...The Japanese Experience: Pre and Post Internment Camp The Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 caused the United States to not only declare war against Japan, but also to demand internment for anyone persons living in the United States that would be considered a national security threat, most of those people being Japanese-Americans. The Japanese experience has been altered by the policies and narrative of United States history. As waves of immigrants began to populate more of the West Coast, the growing frustration of California citizens allowed for the legal discrimination of most Asian Americans. Throughout their time in the U.S, there is a rich history attached to the Japanese experience. Among World War II, internment camps,...
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...The Electoral College was created for the purpose of making the little guys seem important, therefore making the number of Electoral College votes per state unequally dispersed. If the amount of Electoral College votes a state received was based on population, smaller states would not be relevant. While this dispersion method made our small states happy, it produced many a consequences and made the value of each person’s vote different. Each individual vote in California counts for about five times as much in the Electoral College as each individual vote in Maine. For instance, California has fifty-five electoral votes for a population of about 38.8 million people and maine has four electoral votes for a population of almost 1.33 million. California...
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...Outline Thesis: Union Close Shops are economically depressing to the region that they exist in. Evidence 1: Retards economic growth of the region 1. Louisiana and Illinois study Evidence 2: Reduces company competiveness in the national and global market 1. Evidence 3: Reduces private investment 1. Evidence 4: Decreases worker’s earned income and raises the cost of living. Thesis: Union Close Shops are economically depressing to the region that they exist in. The late Sen. Paul Tsongas once said, “You cannot redistribute wealth you never created. You can’t be pro-jobs and anti-business at the same time. You cannot love employment and hate employers.” Currently 22 states have right-to-work laws, which guarantee workers the right to determine individually whether or not they will join or otherwise support a labor union. The remaining states are Evidence 1: Retards economic growth of the region Every States are ranked on their economic competitiveness in a report called "Rich States, Poor States" for the American Legislative Exchange Council. This ranking uses 15 fiscal, tax and regulatory variables to determine which states have policies that are most conducive to prosperity. One of these 15 policies, right to work laws, has consistently stood out as one of the most important in predicting where jobs will be created and incomes will rise. States that have right-to-work laws grow faster than states with forced unionism. Over the...
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...GM533 Applied Managerial Statistics Course Project Ebenezer Newman and Mark Cherry * NE (Northeast) 1: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey 0: Others * MW (Midwest) 1: Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa 0: Others * WEST (West) 1: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii 0: Others * Region 3 (South) Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana Scatter plots Get the scatter plots for each variable against the crime rate VIF From the result we see that there is no Multicorinality Predictor Coef SE Coef T P VIF Constant -340 1101 -0.31 0.759 NEAST -304.9 508.9 -0.60 0.553 3.307 MID-WEST -164.5 475.2 -0.35 0.731 3.564 WEST 351.6 588.9 0.60 0.554 5.773 PINCOME -0.01055 0.07966 -0.13 0.895 4.154 DROPOUT 70.66 26.61 2.66 0.011 2.975 PUBAID -76.43 86.78 -0.88 0.384 2.305 DENSITY -1.6666 0.9109 -1.83 0.075 3.760 KIDS 0.851 1.801 0.47 0.639 3.959 PRECIP 7.69 13.85 0.56 0.582 3.328 UNEMPLOY -93.30 ...
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...Alaska Brand Audit Brand Inventory History Alaska has been a unique brand for many years. Originally known as Russian America because it was owned by Russia, the origin of the name Alaska is a misconception from the first Russian explorers to venture into Alaskan waters (the original Aleut word "alaxsxaq" literally meaning "object toward which the action of the sea is directed"[Alaska]). When the United States bought Alaska, even though the price was only two cents an acre, it was known for many years as “Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox”, after William Seward, the Secretary of State who was primarily responsible for pushing the purchase from Russia through Congress. In the early days Alaska’s brand image was mostly negative. It was known as the “Frozen North”, the “land of ice and snow”, the “land without summer”. Many of these images are from the stories and poetry of Robert Service, Jack London and their contemporaries. A good example of this writing is the poem “Cremation of Sam McGee”— see appendix II, (Service). All these extreme brand images dominated perceptions of Alaska prior to the discovery of gold in the Klondike in the late 1800s. After gold was discovered these negative perceptions were softened somewhat, though they remained rather negative—in large part due to the difficulty of living in the far north. Our Brand Survey We did a brand audit of Alaska to see how well Alaska has worked past these harsh criticisms. To accomplish this we surveyed...
