...opinion, two events were crucial to the growth of the nation. Reconstruction, sometimes known as America’s unfinished Revolution, and the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution, which stated that “The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude”. These events catapulted the nation to incredible growth and painful adjustments for the population. Reconstruction was then and is today an on-going project. During the post-civil war times, it was a struggle to unite a divided country and today it is a struggle for those black Americans that still blame their current conditions on the slavery that was forced on their culture so many, many years ago. The 15th Amendment, when passed in 1896, gave the freed men a reason and incentive to fight and get involved in government. Sadly, this great Amendment lay dormant for many years until the 1960s, when another attempt at aligning American sentimentality with the constitution, through the Civil Rights movement. Economically speaking, Reconstruction remains relevant in today’s economy because the issues central to it, the role of the Federal government in protecting citizen’s rights, and the possibility of economic and racial justice are still unresolved today. The 15th amendment gave everyone the right to vote which then opened the door to other freedoms that particularly helped women and released them from the...
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...The reconstruction of the 13th and 14th and 15th amendments White people did not want blacks to stand up and participate in political or any kind of issues or freedom or become educated 1. When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, and the black people embraced education, built their own churches, reunited with their broken families and worked very hard in the sharecropping system, nothing was enough for the Reconstruction to succeed. 2. Whites never gave total freedom to African Americans. Blacks were forced to endure curfews, passes, and living on rented land, which put them in a similar situation as slaves. In 1866, the KKK started a wave of violence and abuse against 3. Negroes in the south, destroying their properties, assaulting and killing them in different ways, just because anger white people do not want the blacks to stand up and join in political or any kind of issues or freedom. The Reconstruction Amendment freed African American from slavery and stablish some key rights for them. 13th Amendment 1. Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaration. all people that were...
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...Whitford and Bensiek v. Lamone, both cases address the issue of the constitutionality of gerrymandering. If referring to judicial precedent, there is a strong reason to argue that partisan gerrymandering should be allowed to exist, albeit not without limitations. Racial gerrymandering should be deemed unacceptable, which can be seen through the clear examples shown in this paper of the constitutional violations, particularly the 1st, 14th, and 15th Amendments. In Gill v. Whitford, Republicans sliced up Milwaukee because the minority presence in the city proved to greatly disadvantage their party when it came to electing candidates. In turn, the surrounding districts struggled to vote in Democratic representatives as it lost its concentration of minority voters. Clear racialized gerrymandering should be unconstitutional, whether or not it is “partisan gerrymandering.” On the other hand, Bensiek v. Lamone does not present any form of racial discrimination in its case. Political retaliation is cited in the argument as the motivation for gerrymandering, albeit this argument appears weak and unjustified. In a broad sense, both parties retaliate against one another in various...
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...Creating Constitutions to Lead the USA U.S. Constitution The Constitutional Convention met on what date? ________may________________ Where did the Constitutional Convention meet? __________Philadelphia________________ The “Father of the Constitution” is _____________James Madison________________ when he created the ________Virginia__________ Plan. The Virginia Plan incorporated the concepts of ________seperation___________of powers (illustrated by the three branches of government) and ________Checks________ and balances (the concept designed to prevent one branch from getting out of control). What are the three branches of the federal government? a. ____________executive__________________ b. _____________legislative_________________ c. ______________judicial________________ The ____________New Jersey_________ Plan called for only reforming the Articles of Confederation. What compromise settled the issue of how the slave population would be counted? _________________3/5 comprimise___________________ The Preamble of the Constitution begins with the phrase _______We the people______________________. Congress is composed of a bicameral legislature made up of the _____senate__________________ (upper house with equal representation) and the __________________house of reps_____________________ (lower house with proportional representation). A Senator’s term lasts ______6______ years. A Representative’s term lasts...
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...In reality, these writings held their effect for far too short a time period. For example, the 15th Amendment led to a massive participation in voting blacks. Biracial democratic governments began to form in select states of the South. “2,000 blacks held public office from the Justice of the Peace to the Senate. African Americans voted in proportions of nearly 90% of those eligible (Clark-Pujara, 11/17).” These victories led to the creation of two powerful white supremacist organizations which directly hindered the progress of reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council would ultimately lead the North to abandon its commitment to protect the newly founded rights of former...
