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1. By the early 1900s, all of the following held colonies except? France the Netherlands China Japan 2. Before 1898, United States' possessions included? Alaska and the Midway Islands Alaska Alaska and Hawaii the Midway Islands 3. All of the following were causes of the Spanish-American War except? the sinking of the Maine Cuba's desire for independence sensational news stories the Boxer Rebellion 4. The President during the Spanish-American War was? Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft William McKinley Grover Cleveland 5. All of the following became United States possessions as a part of the treaty signed to end the Spanish-American War except? Puerto Rico Hawaii Guam the Philippines 6. In its efforts to win control of Manchuria, Japan went to war with? Great Britain Germany the United States Russia 7. A Presidential commission found that a revolution in Hawaii had been started by? American business groups the Hawaiian people British imperialists Queen Liliuokalani's soldiers 8. The Open Door Policy stated that all nations should? establish colonies in China stop trading with China have equal trading rights in China begin trading with China 9. Under President Cleveland’s administration, which became a protectorate of the United States? Puerto Rico the Philippines Hawaii Samoa 10. Japan's policy of ___________ was abolished as a result of a visit by an American naval expedition. arbitration isolation neutrality 11. The expansion of sea power required maintenance of ___________ stations throughout the world. propaganda protectorate coaling 12. The policy of ___________ includes the establishment of colonies and the building of an empire. Drago Doctrine imperialism territorial integrity 13. ___________ came up with the “Open Door” Policy that would allow all nations equal trading rights in China. William McKinley Victoriano Huerta John Hay 14. ___________ wanted the United States to extend its influence and power through overseas possessions. expansionists President Cleveland Democrats 15. A ___________ is a weaker country that comes under the supervision of a stronger country. extraterritoriality coaling protectorate 16. The idea of ___________ means that no nation may aggressively seize another nation's land. dollar diplomacy territorial integrity extraterritoriality 17. Puerto Ricans became United States citizens as a result of the? Drago Doctrine Platt Amendment Jones Act Clayton Bulwer Treaty 18. After Puerto Rico ratified its constitution in 1952, it became? a self-governing commonwealth completely independent a state a United States territory 19. Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba? gained complete independence allowed the United States to intervene in its affairs became a United States territory expelled all foreign investors 20. The person credited with conquering yellow fever was? William C. Gorgas Richard Olney Walter Reed George W. Goethals 21. In order to build the Panama Canal, the United States? sent troops into Colombia annexed the Isthmus of Panama supported a Panamanian rebellion rented land from Colombia 22. The Panama Canal cost the United States approximately? $10 million $25 million $40 million $400 million 23. The United States said it intervened in Latin America to protect all of the following except? the Latin American economy American citizens and property the Panama Canal Latin American independence 24. The first serious test of the Monroe Doctrine came in the? Louisiana Purchase Venezuela boundary dispute French occupation of Mexico Dominican debt controversy 25. Wilson's policy of nonintervention in the Huerta episode was called? imperialism territorial integrity the Drago Doctrine watchful waiting 26. One way Cuban revolutionists gained American support for their cause was through a ___________ campaign. territorial integrity propaganda dollar diplomacy 27. A country that does not wish to take sides in an international dispute adopts a policy of ___________. expansionists neutrality imperialism 28. Under ___________, the United States gained influence over Latin American nations through investments and loans. imperialism propaganda dollar diplomacy 29. The ___________ rejected the right of European nations to collect debts in the Americas by force. Monroe Policy Roosevelt Corollary Platt Amendment 30. The Panama Canal, as it was originally conceived, was to be built and run? jointly by the United States and Great Britain moreResolved Question: U.s History Help!!!!?
What major change in the United States occurred between the Civil War and the 1920s? People returned to their farms where crops grew thanks to new equipment and fertilizers. Balanced urban and rural growth led to less crowded conditions in the cities. City populations grew rapidly as both immigrants and native-born citizens looked for higher paying jobs. The suburbs grew as a result of immigrants trying to make a better life for their families. 2. How did building Central Park in New York City influence the work of urban planners? It emphasized the development of recreational areas as part of urban growth. It made it difficult for urban planners to buy the land they needed for similar projects. It forced planners to consider using skyscrapers. It set an unreasonable standard for most urban planners. 3. Who was not a nineteenth-century urban planner who promoted the orderly growth of cities? Louis Sullivan Daniel Burnham Frederick Law Olmstead James Sherman 4. How did political machines contribute to urban political corruption? by accepting bribes in exchange for favors by using force to obtain city contracts by encouraging only whites to vote by preventing blacks from obtaining housing 5. What was Jane Addams's Hull House in Chicago an example of? an urban hotel for women only a political machine that operated to benefit immigrants a settlement house opened to assist the urban poor a skyscraper that changed the look of the city 6. Why did the Populist Party fail? They promoted an economy that did not regulate business. They pushed for a change in the tax structure. They neglected present needs in favor of future plans. Their agenda looked to the past rather than to the future. 7. What was one goal held by some supporters of the Progressive movement? promoting conservation establishing a national bank providing Social Security for the poor creating a laissez-faire economy 8. What were the investigative journalists who uncovered corruption in business and government in the late 1800s and early 1900s called? muckrakers progressives corruption correspondents sensationalists 9. What was one reform the Progressive movement achieved? direct election of U.S. senators reduction of government regulation religious involvement in government elimination of prohibition 10. Which was not an achievement of Theodore Roosevelt's administration? introducing legislation for social security building the Panama Canal establishing several national parks emphasizing conservation 11. All of the following promoted segregation and denied blacks their civil rights in the period following the Civil War except sharecropping. Jim Crow laws. poll taxes. literacy tests. 12. Which Supreme Court decision allowed for the segregation of blacks in "separate but equal" facilities? Marbury v. Madison Brown v. Board of Education Plessy v. Ferguson Dred Scott v. Stanford 13. What was one of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony's goals? Gain immediate women's suffrage. Allow men to advocate for women's suffrage. Achieve voting rights in selected states. Gain voting rights in exchange for restricting some employment opportunities for women. 14. Which amendment gave women the right to vote? 16th 17th 18th 19th 15. Why did some people support imperialism despite traditional American opposition to colonization? They thought it would offer relief from some domestic issues. They wanted to compete with other nations for natural resources. They thought it would provide Germany with reasons to avoid war. They believed that because the British were successful at colonization, the United States should also do it. 16. The explosion on the USS Maine and yellow journalism contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain in 1898. What was another factor? protecting U.S. investments in Cuba stopping Cuba from nationalizing U.S. businesses preventing Spain from attacking the United States a treaty agreement with England 17. Why did Woodrow Wilson want to form a League of Nations? He believed nations would be better equipped to avoid an economic crisis. He envisioned a shared system of providing for world poverty relief. H moreResolved Question: can people stop being so racist!?
okay so the swine flu did start in mexico or whatever but it doesnt mean that people have to start being so racist aganist mexicans. how does anyone know for sure that it started there? just cause you heard that in the media. where you there to know the exact truth how the swine flu started? i saw a question yesterday asking if this is gods way of saying no to immigration! what kind of shit is that?! if it wasnt for those immigrants coming here to look for jobs to maintain their family who would do your dirty work. if you really look at it all the people that get the "dirty" jobs are the mexicans and they dont complain. geez mankind is cruel. yah it isnt right that they come here and we pay the taxes or whatever but they help us all out. i'm just really offened because i'm mexican. it's so hard living in the usa being another race than "caucasian"...who agrees?! no matter what the equal rights amendment says we are not all equal!okay i mean prejudice. & not 95% of mexicans here are illegal. im mexican and am not illegal.nevemind forget i even asked this...people are gonna be racist eithr way. everyone has a different set of mind&dont always understand moreResolved Question: What do you this of my essay (short!)?
The topic was: Did the period of reconstruction leave a positive or negative legacy for African Americans? It needs to be 5 paragraphs but I can't find anything else to put! So let me know what you think! The reconstruction period granted African Americans the freedom, but it certainly did not grant them the privileges that come from being a free man living in the United States. They were denied many jobs because of poor skills. Many were traumatized by groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Literacy tests were put in place by former Confederates who didn't want blacks to get the vote despite the Fifteenth Amendment. The South also imposed Black Codes, which furthered the low status of blacks. Did the period of Reconstruction leave a positive or negative legacy for African Americans? In my opinion, the Reconstruction period had more of a negative effect than a positive but some aspects of the Reconstruction were a success. Reconstruction was successful, yet only, in a few ways. By passing the Thirteenth Amendment, Congress was finally able to end slavery. Some were anxious and couldn’t bring themselves to leave their plantations due to the fact that most of them were illiterate and didn’t know where to go while others took advantage of their freedom and left. The North continued adopting bills like the Freedmen’s Bureau, the Civil Rights Bill, and the Fourteenth Amendment, which was vetoed by President Johnson, but overrode by Congress. This was a great success during Reconstruction because it provided slaves with many different opportunities. The Freedmen’s Bureau extended the amount of activities for former slaves, such as helping them build schools so they receive an education and making sure they earned an equal pay at their jobs. In 1866, Fourteenth Amendment was passed, declaring African Americans the rights of citizens. The Fifteenth Amendment took this to the next level by granting African American males the right to vote. Meanwhile, Southern state conventions were being held to try and limit their freedom by adopting the “Black Codes.” The “Black Codes” took away the rights of African Americans, putting slavery under a new name. The South had depended on slavery for decades and they couldn’t let of it. Discrimination groups like the “Ku Klux Klan” were created to try and keep former slaves from enjoying their rights. Little was done to stop the KKK because most white Southerners refused to testify in court against those who attacked African Americans. Another problem for former slaves was the fact that they couldn’t find jobs, or even a place to stay – this was due to the lack of money. Conditions for African Americans had not improved, and it may even have worsened. Reconstruction officially ended when the Compromise of 1877 was passed because President Hayes promised that the federal government would no longer try to reshape the South or intervene to protect the rights of Southern African Americans. As Reconstruction ended, racism and segregation towards African Americans like the Jim Crow Laws set in. Though Reconstruction should mostly be considered as negative, some components were positive. An attempt to give equality to African Americans was made, while slavery was completely destroyed. Reconstruction should not be labeled as “failure” or “success” because some intentions of it were fulfilled, while other aspects of the Union remained the same.think* not this moreResolved Question: Is it imperative that we stop the ERA from being ratified in Nevada?
I just received this from Nevada concerned citizens. The ERA is back. AJR3: The Equal Rights Amendment was introduced on March 9, 2009 by Nevada Assemblywoman Kathy McClain. Here is what Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says will happen if this amendment is ratified: ► Women must not be exempted from military combat. ► Affirmative action must equalize men and women in the military. ►No-fault divorce must be adopted nationally. ►Government must provide comprehensive child care. ►The age of consent for sex must be lowered to age 12. ►Prostitution must be legalized as part of “privacy.” ►Bigamy laws would become unconstitutional as part of “privacy.” ►Prisons must be sex-integrated. ►Single-sex schools and colleges must be sex-integrated. ►Fraternities and sororities must be sex-integrated. ►Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts must be sex-integrated. ► Mother’s Day and Father’s Day must not be separate holidays. ►The words “husband” and “wife” must be eliminated and replaced with “spouse.” These statements are not the words of conservatives demonizing the ERA… they’re the documented opinion of the country’s most prominent legal advocate of the Equal Rights Amendment, liberal/feminist Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her book “Sex Bias in the U.S. Code”♦ The ERA would void the federal DOMA law which defines marriage as the “legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife,” putting our marriage amendment in jeopardy. ♦ The ERA would abolish the wife’s and widow’s benefit in Social Security These two changes alone would be a cultural disaster in this country. Justice Ginsburg makes it clear that the ERA will eliminate certain social security benefits for women who choose to work in the home. Ginsburg’s contempt for the wife’s benefit in Social Security, which she calls “sexstereotyping,” is stated repeatedly in her book and she calls it a “prime recommendation” that it be eliminated. The feminists don’t want wives and mothers to receive Social Security benefits unless they work in paid jobs in the labor force just like men.I added nothing to the above. I copied and pasted all of it. I brought it here for opinions and answers. "food for thought" moreResolved Question: Why do people quote the first amendment as "freedom of speech" and that is not what it says?
the 1st amendment actually deals more with freedom of worship, and says that the government can't make laws to limit freedom of speech and press. how does that equal stopping a person from saying what they want to say, this has expanded to include freedom of information, and the last real threat to that issue was vice president Cheney. explain why republicans attack this as an issue under threat. here is the actual first amendment: Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.2QT2YY, that is a very interesting line of thoughtretta, none, i am trying to understand why there are so many post claiming that the democratic party is trying to abridge the freedom of speech. and in reading the answers, i am understanding that it is really vague, and subject to whoever happens to be in office and interpret it's meaning. to that point, maybe this whole issue is a none issuecall me bwana, the reason I mentioned Cheney was because that was the only issue I could that included the release of information. I really don't care who it was, and what party he was in. but I did recall that there was an issue with Cheney not wanting to release the logs of white house visitors, claiming it was "executive privilege". moreResolved Question: Why is anti-feminism so popular in America, and why has Britain never had an anti-feminist movement?
