Essays on American Government

Introduction

As engraved on the tombstone "A Soldier of the Revolution', Joseph Plumb Martin was indeed an ordinary soldier who died amidst poverty in 1850. He was an ordinary person who served bravely in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He is best known for his memoir titled 'A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier', which was first published anonymously in 1830. In this memoir, he gave a vivid account of all that transpired in the battlefield in front of his eyes. His account of war is devoid of any embellishment of Continue reading...

Introduction

Chrysler Group LLC is one of the largest automobile manufacturing companies in the world. Along with General Motors and Ford Motor Company, these three companies are known as the “big three” in the US market. Chrysler is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Currently, Chrysler is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Italian Automaker, Fiat S.P.A. The flagship brands of Chrysler are Chrysler 200 and 300, Dodge, Ram and Jeep. The journey of Chrysler was not always smooth. Upon its establishment in 1925, it soon became one of the most popular car brands in USA. From 1930s till late 1950s, Continue reading...

Intelligence Failure: The Iraq War

Introduction
Failure in a country’s Intelligence system often leads to devastating outcomes. The Americans and the British experienced Intelligence failure concerning the issue of Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This failure came up in diverse forms that would have made it difficult to realize that there was a problem within the Intelligence system. Even so, several lessons were learnt from the intelligence failure thus prompting the US government to make certain changes that would be beneficial to the country in the long run.

According to Mockaitis (2012), the intelligence shortcomings mainly arose from the fact that Continue reading...

Introduction

Central Intelligence Agency is an Agency that was established by the government so as to override on the matters that are pertinent to security. It started operating in the United States of America more that seventy years ago. In essence, the agency has manifested its relevance in the society because, all security matters have been at its most regarded discretion. In as far as events are concerned; the central Intelligence Agency has been conducting searches for people who engage in activities such as drug trafficking and other criminal activities. In most instances, our historical line has been marked by Continue reading...

The power and ability to govern comes directly from the people of a nation and not through the force of arms or through primogeniture.
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- Question #1: “What is the context for David Ramsay's observations about American government??” The basis of his views
- Question #2: “According to Ramsay, how does the U. S. government differ from earlier European governments? What makes the American government different from these earlier precedents?” what makes it unique?
- Question #3: What are the primary strengths in the American government that Ramsay identifies and Continue reading...

The United States government bears almost complete responsibility for the Massacre at El Mozote, as the U.S. President, Congress, and military encouraged the policies that led to the massacre, trained and armed the soldiers responsible, and covered it up. Apparently, the government of the United States played a key role in the massacre since its military trained the Atlactl Battalion, a unit of the Salvadorian armed forces, in order to combat the Salvadorian guerilla. The Atlactl Battalion was an elite unit and the government of the United States was extremely proud of having taken part in its creation. Therefore, Continue reading...

The use and application of power are first defined by the social set up that constitutes a society and the country. A country is a composition of multiple nationalities with almost similar cultural practices comprised together in a formal political union and economic integration. Cultural practices in a country determine the overall application of law and practices that defines the do’s and don’ts of a country. The constitution of a country stipulates the scope of power of the government. In drawing up a constitution, cultural practices of the society are put into consideration so that the laws Continue reading...

Government spending refers to the money and resources that the government uses to cater for basic but essential national goods and services. Ideally, government spending can either be investment or consumption oriented. They include defense, education, health and infrastructure among other services. In the United States, there has been a gradual development in the rate at which government spending has been carried out since1960 (Siu par 8). First, education has taken a rising pace through which government spends to facilitate the development of education. Ideally, the proportion of the GDP was rated to be apportioned by 0.20% that has Continue reading...

The Environmental Problem: Uranium Mining in the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomous nation under the jurisdiction and control of the United States’ Federal Government. It lies on the northeastern portion of Arizona; southeastern, South Eastern part of Utah, and northwestern part of New Mexico. Among all semi-autonomous nations under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal Government, the Navajo Nation remains to be the largest in terms of land mass and area. Due to the complex landscape of the Navajo Nation, a lot of potential economically relevant sites, both for tourism, mining, and even agricultural purposes have been identified. Natural sights such as the Ship Rock Continue reading...

