... Since the beginning, people have migrated to the United States for relief and opportunity. The United States is currently experiencing a new wave of immigration; namely Latinos. Many of whom are migrating to escape the dangers of their homeland. Others are migrating to move beyond the political chaos and economic deprivation of their countries in hopes of having an opportunity at the American Dream and all of its promises. It can be agreed that immigrants come to the United States for the betterment of themselves and their families. However, their dreams are often shattered by the obstacles of gaining residency and citizenship no matter the length of the time they have resided in the United States. While immigrants are the foundation of our nation, immigration regulations were put into place in the 1700’s and has undergone changes throughout the years. Over the past several decades, there has been an emphasis on immigrants’ impact on our economy. In our current state combined with the vast amount of illegal immigrants entering and residing in the United States, immigration and immigrants are significant to America’s success. Our country’s international stature is dependent upon the advancements we make to enhance the lives of our young immigrant population; by considering our academic and employment opportunities through their status as residents. With the Latino population expected to become the majority of the United State population, it is a significant time to continue pushing...
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...process. Each of the amendments that have been passed have effected this society greatly, some of the most fundamental changes to the society have come through the ratification of the thirteenth through fifteenth amendments. The process of passing an amendment to the Constitution is a lengthy and complex process. The first step is to have a proposal written for the future amendment. There are two ways this proposal can begin, the first way is for two-thirds of both houses of Congress to vote to amend the constitution. The other way a proposal can move forward is that two-thirds of the state legislatures can formally ask Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment. After the proposal has been accepted, the process of ratification begins. The process to ratify an amendment is not any easier. Three fourths of the state legislatures must approve the amendment or each states ratification conventions must accept the amendment. There is one stipulation on this process, the Supreme Court has ruled that the ratification process must be completed within a reasonable time after the proposal. Although there has not been any official time frame, the longest amendment process was seven years for amendments eighteen through twenty two. The amendment process is in place to add laws to the Constitution. While there aren’t any actual problems in the Constitution that need to be fixed, the amendments add laws that help society as it continues to progress. As time goes...
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...Analyze Marshall’s conceptualization of citizenship and its relevance to social planning The focus of this paper is to critically examine the content of contemporary understandings of Marshall `s conceptualization of citizenship and its relevance to social policy. The main agenda of the paper is to realize a theoretically informed definition of citizenship advanced by Marshall and concentrate mainly on the rights and obligations of citizenship; but also address the increasingly multi-tiered nature of the framing of membership, both in national and supra-national contexts, as well as the emergence of new citizenship claims and claims making. Lake (1994) holds that citizenship is defined by the sociologist guru Marshall as a “status, given to all full members of a community.” The status establishes the rights and duties of the individual in the society to achieve equality for all citizens. Marshall`s contribution shaped the policy in politics, health, education and rights of women in society. According to Marshall (1950) there are three elements of citizenship rights namely civil, political and social which will be analyzed in this essay and their relevance to social planning will be evaluated. Marshall spoke of the development of civil, political, and social citizenship as an evolutionary sequence. The rights embodied in the first pointed to those of the second, and the second to the third. Each, in succession, was secured over the three centuries following the 1688 Revolution...
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...of the United States. The majority of the population that emigrate to the United States, do so in search of a brighter future for themselves and for their loved ones that have either joined them, or have remained in their native homeland. At the very least, immigrants decide to venture to the United States so that their children may have the opportunity to live what many call the “American Dream”. Though there are multitudes of reasons for leaving their countries, some people are forced to leave due to conflict or to escape persecution and prejudices, while others may voluntarily do so. Some face the hardships of being unable to find any source of income. Those that are fortunate enough to find jobs, face difficulties making enough money in order to take care of the basic necessities that they need in their daily lives. The hardships become much greater for those who must not only care for themselves, but for elders, children, or other loved ones that are under their care. America, however, offers a person with an opportunity they could only have dreamed of, an opportunity to start over and become economically stable. Although there has been an increase in immigration over the years, especially in the United States, there have also been efforts to slow immigration down and possibly even eradicate it in the country. Beginning in1986, the U.S. government started establishing laws and regulations in response to the ever-increasing illegal immigration in the United States...
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...citizens wanted a guarantee of the basic freedoms. When the United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, it didn’t contain the necissary freedoms now found in the Bill of Rights. So, On December 15, 1791 the voices of many American citizens were being heard. The First Amendment along with 9 others were being ratified (First Amendment Center). As far as American Amendments are salient, the first Amendment is the most important because of the freedom of speech, the freedom...
