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- 6481: The FBI and Its History
- ... World War II increased greatly and included intelligence matters in South America. With the end of that war and the advent of the Atomic Age, the FBI began conducting background security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as well as probes into internal security matters for the Executive Branch. Civil rights and organized crime became major concerns of the FBI in the 1960s, as did counterterrorism, financial crime ...
- 6482: Why The Crucible?
- ... not know much about communism, but he used it to scare people. He told them that if they were not careful, communists would take over the country. Soon after, a committee was formed called the House Committee on Un-American activities. The group’s job was to investigate people whom they suspected had communist ties. One of his most famous sayings was “If it looks like a duck, swims like a ...
- 6483: Should Defense Spending Be Decreased
- ... Press, Inc. Bibliography Hosenball, Mark ‘A Plutonium Mystery’, Newsweek May 3, 1999 64-65. Olmos, David National Defense Spending How Much Is Enough? 1984, NY: Franklin Watts. Towell, Pat ‘Senate Sweetens Military Pay Raise As House Seeks Ways To Stem Exodus’ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Feb 27, 1999 495-498 Towell, Pat ‘Between The Lines’ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Mar 27, 1999 736 Wekesser, Carol America’s Defense Opposing Viewpoints 1991, CA: Greenhaven ...
- 6484: Essay on The F.B.I.
- ... second World War increased greatly and included intelligence matters in South America. With the end of that war, and the arrival of the Atomic Age, the FBI began conducting background security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as well as probes into internal security matters for the executive branch of the government. In the 1960s, civil rights and organized crime became major concerns of the FBI, and counterterrorism ...
- 6485: Scottish Nationalism and Devolution
- ... almost 80% of the Welsh voters rejected it. In Scotland, 51.6% voted in favor of devolution. The only problem was that the approved were only 33% of the Scottish electorate. This led to the House of Commons deciding that it was an insufficient vote to justify a separate Scottish assembly. In September of 1997, people for devolution lead the Labor Party to become committed to a constitutional change. The New ...
- 6486: Is the Unites States Political System a Legitimate Democracy?
- ... congressmen and presidents through political action committees (PACs), devices by which groups like corporations, professional associations, trade unions, investment banking groups-can pool their money and give up to $10,000 per election to each House and Senate candidate"(Lind, 157). Consequently, those people who do not become organized into interest groups are likely to be underrepresented financially. This leads to further inequality and, therefore, greater illegitimacy in the democratic system ...
- 6487: Analysis of the Immigration Problem
- ... end in sight. We are taking in more people than all of the rest of the world combined. As have all the other countries of the word, America needs to control its borders. As every house needs a door, so every country needs a border. And yet, our borders are full of holes. We have clearly lost control over our future. Our children will pay the price of uncontrolled immigration. The ...
- 6488: The Behavior Of Presidents
- ... direction, or that the president has very limited powers dictated by the Constitution and should act like a chief administrator for the Federal Government. These beliefs were reflected in their behavior while in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt believed that the Federal Government had an obligation and interest in bringing the nation out of the depression. In order to do this he initiated a number of agencies and projects to employ ...
- 6489: An Indian Woman In Guatemala: Without A Trace Of Bitterness In Her Voice
- ... Her first experience in the city was at twelve years old in the capital of Guatemala where she worked as a maid. She retells the story of how when she met the lady of the house, she was told that she needed new clothes, since hers were so worn and dirty from working on the finca, and how she was given a salary advance of two months pay which was to ...
- 6490: The US Constitution
- ... of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. To make an amendment, first 2/3 of either house must propose it. Then to ratify it, 3/4 of the state legislatures must approve it. The Electoral College system is a system used to elect the President. Each state is given a certain amount ...
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