Government And Political Science Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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Analysis of the Federalist Number 10, an Essay by James Madison (527 words, 1 pages)

Federalist Paper 10 Reaction Paper The Federalist Number 10, written by James Madison proved to be an enlightening piece of work. I found it arduous to decipher the message of the article and found it difficult to believe that people in the seventeen hundreds could comprehend all of it. Despite ... Read More

Analysis of the U.S. Monetary Policy and Its Effects on the Lives of the American Citizens (369 words, 1 pages)

U.S. monetary policy affects all kinds of economic and financial decisions people make in this countrywhether to get a loan to buy a new house or car or to start up a company, whether to expand a business by investing in a new plant or equipment, and whether to put ... Read More

Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, One of the Greatest American Presidents (2461 words, 4 pages)

Disability Hero Franklin D. Roosevelt served longer than any other president of the United States. He held office from 1933 until his death in 1945 at the beginning of his fourth term. During his presidency he led the United States through two great crises --the Great Depression of the 1930's ... Read More

Effects of Embargo and Cuba’s Chance of Removing It (2257 words, 4 pages)

Cuba and the Affects of the Embargo The island nation of Cuba, located just ninety miles off the coast of Florida, is home to 11 million people and has one of the few remaining communist regimes in the world. Cubas leader, Fidel Castro, came to power in 1959 and immediately ... Read More

The Idea of a New Constitution for the United States of America (1592 words, 2 pages)

To the People of the State of New York AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance comprehending in its consequences nothing less than ... Read More

The Role of Communism in Changing Political Culture and Its Fall (2762 words, 4 pages)

Our textbook, Social Problems by James Henslin, says, "Politics provides an excellent illustration of the relative position of men and women in the United States." (Henslin pg 303) For a final paper, I thought it would be appropriate to do a paper on communism and its role in the changing ... Read More

The Civil Rights Bill by John F. Kennedy (333 words, 1 pages)

In the 1960 presidential election campaign John F. Kennedy argued for a new Civil Rights Act. After the election it was discovered that over 70 per cent of the African American vote went to Kennedy. However, during the first two years of his presidency, Kennedy failed to put forward his ... Read More

Why I Agree with the Argument That the British Constitution Is Whatever the Government Chooses to Do (416 words, 1 pages)

Some have argued that the British constitution is whatever the government chooses to do. I agree with this proposition, because parliament passes any law that they need fit to please their interests. England is a large country in Europe that has a major effect toward other European countries. The British ... Read More

What is the Best Way to Address the Question of Nuclear Proliferation in the Coming Century? (901 words, 2 pages)

What is the best way to address the question of nuclear proliferation in the coming century? In this paper I will state my views on the inevitability of nuclear proliferation and the views of others, as well as addressing what will come of the vertical proliferation of nuclear technology and ... Read More

Why Benjamin Franklin was a Deist (1287 words, 2 pages)

Why Benjamin Franklin was a Deist The Age of Reason this is what the eighteenth century is often refereed to. It was called the Age of Reason because people were interested in logic. Being concerned with logic, people began to loose faith in religions that said humans were evil by ... Read More

Analysing the Power of the Supreme Court of the United States of America (1676 words, 3 pages)

In all democracies courts play some political role, but none has such formidable political power as the Supreme Court of the United States. As the final court of appeal, it has the power through judicial review to declare any action by any branch of government unconstitutional. This essay is going ... Read More

China Extracts Apology from US over Air Mishap (1010 words, 2 pages)

In the United States today, Americans are celebrating the return of the aircrew from China. President Bush is being widely praised for his deft handling of the hostage crisis. In China today, the government-run media are celebrating a great "victory" over the American superpower. Chinese leaders are being praised for ... Read More

Downfall of the Provisional Government and the Rise of Bolsheviks (1204 words, 2 pages)

The Provisional Government wasn't able to stop Lenin and the Bolsheviks in 1917 because of its inability to gain support from all sections of the population. Many factors contributed to the Provisional Governments downfall. Most importantly was their decision to continue the war, their failure to act upon the urgent ... Read More

