Essays on American Government

Introduction

The assassination of Luther King is one of the conspiracy theories that has sparked a lot of controversy. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader was killed on April 1968 using a sniper bullet. King was killed while on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel located in Memphis. The conspiracy theory regarding the death of Martin Luther King Jr. does not have sufficient evidence that would make it possible to peg the death of King on particular individuals. This is because some of the evidence to assert the claims do not have sufficient backing as they are different

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Abstract

In May 2013 – like 1999 and previous disasters – many people were killed by tornadoes, apart from hundreds being injured and a lot of property being destroyed in Oklahoma. Despite being a yearly event, the government has not made any progress in the way of controlling these disasters, due to the difficulty of predicting them. From the effects of the disasters, the government has remained reactive, and this led to the conclusion that it should declare the area inhabitable. This is likely the best solution to the problem, because the death, injury and the destruction of property is massive, and

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Introduction

The Cherokee Nation was a very contentious matter in the quest of the United States (US) to expand its territorial domains westward of North America during the 19th century. Although the Cherokees, regarded by the US as an Indian tribe, have asserted their right to sovereignty over part of what is now known as the state of Georgia, they are nevertheless subjected to a series of paper trails by the US government that, in turn, led it to acquire jurisdiction over their lands. It is from that moment where calls for an independent Cherokee Nation grew stronger, yet President

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Chicago/Turabian

Red Cloud or Mahpiya Luta is a famous and strong Native American leader in American history. Red Cloud is well known for his capabilities and strengths shown during Red Cloud’s War and various other important events. Red Cloud was principle chief of Sioux’s largest band Oglala Teton, Lakota, and was among one of the most powerful chiefs of American tribal history. Red cloud leads the band from 1866 to 1909. Red cloud leads American army to fight another war after the civil war, and gave tough challenges to the American army. Red cloud depicted great leadership qualities

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The US government has played a critical role in expanding its foreign aid to other global nations. Despite the fact that the US has given direct support to many nation-states around the world, it is important to note that the US is one of the developed nations that deal with hunger and poverty problems. Also, the debt ceiling in the US has risen over the years to about $17 trillion because of US offering aid to other nations such as Israel, Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria among other nation-states (Eberstadt, 2009, p.116). Thus, the US should limit their involvement in

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The struggle started with this news, when Hamid Karzai’s government quietly started to release prisoners from Bagram prison in 2013. Parwan Detention Facility or also called the Bagram Theater Internment Facility is located in U.S. airbase, in Bagram. This facility has a long dramatic history, were torturing dozens of prisoners were disclosed. The control of this prison was handed to Afghan Authorities in a small ceremony on September 10, 2012. Later the Afghan authorities started to classify the prisoners into two groups: The first group is identified as criminals and they’ll wait for criminal prosecution, the second

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Indian/Native American Boarding Schools

Native Americans were marginalized and suppressed by the US government in the 19th century. Given that the Native Americans were the minority in the country and acted as a threat to the state, they were forced into reservations where they could be easily monitored by the US government (Adams 67). Though the Native Americans were oppressed in their livelihood, some chose to continue embracing their culture and not that of the foreigner. In the late 19th century, the Native American youth were forced into boarding schools where they had to adapt to the European way of life (Hirschfelder 28).

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Tony Horwitz examines the Confederates in the attic by looking at the events that transpired in America during the Civil war. Horwitz believes that Civil war is not over in that the Northern American states have a different perspective compared to the South and this has been the case for a long time (Horwitz 61). It is important to know that most Northern states supported the end of slavery whereas the South did not want to end slave trade. As a result, this is of the escapades that sparked the Civil war in the 19th century. Most white southerners

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Martin Marger writes that race is a human invention (Marger, 2009, p.17). The art of race has resulted into social injustice and oppression of a certain members of a particular racial group. Biology indicates that one’s race or ethnicity does not define one’s ability or social status in the society. This is points out that biologically, we are equal in that one’s DNA does not show if one is white or colored (Marger, 2009, p.11). This shows that the terms race and ethnicity are terms constructed by the society so as to form a hierarchy in

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Introduction

The government of the United States (US) regards the civil rights of each of its citizens with utmost importance, regardless of race, gender, or affiliation. The recognition of the importance of protecting the civil rights of every citizen renders the US government as the single largest protector. Yet, in cases where the US government requires the waiving of such duty, it has to provide compelling reasons subject to the strict scrutiny test of the US Supreme Court (SC). The case of Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu v. United States (Korematsu v. US), decided in 1944, served as the first instance where

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George Bush, five years later then the attack to the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, gives a speech from a written text (Bush, George 2006). He basically explains how the terrorist attack to the Twin Towers happened and what the US Government has done to prevent future terrorist attacks to the US. According to him, the terrorist groups hidden in the shadow of the US community with no name and no country background have formed some small groups and these small groups have planned some terrorist attacks to the American citizens. With the information gathered

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In today’s world, information travels from one source to the other in no time. This maybe not only accredited to the advanced technology that is incessantly progressing, but it may also be caused by great minds. The best example that has currently strangled the government and the international media is the case of Edward Snowden who is the person behind NSA leaks.
The National Security Agency (NSA) is USA’s official cryptology intelligence organization which was founded in 1952 with the aim of safeguarding the integrity of the national communication system along with looking into the matters of

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Introduction

When the European settlers came to North America, it was already inhabited by an indigenous group of people. In the 19th century white Americans came with the idea of Manifest Destiny and in order to realize their idea of possessing the entire continent of North America, they began removing Native Americans from their ancestral homeland into reserved territories for the Indians. The US government initiated the One Big Reservation policy in 1851 and according to this policy Native Americans were to shift into 'One Big Reservation' but the constant migration of European settlers, the evolution of transportation technology which

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Question 1

The AIM leaders and dissidents of the Oglala took on the US government because the community was being marginalized in their own country. The Oglala people had been tortured and killed by security officials in the US government. They had also been displaced from their own native land that they had connected with for a long period before the arrival of the Europeans in North America. The Aim leaders felt that there culture and spiritual life was being taken away from them by the US government. These leaders were of the view that the Oglala people were being stripped

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(History: Slavery and the American civil war)

The United States of America has experienced a lot of changes and challenges throughout the past centuries, before finally attaining its democracy in 1776. The seventeenth and the eighteen centuries saw a lot of radical changes take place in the country’s political administration, leading to its stabilization and acquisition of sovereign power. At the same time, becoming a sovereign state presented new, unexpected challenges to the country, and some of these included the fact that there was the American slavery, that has been introduced and started by Britain, American former colonizers.

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