Introduction

The end of World War II has introduced an era where human rights were not only appreciated, but also considered inherited entitled. They were addressed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, as part of the International Bill of Human Rights, in December, 1948 (United Nations). According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 9, no person should be subjected to “arbitrary arrest, detention or exile” (United Nations). However, during wartime, the Fourth Geneva Convention is used, so to define detainees. There are many contradicting viewpoints, as to whether an Continue reading...

The relationship between Australia and the United States has been as a result of many factors that cannot be strictly tied to security matters. The associations between America and Australia have taken the shapes of social, economic political, cultural and to some extent, security matters. In essence, the Australian History better highlights these instances.
In as far as the political schemes are concerned; the American government and the Australian governments have been working hand in hand in as far as leadership in the regions is faceted. In this case, history denotes that, American Presidents have been paying visits to Continue reading...

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In 1928, the penicillin was discovered. It was a powerful medicine with numerous possibilities to cure diseases. Doctors all over the world tried to find out new ways of using it. One of the theories stated that the penicillin could treat and prevent the syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. In order to prove this theory, the Guatemala Syphilis Experiment was begun.
This experiment took place between 1946 and 1948. It was led and sponsored by the United States Public Health Service under the guidance of the physician John Charles Cutler. The Guatemala Experiment was one of Continue reading...

The agency mandated with protection and assessment of health conditions to all citizens and immigrants of United States is the department of health and human service. This is usually abbreviated as the HHS department (Siplon, 2002). This arm of the United States’ government plays diverse roles and ensures full implementations of Care Acts that are affordable alongside emphasizing on maintaining the integrity of the various programs offered in relation to Medicare in the United States (Ford & Spicer, 2012). HIV/AIDS pandemics have been reported to be on the rise in the recent past in the United States of America. According Continue reading...

Correlation of Discrimination and Treatment in the USA

Introduction
Numerous events have occurred in the past that have led to the discrimination and marginalization of various populations of the world. Religion, education, war and other socio-cultural aspects of society have led to the development of perceptions and stereotypes against various world communities. The world over, for example, developed a negative attitude towards the Muslim community after the numerous terrorist attacks that had been plotted and accomplished in the name of the Islam religion. Every society in the world has developed a specific stereotype towards a specific individual, community or other social and cultural aspects of life, and Continue reading...

Introduction

9/11 is the expression that has been dedicated to the 2001 terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda that the United States suffered from on September 11. It is true that 9/11 became a turning point for the George W. Bush administration. In addition, it also affected the United States' foreign policy.The events unswervingly led to the United States support for the downfall of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan where it was believed to have its foundation (Thompson, 2004). These attacks were also important as they were later used by the United States of America as a justification of invading Iraq regardless of the Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Since the Great Depression of 1929-30, the worst financial crisis was witnessed during the end of 2008. Numerous American and European banks declared going into loss by the end of 2007. Later, Lehman Brothers, the 158-year old investment bank went bankrupt; Merill Lynch, the investment bank and the stock-broking firm was taken over; Goldman Sacks and Morgan Stanley seek the status of bank to receive protection against bankruptcy. It was during the same week that the other four investment banks on the Wall Street collapsed.
The global financial crisis of 2008 was one of the most critical ones in Continue reading...

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Habeas Corpus in the era of terrorism

In a 5-4 ruling, the United States Supreme Court declared that individuals held as “enemy combatants” at the American detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have the right to immediately initiate legal proceedings for habeas corpus petitions in the US criminal justice system to denounce the legality of their detention.
Majority of the inmates in the facility have been detained under hellish conditions, bearing with alternating instances of torture and forced isolation, for more than half a decade. Regrettably, during all the time that these people were forcibly detained under such horrific conditions, none were given the right Continue reading...

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Introduction
With the growing security threats in the United States such as the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of many Americans and foreigners, the National Security Agency put in place security measures that will ensure that the United States’ government is able to monitor its citizen’s communication. Despite the security concerns, the American constitution defends the rights and freedoms of speech of the people by upholding the principles of free living. Consequently, there have been varied reactions on the government’s efforts to monitor the communication in the interests of national security. These opponents of the governmental Continue reading...

The Patriotic Act first came into effect after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. At the time, it seemed like a very good idea and many Americans were in support of the act as they viewed it as a plausible way of deterring future acts of terrorism. Most of the country was still in shock after the devastation caused by the terrorist attack and naturally, they rallied behind what they thought was an effective response to this major setback. It is clear that the people at Continue reading...