"As of 2008 the most successful antifeminist organization in the US is STOP ERA, founded by Phyllis Schlafly in October 1972. Schlafly successfully mobilised thousands of people to block the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the USA. It was Schlafly too who forged links between STOP ERA and other conservative organizations, as well as single-issue groups against abortion, pornography, gun control, and unions. By integrating STOP ERA with the so-called New Right she was able to leverage a wider range of technological, organisational and political resources, successfully targeting pro-feminist candidates for defeat. Outside the United States, organised antifeminist groups have been conspicuously less successful. In Australia, Babette Francis has led Endeavour Forum (formerly "Women Who Want to be Women") for over twenty five years, but has failed to halt ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), as well as the eventual introduction of medical abortion in Australia, and the successive liberalisation of laws related to abortion in Australia within every state and territory. REAL Women of Canada has similarly failed to halt same sex marriage and decriminalisation of abortion in Canada, while Britain has never had an organised antifeminist group of its own, and New Zealand's "Women for Life" (1983-2004) ceased to exist several years ago." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntifeminismHuh - feel free to challenge the wikipedia information with your own links if you wish :-)Time Passenger - if you do not espouse feminism, which is probably most people, then you are a non-feminist. If however, you actively state that you are an opposer of feminism then you are, quite logically, an anti-feminist. I have no problem saying I am anti-neoliberalism, or anti-communism - why do you have a problem with people saying they are anti-feminism? :-)Keypoint- fathers for justice are a joke - their stunts are ridiculous and they have achieved nothing that I am aware of :-) moreResolved Question: Why do anti-feminists want special rights for women?
Just reading about Phylis Schlafly's campaign against the Equal Rights Ammendment, and some quotes are very revealing.... "Phyllis Schlafly had decided that the E.R.A. was a bad idea... American women, she wrote ...were blessed to live in a country where Christian traditions of chivalry still held... and where free enterprise was continually improving life for the weaker sex... Why, Schlafly demanded, should women “lower” themselves to equal rights “when we already have the status of special privilege?” "She launched her crusade, STOP ERA, in the fall of 1972, and by the following spring the amendment had won thirty of the necessary thirty-eight state ratifications. Still, Schlafly was confident. “I knew from the start that I had found enough seriously wrong with E.R.A. to stop it, or at least stall it, for an awfully long time,” she would later say. STOP ERA—the acronym stood for Stop Taking Our Privileges." So do modern anti-feminists agree with these views? And if so, why do they accuse feminists of wanting special rights, when this is what anti-feminism campaigns for? :-) http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/07/051107crbo_books?currentPage=allgreen6es - you're right - "Feminist groups had fought off efforts to add a provision to the amendment that would have exempted women from the draft." Is it because anti-fems know nothing about the history of their own movement that they attempt to place the blame for this on feminism? I think it must be :-)Huh - Schlafly is a notorious anti-feminist - "As of 2008 the most successful antifeminist organization in the US is STOP ERA, founded by Phyllis Schlafly in October 1972." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifeminismkeypoint - her campaign was against equal rights on the basis that the law would remove these special privileges - therefore it is incorrect to say she did not want special rights for women :-) moreResolved Question: History Multiple Choice Questions?
1. What has been one of the greatest obstacles to achieving racial integration of public schools in the United States? A. Federal courts have avoided dealing with public education. B. Many cities have local laws requiring children of different races to attend different schools. C. Separate but equal public education is still legal in many states. D. Segregated housing patterns are still common in many communities. 2. By the end of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1970s, African Americans have generally A. Found it difficult to move up from the lower class. B. Prospered as part of the upper class in the U.S. C. Done very well as part of the middle class. D. Blended into mainstream America. 3. The organization that instituted education, health, and legal programs for Native Americans was the A. American Indian Movement (AIM) B. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) C. Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs ( FBIA) D. Native American Legal Fund ( FALF) 4. What was one perspective of African-Americans that was reflected in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)? A. the desire to preserve cultural traditions B. the desire to end racial discrimination C. the belief that segregation was necessary to maintain social order D. the belief that collective bargaining would lead to higher incomes 5. The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded A. as part of womens involvement in the abolitionist movement prior to the Civil War. B. To help women fight for the right to vote during the early twentieth century. C. As part of the womens movement of the 1960s to gain fulfillment in their lives. D. To help women overcome AIDS in the 1990s. 6. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson persuaded Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed racial discrimination in public places, such as theaters, cafeterias and hotels. This was an attempt to A. maintain poll taxes for African-Americans. B. stop African-American northward migration. C. end segregation legalized by Jim Crow laws. D. segregate public busing in major American cities. 7. In the 19th century, many Americans considered Native Americans to be inferior to people of European ancestry. This resulted in discrimination and conflict between European settlers and Native Americans. One consequence of this discrimination was that many Native Americans were A. displaced from their former homelands. B. prevented from trading with European settlers. C. Forced to maintain their cultural heritage. D. Persecuted for killing buffalo on the great plains. 8. The Indian Tribal Justice Act of 1993 is an example of federal civil rights legislation. Read the following excerpt from the act: Indian tribes possess the inherent authority to establish their own form of government, including tribal justice systems ... traditional tribal justice practices are essential to the maintenance of the culture and identity of Indian tribes. This act was an attempt to redress the consequences of A. the use of internment camps during World War II. B. past government policies that oppressed and discriminated against Native Americans. C. granting citizenship to Native Americans under the 1924 General Citizenship Act. D. Jim Crow legislation enacted by southern states during the late 1800s and early 1900s. 9. Although the 14th Amendment to the Constitution extended the rights of citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, discrimination on the basis of gender still existed throughout much of the country during the late 1800s. Which was a consequence of this discrimination? A. the end of the military draft for women B. The growth of the womens suffrage movement C. the beginning of sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters D. the continuation of efforts to end university admissions quotas 10. In the late 19th century many Southern states passed Jim Crow laws. What was the purpose of these laws? A. To encourage businesses to hire African Americans. B. To legalize racial segregation. C. To encourage higher education for children in Southern states. D. To end racial segregation in public schools. 11. Hispanic-American Farm workers organized the United Farm Workers to persuade farm owners to treat them more fairly. One perspective of these workers was A. their belief that the owners unfair hiring practices denied them equal opportunity for employment B. their belief that immigration laws should be tightened. C. their belief that women should not work on farms. D. their belief that farm laborers should become stockholders in the farms on which they worked. 12. What was the perspective of women who founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966? A. Women wanted to receive equal pay a moreResolved Question: Please edit my essay about Martin Luther King Jr.?
I have to hand in this essay by tomorrow... and all my friends are busy doing that too. PLEASE HELP Thanks A Ton!! :D Martin Luther King Jr. He had a dream. A dream that one day, the black’s will live in a nation with peace, and freedom. “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” –Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King. Jr. was born with a name of Michael Luther King. Jr, but later changed to Martin Luther King Jr. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929; a time when black people were separated from the whites. Negroes what they called black people because they had the same rights as the white people did. To most white people, “Negroes” didn’t have a name. They called them boy or girl, and even worse, “Nigger.” Then, Martin discovered that his house on Auburn Avenue was referred to as “Nigger Town,” to the whites. He thought that how poor he and the other black people were treated by the whites, weren’t fair at all. Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero because e wanted to stop racism. He got killed for speaking his mind about how the black people were being treated so poorly, but few days after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, whites treated black people as more equal. Martin Luther King Jr. faces many obstacles of prejudice against African Americans. His white friends stopped playing with his because he was black, and was different to the white people. He was arrested, got subjected to personal abuse, and his own house got hit by a bomb when he stopped the seating spots between black, and white people. Martin Luther King Jr. gets assassinated while standing on his balcony with the garbage workers in his motel room by a man because of his hate to black people. Although Martin Luther King Jr. was faced by many obstacles, he passed it through and changed many races that the black people faced. He had many goals to change the rights black people faced from the whites. With his selfless wishes to change whatever made the blacks suffer, he needed to change it no matter what happens. When his mother said the world’s going to change one day, Martin promised her, “I’m going to turn this world upside down.” He also promised that there will be changes for racial justice, better housing, better schooling, and better jobs in the ghetto neighbourhoods of Chicago. He wanted the signs for “white only” or “colored only” signs to change, and just use everything in equal. Although Martin Luther King wasn’t treated as poorly as the other blacks were treated, he still had a care to do whatever he needed to change, and believed that soon they will stop getting treated poorly and live with peace. Finally, Martin as a leader of America’s civil rights movement, his hopes and dreams came true. After the union victory, several constitutional amendments were adopted and the Fifteenth Amendment gave black men the right to vote, desegregation, labour rights, and other basic civil rights and changed the world. He made black and whites reunite with eachother; both black and whites rode the buses in equal. For his outstanding work and success for what he achieved, and for making the lives for black people happy, he won the nobel peace prize for his leadership of America’s struggle for racism in 1964. In conclusion, Martin Luther King Jr. was able to achieve great amounts of success. His work was successful during the civil rights movement, and he helped gain many rights for African Americans which not only helped the African Americans, but helped all minorities. He organized and led marches for blacks’ right to vote, and was not afraid to stand up and spoke his heart to create diversity. Without Martin Luther King, the civil rights fight could have been much more violent, and also the laws for the white, and black people would stay the same. His fight was effective, and for the most part, he was successful and peaceful. Martin Luther King’s success created an everlasting memory to not only the black people, but to all of us.ugh, the thing with the stars says : Ni gg . erand as i read over them, i got a lot of typos LOL.. i think it's cuz i was just typing with me looking at the paper and writing it down haha. moreResolved Question: Did the 15th amendment give Blacks the right to vote, or did the constitution already mean all men are created?
equal? Was the 15th amendment just a way to stop activist judges from saying that blacks were not men out of prejudice?The unalienable right of equal protection under the law does not apply to everybody? moreResolved Question: American Studies Help?
1. What has been one of the greatest obstacles to achieving racial integration of public schools in the United States? A. Federal courts have avoided dealing with public education. B. Many cities have local laws requiring children of different races to attend different schools. C. Separate but equal public education is still legal in many states. D. Segregated housing patterns are still common in many communities. 2. By the end of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1970s, African Americans have generally A. Found it difficult to move up from the lower class. B. Prospered as part of the upper class in the U.S. C. Done very well as part of the middle class. D. Blended into mainstream America. 3. The organization that instituted education, health, and legal programs for Native Americans was the A. American Indian Movement (AIM) B. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) C. Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs ( FBIA) D. Native American Legal Fund ( FALF) 4. What was one perspective of African-Americans that was reflected in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)? A. the desire to preserve cultural traditions B. the desire to end racial discrimination C. the belief that segregation was necessary to maintain social order D. the belief that collective bargaining would lead to higher incomes 5. The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded A. as part of women’s involvement in the abolitionist movement prior to the Civil War. B. To help women fight for the right to vote during the early twentieth century. C. As part of the women’s movement of the 1960’s to gain fulfillment in their lives. D. To help women overcome AIDS in the 1990’s. 6. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson persuaded Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed racial discrimination in public places, such as theaters, cafeterias and hotels. This was an attempt to A. maintain poll taxes for African-Americans. B. stop African-American northward migration. C. end segregation legalized by Jim Crow laws. D. segregate public busing in major American cities. 7. In the 19th century, many Americans considered Native Americans to be inferior to people of European ancestry. This resulted in discrimination and conflict between European settlers and Native Americans. One consequence of this discrimination was that many Native Americans were A. displaced from their former homelands. B. prevented from trading with European settlers. C. Forced to maintain their cultural heritage. D. Persecuted for killing buffalo on the great plains. 8. The Indian Tribal Justice Act of 1993 is an example of federal civil rights legislation. Read the following excerpt from the act: “Indian tribes possess the inherent authority to establish their own form of government, including tribal justice systems ... traditional tribal justice practices are essential to the maintenance of the culture and identity of Indian tribes.” This act was an attempt to redress the consequences of A. the use of internment camps during World War II. B. past government policies that oppressed and discriminated against Native Americans. C. granting citizenship to Native Americans under the 1924 General Citizenship Act. D. Jim Crow legislation enacted by southern states during the late 1800s and early 1900s. 9. Although the 14th Amendment to the Constitution extended the rights of citizenship to “all persons” born or naturalized in the United States, discrimination on the basis of gender still existed throughout much of the country during the late 1800s. Which was a consequence of this discrimination? A. the end of the military draft for women B. The growth of the women’s suffrage movement C. the beginning of sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters D. the continuation of efforts to end university admissions quotas 10. In the late 19th century many Southern states passed Jim Crow laws. What was the purpose of these laws? A. To encourage businesses to hire African Americans. B. To legalize racial segregation. C. To encourage higher education for children in Southern states. D. To end racial segregation in public schools. 11. Hispanic-American Farm workers organized the United Farm Workers to persuade farm owners to treat them more fairly. One perspective of these workers was A. their belief that the owners’ unfair hiring practices denied them equal opportunity for employment B. their belief that immigration laws should be tightened. C. their belief that women should not work on farms. D. their belief that farm laborers should become stockholders in the farms on which they worked. 12. What was the perspective of women who founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966? A. Women wanted to receive equal pay and opportunities for advancement in the workplace. B. Women were afraid of being forced to work in phys moreResolved Question: Do you think Christians ever envisioned Prop 8 to be the Gun Powder to Fight for Gay Rights in the US?