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...distribution of marijuana. However, there are many who are against this drug being prescribed to patients with severe ailments. The opposition speaks about the harmful effects of this drug even though many government groups make the independent research of this drug difficult to attain approval. What research has been allowed to be carried out does support the drugs bad representation. Even though it is does have harmful effects on the body as any other plant being smoked would have. Opposition also uses the fact that marijuana possession is still illegal according to federal law. The use of medical marijuana has actually been going on in America much longer than many people would believe. The debate became increasingly heated in 1996, when California tried a new approach by making exceptions in criminal cases involving the terminally ill. This good intentioned planned was poorly carried out, yet it did ignite interest of other states in the legality of this herb as a medicinal drug. 17 states have passed some form of marijuana possession law for those who suffer from certain illnesses. Marijuana was first prescribed in the U.S. as Marinol, which is a synthetic form of THC in a pill (Darrel Ford and Mary Ludlum, page 3 2011). Marijuana opposition has used inconclusive studies of the drug’s effects as grounds for their opinion. However, the War on Drugs makes proper research much more...
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...these elections, the winner of the elections lost the popular vote, but won the electoral college vote. In the 1824 presidential elections, “John Quincy Adams won the electoral college vote in 1824 but lost the popular vote to Andrew Jackson by 44,804 votes”. In the 1876 presidential election, “Rutherford B. Hayes won the electoral college vote, but lost to Samuel J. Tilden in the popular vote by 264,292 votes”. In the 1888 presidential election, “Benjamin Harrison won the electoral college vote, but lost the popular vote to Grover Cleveland”. In the 2000 presidential election, “George W. Bush won the electoral college vote, but lost the popular vote 50,996,582 to 50,456,062 to Al Gore”. In the most recent presidential election, Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton, “Donald Trump won the electoral college vote, but lost the popular vote by more than 1 million vote to Hillary Clinton”. In all of these situations, the candidate who got to be the next president, won because they won the most electoral college votes, but not the popular...
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...Immigration concerns across the years Asian Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 – denied any Chinese immigrant from entering unless they could prove they were not of the skilled or non-skilled labor set. Geary Act of 1892 – extended the Exclusion Act 1902 the Exclusion act was made permanent The US and Japanese entered into the Gentleman’s Agreement in 1907. This cooperative effort resulted in Japan no longer issuing passports to its citizens that planned on immigrating to the US (except for Hawaii) and the US agreeing to only allow the wives and children of current Japanese residents into the country. This Act was not as harsh as the Chinese Exclusion Act even though both the Chinese and Japanese were regarded as threats by the white population. http://aapcgroup11.blogspot.com/2009/12/gentlemens-agreement-of-1907.html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/229394/Gentlemens-Agreement African Americans Black Codes There were many laws and rules prior to the passing of the 13th Amendment which freed black slaves. The ones of concern are those enacted just before the passing of the 14th Amendment which would have granted equal status to the blacks, in theory. These new laws, The Black Codes, granted second class status to the newly freed slaves. The newly freed slaves’ hands were tied once again in perhaps a less pervasive hold. In essence, the Codes were the new quasi-slavery laws that the South instituted in order to maintain the control the whites had over...
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...1)_ The U.S Supreme court did its part to undermine reconstruction. The court issued a series of decisions that significantly weakened the federal government’s ability to protect black Southern’s. The “Slaughterhouse case” distinguished state and National citizenship. The “U.S vs. Cruikshank” ruling gave states more power to impose discrimination in the state and legislate Discriminatory Laws within the states. 2.) African Americans demonstrated their citizenships by participating in elections, educate themselves and become a teacher or open a school like disabled ex slave Elias did and own lands and work independently on their own, worship in their own churches, 3) Since the beginning of colonization of the first colonies in North America, Native Americans have been subjected to colonial rule and forced from their lands. Towards the end of the nineteenth century Native American tribes began to resist such rule and push back. One example of this is in 1877 when the Nez Percé people fought back against the United States when the government dictated a treaty severely reducing the Nez Percé people forcing them to move onto reservations. These people fled to Canada for safety, and around 800 of the Nez Percé people were slaughtered, leaving than 300...
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...With recent legalization of marijuana in some states will there be a widespread across the united states? While Federal and State Laws may prohibit Marijuana use, many states are Considering legalization and some have already done so with both medicinal and recreational, its Likely of a widespread across the United States. Federal government has set regulations that are developed, these regulations are followed by what is called the Controlled Substance Act (CSA), which does not recognize the difference in the use between recreational and medicinal use. (Americans For Safe Access, 2014) According to Americans for safe access(2014) The Controlled Substance Act has classified Marijuana as a schedule one drug, its a controlled substance that is treated as any other drugs such as heroin, or cocaine. Along with the CSA, there is the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), According to Dea.gov (n.d.) The Drug Enforcement Administration has a mission to “is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States " Marijuana is illegal, and use is prohibited through federal laws, but many state laws have legalized the use for recreational and medicinal. State laws vary state to state. There are so many different laws on marijuana use, whether it be for recreational or medicinal. Many people feel that the laws on marijuana have to do with whether the state considering legalization...
