Lindsey Stockton W131- Hatcher Summary and Analysis of “Who is an American?” by Eric Foner Eric Foner’s essay “Who is an American?” proposes the question of what exactly, if anything, constitutes an American. Foner’s essential answer to this obscure question is simply that there is no concrete of fixed explanation. History has taught us that the definition of American identity is frequently evolving, in legal, as well as conceptual designations. Foner utilizes historical events, such as laws and legislation passed demonstrating the progressing notion of American identity. For example the Naturalization law of 1790, which provided the first legislative characterization of American nationality through the granting of citizenship- and its eventual additions of African Americans and Asians many years later.
c. Suppose government imposes a tax equal to the marginal external cost. What is the equilibrium price paid by consumers and the equilibrium quantity after implementation of the tax? d. At the output level in part (c), how much is the tax? e. How much tax revenue does government collect? f. What is the deadweight loss borne by society if the externality is left uncorrected?
* Referendum: -A state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove legislation or a constitutional amendment proposed by the state legislature. * Electoral College: -A unique American institution
What is the context of the text (author, time, setting, audience). If you cannot discern the context, explain why. -“Hip: The History” was written by John Leland and published in 2004. This text was meant to be addressed to American citizens who themselves are “hipsters” today and/or American citizens that don't know the history of those eras. 2.What is the topic of this text?
Be sure to include at least two specific details from the lesson to support your response. 1. Which type of change—political, social, or economic—had the most impact on Southern life? Political, the Republican Party was formed to keep slavery out of the west and then completely abolish slavery. 2.
1861-1865 Civil War. Over the objections of Susan B. Anthony, women put aside suffrage activities to help the war effort Nurses, specifically. 1867 Fourteenth amendment passes Congress, defining citizens as "male;" this is the first use of the word male in the Constitution, and Susan B. Anthony forms Equal Rights Association, working for universal suffrage. Church/State Relations : Religion and God in American culture and
When will Congress step in and decide the NCAA does not have an autocratic rule over the funds being generated? A report done by Keith Dunnivant for the article, “Where Athletic Scholarships Fall Short” shows research that SEC Commissioner Michael L. Slive makes more than 500 thousand dollars a year. It seems unfair the major discrepancy in revenue flow, with a student-athlete from a poor background is struggling to cover the more than 2000 dollars not covered by scholarship every year
As such, the Constitution underlies both the positive and negative functions of the separation of powers. For without some idea of what the branches' duties are, it is impossible to know when and how to defend their rights and their independence. This argument is not disproved by subsequent developments in American politics, in particular the rise of political parties. It is true that the Constitution of 1787 had to be amended to accommodate the practice of presidential and vice presidential candidates running for office on the same party ticket. The Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804, changed the method of voting in the Electoral College by requiring the electors to cast separate ballots for President and Vice President.
When the original 13 American colonies declared independence, and became a republic based on popular sovereignty, any person in the name of the people acquired the authority to initiate such writs. The U.S. Constitution includes the Habeas Corpus procedures in the Suspension Clause in Article 1, section 9, which states that the Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion that may harm the public’s safety. The suspension of the Habeas Corpus has occurred several times in U.S history, signed by Presidents Abraham Lincoln, George W, Bush and Barack Obama. On April 27, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln suspended the Habeas Corpus during the American Civil War, in response to riots and local militia actions, and the threat of Maryland seceding from the union leaving Washington D.C surrounded by hostile territory. On October 17 2006, President Bush signed a law suspending the right of the Habeas Corpus to persons determined by the U.S. to be an enemy combatant in the global war on terror.
The Constitution of the Year 111 1795 -The Thermidorians wanted a new constitution that would guarantee the main features of the Revolution of 1789 Eg the abolition of the privilege, freedom of individuals and control of local and national affairs by an elected assembly and elected officials *Wanted to ensure that a dictatorship like that of the CPS, would be impossible in the future and that it would be impossible in the future for the return of the monarchy or to popular sovereignty on the sans culotte model -Main features of the constitution: *All males over 21 who paid taxation were allowed to vote in the primary assemblies to choose electors *Real power, was however exercised by the electors who actually chose the deputies. --Electors had to pay taxes equivalent to 150-200 days labour. (This was high that the numbers of electors had fallen from 50,000 in 1790-2 to 30,000 in 1795 *Electors were therefore the very rich, those who had suffered from the Revolution in 1793-4 *To prevent a dictatorship arsing, the Thermidorians rigidly separated the legislature from the executive -The Legislature *It was divided into two chambers: 1. Council of Five Hundred: all of whom had to be over the age of 30. Thus Council would initiate legislation and then would pass it on to a Council of Ancients 2.