The response to this period of uncertainty was a movement towards reform and an ever increasing desire for order and control amongst the people. ... Between 1830 and 1860 the level of technology used in American industry and manufacturing began to develop as steps were taken towards modernization. ... Inventions such as Goodyear's process of vulcanizing rubber, Howe's sewing machine, McCormick's mechanical reaper, and John Deere's steel plow revolutionized their respective industries. It was through this process of modernization that industry in America was born. ... The p...

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Along with this process comes the low regard for the minority student population, not much is done to try and help integrate the minority students. ... While I feel that I am not being treated equally, minorities aren't necessarily gaining from the process as a whole either. ... They then brought a lawsuit against the school claiming the admissions point-based process was unconstitutional because it gave an automatic twenty-point bonus to minorities. ... " 'Affirmative action' means positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of empl...

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There are seven key principles that satisfy a democracy, which includes: equality in voting, effective participation, enlightened understanding, citizen control of the agenda, inclusion, rule of decision, and representation. ... The government system of America is set up so that if a person feels their values are not protected, they can take certain steps to get their voice heard. ... To get an amendment passed it must go through a very democratic process; it must pass through both Houses and be approved by the President, and then it can possibly be reviewed by the Supreme Court. ...

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However, women have taken control of their own lives and are not longer listening to such nonsense. ... Women have taken control of their professional life and in doing so will make themselves more aware of political actions that could effect their businesses. ... He states that if he is elected president he assures Americans that no matter what subject comes across his desk during his term should it be birth control, divorce, censorship or gambling he will make his decision "in accord with what my conscience tells me to be in the national interest and without regard to outside religious press...

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In extreme cases, it can take the form of efforts to control or exterminat Frasier 2 members of the group. ... Moreover, laws prohibiting discrimination are not only concerned with the hiring and firing process. ... For a victim of discrimination there are four steps that are highly recommended to follow 1). ...

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Though many democratic nations provide their citizens with healthcare access, the United States tries to concentrate the control of medicine into the hands of big businesses like the insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies. ... (p. 154) These figures show the effects on the consumer, who as a stakeholder has been excluded from a lot of the decision-making processes effecting such things as healthcare costs and the laws surrounding them. ... (Cummings, 2006, p. 1) This points to the biggest problem that the healthcare industry must fight, which is the economic prejudice that seems to co...

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