...someone who stands up for others. Andrew Jackson was a courageous president and a great leader, a man who cared about his people and got the job done. If there were something that he passionately believed in, if there was a problem that needed to be fixed, Jackson would not disregard it or put it aside. However, some of the ways he fixed the nation’s problems, such as obtaining Native American’s aboriginal land for the United States by forcing them to move, was unfair. Because he was such a complex man, Andrew Jackson was neither a good nor bad president. Andrew Jackson believed that whites and Indians could not live together peacefully, for Indians were thought of as uncivilized. Everyone has different opinions and...
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...have voted for Andrew Jackson, because he made many bad decisions while in office. I looked through all the positive and negative things from his presidency to make my decision on whether he proved his good or showed his bad. I concluded that there were more con’s during his presidency than pros. Some of which included the Indian Removal Act which turned into a compromise, Bank war and debt, and lastly the spoil system and nationalism. As Jackson presidency grew and as he produced new ideas some of which didn’t work out for the best. Jackson was known for expanding voting rights, so he believed that the government should be run by the common people and they finally had a chance even if they didn’t...
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...We, the American people, were honored to have electee Andrew Jackson serve as our president for two terms. His valiant decisions in events such as the Bank War, South Carolina’s Nullification Act, and the Indian Removal Act ensured that the majority of Americans opinions would be represented. As a democratic leader elected by the majority of the American people, it is only right that he has responded to and executed the American majority’s beliefs. During Jackson’s first term, the state of South Carolina initialized the Nullification Act. This state act called for South Carolina to nullify any federal institutionalized law to which they found unconstitutional. Despite having ratified the constitution and taken the vow to uphold it, South...
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...I, John Calhoun, a South Carolinian politician, served as the Secretary of War, the vice president under Andrew Jackson, and briefly as Secretary of State. The experience that I have had working closely with Jackson makes me a credible source in determining his presidential status. Jackson and I have had many disagreements, eventually leading to my resignation as vice president. The most major of our arguments was regarding the nullification crisis. Impeachment article two states that President Jackson deserves to be impeached as he violated state's rights in his dealings with South Carolina in the nullification crisis. I agree with this statement as I believe Jackson acted unfairly toward the southern states regarding the Tariff of Abominations. The Tariff of 1828 was put in place to...
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...PROJECT: THE TRIAL OF ANDREW JACKSON Adapted from a simulation by Eric Rothschild Andrew Jackson the seventh President of the United States under the Constitution, has been impeached in the House of Representatives (not really, this is fictional – JACKSON WAS NOT REALLY IMPEACHED). He will go on trial in the U.S. Senate on July 1, 1838. Here are the charges against Jackson: • Violating the rights of Native Americans, especially in his treatment of the Cherokee and Creek Indians • Stepping on state’s rights in his economic policy and his behavior in the nullification crisis • General bad character You will work in groups I assign for the trial. Here are the group assignments: 1. Prosecution Indictment #1 (arguing against Jackson) 2. Prosecution Indictment #2 (arguing against Jackson) 3. Defense Team Indictment #1(arguing for Jackson) 4. Defense Team Indictment #2(arguing for Jackson) 5. Andrew Jackson, witness for the defense Indictment #1: President Jackson violated states rights in his dealings with South Carolina in the nullification crisis. 6. Witness group: South Carolinian Nullifiers led by John C. Calhoun 7. Witness group: Opponents of Nullification Indictment #2: President Jackson violated laws, treaties, and court orders in his dealings with Native Americans. 8. Witness group Native Americans led by Osceola 9. Witness group: Supreme Court led by John Marshall Each group will be...
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...A quote from The Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey: Africa for the Africans states “The world ought to know that it could not keep 400,000,000 Negroes down forever."Even with all trials and tribulations African American ancestors went through one well-known phrase is “Forty Acres and a Mule”. The thought of repayment for the injustice of slavery has been around for many years. This thought of reparations is a controversy topic in existence in political discussions, school systems, and newspapers. The ideas of reparations for slavery have different perspective from a white and black point of views. According to: Reparations: Pro & Con which states “As table 1.1 shows, whites overwhelmingly oppose reparations payments, and a majority of blacks support them”( Brophy 4). People believe that the reparation for slavery was Forty Acres and a Mule, which was supposed to given to each former slave family. However, it was never given to any of them. Will it ever be given? Was this concept used to pacify the cries for justice? The Reconstruction era of slavery begin when the slaves were being abolition of slavery and the final ends of the Civil War. The blacks were in need of economics independence . The need for money forced the former slaves to work for the white landowners to make a living. William T. Shermanwas a West Point graduate. He soon volunteered his services for the American Civil War when it first arose. While the Civil War was going on, he later became...