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...biggest and most conspicuous qualities based youth improvement associations. The BSA gives a system to youngsters that constructs character, trains them in the obligations of partaking citizenship, and creates individual wellness. For over a century, the BSA has manufactured the future pioneers of this nation by joining instructive exercises and long lasting qualities with fun. The Boy Scouts of America accepts — and, through over a century of experience, knows — that offering youth some assistance with being a key to building a more upright, capable, and beneficial society. Do charity and donate us because the more you donate the more we can make scouts. Origin The BSA will likely prepare youth in capable citizenship, character advancement, and independence through support in an extensive variety of outside exercises, instructive projects, and, at more established age levels, vocation arranged projects in association with group associations. For more youthful individuals, the Scout technique is a piece of the system to teach commonplace Scouting values, for example, reliability, great citizenship, and outside abilities, through an assortment of exercises, for example, outdoors, aquatics, and hiking. The BSA has a few areas in Florida, Minnesota, New Mexico, and West Virginia in the United States and Manitoba and Ontario in Canada that permit Scouts to take an interest in the different previously stated open air exercises which are on the whole called high-enterprise bases...
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...“Langston Hughes was first recognized as an important literary figure during the 1920s, a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance" because of the number of emerging black writers.”(Poetry Foundation) The 20’s started out with the conclusion of WW1, and the United States ratified the 18th Amendment (Volstead Act (National Prohibition Act). The country’s taste for alcohol did not diminish though, which led to many American’s frequenting “speakeasies”. The Roaring Twenties, or better know as the “Jazz Age” was a time in our countries history that brought forth the music and poets of the colored man. It became almost “respectable” to not only listen to, but also frequent establishments that embellished this type of music. In 1923 Howard Carter is credited with the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s Tomb in Egypt. The same year, “The Great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama in 1923 leaving over 100,000 fatalities.”(Peoples History) the following year, 1924; the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is held in New York City. Ellis Island closed as an entry point for immigration marking an end to the “Great Melting Pot”. “The Indian Citizenship Act confers citizenship on all Native Americans born within the United States.” (Peoples History) Sear Roebuck opens its first retail store in Chicago, IL transitioning from catalog sales to retail. Ford Motor Company announces the first 40-hour work week for all its factory workers. The Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River opens...
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...Bill Of Rights Assignment Week 3 Constitution HIS/301 Instructor James Newman Alan L. Olsen February 11th 2012 University of Phoenix Introduction According to Article V of the United States Constitution, when two thirds vote of Congress or State Legislature’s an amendment can be passed. Amendments are ratified by providing 3/4 of the votes in the Federal or State Legislature’s. When the Constitution was designed by the Framers, they realized that it was not necessarily an absolute law. They knew that future generations wanted to make changes and they wanted to make sure that the process was relatively smooth. That is why they added an amendment process. Amendments become part of the Constitution to enable the government to make adaptations to constitutional law. “Troubles with the existing Confederation of States finally convinced the Continental Congress, in February 1787, to call for a convention of delegates to meet in May in Philadelphia to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union.” (Linder) The Philadelphia Convention was necessary to make modifications to the Articles of Confederation. The newly constituted federal government was made up of a strong executive, legislative, and judiciary branch. Bill of Rights The concept to create a Bill of Rights to...
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...August 2013 Toward a Functional Citizenship Education Curriculum in Nigerian Colleges of Education for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Eyiuche Ifeoma Olibie, PhD Department of Educational Foundations Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria Lilian-Rita Akudolu, PhD Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Commonwealth Fellow Department of Educational Foundations Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria Abstract This study was carried out to identify basic components of civic awareness, civic knowledge and civic dispositions needed by youths in two Colleges of Education in Anambra State of Nigeria as a basis for a functional Citizenship Education curriculum. Three hundred students were randomly selected from the two Colleges of Education in Anambra State. A 50-item questionnaire survey method was utilized based on five research questions. Findings indicated that in the perceptions of the students, it is ideal to incorporate several civic components, skills and dispositions into the citizenship education curriculum. Recommendations were made for revamping of the citizenship education curriculum in Colleges of Education in line with the identified civic components, skills and dispositions so as to ensure the establishment of education for sustainable development in the country. Keywords: Citizenship education, functional curriculum, sustainable development, teachers. Introduction Since the declaration of the years 2005-2014 as the United Nations (UN) decade of Education...
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...Compulsory Conscription World War II marked the last war that received full American support. The draft, known today as compulsory conscription, was an integral part of that war. Seventy percent of American men aged 18 to 35 served. The common experience shared amongst these men created lifetime friendships for an entire generation. No other conflict since then has come close to producing such national unification and pride of citizenry. So states Charles Moskos, late professor of sociology for Northwestern University, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for the U.S. Army, and a draftee for the U.S. Army Combat Engineers (Moskos). Currently, however, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the official estimate of the American veteran population is approximately 24,816,000 (“Veteran”). Total U.S. population exceeds 301 million people (“The New Boomers”). In other words, the ratio of veterans to the total U.S. population is less than 10%. Comparison of these figures reflects that American enlistment ratios in the U.S. Armed forces have decreased dramatically since World War II. The U.S. is a dominant military force in the world today; however, it also has allies that it must help protect and defend in the name of democracy. As a result of the above, American forces are involved in multi-theater (or diverse worldwide) roles, both simultaneously and continuously, thus spreading out our troops over diverse areas. Additionally, the extended war on terrorism...
