I settled down in Oklahoma which is known to be one of the religious states in the "Bible Belt". ... As mentioned earlier, The United States is a highly religious country. ... The very language of the Constitution and Bill of Rights suggest that, though created with Christian morals in the back of their minds, the framers of the Constitution intended America to be a nation free from any one religious authority. ... Published on June 12th, 1776, the actual Virginia Constitution of 1776 would be published weeks later on the 29th of June. ... This shared sentiment meant "it becomes the duty of ...

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Most Americans today do not realize that the constitution that our country is run by today was not the first constitution written. ... The northern delegates were afraid that any attempt they made to abolish slavery would have caused the five southern states to refuse to ratify the constitution (Welch 33). The 10th Amendment was also added and it stated, "[ ] the powers not delegated to the United States Federal Government by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the State respectively or to the people (Barker 22)". ... Everyone just assumed that the constit...

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Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. ... The constitution of the United States contains a Bill of Rights that describes simple liberties and rights insured to every person in the United States. Although the Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution, ci...

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Subsequently, Hancock led to the post war effort in developing the republican government in the United States. ... He then went on, and with the popular support, was named president of the United States, where he set precedence still existent today, economically, politically, and socially. ... It was there that Lee impacted the histories of both the United States and Great Britain's. ... It was there that his betrayal of the United States took place, selling out the continental army, revealing sensitive information. ... He maintained that such policy as the popularly elected presi...

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This was continued through to the constitution. ... In this survey 80% of Americans agreed with the statement "the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart from other nations as the greatest in the world.... Many saw the possible tensions emerging between the United States and the Soviet Union and actually called for the Government to maintain a foreign policy that would ameliorate the tensions. ... As John Fousek states "No anti-soviet consensus yet existed.... "25 In Truman's speech he made it known that "the Uni...

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Undoubtedly the greatest injustice in the United States to this day is the white's treatment of African-Americans, specifically slavery. ... One reason for this is that there are many things in the United States today that only African-Americans can do. ... Because of this separation in entertainment, courts, and employment, it is fair to say that it is easier to be black than white in the United States today. Another reason why one would be better off being black than white in the United States today is the laws regarding race. ... A final reason African-Americans have an advantage over ...

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Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The "Province Bell" would later be renamed "Liberty Bell" after its inscription - Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof And although the signing of the Declaration was not completed until August, the 4th of July has been accepted as the official anniversary of United States independence. ... The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen...

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Because my intended audiences are telecommunication class 605, my analysis will be confined to the portions that deal with telecom and its effect; it will also touch on the fourth amendment right guaranteed in the constitution. ... The fourth amendment states that: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized...

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I am sure that citizens of the United States who are not convicted felons or mental patients can and do carry concealed handguns without posing a risk to their fellow Americans. ... GUN CONTROL Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. ... Because of fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a handgun, the introduction of legislation for gun control, to try to reduce the crime in the United States, has been a hotly debated issue in recent years. ... Opponents...

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All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. ... Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to the individual states. ... By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. ... This division in views led several of the southern states to succeed from the union and form the Confederate States of America and so the Civil War began as a necessary evil to end slavery in North America and reform the United States. ...

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With this simple yet important theory in mind dissecting the past and present United States fiscal budgets helps us developed an idea of the order of importance of different areas of concentration in the nation. ... "The first pillar is really to protect the homeland, to ensure that we can deter threats against the United States and defeat threats if necessary. ... In a statement made February thirteenth 2013 President Obama stated "I propose working with States to make high-quality preschool available to every child in Americaand make sure none of our children start the race of l...

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Our national Constitution and Bill of Rights have ensured that the people of America maintain their basic rights, and more. ... The founding fathers made it crystal clear in the Constitution that the ability to own guns is a right, and this decision has been confirmed by our nation's courts and by the custom and practice of the generations that came before us throughout our history. ... The founding fathers anticipated that gun control could become a serious issue in the future, so they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The Second Amendment states: "A well-regulated mil...

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The United States had expanded all the way to the Pacific Ocean and was rapidly becoming a major industrial and commercial nation. ... The supporters of states' rights held that the national government was a league of independent states, any of which had the right to secede. ... Five other states - Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana - followed in January 1861. In February, representatives from the six states met in Montgomery, Ala., and established the Confederate States of America. ... He had always been a strong foe of emigration and repatriation schemes, but the i...

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According to Harvard Health Publication, studies show states with stricter or more gun laws have a lower rate of violence from guns. A study took the average of each state's ranking to determine its overall level of gun violence relative to other states. ... Fleeger pointed to states with many gun laws like Massachusetts, which had 3.4 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, and New Jersey, which had 4.9 gun-deaths per 100,000 people. Conversely, he focused on states with fewer laws like Louisiana, which had 18 deaths per 100,000 individuals and Alaska, which had 17.5 deaths per 100,000 in...

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Liberalism not only influenced equality but it was the basic idea behind the United States of America constitution. ... The Supreme Court in America at first fought against this proposed plan because it was thought that a policy of this kind would be going against the constitution because it was proposing state intervention. ... This however, was only in New York, but soon after other states passed similar laws. ...

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Amendments to the Constitution Article XIV ( adopted in 1868) Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. ... ; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ... The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any other State on the account of race...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form...

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Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, led his 2000 presidential campaign with education at the top of his agenda. ... As a part of a larger movement towards school choice, the school voucher systems have been proposed in several states and cities across the nation including Milwaukee, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, however, the motion was not passed in all cities into which they were introduced. ... The expanded program met immediate legal challenges, and by June 10, 1998, the Supreme Court of the state of Wisconsin ruled that the expanded Milwaukee voucher program -...

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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven M. Gillon brings to attention the ten days that the History Channel believes to be some of the most influential days in America. Gillon purposefully avoided obvious days, such as the bombing and Pearl Harbor or the signing of the Constitution in o...

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