It looks like all of this stuff the Church of Mormon did to stop gays in California has broke was past that State, and become the national fire for American Equal RIghts battle. When you read Christian blogs and answers, they seem to think they still have the upper hand in all this, but support is really taking off for the Gays. I could see this becoming a Constitutional Amendment one day soon, to undo all that George W did, in his great mistakes being the poster child for the evengelicals, to set equal rights for all couples in the US to have the same basic rights, freedoms, marriages, benefits and security that all hetro's take for granted. moreResolved Question: No state shall deny to any person...the equal protection of the laws, EXCEPT GAYS? Where will it stop?
In Loving v Virginia (1967) and Zablocki v Redhail (1978) the Supreme Court reasoned that marriage was "a fundamental right"... Should Majority Rule be allowed to gut the Constitution? Should we pick and choose what religions get 1st amendment protections? moreResolved Question: I am outraged by creeping socialism in the United States. When do we rise up and stop it?
The United States was created because the British unfairly taxed Americans and regulated our ability to practice free-market commerce. But since day one, socialism has gradually eliminated one free market principle after another. Here is but a short list of creeping socialism in the United States: - Socialized education, started in the liberal la-la land of Massachusetts in the 1830’s, creeping in every state by 1870. - The 14th amendment, ratified in 1868, restricts the right of southern plantation owners to follow free market labor principles. - The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 which limits the ability of businesses to grow freely. Isn't that the goal of business? - A tax on income, the rightfully earned money of the people, created in 1913 by the 16th amendment - The securites acts of 1933 and 1934, which takes away free stock trading by corporate directors, officers, and employees. - The Taft-Hartley Act of 1935, which severely restricts the right of businesses to fire workers who engage in business-killing practices, like strikes or organizing into unions. - The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 put severe restrictions on the ability of children to work as they choose, and severely restricts the right of companies to set their own wages with junk like a minimum wage and overtime pay. - The Equal Pay Act of 1963 and The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 put even more severe restrictions on the right of companies to set their own wages in a free labor market. Are you as outraged as I am about this erosion of our rights? And all this by a government specifically created by the Founding Fathers to eliminate government intervention into our lives. I say let money trickle down as it theoretically should, instead of getting the government involved just because it happens to trickle up most of the time instead.OK, people, wake up. Are you really against ending slavery, child labor, overtime pay, and unequal pay. It's a joke, people. moreResolved Question: “Ladies nights” specials discriminatory? Is it discriminatory and hypocrisy! What should be done to stop this?
Roy Den Hollander is a New York lawyer is suing night clubs. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/lawyer-files-antifeminist-suit-against-columbia/ Roy Den Hollander argues the clubs violate the 14th Amendment Constitutional rights, which requires equal protection under the law for similarly situated persons. The clubs have no LEGITIMATE reason for treating males and females differently in their admission policies. That being said I ONE HUNDRED PERCENT agree with Mr. Hollander. I think that people need to realize that equality means equality no ifs and butts. I truly don’t understand why there are people (men and women) that still disagree with calling “Ladies Night” a discriminatory act and/or calling it something else. Here are a few of the excuses that people use to justify this: 1. “The problem here is that Ladies night was primarily invented for MEN, not women. The idea is to get ladies to the bar so that men will come as well.” #1 WTH? Generally a female is the first to jump up to go to a night club than a male. Either way this does not justify why night clubs can discriminate against a group. For crying out loud! A Night clubs is a business there are other ways to get people to show up, perhaps if they offer 50% off for EVERYONE. I am not a business person but that wasn’t really hard to come up with and I am sure there are plenty of other ways to promote a night club without discriminating anybody. 2. “Guys drink a helluva lot more booze than women. But guys don't come for the booze, they come for the girls. Simple logic: more girls = more guys = more booze sold = more money.” #2. WTH!!!?? ARE YOU SERIOUS?? So if a certain race watches basketball more than the other race it is ok to NOT to charge them to watch the LA Lakers game in the staple center? Last time I check if a person really wants to go to a basketball, soccer, foot ball game they will pay FULL price to go. Same thing for a night club if a person really enjoys going to a night club they too will pay FULL price. 3. “Interfering with the business practices of a private establishment is never a good idea, let the market rule.” #3. “Free market, business practice etc.” I AGREE! This is America charge how little or much you want but for EVERYONE not because of a person’s SEX, age, nationality, race, religion, sexual preference, etc. A night club should have on Fridays a “white people night special” see how that goes see if people agree with that. Is no difference “ladies/white/green eyes night” it is what it is discrimination!! 4. OK. then they need to get rid of ALL student discounts, military discounts, and senior citizen discounts #4 -–Sarcasm spam-- Yeeess get rid of it then! Why not add unpatriotic on your list next to discriminator. (-–Sarcasm spam--) If you really feel that a soldier that risk or gave his live for you to serve his country then take away his discount. Difference is that he volunteered EARNED it served or is serving his time. He was NOT born in the military he has total controlled of it. This is 21st century and discrimination still exists and it will continue to exist as long as there are people making excuses for it and calling it something else. For those people that come up with excuses and call it something else or thinks that it’s ok Not a big deal, I hope one day your son/daughter/husband/wife/father/mother tells you that they didn’t get that promotion or was treated differently because of their sex/age/nationality/race/sexual preference, and you can look at him/her straight in the eyes and make an excuse or call it something else. Finally to my question Am I the only one that thinks this is discriminatory and hypocrisy! What should be done to stop this?USERNAME: Evie’s alter ego “They do it for you!” I bring the females that I want to hang out with not the hoochies or ugliest one that get in for free and take up the space.. please I don’t need favors from a night club USERNAME: Reallypablo What about the case of DeCrow v. McSorleys’ Old Ale House, Inc how would you explain that? moreResolved Question: How Do We prevent World WAR 3, does this seem Reasonable?
all this talk of Russia and Georgia, and us in Iraq, the twin towers, when we should be in Afghanistan with the talks of Israel on behalf of NATO or USA or themselves mite invade Iran to protect themselves and Russia say that will come to irans need if that happens, and if Poland builds that missile defense Russia sayed it has no problem with using nukes to punish Poland for it........ with all theses events happening one must ask themselves that a shadow of ww3......if so y are we the people of the world allowing our government to act like petty children fighting on our behalf when all we people ever want is peace..........when there is nothing left there is always hope...i have hope....and faith in love........in order for world war 3 not to happen governments need to take steps to of change.... the all politicians are corrupt, ONLY THE RICH CAN RULE forgin interesting are buying up American debt and could control American through it. they are the ones that will have there nuke launched at them not the civilians but hey if a civil is in the way, causality of war, shit happens...look at ww2 with atomic bomb drop..all should have bowed there head is grief....yes it ended a war but started another...that has been slowly creeping cause war is tied to economic growth....expansion.....politicians are corrupt i dont discriminate i hate all the idea that they are treated more equal but yet they are both poisoning this country by using its own ideas it was founded on and republican that used to believe in less government are now wire tapping they believe life is sacred and are anti abortion but yet they are pro death pentality. and the democrats want gun control show and they want to take away guns or haver certain things done to our amendment that the inevitable idea of control is progressing in out society and will eventually reach a point of our very fears......a system of control. through habit (drugs, gas, medications, TV, etc ) and habitats(church, school, maybe home social structure through sociology and dictation of norms and right and wrong)". just a thought. maybe the only way to stop ww3 from happening is all the people world wide rising up against there government peacefully and create and union to fail safe from humans from there own destruction. maybe just making the average Joe was a politician the one in the feilds or front lines of suffering and what the people hope for there would be a better America or nation or world...people need to rise above control......do not judge and sneer and difference love it for it difference...and look upon one another as a brother or sister...a mother...father...and friend....trust first.....there has to be a way to prevent this...does this seem reasonable? moreResolved Question: Is this the reason why the majority of Black people in America are still poor?
HRES 194 EH H. Res. 194 In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 29, 2008. Whereas millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved in the United States and the 13 American colonies from 1619 through 1865; Whereas slavery in America resembled no other form of involuntary servitude known in history, as Africans were captured and sold at auction like inanimate objects or animals; Whereas Africans forced into slavery were brutalized, humiliated, dehumanized, and subjected to the indignity of being stripped of their names and heritage; Whereas enslaved families were torn apart after having been sold separately from one another; Whereas the system of slavery and the visceral racism against persons of African descent upon which it depended became entrenched in the Nation's social fabric; Whereas slavery was not officially abolished until the passage of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865 after the end of the Civil War; Whereas after emancipation from 246 years of slavery, African-Americans soon saw the fleeting political, social, and economic gains they made during Reconstruction eviscerated by virulent racism, lynchings, disenfranchisement, Black Codes, and racial segregation laws that imposed a rigid system of officially sanctioned racial segregation in virtually all areas of life; Whereas the system of de jure racial segregation known as `Jim Crow,' which arose in certain parts of the Nation following the Civil War to create separate and unequal societies for whites and African-Americans, was a direct result of the racism against persons of African descent engendered by slavery; Whereas a century after the official end of slavery in America, Federal action was required during the 1960s to eliminate the dejure and defacto system of Jim Crow throughout parts of the Nation, though its vestiges still linger to this day; Whereas African-Americans continue to suffer from the complex interplay between slavery and Jim Crow--long after both systems were formally abolished--through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity; Whereas the story of the enslavement and de jure segregation of African-Americans and the dehumanizing atrocities committed against them should not be purged from or minimized in the telling of American history; Whereas on July 8, 2003, during a trip to Goree Island, Senegal, a former slave port, President George W. Bush acknowledged slavery's continuing legacy in American life and the need to confront that legacy when he stated that slavery `was . . . one of the greatest crimes of history . . . The racial bigotry fed by slavery did not end with slavery or with segregation. And many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other times. But however long the journey, our destiny is set: liberty and justice for all.'; Whereas President Bill Clinton also acknowledged the deep-seated problems caused by the continuing legacy of racism against African-Americans that began with slavery when he initiated a national dialogue about race; Whereas a genuine apology is an important and necessary first step in the process of racial reconciliation; Whereas an apology for centuries of brutal dehumanization and injustices cannot erase the past, but confession of the wrongs committed can speed racial healing and reconciliation and help Americans confront the ghosts of their past; Whereas the legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia has recently taken the lead in adopting a resolution officially expressing appropriate remorse for slavery and other State legislatures have adopted or are considering similar resolutions; and Whereas it is important for this country, which legally recognized slavery through its Constitution and its laws, to make a formal apology for slavery and for its successor, Jim Crow, so that it can move forward and seek reconciliation, justice, and harmony for all of its citizens: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives-- (1) acknowledges that slavery is incompatible with the basic founding principles recognized in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal; (2) acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow; (3) apologizes to African Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow; and (4) expresses its commitment to rectify the lingering consequences of the misdeeds committed against African Americans under slavery and Jim Crow and to stop the occurrence of human rights violations in the future. Attest: Clerk. END did anyone actually read this?13% of the population is responsible for the "Majority of the crime"..... Really????The majority of people on welfare in America are not Black........sorry to inform.Africa is the birthplace of ALL civilization. the Moors, and ancient Egyptians were black. again sorry to inform you.i just want to read the opinions of my fellow red blooded Americans.Whereas slavery in America resembled no other form of involuntary servitude known in history, as Africans were captured and sold at auction like inanimate objects or animals; moreResolved Question: What do think about this apology from the United States Govt.?