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...Reinstating Compulsory Conscription World War II marked the last war that received full American support. The draft, known today as compulsory conscription, was an integral part of that war. Seventy percent of American men aged 18 to 35 served. The common experience shared amongst these men created lifetime friendships for an entire generation. No other conflict since then has come close to producing such national unification and pride of citizenry. So states Charles Moskos, late professor of sociology for Northwestern University, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for the U.S. Army, and a draftee for the U.S. Army Combat Engineers (Moskos). Currently, however, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the official estimate of the American veteran population is approximately 24,816,000 (“Veteran”). Total U.S. population exceeds 301 million people (“The New Boomers”). In other words, the ratio of veterans to the total U.S. population is less than 10%. Comparison of these figures reflects that American enlistment ratios in the U.S. Armed forces have decreased dramatically since World War II. The U.S. is a dominant military force in the world today; however, it also has allies that it must help protect and defend in the name of democracy. As a result of the above, American forces are involved in multi-theater (or diverse worldwide) roles, both simultaneously and continuously, thus spreading out our troops over diverse areas. Additionally, the extended war...
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...University INTRODUCTION From the beginning of is time, the United States has been a country built upon a strong foundation of leading ideals that has attracted immigrants from across the globe, which through their own hard work, trials, and triumphs, have been able to help shape America to what it has become. People are desperate to come to and become a permanent part of this country for the promise of freedom and opportunities that they may never experience in their countries of origin, such as proper health care, jobs, freedom of religion and more; opportunities that should be a right to all people. In 2008 about 11 million people were reported to be undocumented (Presten, 2012 ). While it is amazing to live in a country that can provide all these chances for people, there are several controversial issues that have arisen among the years due to the copious amounts of illegal immigrants in the residing in the country. One of the most talked about issues is that immigrants are able to readily use our resources such as health care, welfare and schools but are not legally able to pay the proper taxation for those services. In this country immigrants are often categorized as hinders to our country but they can be considered the backbone of the American society. It is more than a necessity that the American government quickly establish an equal footing for every immigrant coming from worldwide. Currently the United States government places all immigrants and illegal aliens from...
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...associate, Daniel Suarez, and I, are opposing today’s argument that immigration into the United States should have more restrictions. Recently, there have been many disputes about how to handle the overflow of foreigners into the country. Miss Suarez and I staunchly oppose today’s resolution, in the name of humanitarianism, that “Resolved: There should be stronger limits enforced on immigration into America” for the following reasons: America should not waste billions of dollars to block or deport immigrants, they make the country the wonderfully diverse nation that it is, and it would be plain inhumane to reject them. To begin the argument, America should not be spending huge portions of the government’s...
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...Health Care Systems of Taiwan and the United States Health care is one of the most essential foundations for any citizenship in any country since whether it is effective or not, it definitely affects the standard of living and the life expectancy of a country. According to Johnson and Stoskopf (2009), "A health system as described by the World Health Organization (WHO) is the sum total of all the organizations, institutions, and resources whose primary purpose is to improve health," (p. 3). Therefore, to positively improve a nation, having an effective health care system is crucial. Being recognized as one of the powerful countries in the world, the United States has a great shape of health care programs; however, sometimes it is inaccessible to some of the citizens. On the contrary, as a small country, Taiwan is famous for its health care system although there are still defective parts existing in the current system. To compare the differences of health care systems in Taiwan and the United States, we can observe the three major aspects: ownership, cost, and quality. First of all, Taiwan and the United States have different types of ownership in the health care systems. Thus, Taiwan owns a single-payer system, which is run by the government, forcing everyone to join it and pay. Because of this policy, the coverage of health care is close to 99 percent (Underwood, 2009). In this country, the government-run system covers prevention, primary care, hospitalization...
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...World War II marked the last war that received full American support. The draft, known today as compulsory conscription, was an integral part of that war. Seventy percent of American men aged 18 to 35 served. The common experience shared amongst these men created lifetime friendships for an entire generation. No other conflict since then has come close to producing such national unification and pride of citizenry. So states Charles Moskos, late professor of sociology for Northwestern University, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for the U.S. Army, and a draftee for the U.S. Army Combat Engineers (Moskos). Currently, however, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the official estimate of the American veteran population is approximately 24,816,000 (“Veteran”). Total U.S. population exceeds 301 million people (“The New Boomers”). In other words, the ratio of veterans to the total U.S. population is less than 10%. Comparison of these figures reflects that American enlistment ratios in the U.S. Armed forces have decreased dramatically since World War II. The U.S. is a dominant military force in the world today; however, it also has allies that it must help protect and defend in the name of democracy. As a result of the above, American forces are involved in multi-theater (or diverse worldwide) roles, both simultaneously and continuously, thus spreading out our troops over diverse areas. Additionally, the extended war on terrorism continues to deplete American...
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