Marble-cake federalism and layer-cake federalism are both names for systems of government that Morton Grodzins coined (Champagne, Harpham 42). They vary on how federal government and state government interact but are similar in that states sovereignty is limited. Comparing and contrasting multi-cake federalism and layer-cake federalism you will find some common themes between the two political systems, but also some very major differences. Layer-cake federalism was a system put into place after the Reconstruction. In which the powers of the federal government and the state government were separated.
They “tied together” the nation, in
No matter how hard one tries, a person cannot debate a proven fact. Often times, the use of facts in literature can create a strong, compelling argument. In “Rough Justice: A Caning in Singapore Stirs Up a Fierce Debate about Crime and Punishment” by Alejandro Reyes, the author uses statistics, logic, and facts to build his argument supporting Singapore’s justice system that focuses on “a sense of personal responsibility” (Reyes 182). Unlike “Rough Justice,” the editorial, “Time to Assert American Values,” lacks logic but still attempts to convince readers of going against Singapore’s caning policy. After carefully analyzing the two texts, the reader realizes that the article “Rough Justice” is the most relevant and sufficient argument because of the author’s use rhetorical appeals and
The Promise of America Within the illustration, the poem by Emma Lazarus, and FDR’s speech the promise of America is shown. Each source has their own take on the promise of America brought to immigrants, but they each have one thing in common, the Statue of Liberty. She brings the immigrants hope in the New World. She is a beacon of peace for the rest of the world. She is a symbol of freedom, being an immigrant herself.
How can improvements be made without the people who want the improvements don’t make an effort? Giving American citizens the responsibility to improve their own lives may cause setbacks, but it is the outcome of these setbacks that enable change and allow further quality of life. Without American citizens taking initiative to improve their own lives, they will be never be satisfied with the quality of their own lives. Many improvements in this world such as freedom and rights were not established through citizens counting on authority to make this change. It was the people who were affected by this dilemma that took action that ended up giving a new meaning to life.
The uniting of the British colonies to form Canada was an event of great uncertainty as the opinions on the topic drastically differed. Although the settlers had similar beginnings in the lands, they now called home, the differences of culture, language and customs remained. The proximity of the lands did not translate in the people. Issues with the Canadian identity still exist which is evident in the strong views of many that live in Quebec. It can be argued that placing varying groups of people in the same nation can be cause for divide and may weaken feelings of nationalism.
This essay argues that states that are ethnically and culturally similar are more likely to engage in conflicts over
Famous French historian Alexis de Tocqueville once said, “America is great because she is good. If America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.” (qtd. in Carson 651.) In “Recovering America’s Exceptionalism,” Ben Carson explains how we are losing touch with the values that once made America a great country.
People in each of these two countries have their own lifestyle according to their own thoughts, beliefs, culture, and government rules. However, both countries still been together as one because they are situated in the same island, but only divided by a barrier named border, which involves a physical and emotional border that has long separated
Despite the ongoing territorial tensions, both
“Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations with new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities...one of the things that it [the U.S.] stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side, then on either sides of the country’s Chester Avenues.” She concentrates on the hardships faced by our ancestors and sets a vaguely amazed tone throughout the essay at our ability to stay whole. In spite of these variations in opinions, the essays represent only a couple views on the
Ever since the start of time in America, the country has always been divided because of all the events that have happened. Those events affect everything that happens in America and they always change people. That’s why I believe that America is just too divided to unite for the common good of our society because of the past events that happened, it’s always been too divided, and not anyone in America wants to unite. We will now explore these six sources and discover why America’s too divided to unite.
The year is now two thousand seventeen, and the United States seems to be divided once more. People continue to fight for and be denied equal rights, violence is a part of everyday life, and lines are being drawn down the middle of our nation. Riots, discrimination, brutality; certainly this cannot be the future our founding fathers once dreamed of. The future that millions of men and women have sacrificed their lives to build. Our integrity is fading alongside our unity.
What is America all about? What is America defined as? America is more than just its geographical boundaries. To everyone in the world, America stands for something. People believe in America.
America is a place where countless diverse ethnicities have accumulated over time, mingling together to establish the American culture as we know it today. Although the pieces themselves are differing from each other, they actually have a few similarities. They both discuss the point that America is from a plethora of cultures and there is no “stock” American. For example, an excerpt from A Quilt of a Country:”That’s