H. Res. 194 In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 29, 2008. Whereas millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved in the United States and the 13 American colonies from 1619 through 1865; Whereas slavery in America resembled no other form of involuntary servitude known in history, as Africans were captured and sold at auction like inanimate objects or animals; Whereas Africans forced into slavery were brutalized, humiliated, dehumanized, and subjected to the indignity of being stripped of their names and heritage; Whereas enslaved families were torn apart after having been sold separately from one another; Whereas the system of slavery and the visceral racism against persons of African descent upon which it depended became entrenched in the Nation's social fabric; Whereas slavery was not officially abolished until the passage of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865 after the end of the Civil War; Whereas after emancipation from 246 years of slavery, African-Americans soon saw the fleeting political, social, and economic gains they made during Reconstruction eviscerated by virulent racism, lynchings, disenfranchisement, Black Codes, and racial segregation laws that imposed a rigid system of officially sanctioned racial segregation in virtually all areas of life; Whereas the system of de jure racial segregation known as `Jim Crow,' which arose in certain parts of the Nation following the Civil War to create separate and unequal societies for whites and African-Americans, was a direct result of the racism against persons of African descent engendered by slavery; Whereas a century after the official end of slavery in America, Federal action was required during the 1960s to eliminate the dejure and defacto system of Jim Crow throughout parts of the Nation, though its vestiges still linger to this day; Whereas African-Americans continue to suffer from the complex interplay between slavery and Jim Crow--long after both systems were formally abolished--through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity; Whereas the story of the enslavement and de jure segregation of African-Americans and the dehumanizing atrocities committed against them should not be purged from or minimized in the telling of American history; Whereas on July 8, 2003, during a trip to Goree Island, Senegal, a former slave port, President George W. Bush acknowledged slavery's continuing legacy in American life and the need to confront that legacy when he stated that slavery `was . . . one of the greatest crimes of history . . . The racial bigotry fed by slavery did not end with slavery or with segregation. And many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other times. But however long the journey, our destiny is set: liberty and justice for all.'; Whereas President Bill Clinton also acknowledged the deep-seated problems caused by the continuing legacy of racism against African-Americans that began with slavery when he initiated a national dialogue about race; Whereas a genuine apology is an important and necessary first step in the process of racial reconciliation; Whereas an apology for centuries of brutal dehumanization and injustices cannot erase the past, but confession of the wrongs committed can speed racial healing and reconciliation and help Americans confront the ghosts of their past; Whereas the legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia has recently taken the lead in adopting a resolution officially expressing appropriate remorse for slavery and other State legislatures have adopted or are considering similar resolutions; and Whereas it is important for this country, which legally recognized slavery through its Constitution and its laws, to make a formal apology for slavery and for its successor, Jim Crow, so that it can move forward and seek reconciliation, justice, and harmony for all of its citizens: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives-- (1) acknowledges that slavery is incompatible with the basic founding principles recognized in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal; (2) acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow; (3) apologizes to African Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow; and (4) expresses its commitment to rectify the lingering consequences of the misdeeds committed against African Americans under slavery and Jim Crow and to stop the occurrence of human rights violations in the future. Attest: Clerk. END THOMAS Home | Contact | Accessibility | Legal | USA.gov Source(s): H. Res. 194 moreResolved Question: Please check my work! No one else will!?
Please check these problems and correct me if any are wrong! I need an A on this test! please help! 1: Which of the following made possible the American industrial growth of the late 1800s? the household economy technological advances * government reforms the development of labor unions 2: Which of the following revolutionized American communications in the late 1800s? steam engines and steamships the telegraph and telephone * a workable light filament refrigeration and sewing machines 3: One of Thomas Edison's major accomplishments was developing a more efficient way to make steel inventing the telegraph and telephone helping to make electricity more widely available * preaching the "gospel of wealth" 4: Andrew Carnegie argued that the success of wealthy industrialists helped the entire nation * should be limited by the government was illegal according to the Sherman Antitrust Act had no effect on average Americans 5: During the late 1800s, children often worked in factories because their parents believed in the process of "natural selection" families needed the income to survive * employers offered high wages to skilled children there were no public schools for children to attend 6: One thing a person could do in 1900 but not in 1865 was ride on a train sew a dress play a phonograph * read at night 7: Which statement best describes the lifestyle of homesteaders? Homesteaders lived in isolation and avoided social contact. Most women worked outside their homestead. * Homesteaders lived simple and secure lives. Homesteaders often had to struggle even for the necessities. 8: Which one of the following is a lingering myth about the West? It was settled by a variety of races. * Settlers were nearly all white males. Settlers nearly destroyed Native American peoples. Western settlement damaged the environment. 9: Farm mechanization resulted in an increase in farm production a decline in the number of eastern farms * the end of bonanza farms stable crop prices 10: What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act? They had to live on the land all year long. * They had to farm the land for five years in a row. They had to file a claim with a bank. THey had to whel portable cabins from plot to plot. 11: What drew many new immigrants to the West? the opportunity to learn new languages the climate on the plains "land-grant" colleges cheap land and new jobs * 12: How did new technology help farmers on the Great Plains? It saved them time and effort It eliminated insect pests * It made crops drought-resistant It lowered their dabt 13: During the late 1800s, the port of entry for the majority of immigrants was Boston * San Francisco Philadelphia New York 14: Which of the following was a major result of both immigration and the increaded productivity of factory jobs in the late 1800s? the rapid expansion of urban areas * mechanization of agriculture high wages for factory workers overpopulation of the South 15: In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted dramatically, with most immigrants now coming from northern European countries southern and eastern European countries * Mexico and Central America China and Japan 16: One reason that the United States became more urban during the late 1800s is that farm mechines and factory-made goods reduced the need for farm labor * nobody wanted to live on farms anymore immigrants did not know how to do farm work union organizing of farm workers had not yet begun 17: Which of the following attacted many immigrants to the United States? the military draft strong alien land laws a chance at a better life * labor unions 18: Where did European immigrants often settle in the United States? in western railroad towns in their ports of entry * in the South near lakes 19: When African Americans left southern farms in the late 1800s, where did they relocate? in western minig towns in Mexican border towns in nearby cities * in suburbs 20: Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of cities? migration to the suburbs improvements in transportation construction of skyscrapers * immigration 21: Which of the following best characterizes urban areas in the early 1900s? slums and tenements a growing middle class population open spaces, trees, and grass ethnically mixed neighborhoods * 22: Which became the most popular American sport during the late 1800s? football baseball * basketball hockey 23: In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional established the "separate-but-equal" doctrine, upholding segregation * ordered public school districts to upgrade schools for African Americans ordered universities to enroll more women and African Americans 24: Which of the following factors helped to reduce household chores by 1900? technological advances * smaller homes inexpensive domestic help division of labor among family members 25: Which of the following were popular forms of entertainment in the late 1800s? vaudeville moving pictures trolley parks all of the above * 26: Which was a result of the Spanish-American War? Cuba became a Spanish protectorate Puerto Rico and Guam were made US territories Spain admitted it had blown up the Maine The Philippines won independence from foreign rule * 27: The building of the Panama Canal was important because it helped staballize the economies of Latin American countries improved relations between Colombia and the United States facilitated movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports * promoted European investment in the United States 28: Under imperialism, the stronger nation attempts to dominate a weaker country sell its products to a weaker country create an empire all of the above * 29: Most Progressives argeed that the government should nationalize industries abolish home rule in cities and states protect workers and help the poor * outlaw unions 30: Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election of 1912, partly due to Taft's decision not to run for a second term the fact that he was the only candidate with a reform platform a split in the Republican vote * the lack of competition 31: Progressivism was halted by the efforts of the NAACP World War I the repeal of the prohibition amendment * the victory of the Bull Moose Party 32: Which belief was held by most Progressives? The government should be more accountable to its citizens Housing and healthcare should remain private The government should protect agricultural interests The government should intervene in unfair business practices * 33: In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel entitled The Jungle exposed dangerous workplace conditions in the meatpacking industry for women in the garment industry for children working long hours * for miners in West Virginia and Colorado 34: One way reformers hoped to end corruption in govenrment was to establish an income tax * give voters more direct say in lawmaking provide more welfare services use the army to oust political machines 35: Many Americans became more supportive of sufrage as a result of women's activities in World War I * the Seventeenth Amendment the Bradwell v. Illinois decision the repeal of prohibition 36: The battle for women's suffrage ended with the ratification of the 16th Amendment 17th Amendment 18th Amendment 19th Amendment * 37: Which event sparked World War I? the sinking of the Lusitania the German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine Russia's quest for a warm-water port the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne * 38: Which of the following was a major factor in the decision of the United States to enter World War I? Britain's naval blockade of Germany Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare * Vladimir Lenin's rise to power in Russia France's fall to the Central Powers 39: An underlying cause of World War I was the ongoing dispute over the convoy system the web of alliances European nations created for their defense * an alliance between the autocratic rulers of Germany and Russia American insistence on neutrality 40: After Lenin seized control of Russia in 1917, Germany surrendered the Allies declared war on Russia the United States entered the war Russia withdrew from the war * 41: One of the main causes of the war, imperialism, involved invading Belgium and France acquiring uncolonized areas of the world * blockading enemy ports acting in a nation's own interest 42: The German U-boat changed the rules of naval warfare because it attacked only in the summer remained hidden and fired without warning * avoided merchant ships surfaced before firing its torpedoes 43: The death toll from World War I was the highest for American troops low, because of advances in weapons extraordinarily high * high for Germany, but low for the Allies 44: In the 1920s, many American consumers began to adopt the practice of recycling sewing their own clothes buying goods on credit * publishing their own newspapers 45: Henry Ford's dream was to sell cars that came in many colors could travel 100 miles per hour ordinary people could afford * would attract wealthy business owners 46: One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was an increase in alcoholism a decline in dancing and socializing the rise of organized crime * the creation of urban artistic colonies 47: How did life change for American women in the 1920s? Many women felt more fre to experiment with bolder styles and manners * Married women found it much easier to balance careers and family life Most women grew long hair and stopped using makeup Women began to dominate the work force, often taking leadership positions 48: Jazz was brought to northern cities by older generations musicians from the Mexico City area southern Arfican Americans * World War I veterans 49: The rise of films, radio broadcasting, and the news media all helped to bring about organized crime a national culture * the Garvey movement the Ku Klux Klan 50: During the Depression, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans made great strides in equal rights legislation often lost jobs to white laborers * were less affected than other groups were encouraged to start their own businesses 51: A major environmental crisis of the 1930s was known as the Dust Bowl * the Grapes of Wrath Black Tuesday the Great Crash 52: How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929? They called in their loans They pooled money to buy stocks They raced to sell their stocks * They pledged their stocks as collateral 53: A fundamental disagreement between the candidates in the 1932 presidential election concerned whether or not the Depression existed the federal governement should try to fix people's problems Americans should offer aid to European economies any relief efforts were necessary to ease the ecnomic crisis * 54: The rise in homelessness mainly resulted from increased immigration high interest rates a decline in housing construction laid off workers losing their homes * 55: During the Depression working women were embarassed to be working respected for being family providers paid extra if they got married accused of taking jobs away from men * 56: Which New Deal agency was created to help businesses? Federal Reserve Board National Recovery Administration * Civilian Conservation Corps Home Owner's Loan Corporation 57: What criticism did many Progressives make of the New Deal? It unfairly taxed successful, hardworking people It poromoted a regimented, militaristic society It did not do enough to redistribute wealth * Many of its programs smacked of "Bolshevism" 58: The "black cabinet" was an unofficial group of African American officeholders * a loose coalition of opponents to the New Deal the nickname given to Roosevelt advisors Harry Hopkins and Harold Ickes African American Cabinet members who opposed the New Deal 59: How did Roosevelt try to help business? by raising tariffs * by stabilizing industrial prices by expanding foreign trade by abolishing the minimum wage 60: How did Roosevelt's programs help farmers? by raising crop production by encouraging farmer associations by allowing Mexican labor by giving financial assistance to farmers * 61: Sit-down strikes were so successful that the Supreme Court outlawed them * employers hired only nonunion workers unions won all their demands Congress passed the Wagner Act moreResolved Question: I need help with a some history questions?