Introduction

Financial markets are subject to market factors including those that affect demand and supply for money. In that respect, this discussion refers to an article on US debt crisis to demonstrate the effect of such factors by analyzing the effect of US debt ceiling crisis that include foreign financial institutions hoarding funds and their refusal to accept US treasuries as collateral.

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- Financial market’s debt ceiling impact on interest rate and private investments without an agreement that US was no longer able to borrow.
With a debt ceiling but lack of an agreement that the US government could Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

Was it right or wrong for the USA to use ambiguity to wage war against Mexico in 1846-1848, which resulted in the USA taking almost 1/3 of northern Mexico for its own?
It was wrong for the United States to use ambiguity to wage war against Mexico. The U.S. government provided two reasons for invading Mexico: attitude of the Mexican government and national security and interests (Mahin 34). The United States accused Mexico of exaggerated aggression following biased interpretations of newspaper articles and some official declarations. It is noteworthy that although Texas had its own administration the Mexican government Continue reading...

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Obedience to Authority
“Hypothetical question: If you had free reign over classified networks for long period of time, say, 8 ‐ 9 months, and you saw incredible things, awful things, things that belonged in the public domain, and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC, what would you do?”
- Bradley Manning
The above words were uttered by the Whistleblower Manning, who released classified documents of US Intelligence, which among others showed how US Army meticulously murdered Iraqi citizens including children. He revealed some troubling information about the repercussions of the ‘War on Terror’, Continue reading...

Differences between National and International NGOs -

A Case Study of the US, Bahrain and India
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1 Introduction
Non-Governmental Organizations or NGOs have become influential actors of societal development and change on a national as well as international scale. Beginning as non-governmental consultants to the United Nations, the number of NGOs across the world has witnessed exponential growth since the 1980s. Although most people understand what an NGO is - the name itself makes it very clear that these are organizations that are not government run – there is little consensus on what may be described as key characteristics of an NGO. As Continue reading...

The United States government has been faced with undeniable allegations of spying on its citizens in the recent past. The fear of terrorism has prompted our overenthusiastic government to employ tactics that continue to contradict with human rights globally, as well as the fourth amendment. However, the most alarming fact of this surveillance activity is that the spying efforts are not only directed towards suspected criminals and terrorists, but also everyone else. With every step that the government takes to generate more information regarding innocent citizens, so does our faith in it continue to diminish. This paper will examine Continue reading...

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The mission of the United States police force on terrorism and threats from countries in the Middle East such as Afghanistan is to foster peaceful coexistence within states and other nations. Their involvement in the provision of humanitarian support to the civilians in Libya during the military crackdown in 2011for instance was contributed to by the foreign policies that arose after the Second World War (Beasley, 2013).

There are international incidences that have involved operation of the United States police force in the past five years include:

- Provision of humanitarian support to the Libyan civilians during a military crackdown in response to the uprising curfew in Gadhafi’s reign.
- The war and threats against nuclear terrorism in Continue reading...

Kenya is a country that is found in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa. It is a country with an approximate population of 40 million people. With a square kilometer area of approximately 582000, Kenya is among the third world countries that are under developed. A former colony of Britain, Kenya mainly depends on agriculture as its main economic backbone although the type of agriculture practiced in the country is not mechanized. Most of its land lies in arid and semiarid climatic areas. Alongside agriculture, the successive governments of Kenya have stepped up campaigns to promote tourism. Tourism Continue reading...

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Mass media is extremely useful in defining how certain issues are handled in the society. The flow of information in the media has influence various activities and decisions in the past following the sensitivity of the kind of information that members of the society release. However, different people will have variant views on certain issues as they are reported by the mass media. Recently, there have been extensive reports on revolts in North Africa, as well as the Middle East. These reports have led NATO interventions as the solution to the rising levels to a country like Libya.
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In the early years of the 21st century, accounting scandals usually involved major private organizations such as Enron. However, all that changed when Federal Home Mortgage Corporation (also called Freddie Mac), the second largest financer of mortgages, came under the microscope of the authorities including the United States Justice System. The SEC believed that Freddie Mac had irregularities in its accounting procedures, and therefore, decided to investigate the mortgage giant. Freddie Mac was a government sponsored organization that came into being in the year 1970. The organization was set up to promote home-ownership, and, at first, Freddie Mac functioned Continue reading...

