But if we think about it, without the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act, things might have never of changed. African Americans could still be treated like slaves and not treated like human beings. America would still be a very segregated place. Freedom Summer was a very dark time in American history but all in all, America has turned out pretty good. It’s no doubt that America was not the most favorable place during this time period for most, if not all African Americans.
In the end he says that in order to have a balanced government the majority must agree on justice. The historical significance of this article is, during this time if no separation of powers or checks and balances were enforced the government would have collapsed. If the powers were not limited; with time a certain person would end democracy and bring forth once again a tyranny government. It is also important that the government was equal yet had power to control its people because if not there would be no type of
Any comment about a social, religious or minority group can only be generalised when referring to its voting habits and so the following comments can only be taken as a generalisation. Logic dictates that not all African Americans or women vote Democrat. But the trends indicate that a large proportion of each group does. Another issue which has to be addressed by both parties was the large degree of absenteeism at the voting booths in 1996 and 2000. Is the explanation for 1996 that it was a ‘forgone conclusion’ sufficient to explain why half of all registered voters did not vote?
Those were the only few freedoms given to Blacks in the Northern United States. The restrictions to those freedoms might as well have banned them these rights. Jury duty was banned to Blacks except for in Massachusetts but that only started in 1860. Although they were aloud to vote that was only legal in five states. They could go to church but only to all Black churches.
I think the judicial system should not be in politics. Although NC has used the merit system for years, in my opinion appointed judges would be more appropriate. This would remove citizens from the judicial selection process in favors of an unelected and unaccountable committee. Rather a committee of unelected legal elites will take the politics out of judicial selections and provide a better Judiciary in the state. Electing judges the way North Carolina does certainly has its disadvantages.
If one third of the population isn’t voting it cant be a true democracy since the needs of one third of our population aren’t getting met and their voices are unheard. Our own US government is “neither of, nor for, nor by, the people”. 2) Kozol concludes his essay by asking whether we as a nation have “the character and courage to address” illiteracy. He does not, however, offer any concrete suggestions for doing so. Can you offer any suggestions?
Rhode Island was the only state that did not participate because they believed it was a plot to topple the government, so there was already disagreement with the intentions of the Constitution between small and large states. Two plans were in the forefront in shaping the way the government was heading, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan. The Virginia Plan would be more favored by the large states because number of representatives would be based on the population, when the New Jersey Plan had it that each state receives an equal vote. It was not until the Great Compromise where the two plans are met and settled upon with equal representation in the Senate. It also dealt with the how slaves were represented in the states.
because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them [political rights]. The judiciary . . . has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of society .
Firstly there was lack of mass support since the Frankfurt Parliament was mostly made out of middle class people, with only one peasant and no workers. Therefore this overwhelming majority did not represent the people who were about 70% peasants. According thus to the demographics a revolution would fail because it would lack manpower, and instead of asking help from the peasants, the revolutionaries preferred to ask help from the rulers. Frankfurt Parliament has also been accused of wasting valuable time. Marxists argue that if the Parliamentarians, who were neither extreme nor violent, had taken faster action, Wilhelm IV and the other rulers would be unable to refuse the new state and its constitution.
Mostly nobody would travel. The overall message of this poster is to make people not to travel. Saying that staying at home is better than doing anything else outside there country. The U.S. Government does not want to support other countries with money. This poster tries to persuade people to stay home and not travel because they do not want them to help other countries with their economy.