Voting College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction
There were rich landowners who ruled like medieval Dukes and kept their workers in a very sorry state. They did not have enough basic necessities to survive. There was imbalance in the country. Most of the resources went to the rich and a change was necessary in the country. Mexico’s state of development was very slow and could not easily catch up with other countries if the required change never took place.
The Mexican revolution was very necessary in order to bring this system of oppression to a halt. However, the revolution had a lot of negative ...

Introduction

A government is the organization arms these are legislature, the judiciary, or the executive. All the nations of the world always need to have a form of government that will help them to avoid having anarchy. Democratic government is that the government that allows the citizens of a nation to manage their government either directly or through the elections of representatives’ .In contrasts the authoritarian government that does not allow direct participation of citizens. There are two major types of democratic governments; these are the presidential and the legislative systems.

The presidential system

The president in this system is the head of ...

Constitutional differences between presidential and parliamentary systems are well known, however, the practical effects of these different constitutional arrangements have not received much attention. This article compares presidential and parliamentary systems. These systems are the most popular kinds of democratic governments. They have both common and different features. In both presidential and parliamentary systems, the chief executive person can be impeached from the position by the legislature only that the process is different. The most prominent difference is the way election is done and the debate style. This article gives two best examples of these democratic systems: the United ...

Introduction

The impact of ethnicity and culture in America shows that a voter inclination towards the “closest” person in the election race is based on issues related to ethnic and partisan identification. What influences voters to make a particular voting decision? From the reading, I have come to the opinion that the voter's decision is skewed depending on the candidate’s position, partisanship and evolution, which in turn are influenced by population statistics such as ethnicity, place of residence, socioeconomic factors and religion.
I have come to learn that, American politics is under the influence of ethnic and partisanship. Voters ...

Partisan Polarization in United States

Introduction
This paper will support the ideology, that political partisan polarization in the United States, usually causes inefficiently and uncertainty in policy making. Not only because of the unusual significant levels of ideological polarization, among lawmakers or voters that produce very large variance in policy making. Reasonably, the problem of extreme gridlock in a unique form of two presidential party democracy in which the status quo changes frequently thus, requiring defections from the opposing members of legislation (Lawrence, 2010). This study paper will evaluate the argument that it is hard to achieve these defections, not because of the increased ...

Political Opinion and Factors Affecting Voting Process

Abstract
People share common interests, their opinion express their attitudes on a particular subject, when people share the same point of view; they have what we call consensus or simply, public opinion. In politics, things sound a bit different. The most common way to understand public opinion in democratic countries is elections. Elections can give a good indicator of who will staff the government; they give public the chance to express their political tendencies. However, elections cannot be the only basis for measuring public opinion, as they reflect only the opinion of those who participated in voting process. Other ...

Introduction

This research will use the coverage that the televisions and other audiovisual devices had to analyze the 2012 presidential elections. In essence, the United States of America’s election in the year 2012 was the 57th presidential elections in the history of the nation. The contestants included the Democrat’s Barack Obama, with Joe Biden as his running mate and Republican’s Mitt Romney, with Paul Ryan being his running mate. The election was closely contested and for the first time, it became difficult to predict the course of the results. Both candidates seemed strong and were backed by ...

Compulsory voting is that system of voting in elections where voters are forced to attend to a polling place or obliged to vote in elections. In the event that an eligible voter does not vote on the elections day or does not attend the police place, he/she may be subjected to punitive measures like community services or fines or even imprisonment. The main logic behind compulsory voting is to ensure that there is large voter turnout during elections. This will be an indication that the winning candidates during the population should clearly represent a majority of the population and ...

The re-construction era was the period after the civil war. It took place between 1865 and 1877. Abraham Lincoln began planning for the reconstruction during the Civil War because there were many union soldiers from the areas of the South. His goal was to bring the Nation together. In December 1863, he proposed his plan for reconstruction which demanded the States new constitutions stop slavery.
Congress proposed an amendment to abolish slavery in the United States in January 1865. Congress formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery in 18th December 1865. In April 1865, the Civil War ended. A ...

Emerging trends have a remarkable influence in the future of politics. This include; new technologies, conflict transformation, new superpower and multi-stakeholder dialogues. These trends will gradually shape the politics of the future for the nations of the world.
Multi-stakeholder dialogues as well multi-trek dialogues involve; media, religious groups, nonprofit activists, business people and the officials of the government. These groups hold discussions to solve political issues. These include; corruption, gender representation among others. During these dialogues several ideas are generated. These influence the future by drawing various perspectives on how political practices are to be shaped to suit the ...