I know this looks like a lot of questions i just need to make sure i have them right before i turn them in so pleasse help me Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of cities? migration to the suburbs improvements in transportation construction of skyscrapers immigration 21: Which of the following best characterizes urban areas in the early 1900s? slums and tenements a growing middle class population open spaces, trees, and grass ethnically mixed neighborhoods 22: Which became the most popular American sport during the late 1800s? football baseball basketball hockey 23: In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional established the "separate-but-equal" doctrine, upholding segregation ordered public school districts to upgrade schools for African Americans ordered universities to enroll more women and African Americans 24: Which of the following factors helped to reduce household chores by 1900? technological advances smaller homes inexpensive domestic help division of labor among family members 25: Which of the following were popular forms of entertainment in the late 1800s? vaudeville moving pictures trolley parks all of the above 26: Which was a result of the Spanish-American War? Cuba became a Spanish protectorate Puerto Rico and Guam were made US territories Spain admitted it had blown up the Maine The Philippines won independence from foreign rule 27: The building of the Panama Canal was important because it helped staballize the economies of Latin American countries improved relations between Colombia and the United States facilitated movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports promoted European investment in the United States 28: Under imperialism, the stronger nation attempts to dominate a weaker country sell its products to a weaker country create an empire all of the above 29: Most Progressives argeed that the government should nationalize industries abolish home rule in cities and states protect workers and help the poor outlaw unions 30: Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election of 1912, partly due to Taft's decision not to run for a second term the fact that he was the only candidate with a reform platform a split in the Republican vote the lack of competition 31: Progressivism was halted by the efforts of the NAACP World War I the repeal of the prohibition amendment the victory of the Bull Moose Party 32: Which belief was held by most Progressives? The government should be more accountable to its citizens Housing and healthcare should remain private The government should protect agricultural interests The government should intervene in unfair business practices 33: In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel entitled The Jungle exposed dangerous workplace conditions in the meatpacking industry for women in the garment industry for children working long hours for miners in West Virginia and Colorado 34: One way reformers hoped to end corruption in govenrment was to establish an income tax give voters more direct say in lawmaking provide more welfare services use the army to oust political machines 35: Many Americans became more supportive of sufrage as a result of women's activities in World War I the Seventeenth Amendment the Bradwell v. Illinois decision the repeal of prohibition 36: The battle for women's suffrage ended with the ratification of the 16th Amendment 17th Amendment 18th Amendment 19th Amendment 37: Which event sparked World War I? the sinking of the Lusitania the German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine Russia's quest for a warm-water port the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne 38: Which of the following was a major factor in the decision of the United States to enter World War I? Britain's naval blockade of Germany Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare Vladimir Lenin's rise to power in Russia France's fall to the Central Powers 39: An underlying cause of World War I was the ongoing dispute over the convoy system the web of alliances European nations created for their defense an alliance between the autocratic rulers of Germany and Russia American insistence on neutrality 40: After Lenin seized control of Russia in 1917, Germany surrendered the Allies declared war on Russia the United States entered the war Russia withdrew from the war 41: One of the main causes of the war, imperialism, involved invading Belgium and France acquiring uncolonized areas of the world blockading enemy ports acting in a nation's own interest 42: The German U-boat changed the rules of naval warfare because it attacked only in the summer remained hidden and fired without warning avoided merchant ships surfaced before firing its torpedoes 43: The death toll from World War I was the highest for American troops low, because of advances in weapons extraordinarily high high for Germany, but low for the Allies 44: In the 1920s, many American consumers began to adopt the practice of recycling sewing their own clothes buying goods on credit publishing their own newspapers 45: Henry Ford's dream was to sell cars that came in many colors could travel 100 miles per hour ordinary people could afford would attract wealthy business owners 46: One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was an increase in alcoholism a decline in dancing and socializing the rise of organized crime the creation of urban artistic colonies 47: How did life change for American women in the 1920s? Many women felt more fre to experiment with bolder styles and manners Married women found it much easier to balance careers and family life Most women grew long hair and stopped using makeup Women began to dominate the work force, often taking leadership positions 48: Jazz was brought to northern cities by older generations musicians from the Mexico City area southern Arfican Americans World War I veterans 49: The rise of films, radio broadcasting, and the news media all helped to bring about organized crime a national culture the Garvey movement the Ku Klux Klan 50: During the Depression, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans made great strides in equal rights legislation often lost jobs to white laborers were less affected than other groups were encouraged to start their own businesses 51: A major environmental crisis of the 1930s was known as the Dust Bowl the Grapes of Wrath Black Tuesday the Great Crash 52: How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929? They called in their loans They pooled money to buy stocks They raced to sell their stocks They pledged their stocks as collateral 53: A fundamental disagreement between the candidates in the 1932 presidential election concerned whether or not the Depression existed the federal governement should try to fix people's problems Americans should offer aid to European economies any relief efforts were necessary to ease the ecnomic crisis 54: The rise in homelessness mainly resulted from increased immigration high interest rates a decline in housing construction laid off workers losing their homes 55: During the Depression working women were embarassed to be working respected for being family providers paid extra if they got married accused of taking jobs away from men 56: Which New Deal agency was created to help businesses? Federal Reserve Board National Recovery Administration Civilian Conservation Corps Home Owner's Loan Corporation 57: What criticism did many Progressives make of the New Deal? It unfairly taxed successful, hardworking people It poromoted a regimented, militaristic society It did not do enough to redistribute wealth Many of its programs smacked of "Bolshevism" 58: The "black cabinet" was an unofficial group of African American officeholders a loose coalition of opponents to the New Deal the nickname given to Roosevelt advisors Harry Hopkins and Harold Ickes African American Cabinet members who opposed the New Deal 59: How did Roosevelt try to help business? by raising tariffs by stabilizing industrial prices by expanding foreign trade by abolishing the minimum wage 60: How did Roosevelt's programs help farmers? by raising crop production by encouraging farmer associations by allowing Mexican labor by giving financial assistance to farmers 61: Sit-down strikes were so successful that the Supreme Court outlawed them employers hired only nonunion workers unions won all their demands Congress passed the Wagner Act moreResolved Question: Why Gun controll does not work.. what do you think?
Contrary to gun control wishes, government bans do not equal eradication. This leads to the next premise upon which gun control is based: Criminals obey the law. Compliance with laws is based on the honor system. Governments expect citizens to follow the law because they honor the society in which they live. The problem is, criminals do not honor the law. Gun control advocates seem to believe that a criminal who is going to cause harm will not do so, not because murder is illegal, but because the gun he is going to use for murder is illegal. Gun control advocates expect, indeed require, criminals to respect and obey the law for their policy to work. The third premise of gun control is based on faith in the police. The gun control position is that only the police should have guns. A central tenet of this position is that ordinary citizens do not need a gun because the police are there to protect you. It was clear on April 16, 2007, that the police were nowhere to be found for more than nine minutes. When split seconds count, the police are long minutes away. Even though police often arrive after a crime has been committed, the gun control slant is that police are highly trained professionals and thus know how to stop a violent criminal better than a law-abiding citizen with a gun. A citizen does not need to be concerned about infringing on a criminal's rights and detaining the perpetrator, as required of the police. A citizen only needs to be able to defend him or herself. Often, just the knowledge that a victim is armed is enough to dissuade a criminal from continuing an assault. Any number of highly trained professionals could be useful, but when they are not at the scene of the crime for minutes, an average citizen with a gun can be an effective counter to a violent attack. Even more duplicitous is that the faith-in-the-police premise takes an utterly contrary turn when making the argument that they will not know whom to shoot when responding. First, this position is spurious, as it has continually been shown that the police arrive after a crime has been committed, including here at Tech. Second, if they really were highly trained, wouldn't they know that the ones who are not pointing their guns at the police are not the criminals? Third, if given the choice between the possibility of being shot by the highly trained professional while shooting in self-defense and the certainty of being shot by an armed assailant while unarmed, I will choose the former every time. Some have argued that even the First Amendment is not an absolute right, noting that one cannot shout "fire!" in a crowded theater. If we applied the same logic as the gun control argument, our mouths would be taped shut when we enter a theater because someone might yell "fire." Those who would exercise their Second Amendment rights are subjected to prior restraint, and thus prevented from carrying their gun, because they might do something illegal with it. Even with their flawed assumptions exposed, what is especially insidious is that gun control does not work. The results of their policies are abject failures. Whether in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York or Chicago, gun control does not work. At Virginia Tech, gun control did not work. Gun bans do not mean guns disappear. Criminals do not abide by the honor code. The police are not readily available to protect you. The Second Amendment declares an individual right to keep and bear arms. These are truths that the gun control advocate disregards. Please consider the assumptions for their argument when deciding your own position. moreResolved Question: kamal roy epoisode in u s a politics_republican and general ; do u hear some ?
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1.We can recognize that athletes that participate in sports must be given special consideration within our grading system, or we can let the university sink into athletic oblivion. 2.I don't know what colleges are teaching these days! I have just received a letter of application from a young man who graduated from the state university last June. It was a wretched letter--badly written, with elementary errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. The state university does not deserve the tax support that it is getting. 3.All right-thinking people will support the Board of Education's decision to destroy novels in the school libraries that are offensive to the moral standards of the community. If there were an epidemic of typhoid, the health authorities would be expected to do everything in their power to wipe it out. Pornography is worse than typhoid, since it corrupts the minds and morals of the young, not just their bodies. The school board is to be applauded for their prompt action in wiping out this moral disease. 4.Despite endless efforts, no one has been able to prove that God exists; we may just as well stop trying and accept the truth: there is no God. 5.Alicia started gaining more weight than ever when she started taking Slimdown; the stuff must be fattening! 6.No sensible person would support the Equal Rights Amendment. If it were to pass, we would have women in combat and unisex bathrooms. Eventually, we would not even be able to tell the women from the men! 7.How can Clinton be leading this country! He's a draft-dodging, pot-smoking, womanizer!! 8.Michael Jordan wore that brand, so those must to be the best basketball shoes. 9.The difference in the outcome was Jefferson's missed field goal. If he had put it through, we'd be going to the Super Bowl. 10.Don't ignore the woman who gave you birth, raised you, loved you then, and loves you still. Remember your mom on Mother's Day. 11.So what if I didn't claim all of the money I earned on my taxes? Lots of people underreport their income. 12.That's gotta be a great line of clothes. Have you seen the prices and the people endorsing it? moreResolved Question: I was hit by a nun who turned without a blinker. The cop twisted the story to make it my fault. Now what?
She made a wide right turn with no blinker and hit me after I had just made a legal right turn with my turn signal. She immediately apologized (admission of guilt?) When the cop came I was treated unfairly. He spoke to them in private and only asked me Where was your car, on the shoulder? I couldn't crititize the nun right in front of her, the cop didn't give me a moment of his time. I was sure the nun would tell him the truth. I picked up the accident report, he has placed the blame on me, has me driving on the shoulder, turning on the shoulder and then ramming my car into hers when I tried to get back on the road. It didn't happen like that - She hit me!!! She had no turn signal, was pointed straight and well past the stop line. She made a crazy wide right turn and hit me. The cop won't return my calls - I have left 3 polite messages. What do I do? I have been cheated out of my 14th amendment right to equal treatment under the law.I haven't received a ticket though he gave me two faults, improper lane use and unsafely changing lanes. (But I wasn't on the shoulder!!) No witness for me, no camera. She had 3 passengers 83, 78 & 82 years old, sure they'll tell a fine tale. I do not drive like a nut, I was 45 minutes early for work and in no rush! She was past the stop line, I was to her right at the stop line. Without a blinker, I thought she was gong straight. Light turned green, she went, I turned, next thing my side mirror is folding forward, she hit my wheel well and scratched our front ends. We immediately stopped, I was in the right lane, she was between the left and right lanes (divided road, 2 lanes in each direction.) I never saw it coming, no time to react. I appreciate your answers so much!!! I had faith that the cop would report the truth, I don't know who lied and said I was on the shoulder, couldn't be the nun. She had already said Oh, I am so sorry!! We both knew it was her fault! ThanksSurprise ending - The claim was dropped, I just found out. What a relief!!! I learned so many lessons! Thanks for all your comments! I'm so glad this didn't drag on and end up in court. moreResolved Question: Can anyone find a quote in this story?