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...pregnant is through the choice of abstinence, but they still choose to have sex. With this being a problem it makes abortion look really evil due to careless and selfish choices that women are making today. Abortion has been overthrown and battled in many courts with different cases and the procedure of abortion has granted because the right of the constitution protects the choices that women make with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment. The constitution protects the rights of women in many different ways including the choice of what women want to do with their bodies. These three amendments make abortion legal and create a bigger problem of diminishing this evil operation for the fact that abortion has been approved by judges all across America. In prior cases, such as Roe vs. Wade, argue that in the case of abortion, it is unconstitutional to take the rights of women away as a citizen and force women to birth a child. In the case of Roe vs. Wade, abortion was granted and deemed constitutional and this decision was based on the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment. Although this is only one case, there are many...
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...The Systematic Obliteration of the Constitutional Republic The power of the US federal government, relative to the power of the states, has increased since the ratification of the Constitution in 1791. Describe how the provisions within the Constitution pertaining to the ‘power to tax and spend’ (Art.1, sec.8, pt.1) and the ‘commerce clause’ (Art.1, sec.8, pt.3) have been used over time to expand federal power and thus the power of the President. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Declaration of Independence, n.d.). Taken adapted from the scholar John Locke’s “Life Liberty and Estate” in his text the ‘Second Treatise of Government’, (Locke, J. 2005) and incorporated into the United States declaration of independence. Much has been said on the influence of Locke, on Thomas Jefferson during the drafting of the United States declaration of independence, such as was argued by McKay, (2005 pp. 44) . However, where Locke emphasized the importance of procuring and maintaining a limited government, it appears his influences on the political foundation of the United States drew to a halt here. As we are now bearing witness, to one of the most rapidly expanding government institutions in western liberal democracy. In this essay, I intend to discuss how the expansion of federal government power has increased...
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...whether at the Capitol, on the nightly news or in line at the grocery store. The most basic definition of the term “human rights” would be somewhere along the lines of “people are equal and entitled to certain rights.” The reason for such debate lies in defining what exactly those rights should be, and who should be entitled to them. In the 1859, John Stuart Mill, an English philosopher, proposed that there are three basic human rights: the freedom of expression, the freedom of assembly, and the freedom to act as long as those actions do not harm others. While this concept sounds simplistic now, this was a controversial...
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...“Ethnic Notions:” Exploring Caricatures Racial formation is the process by which socio-historical designations of race are created and manipulated. When dealing with racial formation, one dominant group always has the power to impose racial definitions onto others. In America’s history, this one dominant group has been Caucasians. In the book, “Ethnic Notions,” Marlon Riggs explores the evolution of caricatures imposed on African Americans throughout the history, claiming the impact of such caricatures “did as much harm as any lynch mob.” In many ways, this claim speaks the truth. The mammy, sambo, pickaninny, zip coon, and uncle are a few important caricatures that prove white America’s innermost fears regarding race and white superiority. The mammy caricature is one that defeminizes African American women. Drawn as a smiling, hefty servant, her loyalty to her white owner’s family trumps that to her own children. The mammy was used as evidence of the “humanity” of slavery’s institution, for she was posited as content with her lowly position. This caricature reflects the fear of mixing races. By desexualizing African American women, like the mammy, then white men would then be less likely to become sexually involved with them. Many blues artists in the 1920s-30s stood up against the mammy caricature, such as Ma Rainey; her image stood to sexualize the mammy. The sambo caricature was depicted as a perpetual child, one who was incapable of living an independent...
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...To what extent was the First National Woman's Rights Convention crucial to ensuring the passage of the 19th amendment? The first national woman's rights convention known as Seneca Falls convention was the first woman's rights convention to be held in the United States. This convention led to the launching of the women's suffrage movement which in later decades promised women the right to vote. The first source that provides background on the history of the passage of the 19th amendment is known as a primary source: SENECA FALLS CONVENTION (1848)1. This source is the Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration, a semi-weekly journal that includes recorded documentation from 1848. Within the recorded documentation it discusses the history behind women's...
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...steel sheets into various shapes and forms. The 1st Respondent was, at the relevant time, working as a press operator with the Appellant. On 27th January, 1993 while working on a press, the 1st Respondent sustained injuries to his right index finger and thumb. The Appellant rushed the 1st Respondent to the Civil Hospital at Gurgaon (Haryana). The injuries necessitated amputation of 2.5 x 0.5 Cms. of the index finger. On 14th June, 1993, the 1st Respondent filed a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 claiming compensation in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with interest thereon @ 16% per annum. The Appellant in his reply, inter alia, claimed that the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act would not apply to his establishment. On 15th October 1996 the Commissioner held that the Workmen's Compensation Act applied and that the Appellant was liable to pay compensation in a sum of Rs.29,814/- together with Rs.5,000/- as penalty and interest at 12% per annum. The Appellant preferred an Appeal under Section 30 of the Worken's Compensation Act before the High Court of Punjab & Haryana. That Appeal came to be dismissed in limine by the impugned order dated 7th May, 1997. It is admitted that...