Voter Turnout in the U.S. Compared To Other Countries
When measuring citizen participation in the democratic process, an obvious instrument is voter turnout. Knowing how many people voted in an election and who they are is valuable information for the government to have. Voter turnout can be measured in a number of ways. The percentage of registered voters who actually voted can be counted, the percentage citizens eligible to vote who voted, or the number of citizens of legal voting age who voted can be counted to see how many citizens voted in any election. These methods to count ...

Women's Suffrage

Introduction
Voting right for women seems a very logical action now but it was not the same 200 years back. In fact, there were no voting rights granted to women anywhere in the world till the 19th century when men were only allowed to vote in all democracies. United States was notan exception either. As per the documented history, Lydia Taft of Massachusetts was the first woman to be allowed to vote in town meetings during 1750s (Bridgman and Mills 1994). New Jersey had a law that restricted a person from voting on the basis ofa minimum level of ...

A. Timberot plc

Timberot plc can only go after Leonard, but not Mashup plc. The reason for this is at that time the parties entered into an agreement, Mashup plc had no legal personality yet and, therefore, did not have the capacity to contract. Such legal personality only became real as of the date of its incorporation stated in the certificate of incorporation, which evidences conclusively that the company has complied with all the requirements of registration and is thus, duly registered as a company. As of the date of incorporation, a company is given a legal personality and all the capabilities ...

Investment Options Recommendations

Introduction
This paper entails an analysis and review of the available investment options in companies that fall within the start-up economy category. This analysis is based on the specific investment needs of a client who wishes to invest some of his capital in a non-publicly owned firm. The client is 50 years old, and this implies that his investment risk profile is not as high as that of relatively younger investors. In this regard, this paper will advise the client on the stock investment options that are available in his preferred company profiles. Accordingly, this paper will focus on ...

Gender roles have not always be the same from generation to generation. There has been a variation of gender roles from the 19th Century up to now. This paper will track these changes for a scenario in utopia (Keddie).
In the 19th Century, all decisions were made by men. Women had no say in anything even the matters that concerned them. It was seen that the role a woman could play was in the kitchen, tending the house and gardens, washing and activities like yarning and sewing. Men on the other hand did tasks like fighting wars, working for ...

Is American democracy working?

Democracy refers to rule by the people to the people and for the people particularly as the government either indirectly or directly through elected representatives (Skocpol and Morris 12). The voters usually end up supporting whom they perceive to offer the best promises at the moment, regardless of the long-term consequences to the nation. Voting, in other words, is a contest based on short-term rewards rather than long-term vision.
U.S is a country made up of fifty states. It is known as the world's superpower. Being that it is made up of many states; each state has a difference ...

Causes of the Movement and what Participants were attempting to Achieve

The civil rights movement occurs as one of the most pertinent events in the history of the United States. The primary cause of the civil rights movement was the unequal treatment of the blacks. Precisely, the blacks had limited rights compared to the whites who enjoyed a wider array of rights. In a nutshell, the main factor that prompted the emergence of the civil rights movement was the discrimination of blacks in terms of job allocation, and resource allocation. The civil rights movement were established with the primary intent of fighting public authorities and social systems that denied certain ...

Introduction

One of the most depictable historic events was the appointment of Roosevelt as the president of the United States. Before becoming the president, Roosevelt had realized that many people were calling for the attention towards the exploitation of the child labor, the corruption in the city governments, the ruthlessness of the business empires owned by a few individuals and the lynching of individuals. In order to tackle the issue of business exploitation, Roosevelt had to deal with the already grown corporate power. Through the introduction of the Anti-trust laws, the Justice Department sprang 44 anti-trust suits, impeaching railroad, beef, ...

The right to vote is the principal right an individual living in a democratic country is entitled to. In fact, voting is a fundamental right that every citizen must exercise, as a part of the larger duty of decision making for the government. There are one hundred and seventeen recognized electoral democracies. Of these twenty two have laws making it compulsory for citizens to exercise their voting rights impending which they may face punitive action (Frankal). Also out of these twenty two democratic countries, eleven countries implement these laws. Australia is one such democratic nation with compulsory voting for ...

Referendum on Independence

Introduction
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has gradually gained popularity among citizens in Scotland since its creation in the 1930s, and is now the third largest party in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 2011 the SNP made history when it gained the majority of seats in the Scottish Parliament. For the first time in history the SNP had a majority government, and so began their journey towards independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In September of 2014, that journey was halted when citizens of Scotland voted “no” to the ...