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...Ashley Zerr Heather Altfeld English 130 18 December 2012 Inquiry Ashley, It’s about ten o’clock here and I couldn’t be anymore exhausted. We were prompted to wake up about four o’clock this morning. We’re all done with the days where all we do is stand in formation and learn how to march correctly, thank god. We have actually been doing some real training but it’s just the basics. Tomorrow (Monday) we get to go through the gas chamber though! So we will see how that goes. From what I hear you stand in there with your mask on, and then you have to take it off for about thirty seconds before you can exit the room. I guess people tend to pass out and throw up everywhere. So it could be some fun! I wish we could do some more repelling or shooting, but that’s not for a couple weeks. I just want to be out of this stupid place and get my phone and everything back. But I just have to be tough for a few more weeks and then it will all pay off. Guess what? I tried to steal a piece of pie in the dining hall at dinner because I wanted something sweet, but I got caught. So now I get no pie at all. They are so strict on what you can eat, you can’t even but Gatorades out of the vending machines. It’s so lame! And as soon as I get off the shuttle to the airport I am buying some candy and a coke. I can’t wait! I feel like I’m in prison. Not a day goes by where I don’t think about you. You’re the one thing keeping me going and all I look forward to when I get leave. I’ve been counting...
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...Bicameral- two houses, one more populace, one more elitist. Reapportionment- happens every 10 years after census, readjusts how many representatives. Redistricting- within a state, you redraw districts according to how many representatives you have Gerrymandering- You mess around with redistricting…the state senate redraws the districts in favor of how they want. Advantages of being an incumbent- they win 85% of the time. They have name recognition Pro’s for term limits- when politicians become professional they begin to lose touch with the people and become corrupt… Con- when you have a really good one, they are limited to what they can do Who presides over the Senate? Vice President Powers of the Speaker of the House- Call on people to speak, assign bills to committees, set time limits for debates. Nancy Pelosi- Speaker of the House, from San Francisco, California. Pro tempore- has to do with the fact that the vice president never shows up to the senate, the senior member of the major party is the leader of the senate Majority leader- the person who sets the agenda for the party Whip- the one who counts the votes and makes sure it gets done…twists peoples arms to get them to vote their way. Filibuster- somebody talks as long as they want Cloture- two thirds majority vote in the senate, you can limit the amount of time spent debating a bill. Riders- attached to bills and usually have nothing to do with bills, attempt to get politicians...
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...Module: Public Law& Civil Rights ‘The Government is pledged in its manifesto to complete reform of the Lords to remove the hereditary element entirely and to reconstitute the House on a modern representative basis.’ Government White Paper (The House of Lords: Completing the Reform 2001). Consider the political and legal reasons as to why, some 13 years after stage 1 of House of Lords reform (the House of Lords Act 1999), Parliament has only now started to consider Stage 2 legislation (House of Lords Reform Bill 2012). Abstract During the past 100 years, the British government has never ceased trying to bring democracy to the House of Lords. However, having examined the reform history, one could conclude that all the reforms proposed after 1999 are not carried out as planned. This essay, therefore, attempts to provide descriptions on the major reforms of Lords proposed or implemented since 1911. It will focus particularly on discussing the main political and legal difficulties on the incompletion of reform of Lords since 1999. 1. Introduction The House of Lords has long been known as a historical curiosity of this country. Together with the Canadian Senate, the chamber remains one of the only two unelected second chambers in the modern and major democracies. Owing to the undemocratic composition of the Lords, it was reluctant to utilize its legitimate powers in the 20th century for which some local political scholars described as having ‘a little public profile...
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...Govt-2301-WS3 What makes us so different? Understanding Political Ideology through Partisanship People today think that it doesn’t matter how you vote, the outcome will always be the same because the Democratic and GOP parties are run by corporations. Some think that in order to break away from the special interests and influences, there should be a strong third party and that party with a different platform is the Libertarian Party. Historically the main two parties were not much different. In the beginning both parties believed that “men (not big government) was to rule them” (The Fundamental Differences Between Republican and Democrats). There was a mutual desire for individual freedom. Currently it seems that their fundamental beliefs have changed. The Democratic Party wants to increase government involvement in the lives of the American public, whereas the Republicans would like to see decreased national government and have each state govern themselves (The Fundamental Differences Between Republican and Democrats). The Libertarians seem to want to get back to what the founding fathers envisioned. Each party has very strong convictions on the topics that confront America today. The hottest topic facing the nation is Same Sex Marriage. Since the beginning the Democrats have defended Civil Rights and supported the expansion of opportunities for all. They fight to end all forms of discrimination, but this is an uphill battle. “We support marriage equality...