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...Gay Marriages Priscilla Reyes Sociology 120: Introduction to Ethics & Sociology Kathleen Miller March 10, 2013 Gay marriages, I don’t believe in gay marriages only in marriages between a man and woman. I know that a lot of gays or lesbians are trying to get the Supreme Court to approve same sex marriage. In California, the Supreme Court is trying to get same sex marriages ban nationwide. The gay and lesbian are using the law to have the same sex marriages pass and there have been about 3 states like Maine, Maryland, and Washington that have passed the same sex marriage. In other states like Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Rhode Island, Minnesota, and New Jersey are against the same sex marriage. I don’t think that it should change what marriage is referring to between two men or two women; it is based on a man and woman marrying in holy matrimony. This is stated in the Bible and thru the standard government law and constitution. The government shouldn’t change the law of the constitution or the bill of rights because of same sex marriages. The gays and lesbians want the same rights as a man and a woman do when they get married, for instance if the significant other happens to pass away the significant other would inherited what their significant other left behind. It is not the same when a man inherited his wife life insurance policy or the wife inherits her husband’s life insurance. Marriage should only be between a man and a woman not two men or two women getting...
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...Kelly Krause Research paper PO 102-02 Gay rights and Religion I choose to do my paper on gay rights and religion. I will be talking about Amendment 14. States that support gay marriage. Religious rights versus gay rights. Gay rights and religious freedom. Gay discrimination. Gay rights and the Constitution. In February of 2004 San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. The issue that had simmered in the background for years was moved toward the front of the nation's political agenda. Supporters of the more traditional conceptions of marriage fought Newsom in the courts. When they failed there they were placed on California's 2008 ballot that would restrict marriage to heterosexual couples only. Before the 2008 election Massachusetts and Connecticut had already legalized same-sex marriage. Soon after California's vote, Vermont and Iowa joined the ranks states that allow gay couples to marry. While many supporters of gay marriage have focused on winning state approval through the political process by passing new laws to legalize the practice. That strategy has succeeded but only in New England. In the other states, gay marriage has been established only through the courts. While most of the legal fighting over gay marriage has unfolded in the various state courts, many gay-rights advocates suggest that soon the battle needs to be taken to the next level and fought out in the federal courts. Total...
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...UNIT 3C: REPRESENTATIVE PROCESS IN THE USA SECTION 1: ELECTIONS & VOTING Primaries: * Election to select a parties candidacy for president * Open primary: A primary for any registered voter, democrat or republican. E.G. Texas * Closed: A primary for democrats and a primary for Republicans. (Separate one’s) * Invisible primary: candidates try to gain support and finance in the year before the primary * Proportional primary: awarded delegates in proportion to votes they get * Winner-takes-all: Win the most votes and you take all the states delegates Advantages: * Increased level of participation from ordinary votes (30% in 2008) * Increased interest from people * Increased choice of candidates (14 in 2008) * Removing power from party bosses Disadvantages: * Turnout is usually low * Voters are usually unrepresentative of normal voters (tend to be wealthier, old and better educated) * Process is far too long and expensive (Obama in 2008 announced his running 332 before the first primary * Fails to test presidential qualities Increased importance of primaries: * Really the only route to become a parties President Caucuses: * A meeting for the selection of a candidate * Usually held in states that are geographically large but thinly populated (Iowa, North Dakota, Nevada) * Turnout is usually pretty low, and usual favour ideological candidates National party conventions: Formal functions: ...
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...on the streets and beaches which in turn is affecting the environment. When there is litter floating along the beach shores a person might not feel so apt to swimming while on their vacation. The empty water bottles that line the streets will make certain neighborhoods less desirable thus bringing down homeowners property values. The local landfills are increasing in size with all the extra water bottles being carelessly thrown into trash cans. It is estimated that about 500,000 water and other noncarbonated bottles are thrown into the trash just in the state of Connecticut yearly expecting to hit one billion within five years (Hladky,2007). There are fifty states in our country and of them eleven, including the states of Maine, Hawaii, and California already have the bottle-deposit law on noncarbonated drinks such as water and juice (Silverman,2005). Just imagine all the...
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...Health Care Spending January 21, 2015 University of Phoenix HCS 440 Marcia Smith Health Care Spending The health care issues within the United States continues to get worse. The amount of spending is rising to an all-time high and with the new health care laws in place the situation is getting worse. With the current state of the economy and the new health care rules and regulations a patient’s ability to cover the costs of living and health care is a battle. Unneeded budget spending is the tops reason for the high costs associated with health care. Medicare and Medicaid are the two most overly expended health care programs within the United States. If these programs and budgets are not controlled and corrected, there will be no coverage availability for the younger aging generations. How can this conflict be change for future needs and what is the government doing about this? Current Expenditures The United States measure the amount of spending on a yearly basis to track and control costs associated with needs, each year these estimates are changed to reflect the needs of the measures. In the 1960s the NHEA began to measure the annual U.S. expenditures for health care which includes; goods and services, public health activities, government administration, the net cost of health insurance, and investment related to health care. In 2013 the annual health care expenditures reached $2.9 trillion dollars or an estimated $9,255 per person. ("Cms.gov", 2014). According...
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