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any one new anywebsite hit me up ? INS Citizenship Test Questions The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administers a test to all immigrants applying for citizenship. For years, these questions have been selected from among the following list of 100. How would you do? Many, you will find simple. Others are not so easy. In all cases, the answer USCIS wants to hear is given. (Study Materials and Guides) NOTE: New Test Questions Coming Oct. 1, 2008 On Oct. 1, 2008 The USCIS will switch a new set of test questions. All applicants who file for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 will be required to take the redesigned test. For those applicants who file prior to October 1, 2008 but are not interviewed until after October , 2008 (but before October 1, 2009), there will be an option of taking the new test or the current one. ________________________________________ Current USCIS Test Questions (Click on the question to see the answer.) 1. What are the colors of our flag? 2. How many stars are there in our flag? 3. What color are the stars on our flag? 4. What do the stars on the flag mean? 5. How many stripes are there in the flag? 6. What color are the stripes? 7. What do the stripes on the flag mean? 8. How many states are there in the Union? 9. What is the 4th of July? 10. What is the date of Independence Day? 11. Independence from whom? 12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? 13. Who was the first President of the United States? 14. Who is the President of the United States today? 15. Who is the vice-president of the United States today? 16. Who elects the President of the United States? 17. Who becomes President of the United States if the President should die? 18. For how long do we elect the President? 19. What is the Constitution? 20. Can the Constitution be changed? 21. What do we call a change to the Constitution? 22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution? 23. How many branches are there in our government? 24. What are the three branches of our government? 25. What is the legislative branch of our government? 26. Who makes the laws in the United States? 27. What is the Congress? 28. What are the duties of Congress? 29. Who elects the Congress? 30. How many senators are there in Congress? 31. Can you name the two senators from your state? 32. For how long do we elect each senator? 33. How many representatives are there in Congress? 34. For how long do we elect the representatives? 35. What is the executive branch of our government? 36. What is the judiciary branch of our government? 37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court? 38. What is the supreme court law of the United States? 39. What is the Bill of Rights? 40. What is the capital of your state? 41. Who is the current governor of your state? 42. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die? 43. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? 44. Can you name thirteen original states? 45. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."? 46. Which countries were our enemies during World War II? 47. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union? 48. How many terms can the President serve? 49. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? 50. Who is the head of your local government? 51. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become President. Name one of these requirements. 52. Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate? 53. Who selects the Supreme Court justice? 54. How many Supreme Court justice are there? 55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America? 56. What is the head executive of a state government called? 57. What is the head executive of a city government called? 58. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the Americans colonists? 59. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? 60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 61. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence? 62. What is the national anthem of the United States? 63. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? 64. Where does freedom of speech come from? 65. What is a minimum voting age in the United States? 66. Who signs bills into law? 67. What is the highest court in the United States? 68. Who was the President during the Civil War? 69. What did the Emancipation Declaration do? 70. What special group advises the President? 71. Which President is called the "Father of our country"? 72. What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a naturalized citizen? 73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America? 74. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America? 75. What are the 13 original states of the U.S. called? 76. Name 3 rights of freedom guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. 77. Who has the power to declare the war? 78. What kind of government does the United States have? 79. Which President freed the slaves? 80. In what year was the Constitution written? 81. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? 82. Name one purpose of the United Nations? 83. Where does Congress meet? 84. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? 85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called? 86. Name one benefit of being citizen of the United States. 87. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens? 88. What is the United States Capitol? 89. What is the White House? 90. Where is the White House located? 91. What is the name of the President's official home? 92. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment. 93. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 94. Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 95. In what month do we vote for the President? 96. In what month is the new President inaugurated? 97. How many times may a Senator be re-elected? 98. How many times may a Congressman be re-elected? 99. What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today? 100. How many states are there in the United States today? ________________________________________ 1. What are the colors of our flag? Red, White, and Blue. 2. How many stars are there in our flag? 50 3. What color are the stars on our flag? White. 4. What do the stars on the flag mean? One for each state in the Union. 5. How many stripes are there in the flag? 13 6. What color are the stripes? Red and White. 7. What do the stripes on the flag mean? They represent the original 13 states. 8. How many states are there in the Union? 50 9. What is the 4th of July? Independence Day. 10. What is the date of Independence Day? July 4th 11. Independence from whom? England 12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? England 13. Who was the first President of the United States? George Washington 14. Who is the President of the United States today? Currently George W. Bush 15. Who is the vice-president of the United States today? Currently Richard B. ("Dick") Cheney 16. Who elects the President of the United States? The electoral college 17. Who becomes President of the United States if the President should die? Vice - President 18. For how long do we elect the President? Four years 19. What is the Constitution? The supreme law of the land 20. Can the Constitution be changed? Yes 21. What do we call a change to the Constitution? An Amendment 22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution? 27 23. How many branches are there in our government? 3 24. What are the three branches of our government? Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary 25. What is the legislative branch of our government? Congress 26. Who makes the laws in the United States? Congress 27. What is the Congress? The Senate and the House of Representatives 28. What are the duties of Congress? To make laws 29. Who elects the Congress? The people 30. How many senators are there in Congress? 100 31. Can you name the two senators from your state? (insert local information) 32. For how long do we elect each senator? 6 years 33. How many representatives are there in Congress? 435 34. For how long do we elect the representatives? 2 years 35. What is the executive branch of our government? The President, vice president, cabinet, and departments under the cabinet members 36. What is the judiciary branch of our government? The Supreme Court 37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court? To interpret laws 38. What is the supreme court law of the United States? The Constitution 39. What is the Bill of Rights? The first 10 amendments of the Constitution 40. What is the capital of your state? (insert local information) 41. Who is the current governor of your state? (insert local information) 42. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die? Speaker of the House of Representative 43. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? William Rehnquist (or whoever is next) 44. Can you name thirteen original states? Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, and Maryland. 45. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."? Patrick Henry 46. Which countries were our enemies during World War II? Germany, Italy, and Japan 47. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union? Hawaii and Alaska 48. How many terms can the President serve? 2 49. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? A civil rights leader 50. Who is the head of your local government? (insert local information) 51. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become President. Name one of these requirements. Must be a natural born citizen of the United States; must be at least 35 years old by the time he/she will serve; must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years. 52. Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate? Two (2) from each state 53. Who selects the Supreme Court justice? Appointed by the President 54. How many Supreme Court justice are there? Nine (9) 55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America? For religious freedom 56. What is the head executive of a state government called? Governor 57. What is the head executive of a city government called? Mayor 58. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the Americans colonists? Thanksgiving 59. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson 60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July 4, 1776 61. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence? That all men are created equal 62. What is the national anthem of the United States? The Star-Spangled Banner 63. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? Francis Scott Key 64. Where does freedom of speech come from? The Bill of Rights 65. What is a minimum voting age in the United States? Eighteen (18) 66. Who signs bills into law? The President 67. What is the highest court in the United States? The Supreme Court 68. Who was the President during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln 69. What did the Emancipation Declaration do? Freed many slaves 70. What special group advises the President? The Cabinet 71. Which President is called the "Father of our country"? George Washington 72. What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a naturalized citizen? Form N-400, Application to File Petition for Naturalization 73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America? The American-Indians (Native Americans) 74. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America? The Mayflower 75. What are the 13 original states of the U.S. called? Colonies 76. Name 3 rights of freedom guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The right of freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of government. The right to bear arms (the right to have weapons or own a gun, though subject to certain regulations). The government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in the people's homes during peacetime without the people's consent. The government may not search or take a person's property without a warrant. A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against him/herself. A person charged with a crime still has some rights, such as the right to a trial and to have a lawyer. The right to trial by jury in most cases. Protects people against excessive or unreasonable fines or cruel and unusual punishment. The people have rights other than those mentioned in the Constitution. Any power not given to the federal government by the Constitution is a power of either the state or the people. 77. Who has the power to declare the war? The Congress 78. What kind of government does the United States have? Democracy 79. Which President freed the slaves? Abraham Lincoln 80. In what year was the Constitution written? 1787 81. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? The Bill of Rights 82. Name one purpose of the United Nations? For countries to discuss and try to resolve world problems, to provide economic aid to many countries. 83. Where does Congress meet? In the Capitol in Washington, D.C. 84. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Everyone (citizens and non-citizens) living in U.S. 85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called? The Preamble 86. Name one benefit of being citizen of the United States. Obtain federal government jobs, travel with U.S. passport, petition for close relatives to come to the U.S. to live. 87. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens? The right to vote 88. What is the United States Capitol? The place where Congress meets 89. What is the White House? The President's official home 90. Where is the White House located? Washington, D.C. (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.) 91. What is the name of the President's official home? The White House 92. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment. Freedom of: speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of the government. 93. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? The President 94. Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? George Washington 95. In what month do we vote for the President? November 96. In what month is the new President inaugurated? January 97. How many times may a Senator be re-elected? There is no limit 98. How many times may a Congressman be re-elected? There is no limit 99. What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today? Democratic and Republican 100. How many states are there in the United States today? Fifty (50) New Naturalization Test Questions Beginning on Oct. 1, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will replace the set of questions currently used as part of the citizenship test with the questions listed here. All applicants who file for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 will be required to take the new test. For those applicants who file prior to October 1, 2008 but are not interviewed until after October , 2008 (but before October 1, 2009), there will be an option of taking the new test or the current one. New Test Questions and Answers Some questions have more than one correct answer. In those cases, all acceptable answers are shown. All answers are shown exactly as worded by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT A. Principles of American Democracy 1. What is the supreme law of the land? A: The Constitution 2. What does the Constitution do? A: sets up the government A: defines the government A: protects basic rights of Americans 3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? A: We the People 4. What is an amendment? A: a change (to the Constitution) A: an addition (to the Constitution) 5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? A: The Bill of Rights 6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?* A: speech A: religion A: assembly A: press A: petition the government 7. How many amendments does the Constitution have? A: twenty-seven (27) 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do? A: announced our independence (from Great Britain) A: declared our independence (from Great Britain) A: said that the United States is free (from Great Britain) 9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? A: life A: liberty A: pursuit of happiness 10. What is freedom of religion? A: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion. 11. What is the economic system in the United States?* A: capitalist economy A: market economy 12. What is the "rule of law"? A: Everyone must follow the law. A: Leaders must obey the law. A: Government must obey the law. A: No one is above the law. B. System of Government 13. Name one branch or part of the government.* A: Congress A: legislative A: President A: executive A: the courts A: judicial 14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? A: checks and balances A: separation of powers 15. Who is in charge of the executive branch? A: the President 16. Who makes federal laws? A: Congress A: Senate and House (of Representatives) A: (U.S. or national) legislature 17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* A: the Senate and House (of Representatives) 18. How many U.S. Senators are there? A: one hundred (100) 19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? A: six (6) 20. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators?* A: Answers will vary. [For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.] * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members? A: four hundred thirty-five (435) 22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? A: two (2) 23. Name your U.S. Representative. A: Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.] 24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent? A: all people of the state 25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? A: (because of) the state's population A: (because) they have more people A: (because) some states have more people 26. We elect a President for how many years? A: four (4) 27. In what month do we vote for President?* A: November 28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?* A: George W. Bush A: George Bush A: Bush 29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? A: Richard Cheney A: Dick Cheney A: Cheney 30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? A: the Vice President 31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? A: the Speaker of the House 32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? A: the President 33. Who signs bills to become laws? A: the President 34. Who vetoes bills? A: the President 35. What does the President's Cabinet do? A: advises the President 36. What are two Cabinet-level positions? A: Secretary of Agriculture A: Secretary of Commerce A: Secretary of Defense A: Secretary of Education A: Secretary of Energy A: Secretary of Health and Human Services A: Secretary of Homeland Security A: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development A: Secretary of Interior A: Secretary of State A: Secretary of Transportation A: Secretary of Treasury A: Secretary of Veterans' Affairs A: Secretary of Labor A: Attorney General 37. does the judicial branch do? A: reviews laws A: explains laws A: resolves disputes (disagreements) A: decides if a law goes against the Constitution 38. What is the highest court in the United States? A: the Supreme Court 39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court? A: nine (9) 40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States? A: John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.) * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? A: to print money A: to declare war A: to create an army A: to make treaties 42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? A: provide schooling and education A: provide protection (police) A: provide safety (fire departments) A: give a driver's license A: approve zoning and land use 43. Who is the Governor of your state? A: Answers will vary. [Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories without a Governor should say "we don't have a Governor."] 44. What is the capital of your state?* A: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.] 45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?* A: Democratic and Republican 46. What is the political party of the President now? A: Republican (Party) 47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now? A: (Nancy) Pelosi C: Rights and Responsibilities 48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them. A: Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). A: You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. A: Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) A: A male citizen of any race (can vote). 49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?* A: serve on a jury A: vote 50. What are two rights only for United States citizens? A: apply for a federal job A: vote A: run for office A: carry a U.S. passport 51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? A: freedom of expression A: freedom of speech A: freedom of assembly A: freedom to petition the government A: freedom of worship A: the right to bear arms 52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? A: the United States A: the flag 53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? A: give up loyalty to other countries A: defend the Constitution and laws of the United States A: obey the laws of the United States A: serve in the U.S. military (if needed) A: serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed) A: be loyal to the United States 54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?* A: eighteen (18) and older 55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? A: vote A: join a political party A: help with a campaign A: join a civic group A: join a community group A: give an elected official your opinion on an issue A: call Senators and Representatives A: publicly support or oppose an issue or policy A: run for office A: write to a newspaper 56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?* A: April 15 57. When must all men register for the Selective Service? A: at age eighteen (18) A: between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) AMERICAN HISTORY A: Colonial Period and Independence 58. What is one reason colonists came to America? A: freedom A: political liberty A: religious freedom A: economic opportunity A: practice their religion A: escape persecution 59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? A: Native Americans A: American Indians 60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? A: Africans A: people from Africa * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 61. Why did the colonists fight the British? A: because of high taxes (taxation without representation) A: because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) A: because they didn't have self-government 62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? A: (Thomas) Jefferson 63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? A: July 4, 1776 64. There were 13 original states. Name three. A: New Hampshire A: Massachusetts A: Rhode Island A: Connecticut A: New York A: New Jersey A: Pennsylvania A: Delaware A: Maryland A: Virginia A: North Carolina A: South Carolina A: Georgia 65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? A: The Constitution was written. A: The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. 66. When was the Constitution written? A: 1787 67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. A: (James) Madison A: (Alexander) Hamilton A: (John) Jay A: Publius 68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? A: U.S. diplomat A: oldest member of the Constitutional Convention A: first Postmaster General of the United States A: writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" A: started the first free libraries 69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"? A: (George) Washington 70. Who was the first President?* A: (George) Washington B: 1800s 71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? A: the Louisiana Territory A: Louisiana 72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. A: War of 1812 A: Mexican-American War A: Civil War A: Spanish-American War 73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. A: the Civil War A: the War between the States 74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. A: slavery A: economic reasons A: states' rights 75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?* A: freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) A: saved (or preserved) the Union A: led the United States during the Civil War 76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? A: freed the slaves A: freed slaves in the Confederacy A: freed slaves in the Confederate states A: freed slaves in most Southern states 77. What did Susan B. Anthony do? A: fought for women's rights A: fought for civil rights C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information 78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.* A: World War I A: World War II A: Korean War A: Vietnam War A: (Persian) Gulf War 79. Who was President during World War I? A: (Woodrow) Wilson 80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? A: (Franklin) Roosevelt * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 81. Who did the United States fight in World War II? A: Japan, Germany and Italy 82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? A: World War II 83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? A: Communism 84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? A: civil rights (movement) 85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?* A: fought for civil rights A: worked for equality for all Americans 86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States? A: Terrorists attacked the United States. 87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. [Adjudicators will be supplied with a complete list.] A: Cherokee A: Navajo A: Sioux A: Chippewa A: Choctaw A: Pueblo A: Apache A: Iroquois A: Creek A: Blackfeet A: Seminole A: Cheyenne A: Arawak A: Shawnee A: Mohegan A: Huron A: Oneida A: Lakota A: Crow A: Teton A: Hopi A: Inuit INTEGRATED CIVICS A: Geography 88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. A: Missouri (River) A: Mississippi (River) 89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? A: Pacific (Ocean) 90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? A: Atlantic (Ocean) 91. Name one U.S. territory. A: Puerto Rico A: U.S. Virgin Islands A: American Samoa A: Northern Mariana Islands A: Guam 92. Name one state that borders Canada. A: Maine A: New Hampshire A: Vermont A: New York A: Pennsylvania A: Ohio A: Michigan A: Minnesota A: North Dakota A: Montana A: Idaho A: Washington A: Alaska 93. Name one state that borders Mexico. A: California A: Arizona A: New Mexico A: Texas 94. What is the capital of the United States?* A: Washington, D.C. 95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?* A: New York (Harbor) A: Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).] B. Symbols 96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes? A: because there were 13 original colonies A: because the stripes represent the original colonies 97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?* A: because there is one star for each state A: because each star represents a state A: because there are 50 states 98. What is the name of the national anthem? A: The Star-Spangled Banner C: Holidays 99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?* A: July 4 100. Name two national U.S. holidays. A: New Year's Day A: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day A: Presidents' Day A: Memorial Day A: Independence Day A: Labor Day A: Columbus Day A: Veterans Day A: Thanksgiving A: Christmas moreResolved Question: Did the DA in the Jena violate the rights of the students during their peaceful protest?