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...Opposite Ends of the Belief Bench One subject darkly clouded with confusion is religion, and the idea that they are all the same. Mahatma Gandhi, an important Hindu teacher states, “The soul of religion is one, but it is encased in a multitude of forms.” Two of the most popular religions in the United States, Christianity and Islam, are facing this problem. I grew up Christian so the subject of religion is very important to me. After 9/11 the American public was on high alert for terrorists, and they still are today. Just recently a US Ambassador to Libya was killed along with two Navy Seals by an Islamic terrorist group. Some people may ask why do they attack, what motivates them it is what they believe. When your Sacred text, the Koran in this case, has verses that say, “And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]”, it is seen clearly why there are terrorist attacks ( Koran 2:191-193). Americans live in a culture where acceptance is the goal. Everything is acceptable because everyone has their own opinion. No one can refute that opinion because the refusal itself could be seen as offensive and the offender will likely get sued. As a result, most people keep their thoughts to themselves, creating the opposite of the desired environment. Instead of freedom of speech we have freedom to speak as long as you do not mind being chewed up by the media...
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...The Business and Politics of Environmental Regulation and Activism 3028IBA – Energy and Environmental Security Dr Tapan Sarker Department of International Business and Asian Studies 3028IBA - 2013 Topics Covered in this Lecture • The business/corporate sector and the environment (essentially business and the climate change issue); and • Emissions trading schemes (the key strategy, considered the most cost-effective strategy, by which economic activity is to be guided towards meeting certain GHG emission reduction targets) 3028IBA - 2013 The Business/Corporate Sector and the Environment 3028IBA - 2013 Some of the questions today’s lecture and tutorial topic considers • In the context of governments attempting to achieve climate security, what have been the key concerns of the business sector? • • How has the business sector attempted to influence decision making on climate change policies? How have businesses responded to the greenhouse gas reduction challenge and policies, and what has motivated their responses? 3028IBA - 2013 The Traditional Behaviour of the Business Sector in Relation to the Environment • Opposition to national and international policies that they believe would impose significant new costs on them or otherwise reduce expected profits When faced with existing strong domestic regulations on an activity with a global environmental dimension, corporations are likely to support international agreements that would impose similar...
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...u Table of Contents Introduction 3 Fixed Exchange rate and Disinflation in emerging markets 6 Exchange Rate proclamation and Inflation fighting credibility 9 Exchange rates, inflation and growth in small, open economies: A difference-in-differences approach 12 Monetary policy rules under a fixed exchange rate regime: Empirical Evidence from China 15 Fixed exchange rates and trade 17 Conclusion 19 Bibliography 22 Introduction This research paper looks to explore the relationship behind the infamous fixed exchange rate and the level of inflation. I also take a look at how there is a trade off between the exchange rate regime and trade activity shapes up. Fixed exchange rates are a monetary regime used by around 50% of the world’s economies. The advent of fixed exchange rates is not common in the developed world. One exception to this is the EU which maintains a very stringently monitored monetary...
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...Notice of 2013 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and Proxy Statement b McDonald’s Corporation 2013 Contents 3 7 8 8 8 14 14 14 42 Proxy Summary Notice of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Election of Directors Proposal No. 1. Election of Directors Director qualifications and biographical information Executive compensation Compensation Committee Report Compensation discussion and analysis Proposal No. 2. Advisory vote to approve executive compensation Other management proposal Proposal No. 3. Advisory vote to approve the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2013 59 Stock ownership 59 Stock ownership guidelines 59 Security ownership of certain beneficial owners 60 Security ownership of management 61 Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act Transactions with related persons, promoters and certain control persons Policies and procedures for related person transactions 61 61 62 Related person transactions 62 Communications 62 Communications with the Board of Directors and non-management Directors 62 Consideration of Director nominations for the 2014 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 63 Shareholder proposals for inclusion in next year’s Proxy Statement 63 Other shareholder proposals for presentation at the 2014 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Solicitation of proxies and voting 64 Notice and access 64 Record date 64 Voting prior to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Voting at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Quorum 64 Voting tabulation 65...
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...Journal of Business Cases and Applications The rise and fall of Circuit City Amy Hart The University of Tampa Erika Matulich, Ph.D. The University of Tampa Kimberly Rubinsak The University of Tampa Kasey Sheffer The University of Tampa Nikol Vann The University of Tampa Myriam Vidalon Nielson Abstract Circuit City paved its way in the consumer electronics retail market by committing to its Five S’s operating philosophy – selection, savings, service, satisfaction, and speed. However, the company fell victim to several poor business decisions in the early 2000’s that eventually led to the filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008 and its closing in 2009. This case highlights the importance of identifying appropriate product differentiation strategies, building a distinctive competence, monitoring the competitive landscape and making sound business decisions. It will landscape, also aid the student’s understanding of the role and impact of management and explain the importance of employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention. Keywords: Circuit City, Five S’s, customer service, product differentiation, competitive ity, landscape, employee retention, Alan McCollough, Philip Schoonover, layoff, Chapter 11 bankruptcy Rise and fall, Page 1 Journal of Business Cases and Applications INTRODUCTION history This case covers the time period in Circuit City’s history between the decision of CEO Alan McCollough to halt the sale of appliances in 2000 and the decision of CEO Philip...
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