In 1965 after state police gunned down peaceful, unarmed people who were marching to the Capitol, in Alabama, President Johnson realized the increasing violence involved in discriminatory actions against those working towards civil rights. He signed and enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which not only ensured all citizens the right to vote but also included sections to protect those who voted. Special sections included the provision that citizens couldn’t be discriminated against for voting purposes based on the results of literacy tests and a provision that provided protection for all voters in areas of the country ...

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Recently, the state of Pennsylvania passed a rather restrictive voter ID law that demands a photo identification that has the individual’s address along with a date of expiry. For a person to obtain such an ID, the basic requirements are a birth certificate, and occasionally one or more trips to various other distant nations to obtain locally issued state government identification. It was also reported in the news that a state government employee in-charge of assisting people in issues related to the voter ID is offering wrong advice and misguiding the citizens ...

The Ballot or the Bullet is a speech given by the civil right leader Malcolm X at a symposium on April 3, 1964. In his speech, Malcolm stated that African Americans contine to exist as second class citizens deprived of their civil rights due to the failure of the Congress to grant it to them despite their promises made during previous elections. His tone was militant, and he used cold, precise logic to arouse anger within his audience to urge them to claim their rights even if they had to resort to violence because “time has run out” (Malcolm ...

In the United States, the president and his or her running mate are not voted for directly through the popular vote. Instead, there is a system referred to as the Electoral College. An electoral college is a slate of electors in every state who promise to vote for the presidential candidate chosen by the popular vote in that, when a presidential gets for example 51 percent of the votes in a state like Texas, following the winner-take-all system, that candidate is sure of the electoral college votes of that state provided that he or she has obtained the threshold ...

There are several similarities between the assertions that professors Kuhlman and Woodworth-Ney makes about women suffrage. The two of them contend that different regions achieved suffrage at different times in history. However, Kuhlman has a global focus while Woodworth-Ney focuses on the USA for their discussions on women suffrage. Nations acquired woman suffrage in different times in history. There is also evidence to absence of patterns because when women were granted suffrage in different nations whether east or west. Kuhlman notes that there are female second-class citizens in different parts of the world. African countries mostly granted woman suffrage ...

Women’s suffrage can be defined as the women’s right to vote as well as to vie for an electoral post. Women’s right to vote had been suppressed in the earlier days of democracy. However, in Finland, Sweden, as well as some states in the western United States limited voting rights had been gained by the 19th century. International, as well as national organizations, formed to organize and coordinate efforts to gain women's voting rights, as well as equal civil rights for women. Coming to the 20th century nations of the North America as well as several ...

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OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position as a Security Professional or Probation Officer in a people-oriented organization where I can maximize my criminal justice knowledge to achieve the corporate goals.

Crew Member, September 2014- Present, McDonalds Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
- Provides customers with quick and accurate service
- Operates cash register, prepares menu items
- Performs general cleaning of the restaurant, cook station and cooking utensils

Parent Scholar, September 2009 – February 2011, Huey School, Philadelphia, PA

- Assisted teacher with clerical and instructional duties in the classroom
- Assisted teacher with classroom supervision, and overall classroom management
- Acted as liaison between parents and ...

Has “Say on Pay” Been Successful in the U.S.A?
“Say on Pay” (SOP) has been a visible way for shareholders and the government to reduce the growing salaries of CEO’s, by allowing a vote on their remuneration. Critics have argued that such laws will do very little except take power away from the Board of Directors and make it more difficult to retain CEO’s with expertise. This paper tries to refute these claims and argues that the not so perfect SOPs have met some of the needs of shareholders who want to vote on CEO salaries. SOP ...

McConnell versus Grimes for United States Senate

- Introduction
When most Americans think about election time, they often refer to the Presidential election that occurs every four years. However, the outcomes of the United States midterm election most often affect Americans on an individual level compared to the outcomes of the Presidential race. Midterm elections are held every two years after the four-year Presidential election has occurred.
Virtually all United States Congress, including the House of Representatives and Senate, have seats up for grabs, and at least three-fourths of our 50 states will hold gubernatorial elections as well (Pfiffner and Davidson 254). It should come as ...

In the aftermath of the Scottish referendum -- which resulted in the Scots' voting against becoming independent from the United Kingdom -- the English Question has again come to the fore, and does not appear to be answered anytime soon. However, there are a myriad of potential solutions to the English Question, each of which have their merits.
At the heart of the English Question is whether other member governments of the United Kingdom -- Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales -- should be able to weigh in with equal input regarding policies that affect only England. First coined in ...

