Essays on American Government

Despite an active political presence, only two parties — the Democrats and Republicans — dominate the modern American political process, between them fielding all of the candidates that have become president since the mid-1800s.Why, in a democracy, do only two parties dominate? What of the...

This film happens in 2008. During that time, the world had a big economy. In 2011, the Wall Street has a big revolution and demonstration. Breaking the serious gap between the rich and the poor in the US society. The film explores the causes of...

Every twenty minutes an American is victim to gun violence ending in death. The current theme of gun control is a very sensitive and controversial topic which is now in the spotlight of discussion. In the wake of recent tragic mass shooting governmental agencies from...

The year of 1803 the North Americans made the best business of all the History, when buying the Territory of Louisiana to Napoleon. They paid US $ 15,000,000 (about 220 million today) for a territory larger than Mexico, which has one of the world’s largest...

The media is a tool that usually passes information to people. The information should not forward the agenda and preferences of the individuals at a media outlet, but it should present the real and unbiased situation. The distribution and presentation manner of a vital issue...

Ten years ago tomorrow, the US government allowed the Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers to go bust, an event that seemed to mark a historical denouement: the end of an American century culminating in humiliating failure of its economic policy. In the days that followed,...

Introduction Measuring inflation is a difficult problem for government statisticians. To do this, many items representing the economy are gathered in what is called “market basket”. The cost of this basket will be compared over time. As a result, the price index which is the...

There are numerous environmental issues that concern the lives of people each day. An environmental policy that I am concerned about is House Bill 1103, which concerns the transfer of federal land to the state. The proposed bill would be known as the Transfer of...

I agree with this article, written by Adele M. Stan, that Trump has been nothing but a disappointment to the citizens of the United States and the country itself. His actions do not prove otherwise since they are mostly unconstitutional and demeaning to multiple minority...

The Wounded Knee Massacre was the result of strong tensions between the Sioux Indians and the U.S Government, taking place on December 29th, 1890. 500 soldiers and 300 Sioux were involved; “150 Sioux… lay dead, and another 50 were wounded. Army losses amounted to 25...

Donald Trump’s trade policies have shocked the world, polarizing commentators, business leaders and regular citizens both domestically and abroad. This has resulted in the delivery of a letter to the US senate, employing them to limit the president’s ability to use national security as a...

Introduction We are going to discuss the criminal just system and the phases of the criminal just system. The criminal justice system is made of three primary components. The first component is law enforcement. An example of law enforcement is the police, who capture and...

According to the authors of the book, American Amnesia by Hacker and Pierson, Public policy in the past has massively been shaved by the variety of forces from institutions, elections, and polls to the interest groups. The range of political parties and their influence on...

Barack Obama’s ‘A More Perfect Union’ clearly leaves a trial for breadcrumbs for you to follow from the beginning to the end, as he begins with The Preamble to The Constitution, “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union” where he clarifies...

The American government—in particular, the presidency—was in a remarkably primitive state. But Washington’s performance in those early years was both surefooted and brilliant. He went to one session of the Senate to receive its advice about a treaty but was annoyed because senators felt uncomfortable...

Current Secretary/Date of Confirmation As of January 20th, 2017, James N. Mattis became the twenty-sixth Secretary of Defence under President Donald J. Trump. James was born in Richland, Washington and started his life of dedicated service to our country at the age of eighteen, upon...