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Overview of Reforming Campaign Financing

In five pages the history of U.S. campaign finance reform is examined in terms of contributor limitations now being set at $1,000 ...

The U.S. Justice System

The writer discusses changes that have occurred in the U.S. justice system during its history. The paper is five pages long and th...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

Amtrak's Importance

Boston and Washington, D.C. and encompasses about 70% (2001, p.PG) of Amtraks service. That service is provided by conventional ...

Projecting What U.S. International Relations Will Be Like in The 21st Century

cope within a new geopolitical global environment. We have seen a pulling back of support in numerous arenas. One of the events ...

History of U.S. Army Aviation

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

A Dow Chemical Company Analysis

"At age twelve, he invented a harness for himself to keep from sleeping on his back, hoping to avoid the nightmares he was having"...

Reconstruction Period and Social Welfare

total disregard toward the Southern people and their hardships as a result of the war"(Jennings, 2002). In such an atmosphere, it ...

A Century of U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia From 1850 Until 1950

that would be followed by Chinas self-strengthening movement and ultimately by another Opium War with Britain in which China would...

U.S. Constitution's 5th Amendment

property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."1 This parti...

20th Century U.S. Welfare Capitalism and Personnel Management

some argue that they were really not necessary as corporate welfare was a reality. Companies had always taken care of the American...

Viewing US History Differently

statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...

America's Latino Gang History

gang members. Over their history they have also been known to unite as in the 1980s when the Gangster Disciples and Latin Disciple...

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara

proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...

Historic Naturalization and Immigration Discrimination

a nation has received more immigrants than any other country in the world (Takaki, 1994). Most of these immigrants were received ...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century U.S. and Mexico

general had helped the Tennessee Democrat win both his partys nomination and the 1844 election. It also heightened tensions with M...

US Chinese Immigration During the Nineteenth Century

In seven pages this paper discusses the 'push and pull' issues pertaining to the immigration of Chinese to America. Six sources a...

Electoral Process Advantages in U.S. Presidential Elections

the Constitution of the United States met in Philadelphia in 1787 for the constitutional convention they had already lived under a...

Gunpowder's Invention and Historical Impact

and explosives has ranked among the top three most important elements of modern civilization along with printing and the Protestan...

Machiavelli's Theories On Government

classical realism and to assess the general ethical issues raised by realism and the relationship between science and politics" (F...

US and New Jersey's Capital Punishment History

the Supreme Court decision of Furman v. Georgia (Freitas PG). This decision stated that the death penalty constituted cruel and u...

Comparing U.S. and Japanese Politics

governed by a Prime Minister who is elected by the members of the Diet. The Prime Minister then chooses members of his cabinet, mu...

War Justification and the Taliban Terrorist Network

recourses with which to assure that future attacks on the United States would not be forthcoming, it is necessary to understand ju...

The Importance of Women's History

women to the sidelines of history, as insignificant to the progress of humanity. By implication, this view says that women did not...

A Political History of Cuba

in 1515. Cubas position in the Caribbean has made it attractive to non-natives for centuries. The Spanish gave it extra at...

A Capital Punishment Analysis

according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...

Distribution of Wealth and Democracy

1929. While profits soar, wages have steadily decreased and workers systematically laid off. The United States is predicated u...

Twenty First Century, the U.S. Electorate, and Democracy

color and female people were patently excluded. Despite the many changes that have taken place in Americas democracy, especially i...

U.S. Blacks and the Historic Effects of Social Stratification

the homelands of the Native Americans. Similar occurrences have occurred all over the world between what Marger (52) chooses to c...

Operation Iraq and History of France Since the Renaissance

to Europe as a whole was indeed phenomenal. To understand the internal impacts of Louis XIV it is necessary to understand the soc...