Introduction

The principle of democracy and promoting the rule of law are two aspects modern constitutions seek to achieve, whether at state or federal level. Democracy connotes majority consensus on the part of the citizens in defining and shaping key issues. It would be inaccurate to assume that the American constitution is inherently democratic (pure democracy for that matter). Essentially, elections are carried out by the majority of the citizenry who choose officials (Chiappinelli, 2007). These officials are given the responsibility of determining the country’s direction. This way, democracy is transformed from the determination of many to where few ...

1. Why was the term “gilded” an accurate description for the last quarter of the 19th century?
Mark Twain is credited with using the term ‘gilded’ to describe the last quarter of the 19th century America, particularly the years from 1870 to 1900. Twain had used the term ‘gilded age’ in a satirical manner. He draws an analogy with the thin covering of gold on various artifacts that provides a shiny veneer to the object and hides the baseness of the material used to make it. This is an apt description because towards the end of the 19th century, ...

Introduction

The right to suffrage is accorded to every citizen of a nation given some of the limits dictated in the constitution. When limits are discussed, these pertain to restrictions awarded to an individual that deters their free participation in the process of appointing the rightful individuals who would take office a seat in a public office. This makes the right to vote one of the supreme and basic rights of individuals. However, as mentioned earlier, this can be suspended as deemed necessary by law or as previously decided by the drafters of the constitution or legislation warranting sufficient basis ...

Voting, Campaigns and Elections

Voting is one of the important activities that citizens take part in most nations (Barnes et al., 02). It is a process where citizens gather in support of a given idea hoping to influence political processes. It is through government participation by letter writing, campaigning and carrying out political rallies. It is a very good step in the civic engagement. Most people argue and equate voting with health process. Since the 20th Century, the study shows that voter turnout in America has been declining (Medvic, 04). Political engagement influences many things in a country; hence, voter turnouts are very ...

For more than 225 years, the American people have been governed by a federal democracy that has inspired many nations around the world to emulate this form of government with varying degrees of success. One of the reasons attributed to the stability of the American government is the way political power has been fragmented to be shared between the states and the federal government. Nevertheless, as successful as American democracy has been for the past two centuries, it is not without its problems. An aspect of major criticism has been the way the president of the United States is ...

“What political forces are involved in the Presidential election?” – The Party System In order to best understand the political forces involved in a presidential election, it is necessary to delve into the intricacies of the American political party system, and how these forces interrelate. Political parties essentially exist as a means to an end for politicians, who use them as a vehicle to advance their own agendas; parties are not created in a vacuum, but instead happen as a result of these politicians’ drives and goals (Aldrich 4). The primary parties involved in American presidential elections are the Democratic ...

The Reality of “Accepted Truths” Today

The Reality of “Accepted Truths” Today

Introduction

Studying political science necessitates critical thought on the status of “accepted truths” as applied to contemporary American politics in comparison to its past. Review of the literature whether this remains an appropriately assigned characteristic of American politics as recognized forty years ago frames the discourse of the scholastic task presented in this document. Von Eckardt (1995) advises “The truth of an argument alone makes it convincing (when it is) undeniable or self-evident, that is, evident by its own terms and definitions, it forms one of the axioms of politics (Von Eckardt, 1959, p. ...

Lycurgus of Sparta

Lycurgus of Sparta was a very important figure in the history of Sparta as well as that of the world because of his actions that have shaped history and have put Sparta on the historical map. He is well known for the military reforms he brought to Sparta. He was born at around the eight century BC, and this is according to how some ancient historians put it. His life, actions as well as his legacy have mostly been depicted through Plutarch’s work with the most notable being ‘life of Lycurgus’ and is a form of collection of ...

Unlike the three previous election years, 2004 was different in the focus of the main political parties was on foreign affairs. 2004 pitted the incumbent president George W. Bush against the Senator John Kelly. I thought the commercials for this election year focused on the strengths and convictions of the respective candidates. This was very commendable because the ads sold the best sides of the candidates to the populace. In a way the candidates did not fight fair during the election. For instance, when he was not selling himself as a capable commander-in-chief, he was portraying his opponent as ...

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Introduction: Definition
For the better understanding of the topic “The changes of women rights,” first of all it is important to mention what does the word “right” mean. According to the Legal Dictionary, “right” – it is a power or privilege, particular freedoms that are possessed by a particular person or law. That means that with particular rights we can make more actions in our life, we have more freedom for changing things or for creating new ones. (The Free Dictionary.) So, it means, that we all have our own freedoms and privileges concerning our personal way of life. But ...