- What causes climate change? Define the Greenhouse Effect

Greenhouse gases (GHG) allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere and absorbs the heat produced by that light. Most of this heat energy is trapped within the atmosphere by the GHG while some of them are let out into the space. The phenomenon of atmospheric heating due to the GHG is called as the greenhouse effect. Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases form the greenhouse gases. Burning of fossil fuels, manufacturing processes, decay of organic matter, agricultural industries and emission of synthetic fluorinated gases from various industrial Continue reading...

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This paper summarizes the key policies that were implemented by the United States Federal Reserve Bank in the period between 2008 and 2010. This time period under review presented a unique economic environment for the Federal Reserve and the US economy as a whole, due to the Global Financial Crisis which begun in the second half of 2008. This paper seeks to understand the key decisions that the Fed took in averting the deepening of the crises, and in steering the economy back on the right course. By and large, the decisions taken by the bank are to a Continue reading...

It is a great honor working together with your department in conducting this research and coming up with solutions, and strategies that fit to be put in place in improving border security. Upon completion of the research, I made a detailed report containing the findings and recommendations.
The report contains information on the findings as well as recommendations on the measures that need to be put in place in improving border security. There are two key recommendations made in the report which are; increasing the number of security personnel on the border points as well as increasing the border Continue reading...

Monetary and fiscal policy is a way in which the United States government controls its economy through changing bank reserves and increasing interest rate. In the budget year starting commencing October 1st 2013 and ending September 30th 2014, the government of the United States estimated its budget to be 3.318 trillion dollars. However, its estimated revenue was 3.034 trillion dollars. Therefore, the estimated deficit was 280 billion dollars. This was not the first time the government was experiencing a high budget deficit. In the earlier years during economic recession, it had also experienced high budget deficits. This high budget Continue reading...

There were many reasons as to why the American Federation of Labor prevailed against the knights of labor. The AFL became more influential than the knights of labor because they were able to form strikes and other local councils that will cater for the needs of the workers. The reigning labor organization in America was the knight of labor especially in the 1880s.
It was started in 1869, and at first, it was supposed to be a ritualistic organization but due to the fame, it gained fame thus the members expanded especially in the 1880s. They helped to support Continue reading...

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American healthcare sector has seen significant changes for past few decades. Psychological innovations brought modifications and improvements to American healthcare sector. Obama care is a dream project of US president Obama that was introduced on 23rd march 2010. Obama care is the popular name of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed by the US president to provide high quality health services at an affordable cost to Americans. Obama Care got a mixed response from Americans across the United States of America. A large number of uninsured people welcomed Obama care, but the same was also criticized Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

It is hard for an ordinary person to understand some of the aspects with regard to a foreign culture, for instance, religion language, gender roles, and the strategies that are employed in other foreign cultures when it comes to problem solving (Balio, 2005). With this in mind, the rationale of the paper is to evaluate how Hollywood movies influence the national culture of other nations beyond the United States. In addition, focus will be put on evaluating the different aspects of the United States culture that are promoted through Hollywood movies to other parts of the world. The other Continue reading...

America is considered one of the most powerful nations in the world. This is because of its richness in terms of the economy and political stability. With this in mind, the country uses every opportunity to reach out to other nations in the name of helping them improve their economic and political situations. This is one of the tactics used by the country to boost its standing in the international world as the most reliable nation. Apart from the humanitarian aid and support, it gives to other nations, the country benefits by having access to raw materials and other Continue reading...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant
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Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555
Evaluate how the freedoms contained in the Constitution are affected by terrorism today.
One day after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush vowed that “we will not allow this enemy to win the war by changing our way of life or restricting our freedoms.” Despite that, few months after this statement the security policies were being changed Continue reading...

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The issue paper is about the discussion of health care as a commodity with responses from patient, suppliers, and principles of supply and demand and impact of health insurance on purchase decisions. The issue paper argues that health care must not be seen as other commodities and relevant discussion is made. This is followed by the critical evaluation of CDHP policy initiative in health care to promote transparency in the health care sector. The role of government in promoting transparency is discussed. This helps in making the health care sector sensitive to the market forces.
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