Chapter 6

1. Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 1:
The 19th Amendment prohibited the denial of the right to vote because of sex. This means that women can vote now. Up until 1920, only men were allowed to vote. This was the ultimate ratification in 1920, but by then more than half the states allowed it.

2. Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 2:
Voting is not a very complicating thing to do, but first you have to get registered which is maybe the hardest part. Other qualifications would be age, 18, and if you are a U.S. citizen or not. In 49 states you must register to vote. The only state of which you do not is in North Dakota, but in some states there are odd laws about registering to vote or not.

3. Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 3:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an act put in place after the Civil War reguarding discrimination due to race, or color. It forbid the use of any voter registration or literacy requirments in an unfair or disciminatory manner. It also forbid job related dicrimination. This act was set up so that colored people actually were able to vote, although many people still did things to keep them from the polls.

4. Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 4:
Many people do not exercise their right to vote. The word idiot came from Greek which quite simply was used for the people who did not take part in public life. Our public life concerns voting, and it is foolish for us not to. A little over 50 percent of the voting population actually vote for a leader who will be in charge of all. This means that if you are a non voter, you may end up being ruled by a leader that you did not want. There are many places where you can vote and register to vote, and it can be easy.

5. Explain voter apathy and what can be done to help it:
Voter Apathy is when a person does not vote. This number has been dropping significantly over the past 10 years and is now at a very low point. Even well educated, sucessful people sometimes choose not to vote. I feel that if we started voting at age 16, parents and schools could start a good foundation for voting and get kids in the habit before they move out on their own. I also think communities could make it easier to get registered or find out how to become a registered voter.

6. Explain the qualifications for registering to vote:
The qualifications to vote are simple. You have to be a U.S. citizen and be over the age of 18. From there all that needs to be done is to register to vote, and then you are ok in that county to vote forever.

Minor Partys.

Find and research two minor parties of your choice for 15-20 mins.

Provide two links for each party.

Then list and describe those parties in your blog and the pros and cons of those parties.
 http://www.anu.org/
Pros: Explains why and how the other people are not fit for the campaign.
Cons: Really bashes all partys
http://www.beinghumanparty.com/
Pros: Defines on how to be a good citizens.
Cons: Not a good rational thinker.

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. It was founded in Northern States in 1854 by anti-slavery activists, modernizers, ex-Whigs and ex-Free Soilers, the Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party and the briefly popular Know Nothing Party. As for the democratic party socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum.

     I am independent because i still dont care about politics and what is happening. i prefer to stay out of it all because to me it is quite annoying. That is in the past and present.
       In the future i might see myself changing because the world will more affect me and i need to learn about what the presedents think and how it will affect my life.

 

Report your findings for both the Republicans and the Democrats.

Then share which party you see yourself supporting in the past, present and future and why you feel you support that party or parties.

 

My blog post for government. 4 paragraphs later

The Federalists left a lasting imprint as they fashioned a strong new government with a sound financial base.The state networks of both parties began to operate in 1794 or 1795. The Jay Treaty in 1794–95 was the effort by Washington and Hamilton to resolve numerous difficulties with Britain. Some of these issues dated to the Revolution; such as boundaries, debts owed in each direction, and the continued presence of British forts in the Northwest Territory.
     Each of the 50 states has its own constitution, all provisions of state constitutions must comply with the U.S. Constitution.Under the Constitution, powers reserved to the national government include: Print money (bills and coins),Declare war,Establish an army and navy,Enter into treaties with foreign governments, regulate commerce between states and international trade, establish post offices and issue postage ,make laws necessary to enforce the Constitution.

Blog post for history of gov.

1.It is a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units. It means to me that onot only one person rules over us but many people do and power is divided upon many people.

2.Legastlative- It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate., Judical-The Judiciary explains and applies the laws, and Executive- executive power in the federal government is vested in the President of the United States

3. The Separation of Powers devised by the framers of the Constitution was designed to do one primary thing: to prevent the majority from ruling. It is important to us so not only one person decides on what we do and what happens in the nation.

4. It means that the federal government, in exercising any of the powers enumerated in the Constitution, must prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent state exercise of power.

5. Find a site on the Internet that deals with Federalism. Take 10 minutes and review that site. Provide the link and provide some of the useful information that you found to help you better understand what Federalism is and how it works.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/fed.htm               Federalism, and all it stands for, underpins politics in America. Federalism gives the executive its power but it also gives states a great deal of power as has been clarified in Dillon's Law. On many occasions, the Supreme Court has been called on to adjudicate what federalism means (usually in favour of the executive rather than states) but the Constitution put a great deal of faith in federalism when the Founding Fathers first constructed it.

Reflection on it.

I think it is a good thing that some blacks are rethinking about the president because they cant get jobs. The blacks also need jobs to but i think they are relying to much on the governtment to get them. I think they need to get out there, get an actual education, and get on to better jobs. On the other hand Obama could focus a little more on the south than what he is doing.

Politics Story

It is about Obama's uneasy relationship with the black. Many black newspapers think that obama needs to focus more on blacks just for the fact that he is a black president. "There's a segment of the community that feels he could have targeted more efforts towards the African American community,” said Joel Dreyfuss. The 16% unemployment rate is for blacks compared to the 9.1% of national average.