In the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the members debated on methods on how to pick the President of the United States. Finally the Committee of Eleven proposed an indirect election, which is the Electoral College. The voters elect the electoral college which then elects the President. However there is much room for mistakes through this process. Therefore, due to the corruption and inequality, the Electoral College is not a fair and equitable way to elect the President of the United States.
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The Electoral College is derived from Article II of the Constitution, which asserts that each state has a number of electoral votes equal to its total number of Representatives to the House of Representatives and its two Senators. The 12th amendment dives further into the Electoral College process by establishing a majority is needed to be elected president and setting the guidelines to electing a president if neither candidate has a majority (House of Representatives votes). Recently, the Electoral
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The Electoral College is the association that elects both the President and the Vice President once every four years. The reason for this institution is so that the power of this country never lies in the hands of one person or one small group of people, it all plays into the checks and balances that was established by the forefathers of America. The Electoral College was brought in to play in order that there be a compromise between the vote of Congress and the vote of the people. There are advantages
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Inequality was extremely prevalent from the 1870’s to the and 1920’s, leaving any race, but whites unprivileged socially and economically. This created a major problem for every other race of people living in the United States at that time. All people of color were treated unfairly receiving what they did not deserve and not receiving what they did deserve. This varied from minuscule things to enormous ones like murder. This problem effected contemporaries of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
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Bill Irwin William Mills “Bill” Irwin(born April 11, 1950) was the son of Elizabeth Mills and Horace Irwin. He was born in Santa Monica, California and was also raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Southern California. Bill met is wife, Martha Roth, after going to her for treatment of a stiff neck. Their son, Santos Patrick Morales Irwin, was born in 1991. In the year of 1973 he graduated from Oberlin College (Ohio) and attended Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College (Florida) the following
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Cherries, 14,409 feet, and Washington. What do these all have in common? Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier is one of the biggest volcanoes in the United States and in the world. Mount Rainier is a National Park and has a whopping average of 1,875,651 people visit every year which isn’t even enough to be in the “Top Ten Most Visited National Parks”. People often wonder, “Is it safe to visit Mount Rainier?”, and it is. Mount Rainier is considered a episodically active volcano which means that it won’t erupt
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The History of Nez Perce By: Haley Long, Taylor Enger, Cosette Barash, Ellyse Egan The Nez Perce were an indian tribe that lived spiritual and natural lives in Present day Washington, Oregon, and Colorado during the 1800’s. The tribe was led by Chief Joseph, a rightful and influential leader. Chief Joseph and his tribe had a spiritual religion, nomadic lifestyles, and a powerful history of war. In the early 19th century, many of the Nez Perce people were of the Christian religion. However, others
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After reading the Documents of Indian Militancy, their respective goals that I found was Native Americans are speaking out and taking a stand for their freedom that was always theirs. In the document, Clyde Warrior “We Are Not Free”, the plan of action that they are focusing on is all Native Americans having their own choice, not the United States Government's voice. While the document, Indians of All Tribes, are protesting on the Alcatraz Island and claiming the land like the white man did to the
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Not anybody can just become the President of the United States. Nor is it an easy job to have. The President plays a very important and major role in our government for this reason they must be the most qualified they can be to lead our country. They must reach the requirements written in the U.S. Constitution to become president. First of all, there are three requirements stated in the U.S. Constitution. Our Constitution, Article II, Section I, Clause 5 officially states that, “No person except
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The Decisions of a Hero Throughout life, ordinary people can do heroic deeds but do not classify themselves as a hero, may be a hero but do not want to be one, or they may even be a hero without knowing it themselves. When the topic of Heroism or what it means to be a hero comes up, most people may think of there favorite football player or the “Super Hero” on the big screen, but no. A real hero is someone who does heroic tasks persistently without being asked and doing so for nothing in return
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