media manipulation makes racism a socially constructed condition, and an awfully lucrative one. In fact, in 2012 the combined budget for the most obvious federal agencies whose role is to favor blacks, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the HUD or Housing Urban Development, the Office of Federal ...

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Research has suggested that biological, psychological, and social factors play an important in the development of ones body image (Barlow and Durand, 1995). However, it appears that social factors play the key role. ... For example, one of my sources states "Pamela Anderson's contract for Baywatch strictly forbade her to gain weight. ...

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Eugene Genovese believed that slaveholders were more concerned about social status and power that they received from owning more slaves. ... This caused the value of the slaves to increase and owning slaves showed social status. ...

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