The DA went to the school during a peaceful protest by the black students and gave a speech telling them to stop it, 'cause he could end their lives with a stroke of his pen -- was this an attempt to intimidate and dissuade them from engaging in peaceful assembly and infringe upon their constitutional right to a peaceful protest? After all that is what people do when they have not received equal justice and protection under the law, right? Was his presence there an attempt to not only intimidate them but also to infringe upon their right to freedom of speech that is garunteed to them under the First Amendment?4Real - FYI this incident with the DA happened several months prior to the young man being beaten. If they had been allowed another channel to seek justice, maybe the situation would n't have escalated to violence. Not that violence is ok, but just maybe avoidable.Impressive, Jing James and I agree even if only partially. :)King James moreResolved Question: Why are Conservatives the only ones that believe in equal rights?
Color Blind Court Conservatives received a double dose of good news yesterday as the death of immigration "reform" was met with an immensely important ruling from the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion for the Court, holding that school districts in Seattle and Louisville may not assign children to particular schools on the basis of race. In a line for the ages Chief Justice Roberts explained: "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." Equally moving was Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote: "What was wrong in 1954 cannot be right today. The plans before us base school assignment decisions on students' race. Because 'our Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens,' such race-based decision making is unconstitutional." However, the victory was dampened somewhat by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who joined in the result but refused to join the portion of the opinion declaring that achieving "racial balance" cannot be a "compelling interest" -- i.e., a justification for racial classification by the government. According to Justice Kennedy, race may still be used as a factor if all other alternatives are exhausted. Nevertheless, the ruling pointed out the significance of the new chief justice and of Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement, Justice Samuel Alito. O'Connor was the deciding vote in Grutter v. Bollinger, a 2003 Supreme Court decision which upheld the notion that race could be one of many factors in determining admission to universities. Justice O'Connor memorably intoned in that case: "Twenty-five years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary." Apparently the clock used by Alito and Roberts is set differently. The importance of the decision was not lost on Democrats, Ward Connerly (the champion of measures to abolish racial quotas and preference including last year's successful Michigan Civil Rights Initiative), and conservative activists. Hillary Clinton was the first Democrat out of the box, predictably bemoaning the Court's decision. If Clinton saw dark clouds, Connerly saw rays of sunshine, declaring in a released statement: "The Supreme Court today made a glorious decision that directly fits with our plans to eliminate race in all facets of American public life." He continued: "This Supreme Court decision shows that the era of race preferences is quickly coming to an end. The Court is finally starting to catch up with what the American people have known for years: Race has no place in American public life." Roger Clegg, president and General Counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity, said simply "we won" and that he believed "the practical impact will be significant on school boards" who likely will recognize that they are "asking for trouble" if they use race to assign students to schools. It remains to be seen whether this will impact the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Rudy Giuliani was the only GOP candidate to respond to request for comment, stating: "I applaud today's Supreme Court decision striking down the racial preferences used in determining students' public school placement. I completely agree with Chief Justice Roberts that 'the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.'" In the days ahead one can expect that Giuliani will remind voters of his strong stance against racial preferences while mayor of New York. Having run on the slogan of "one standard, one city," he can boast that as mayor he withstood harsh criticism from liberal civil rights groups and abolished minority set-asides and eliminated many race-based affirmative action programs. Senator John McCain and former Gov. Mitt Romney have made statements in the past opposing racial preferences and quotas. As for "testing the waters" candidate Fred Thompson, one of the former Tennessee senator's rivals pointed out shortly after the opinion came down that he voted twice in 1995 in favor of affirmative action. (His campaign did not return a request for comment.) Aside from any ramifications in the presidential primary, the decision was remarkable for conservatives for two reasons. First, the Court's ruling on its own terms reflects conservatives' view of America as a society based on merit and individual, as opposed to group, rights. The Court's opinion is a teachable moment for the country at large. The message is simple: the government should not treat people differently based on race. Second, it comes as a much needed boost for those who have come to view the Bush years as dismal ones for movement conservatives. The Congressional majority has slipped away and the current Administration is a subject of derision and contempt by many. The record of Medicare Part D and No Child Left Behind and the near-death experience with immigration reform has pained many conservatives. The picture on the international front is no less grim. However, a real and significant shift in the Supreme Court may be the Bush administration's most lasting and historical achievement. The work of conservative activists, judges and academics is bearing fruit -- a powerful reminder that Constitutional battles are won over not just years, but decades. Together with the Court's ruling upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortion and invalidating McCain-Feingold's issue ad ban, the school cases make clear the Court's direction. Whether incrementally or in bold strokes, the Court no longer will be the handmaiden to the liberal social agenda. If the left wishes to impose an agenda of abortion on demand, racial quotas, gay marriage, and other social experiments, it will need to convince the public and enact its will through either legislation or constitutional amendment -- no easy task, but an altogether appropriate result in a country that fancies itself the world's great democracy. Nevertheless, the business of legal conservatives is unfinished, as aptly illustrated by Justice Kennedy's concurrence, which joined in the result but left open the distinct possibility that race may still be used as a factor by the government in determining how it treats its citizens. If ever there was a warning that the next Supreme Court justice pick will be critical for generations to come, this case should remind conservatives that the Court matters but is not yet "won." For the country at large, the ruling highlights the difference between the parties. The Democratic Party is determined to maintain a Rube Goldberg-like system of racial preferences and quotas. The Republican Party defends the view that the government should rarely if ever be allowed to classify its citizens by race. If elections are about clear choices, this issue provides one of the starkest for the American electorate. Republicans are banking that most Americans are on their side. moreResolved Question: Can someone let me know if I am right with my fallacy answers?
We can recognize that athletes that participate in sports must be given special consideration within our grading system, or we can let the university sind into athletic oblivion. (false dilemma) Despite endless efforts, no one has been able to prove that God exists; we may just as well stop trying and accept the truth: there is no God. (ad ignorantium) Alicia started gaining more weight than ever when she started taking Slimdown; the stuff must be fattening. (non sequitur) No sensible person would support the Equal Rights Amendment. If if were to pass, we would have women in combat and unisex bathrooms. Eventually, we would not even be able to tell the women from the men! (slippery slope) Michael Jordan wore that brand, so those must be the best basketball shoes. (appeal to authority) How can Clinton be leading this country! He's a draft-dodging, pot-smoking, womanizer!! (attacking the person) moreResolved Question: I need to know if this is correct. I had to put the correct fallacy to the statements.?
1.We can recognize that athletes that participate in sports must be given special consideration within our grading system, or we can let the university sink into athletic oblivion. Appeal to ignorance 2.I don't know what colleges are teaching these days! I have just received a letter of application from a young man who graduated from the state university last June. It was a wretched letter--badly written, with elementary errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. The state university does not deserve the tax support that it is getting. Affirming the consequent 3.All right-thinking people will support the Board of Education's decision to destroy novels in the school libraries that are offensive to the moral standards of the community. If there were an epidemic of typhoid, the health authorities would be expected to do everything in their power to wipe it out. Pornography is worse than typhoid, since it corrupts the minds and morals of the young, not just their bodies. The school board is to be applauded for their prompt action in wiping out this moral disease. Division 4.Despite endless efforts, no one has been able to prove that God exists; we may just as well stop trying and accept the truth: there is no God. composition 5.Alicia started gaining more weight than ever when she started taking Slimdown; the stuff must be fattening! equivocation 6.No sensible person would support the Equal Rights Amendment. If it were to pass, we would have women in combat and unisex bathrooms. Eventually, we would not even be able to tell the women from the men! Straw man moreResolved Question: Do christian women agree with christian conservatives like Pat Robertson when he says?
such things as: "I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period." AND "The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." - From a fundraising letter in support of a committee to stop the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment for women) in IowaJerry Falwell on the National Organization of Women and PETA "And we're going to invite PETA [to "Wild Game Night"] as our special guest, P-E-T-A -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. We want you to come, we're going to give you a top seat there, so you can sit there and suffer. This is one of my special groups, another one's the ACLU, another is the NOW -- the National Order of Witches [sic]. We've got -- I've got a lot of special groups." - From Falwell's Nov 21 televised service, broadcast from his Thomas Road Baptist Church moreResolved Question: For the love of all pups!!!!! What do you think?