The subject of the Electoral College has caused much debate over the past few decades within the United States, especially during election time. The reasoning behind the debate is the fact that the voters’ individual selections are not actually tallied up to determine the winner of the election, but rather their votes are translated into Electoral College votes to determine the winner. In many cases, the winner of the Electoral College votes is not actually the candidate who earned the majority of individual votes from the country’s voters.
One alternative which could be substituted for the Electoral College ...

EthosThis is when the author influences the reader to listen to him by the prove that the article is original and from a reliable source. The use of Ethos: in the introduction of the text, the author links the contents of the arguments to the founding fathers of public choices such as; Kenn Arrow,Duncan Black, James Buchanan, Gordon Tullock, Anthony Downs, William Niskanen and others. The mention in itself that the aforementioned guys are the fathers of public choices creates the confidence to the audience that the content before them is original and from a relevant source. It ...

James Madison was the fourth President of the United States and one of the founding fathers of the nation. He wrote America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, as well as the Bill of Rights. Despite his many accomplishments, Madison is probably best known for his theories on democracy and democratic government, which has often described as Madisonian Democracy. Madison was a strong believer in democracy and the right of a people to choose their leaders by a majority of votes.
However, Madison also understood that if limits were not put on what a majority could do with ...

The 1960’s was marked by global complexities in culture and political trend. It is, however, the age of reform and rebirth in US history. The sixties were a decade that was full of promise and hope to follow the heightened social consciousness that opened the minds of the people. It was period that wishes to fight social injustice that corrupts the social system. To curve this, politics was perceived to be the best solution. However, many social and political analysts thought that it was presumptuous to assume that politics can provide a remedy to the ailing community. Among ...

Political science

Essay questions:
- What are the nature of the American political system and the importance of political participation?
- What is the importance of public opinion in politics and the various ways political opinions are developed.
- What are the branches of the United States government and what are their significance and importance.

Political participation

Political participation is a very crucial aspect of the American political system. It involves how citizens get to influence policy formulation their implementations, as well as selection of their political leaders. It is attributed to the fact that the people have the freedom of speech and ...

Business

Summary of the analysis essay
Arguably, Netflix has had its fair share of roller coaster conditions and battles for the past few years. They include posting losses in 2012, the CEO Hastings Reed posting enormous salary increase, which do not match the company’s financial conditions, and fluctuating stock among others. Among all these, arguably company-wrecking troubles, Netflix has managed to remain afloat and even post profits in the last quarters of 2012 onwards. However, according to Merced (2014) the Netflix shareholders want to vote on June 9, 2014 about a proposal to separate the roles of the chairman ...

The Hong Kong Student Association aims at promoting a culture of Hong Kong and facilitate the amelioration of the members’ lives. The participants of the elections are the active members who are admitted to the association without discrimination of their religion, sexual orientation, sex and color. The elections are held in every year unless in the case of an impeachment process for an elected leader as stipulated in the constitution. The campus politics just like the national politics involve numerous processes and intense campaigning since there is a competitor running for the same seat. The students’ unions have been ...

About the Club

The Hong Kong Student Association (HKSA) being a Hong Kong cultural club serves to promote culture and heritage to all interested students from Hong Kong. The group’s core purpose is to provide a strong network for its student and staff members to interact and encourage high member participation. Nonetheless, the club is supposed to provide opportunities for their counterparts from other countries to experience more about their country and culture (HKSA 1).

The April 2014 Elections

As per the constitution, each office position that is to be elected is supposed to be publicized. In this respect, the constitution states that the mandatory ...

I have always been interested in politics. I like following up on International politics, regional, national, ad local elections. The interest and enthusiasm that I had in general politics pushed me into getting into the college politics. I got nominated like any other interested candidate interested in the position of the president of the Hong Kong Student Association. I carried out my campaigns successfully. I made posters of my portrait and name so as to familiarize myself with my fellow students; who are the voters. Additionally, I made manifesto that showed all the good things that I would do ...

Introduction

The United States history has been written in a multiplicity of ways, but the ones that stand out even to the modern dispensation are the constitutional amendments. 13th, 14th, and 15th modifications to the USA constitution defined new rules of engagement in so far as the wellbeing of the citizenry was concerned (Rife and Bron, 14). The amendments provided a framework over which a number of issues could be understood. This text puts into perspective the effect of the amendments to the USA constitution and their impact in the modern dispensation.
The southern states in America reacted to the ...