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...Setting the current legal standard to determine obscene material and laying the guidelines for distribution and regulation of such material has constantly raised questions in legal areas. Establishing how to define when a text is protected under the law poses a persistent struggle in legal definitions; to understand this issue, it is necessary to review the evolution of sexual explicit content throughout history, should a single jury, in a constantly changing society, determine the value of a work? In ancient times, sexual explicit content in drama, poetry, art and sculpture were not regulated by the state, as sex was a natural part of life, art graphically depicted intercourse, anal intercourse, prostitution and same-sex sex. Sumerian literature openly portrayed human love to be intimately connected to sexual pleasure (Black, Cunningham, Robson and Zolyom 188-190). Greek artists depicted explicit scenes of intercourse, anal intercourse, masturbation and fellatio on vases and terracotta and Greek drama was often demonstrative, Greece and Rome punished blasphemous and heretical expression, but not obscenity. Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides all dealt with...
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...Despite the cultural advancements of the United States, the definition of freedom overtime has changed so that marginalized groups are less oppressed. Fighting those limitations that where once holding people back, but were not defined by their limits. As creatures of change, we socially have expressed a way that the population proceeds on in their way of life. "...'culture' is undergoing a transformation that is already challenging many of our most basic assumptions about what constitutes human society.”, written by George Yudice on page 72. Explaining that the practice of any culture are very difficult, and are varied depending on the change that, that cultural group has under gone. We as a society have grown complacent with the way that the government leaders have chosen our paths for life out for us, with a select few that fight against these social barriers that we have been placed under. These cultural groups have in some shape and form made cracks in social bonds that once held them back. Racially as a part of the African American community, you are told tales of how as an evolving culture we have gone through trials. Those trials of their true citizenship to get the freedoms that we are granted today. As wrote by Kevin K. Gains on page 16, "...African-descended peoples' struggle for identity and inclusion...”. The darkened past of this nation having been created and kept afloat on the disregard and cruel intentions done to Africans. The spirit of those Africans...
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...were not able to provide a seatbelt for her size, and Delta who did not had a wheelchair capable of handling her weight, to carry her to the aircraft. Due to the kidney failure, she died before she could have arrived home, to get the proper treatment. Now her husband holds these airlines responsible for her death and wants to file the law suit against them. The context in this research paper provided the laws associated to this case and justify whether the airlines are at fault for her death. Obese Woman Denied Boarding Vilma Soltesz flew with her husband, Janos Soltesz, from New York City to Budapest on an annual vacation to her native country without any major problem with KLM airline (Newcomb, 2012). On October 15th, Vilma made her first attempt through KLM to return to New York for medical attention, but she was asked to disembark by the captain because of her inability to secure the seatbelt (Newcomb, 2012). KLM airline representatives advise the couple to go to a nearby airport where they could catch a bigger airplane operated by Delta airline (Newcomb, 2012). On October 16th, when they reached the airport, Vilma was told by Delta representatives that they do not have a wheelchair that could handle her weight class. On October 22nd, they made another attempt to fly with Lufthansa airline but were disembarked again by the Captain since Vilma was not able to fasten the available seatbelt (Newcomb, 2012). Two days later, on October 24th, Vilma died due...
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...THE ROLE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMEMT ON OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY: A CASE STUDY OF NEW VISION PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED BY AMUNYO DENIS 11/U/13994/PLE/PE A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENUERSHIP IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR DEGREE IN PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT OF KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER 29TH 2014 * * DECLARATION; I Amunyo Denis sincerely declare that this report is authentic and an original work of my hands, initiative and brain and has never been presented to any institution/university for the award of certificate or diploma or bachelor’s degree or any other qualification. Therefore it’s valid and my personal working. Students Name………………………………………………………………………………….. Signature………………………………………………………………………………………… Date……………………………………………………………………………………………… * APPROVAL; I do certify that this was under my supervision and recommend it for submission. Research supervisor…………………………………………… Signature……………………………………………………… Date…………………………………………………………… * DEDICATION; This document is importantly presented in appreciation of my family’s effort in upbringing me right from the time I was born with a blank brain to this very moment when I can declare that I too have become a person of substance, to my elder brother Mr.Odeke Ivan who has all along taken my parents place mostly as my shield, my maternal relatives for the support they endeavored to offer me both...
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