Tuesday, 08 August 2006 BSL: A Lazy, Unconstitutional Fix to a Larger Societal Problem Monday, 26 July 2004 Apparently our dogs are part of al Qaeda too, or at least, they may as well be since currently many state and municipal governments have, in the name of "terror," launched an all-out assault on certain breeds of dog via a phenomenon known as breed-specific legislation. Breed-specific legislation (BSL) is just that: legislation, whether bills or ordinances, that seeks to put strictures on specific breeds of dog, or ban specific breeds of dog altogether. BSL usually follows as a consequence of several vicious dog attacks within a short period of time within a state or municipality. Often after a vicious dog attack or spate of attacks, politicians will make the claim that a certain breed of dog is "terrorizing" the neighborhoods and is therefore a public menace, though such comments are usually a knee-jerk reaction to a public that demands action. Unfortunately, the politician will often address the vicious dog problem in the easiest, though least effective way possible by proposing BSL. When proposing BSL, politicians often gloss over its inherent problems. The most fundamental problem with BSL, and the one that causes the most discord, is its unconstitutionality. BSL is a violation of 14th amendment equal protection and due process rights. BSL violates the 14th amendment Equal Protection clause — which guarantees all citizens equal protection under the laws — because it causes some dog owners to be deprived while others are not. Similarly, due process allows for citizens to have the opportunity to affect the outcome of legislation if that legislation should deprive a citizen of life, liberty, or property (property being the dog). If a state or municipality seeks to ban or place strictures on a breed or breeds of dog, but cannot prove breed inherence, which has been a large overarching problem with BSL, then those states or municipalities are violating dog owners’ due process rights. Despite BSL’s civil rights violations, bans have been passed throughout the United States because citizens either did not know their rights or because states and municipalities have hired so-called experts to "prove" that certain breeds were inherently vicious. Apparently you can hire anyone to say anything if you pay them enough — even an expert. These "experts," and the states and municipalities that employ them, waste tax-payers’ own dollars to illegally confiscate citizens’ property all in the name of supposed safety. However, according to Janis Bradley, author of Dogs Bite: But Balloons and Slippers Are More Dangerous, drapery cords and children’s own parents prove much more fatal to children than dog bites, and accidents involving bedroom slippers cause more injury to people than dogs. Still, many legislators and other politicians scurry to pass BSL in an attempt to quell perceived public outrage over dog attacks. Frequently legislators, and the supposed experts they hire, will make false claims which allege that certain dog breeds are more vicious than others. These false claims prima facie substantiate the need for BSL, which usually targets bully breeds, commonly referred to in slang as "pitbulls," and Rottweilers, though BSL has certainly not been limited to these breeds. Yet, temperament tests conducted by the American Temperament Test Society do not support the stigma against bullies or Rottweilers. Temperament test results for several bully breeds and the Rottweiler were as follows: American Pit Bull Terrier: 83.4% American Staffordshire Terrier: 83.3% Staffordshire (Bull) Terrier: 93.2% Rottweiler: 82.3% For comparison purposes, let’s take a look at other breeds of dog thought to be more even-tempered: Golden Retriever: 83.6% Labrador Retriever: 91.1% Pomeranian: 75% Chihuahua: 70.6% According to these temperament test results, a person is more likely to be bitten by a Chihuahua or a Pomeranian than an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Terrier, or Rottweiler. Also notice that bully breeds and Rottweilers are comparable in temperament to Golden and Labrador Retrievers which are thought to be more even-tempered, though recently the first successful face transplant was performed on a woman who had been mauled by a Labrador. Arguments against bullies and Rottweilers higher temperament test findings are that bullies and Rottweilers are larger or more tenacious and therefore inflict more damage on humans when they do bite. However, smaller dogs also bite and have even been known to kill babies. Herein enters a societal stereotype about certain dog breeds which do not necessarily hold true. For instance, countless times could you view America’s Funniest Home Videos and see a snarling, snapping Chihuahua or other small-breed dog, much to the delight of the studio audience. We don’t think of small-breed dogs as vicious. Many, when they think of Chihuahuas, think of the benign Taco Bell dog. Yet, despite their stereotype as innocuous, Chihuahuas are more unstable than bullies or Rottweilers according to their temperament tests. Consequently, baffled owners of bully breeds and Rottweilers can only scratch their heads at the media- and politician-generated stigma that consistently denigrates their dogs. CDC statistics also do not support the stigma against bullies or Rottweilers. While "Pitbull-type dogs" and Rottweilers do top the CDC list of dogs most responsible for fatal dog attacks in their report, "Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998," the statistics are flawed, as the CDC readily admits. One of the biggest problems with the CDC bite statistics is that there is no breed called "pitbull-type dog." Housed beneath this designation are at least twenty different breeds of dog, possibly more. As such, statistics compiled by the CDC on bully breeds are greatly skewed. Bully breeds and Rottweilers are also the breeds most often fingered in attacks, whether they’re actually the breed responsible or not. It is little known that when a victim or witnesses report dog bite attacks that the responding police or Animal Control officers will often simply record the breed of dog responsible as being the breed the victim or witnesses think it is, not necessarily as the breed may have been. Certainly erroneous breed recording due to victim or witness misidentification would follow since breed experts are not on call to respond to vicious dog attacks in order to make the final determiner as to breed. Incidentally, many breed experts are also unable to make a definitive breed determination. The CDC attributes these cases of frequent misidentification to a barrage of negative media reporting on bully breeds and Rottweilers. The CDC also notes that without DNA testing it is difficult to determine breed with any accuracy. At times, a breed designation is hard to determine even with DNA testing. Without a clear determiner of breed, BSL is a conspicuous violation of owners’ due process rights. DNA testing is also quite expensive and time-consuming but so too is breed ban enforcement. Enforcement of a breed ban is near impossible since the same owners and breeders who are being irresponsible with their dogs will typically continue to do so regardless of a breed ban. Because of irresponsible owners and breeders, it is difficult to know with any accuracy bully breed or Rottweilers’ propensity to bite since accurate population data acquisition for these breeds would require a Herculean effort. Owners and breeders of these breeds in particular often do not register their dogs, making it difficult to estimate their population size. Breed mixing and breeding outside the defined standards for the breed also make definitive breed determination and population data acquisition futile. Fortunately there exist much more effective solutions to irresponsible dog owners than BSL. Vicious dog laws have been proven much more efficacious in curbing dog attacks. These laws codify much harsher punishments for irresponsible dog owners whose dogs attack people. Vicious dog laws often make attacks by vicious dogs on a human a felony with a significant monetary fine. Unlike prior laws, vicious dog laws usually allow dogs to be confiscated and euthanized on the first offense as opposed to the third. Most importantly, vicious dog laws punish people who have actually broken the law unlike BSL which punishes responsible dog owners who have committed no crime. Additionally, irresponsible breeding is just now coming to the fore as an issue surrounding bully breeds and Rottweilers in particular. Currently, BSL is the proposed solution to unregulated breeding. For example, California’s SB861 is BSL that is aimed specifically at the excessive breeding problem. Unfortunately, SB861 has legislated mandatory breed-specific spay and neuter programs which punish responsible breeders causing irresponsible breeders to be the only breeders. Ironically, it is these irresponsible breeders who have caused the overpopulation problem, saturating the market with poorly-bred, unstable, and ill-tempered dogs. Irresponsible breeding and vicious dog attacks can be minimized or prevented through proper education of owners and breeders. For instance, many novice and inexperienced breeders are unaware that they must conform to a breed standard, which can be difficult even for a seasoned breeder to accomplish. Proper breeding, which can at times include culling an entire litter, ensures fewer unstable breed specimens. Education about the dangers of improper breeding could go a long way in preventing poor breeding. Education is also an effective approach in curbing dog attacks, as is enforcement of existing leash laws. A majority of vicious dog attacks are resultant of unrestrained or wandering dogs. If owners were educated about responsible dog ownership — keeping a dog leashed in public at all times, spaying and neutering, proper socialization and training — incidences of dog bites or attacks could be greatly reduced. Municipalities could also appropriate funding away from BSL and invest instead in hiring and training additional Animal Control personnel. More effectively trained Animal Control personnel would be able to discern the signs of dog fighting and breeding operations, incidences of which often involve severe animal cruelty. Alternatives to BSL have proven to be much more effective and do not negate citizens’ constitutional rights. So why would a politician advance a piece of legislation that was certain not to solve the problem it proposed to be solving? The answer, quite simply, is that BSL is easier than attacking the problems at their root. One need only look at the city of Chicago to understand why for them BSL is easier than solving the real problems that lead to vicious dog attacks. Chicago has always been socio-economically disparate with the poorest minorities living in the projects right next-door to half-a-million dollar town houses. With poverty comes few choices. With few choices come the temptation of crime. Gangs have offered some minorities the only respect they have ever known as well as fast, easy money. "Street" dog fighting, or pit fighting, is a favorite among gangs. Dog fighting is a way to not only prove your worth via your dog, but to make money from the gambling, drug dealing, and prostitution that often goes with it. Those who fight "pitbulls," Rottweilers, or other breeds, often acquire their dogs from unscrupulous breeders, sometimes called "backyard breeders," who inbreed and selectively breed bully and other breeds to be vicious. Often this type of breeding can lead to über aggression which can include human-aggressive dogs. A properly bred bully or Rottweiler would never be human-aggressive, but fighting dogs are often bred to have the heightened aggressiveness that can lead to attacks on humans. Fighting dogs are routinely tortured after a losing fight, though occasionally they are abandoned to wander feral throughout city streets, and sometimes they do attack people. The fundamental problem with vicious dogs in urban or suburban areas is not a breed problem since one breed has not been proven to be more vicious than another. The real origins of the problem are careless and irresponsible owners who allow their dogs to wander unrestrained, owners who are careless with un-neutered dogs (which tend to be more aggressive), backyard and novice breeders who inbreed or do not breed to the standard, and the socio-economic disparities that drive the poor and minorities to the gang lifestyle. Since problems involving gangs and irresponsible pet ownership do not have an easy fix, politicians often put a band-aid in the form of BSL over the scratch while ignoring the larger wound. Legislators, if they’ve done any research at all, know that breed bans don’t work. So when legislators propose BSL, they’re hoping their constituents don’t know they don’t work, and that they don’t find out what the real issues are. Legislators are hoping their constituents don’t know that BSL will put excessive strictures on their dog(s) or force them to give up their dog(s) in direct violation of their civil rights. We’ve already seen throughout history that once rights are taken from citizens, they’re seldom given back. Today it’s your dog; tomorrow it’s all sharp or pointy objects. BSL asks you to give up your dog(s) causing you to sacrifice your civil rights in the process, and paradoxically offers the public no safety in return. We can reasonably expect the government to provide protection from intercontinental ballistic missiles or al Qaeda on a macro level. But at what point will we stop expecting government to protect us on the micro level at the cost of our freedoms? --- On the Net: American Temperament Test Society site: http://www.atts.org Centers for Disease Control report on fatal dog bite statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/dogbreeds.pdf California’s SB861: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0851-0900/sb_861_bill_20050901_enrolled.htmlr...idiot, some people can't have kids...and they are much more of a companion than humans sometimes. You are my case and point!I never said I cannot or do not have children... it is the point that ANY!!!!!!!!! Dog can hurt a child. APBT used to be used as NANNIES!!!! for good ness sake...really, I have been bit numerous times in my life time with the work that I do, I will honestly tell you its not the bull breeds or the rotts you need to look out for. Children need to be taught how to act around dogs...that would lessen ALLOT of problems, so i guess it stems from parenting. Be a parent and teach them ALL they need to know, not just what you think is important. moreResolved Question: Why , is the Equal Protection clause of The 14th Amendment extended to corporations ?
The trend of granting more and more rights to corporations continue today at alarming speed .These ideas are embedd in our legal system and talk about change , is just talk . Why not offer a progressive idea for real reform , like a Constitutional Amendment that would stop the bleeding . ( Taken from Joshua Holland , ported on AlterNet / Corporations Aren't People ) moreResolved Question: Did you notice no Christians rioted over this "Jesus " cartoon.?
Article from The Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/54305 Cartoons depict Jesus, cause stir at Radford University University officials will meet with students to discuss balancing free speech and good taste. Cartoons depicting Jesus in a Radford University online student magazine have created controversy just weeks after Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad touched off violent protests throughout the Muslim world. In his "Christ on Campus" comic strip, sophomore Christian Keesee has satirized the hypocrisy of some churchgoing students, the greed of some televangelists and the commercialization of Christmas, among other things, in 12 cartoons he's published on Radford's Whim Internet Magazine. He's made his points with images of a cartoon Jesus being stabbed by Santa Claus, playing poker with other religious figures (including Muhammad), punching a heckler who referred to him as a "glorified Easter bunny" and wondering if he has the requisite male body part during a sexual encounter with a woman. Those depictions have sparked anger among many students, both Christians and non-Christians, and concern among administrators. In a statement Friday, Vice President for Student Affairs Norleen Pomerantz said a meeting between student affairs and student media about how to balance First Amendment rights while maintaining good taste will be held sometime next week. The magazine is affiliated with the university and funded through student fees. But the university exercises no editorial control over it. "Radford University respects the First Amendment rights of university students to engage in expressive activities through student-controlled media," part of the statement reads. "However, the student affairs division of the university ... encourages these students to consider the tastes and sensibilities of others. ... Some of the cartoons published by Whim fall short of these standards." Keesee said it's a given that some people are going to be offended when you publish a cartoon with Jesus as a main character "if it's not from the Bible or it's not from a Sunday school handout." Putting Jesus in the role of a modern human being is absurd, and that's part of the point, he said. "I could draw Jesus and put in a Bible Scripture at the bottom with the point I'm trying to make and that wouldn't be interesting," he said. "Everything about religion doesn't have to be so cut and dry and plain." Keesee said he was unaware of the Muhammad cartoons when he started "Christ on Campus" in October. He came up with the idea while talking with his roommate. Like the Muhammad cartoons, which were first printed in September, his strip gained attention months after first being published. Two months after the cartoon's debut, a Radford student started a group on Facebook -- a popular online student networking site -- for critics of the cartoon. Radford freshman Blake Fought, a former member of the Whim staff, started the Facebook group. He said he understands the point Keesee is trying to make in many of his cartoons, but the artist is offending people while doing it and misrepresenting Jesus Christ. "While there's good intentions, they're coming out the wrong way. It's sick humor," Fought said. "The question here is the method." A message board that allows people to comment on each cartoon and have a dialogue with Keesee is running mostly in favor of his humor. Keesee and Whim Executive Director Andrew Lent said faculty feedback on the cartoon has been positive. But a handful of students, not all of them Christians, have voiced their displeasure with some of the things the cartoon Jesus does, such as punching a doubter in the face. "That's not the Jesus I know and that's not the way Jesus was," said Fought, a member of First Baptist Church in Blacksburg. Keesee said he had no idea the cartoon would make people so angry and is a little uncomfortable with some of the anger directed at it. But he has no plans to stop drawing it. Fought, sports editor of Radford's student newspaper, would like to see the cartoon stopped or at least vetted by a third party before being published to keep the rancor on campus from turning ugly. He said he understands the freedom of speech issue, but said a line needs to be drawn, especially when the media lampoons something as personal to people as religion. "I don't like the ones about Muhammad either," he said. Fought added that it's hypocritical of the magazine to categorize the cartoon as a free speech issue when he was fired from Whim after starting the Facebook group. Lent said Fought was let go because of three behavioral issues, the last one being the Facebook group. When Lent saw some of the language of the group talking about taking the cartoon down, he felt it best that they should go their separate ways. Lent said most of the cartoons are pro-Christian, such as one where two students are moving into their dorm. They decide not to help Jesus because "he's only carrying one thing." The next cartoon shows an exhausted Jesus carrying the cross. "Yeah, just one thing, but he's carrying the weight of the world there, and no one is helping him," he said. Likewise, the cartoon of Santa Claus chasing and stabbing Jesus is a commentary on commercialization taking over the religious holiday. One cartoon, a parody of the famous painting of dogs playing poker, is an equal opportunity offender. It shows leaders of four religious groups (Muhammad, Buddha, Jesus and Vishnu) playing poker with the devil in a battle for souls. Keesee, who is from Salem, considers himself a Christian. Though he admits he's not a regular churchgoer, his parents are. "My mom and dad, they look at it every week," he said. "They see some of the points I'm trying to make. They're very supportive." Brian Erskine, chairman of Radford University's College Republicans, writes a column for Whim. While he said he would "fight tooth and nail" for Keesee's right to publish his cartoon, he describes it as crude. "I don't understand how someone who claims to be a Christian ... could do something like this," he said. "Do I think that Christian needs a lesson in morality? You better believe it." Keesee has no problem with the criticism, but thinks people who get angry because his cartoon Jesus does things their Jesus wouldn't do are missing the point. "I just want to tell them to lighten up," he said. "Most times, there's a point to it." moreTop Stop The Equal Rights Amendment Links
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