Introduction

Women's suffrage is the right given to women to exercise their voting rights and to stand in elective office. After slavery was abolished, women wanted to have other rights such as voting rights. In the 19th century, women were not allowed to vote since their main responsibilities were to look after children at home and do household work. There are many convention movements that were formed to campaign for voting rights of women. Those who were allowed to vote were women with property and educated. These movements also campaigned for equal civil rights of women. It was after a ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech on that sweltering day in August, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he had high hopes for equality in America. All around him he saw the injustice that was being done to his fellow man, by his fellow man. He dreamed of a place where people could be free, and live safely without fear of one another. He recognized that though the slaves had been released from slavery, African Americans had yet to be set free. He saw the changes that needed to be made, and listed them poignantly. ...

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Abstract

The paper begins by highlighting the objectives of the essay, which are in a bid to argue for whether political parties should conduct their primaries in either open or closed nominations. The essay acknowledges that most parties are taking party nominations seriously because they foster internal democracy and participation. It goes further to conceptualize briefly both open and closed approaches in handling party elections. If a political party adopts the former, any registered voter is eligible to participate in its nominations. While if the party embraces the latter the registered party members only take part in its ...

Business Research for Decision Making

Rational decision-making is a process of identifying a problem, getting a solution, and then implementing through decision-making model. Every organization makes decisions that are very important to it; however, if the strategies used to make these decisions are not chosen well, then one is likely to make wrong decisions that can be very unhealthy to the performance of the business (Niu& Zhang, 2009). This has to be logically made through an organized approach like goal formation, identification of the problem, find out the method for solving the problem, learn about the alternatives, in case the one that has already ...

The amendment to the current US Constitution was years ago. There are clauses that one should amend in light of the current issues and trends in the American society.

The “natural born citizen” Clause

The Amendment 14 of the US Constitution provides that to be a president, a person must be born within the United States. In the past, various leaders have exemplified quality leadership in other political positions even though they did not meet the “natural born citizen criteria”. Such leaders include Elaine Chao (Taiwanese), Madeline Albright (Czechoslovakian born), and Jennifer Granholm (Canadian). As such, I would change Section 1 of Article 2 ...

The freedom of African- Americans came as a result of the abolition of slavery after the Civil War. Nearly all black persons were enslaved and endeavored to liberate themselves from the white masters. This essay examines the economic, political and social challenges that the freed African- Americans encountered and how they responded to overcome them.
The most severe difficulty after freedom was in the economic sphere. Though the freed men were emancipated and could enjoy constitutional freedoms just like the white Americans, their economic power was badly distorted by slavery. They found themselves extremely poor. As slaves, the blacks ...

One of Dr. Seuss’ most powerful stories is “The Sneetches.” These yellow creatures differentiate themselves from one another on the basis of whether or not they have a green star on their stomachs. Some do, and some don’t; whether or not you have one appears to be arbitrary. The people who do have stars lord it over those who don’t, shunning them and showing discrimination. One day, Sylvester McMonkey McBean (a Seussian Mr. Haney) shows up with a mysterious Star-On machine. For just $3, the Sneetches without stars can have one put onto their stomach. This agitates ...

Article of Confederation

Abstract
After the outbreak of revolutionary war in the seventeenth century, the former United States wanted to have its own government to replace the British government. The article of confederation was quickly drafted and acted as the first constitution to the people of America. That particular constitution had so many limitations and controversial provisions that the Americans were opposed to. Among the controversies was that the congress was not allowed to pass laws before getting the approval of the congress. This was because of the fact that a big majority of the thirteen states had to pass a vote ...

How to Kill a Bill in the U.S.
In the American political system, it is much easier to kill a proposed bill than it is to have one passed. Even though thousands of bills are introduced in congress each year, a very tiny fraction actually become law. It is unfortunate that majority of the thousands of bills that are sacrificed at the altar of America politics are public bills that mean a lot of good for the American people. Think of such bills as Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act, to name but ...

The Constitution of the USA gives states the authority and delegates them the power to conduct elections. However, despite this, there are certain federal requirements that not only shape but also constrain a state’s authority and power to regulate.
The main aspect of the Constitution’s electoral regulation is that of protection. It makes sure that the rights of all those citizens who are qualified to vote are protected, in both federal and state-wide elections. Most specifically, Constitutional amendments prohibit:
- The denial of the right to vote due to race, color or previous condition of servitude vide ...