The purposes of this assignment are to demonstrate your understanding of different political systems and to acquaint you with an online resource for

Research the proportion of three ormore of the following: women, African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and openly gay or lesbian members of Congress. 1. Reflect onwhat these patterns say about the nature of representation. 2. Why do you think some groups tend to be underrepresented in Congress?

In a 2-4 page essay, with your name only in the upper right-hand corner, with a title, single-spaced, written within normal margins, in 12-point Times New Roman font, choose one of the topics below from Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, and ask: “What is Tocqueville’s greatest lesson on citizenship

Part I: How the Courts Address or Respect Our Rights as Citizens – Outline Assignment Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: · Textbook: Greenberg, E. S & Page, B. I. (2018).  The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition. (12th ed.). Pearson Chapter 11, 12 · Lesson

Please see attached file for instructions Legislation Review a Legislative Session. Becoming familiar with the legislative process is an important skill for public health advocacy, prevention, and policy. Step One: Review the Senate Floor session for March 10th 2016:   http://calchannel.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=3442   Navigate to ~24 minutes into the video. There is a lag

Discussion questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answer to Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (pp. 38-44; 68-73). According to Tocqueville in Chapter 3, it was inheritance laws in the early states that guaranteed permanent democracy in America. By requiring the will of the deceased to divide up large estates

   Representation in Congress Representation in Congress Assignment Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: · Textbook: Chapter 11, 12 · Lesson · Minimum of 2 scholarly sources in addition to the textbook. Instructions Research the proportion of three or more of the following: women, African Americans, Native

For this assignment, youwill watch DrMartin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech and a speech by Alicia Garza of the Black LivesMatter movement and answer the questions listed below. Pay special attention to the following aspects in the two speeches. ● Importance of body language while delivering the speech.

Discussion Questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answer to the text in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 51-54). 1. Martin Luther King is rightly celebrated for his role in the Civil Rights movement of the early 1960s. But we often praise him in contemporary terms: along

Discussion questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answers to the text in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 46-51). 1. In her 1970 testimony before Congress, Gloria Steinem lays out the reasons for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would require completely equal treatment between men and

Please see attached Assignment #1: Right to Bear Arms/Gun Control                                                                    TOPIC:  Right to bear arms — McDonald v.

Discussion Questions (pick one): Stephen Douglas accused Abraham Lincoln of wanting to “universalize” his anti-slavery policy, which was certain to lead to political violence and civil war. As right as Lincoln might have been about the evil of slavery and the legality of banning it in the Western Territories, etc.,

Discussion questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answer to the text in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 28-35). James Madison insists that we cannot trust written law to contain power, or what he calls “parchment barriers.” We might know what the law is, and we might

Discussion questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answer to the passages in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 24-26). The Declaration of Independence states that it is “self-evident that all men are created equal.” Throughout American history, every step toward greater equality and human dignity — civil

Discussion questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answer to the text in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 28-35). James Madison insists that we cannot trust written law to contain power, or what he calls “parchment barriers.” We might know what the law is, and we might

Discussion Questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answers to the texts in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 27-28). We hear so much today about how divided we are as a country, how unable we are do engage in civil discourse. And yet, Alexander Hamilton predicted that

Discussion Questions (pick one): Stephen Douglas accused Abraham Lincoln of wanting to “universalize” his anti-slavery policy, which was certain to lead to political violence and civil war. As right as Lincoln might have been about the evil of slavery and the legality of banning it in the Western Territories, etc.,

Discussion questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answer to the passages in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 24-26). The Declaration of Independence states that it is “self-evident that all men are created equal.” Throughout American history, every step toward greater equality and human dignity — civil

Discussion questions (answer one). Be sure to relate your answer to the texts in Readings on Citizenship Download Readings on Citizenship(pp. 17-24). Thomas Hobbes’ foundational point in his argument for the State is that human beings have no “summum bonum” or highest purpose, as Aristotle taught centuries before: we are