Government Debt in the United States (1444 words, 4 pages)

One of my better written essays complete with parenthetical references and a biliography. Most sources from internet Excellent, wonderfully written, great use of sources, good use of graphs "It's time to clean up this mess." Famous last words heard from the mouths of many different politicians when talking about the ... Read More

Keeping Profits in Democratic and Totalitarian Systems (2113 words, 4 pages)

There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. -- David Ricardo, On Protection to Agriculture (1820) This essay seeks to go one step further in the context of David Ricardo's quote by arguing that totalitarian political systems offer a way of keeping profits up by ... Read More

British Prime Ministers and Their Crucial Aspect (2272 words, 4 pages)

1. Foreword In my essay I want to work out some crucial aspects concerning the British Prime Minister. As an example I especially want to refer to the current "leader" in Great Britain Tony Blair and the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. I will discuss the question weather the Prime ... Read More

Strengths and Weaknesses of a Government (1796 words, 3 pages)

The strength or weakness of a government can be viewed in two ways. Firstly it may be interpreted as being literally the extent to which the government has control over the internal security of the state and in general its ability to resist challenges from opposition groups. Alternatively a government ... Read More

Short History of Communism and Fascism (1029 words, 2 pages)

The communists also regarded their government and their revolution not as local events in a national history but as epoch-making events in the history of the world and the development of humanity. Communism was an exportable commodity that could disrupt the political life of other nations, and throughout the history ... Read More

The Concept of American Exceptionalism (967 words, 2 pages)

"Is America Exceptional?" The concept of American exceptionalism has divergent views which are constructed by American and foreign historians, alike. The topic is, what makes America unique from other countries? What makes us, as Americans, precedent from other people in the world? This is an issue tackled specifically by Seymour ... Read More

Ancient and Modern Imperialism (349 words, 1 pages)

Imperialism Ancient and Modern Major attitudes towards imperialism depended on the point of view that the attitude is coming from. For example, religious beings wanted to spread their religion, or have an influence over other peoples and lands...so naturally, in return, their attitudes were good towards imperialism. But, mostly, views ... Read More

Circumstance and Propaganda in Hitler’s Rise to Power (1049 words, 2 pages)

Hitler's rise to power was one of circumstance and propaganda. He knew how to use certain situations to gain authority and seize the senses and emotions of the German people. Hitler made use of the Treaty of Versailles to stir the emotions of the Germans and broadcast his shared resentment ... Read More

Egyptian Allegiance Under Nasser (1833 words, 3 pages)

Egyptian Allegiance Under Nasser During Gamal Abdel Nasser's presidency in Egypt, which ran through the early 50's to the late 60's, the Cold War had both the Soviet Union and the United States gathering countries to form blocs with which they attempted to outdo each other's world influence. Egypt experienced ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting Internal Policies of Dictators Mussolini and Stalin (1316 words, 3 pages)

"Compare and contrast the internal policies of Mussolini and Stalin." Mussolini and Stalin were two of the most significant dictators of the 20th century. Both aimed to establish a totalitarian system but their different characters and circumstances in their respective countries resulted in two very different approaches in obtaining their ... Read More

Life, Talents and Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (2048 words, 3 pages)

1) (His life) Benjamin Franklin, born January 17, 1706, was the 10th son, and 15th child, of 17 children in the Josiah Franklin family. Josiah was a soap and candlemaker, who lived in Boston, Massachusetts with his second wife, Abiah Folger. Although Franklin learned to read at an early age, ... Read More

Structure of Government in the Ancient Rome (303 words, 1 pages)

ANCIENT ROME Rome is a land of wonders. They gave us and created many things we still use today. this essay talks about what we got from Rome, what they invented, rulers, and more. One important thing they invented was architecture. Rome invented the dome, which is used to strengthen ... Read More

Religion Should Not Play a Role in American Politics (1134 words, 2 pages)

IGNORANCE! That's right, traditionalists, IGNORANCE IS RUNNIN WILD! For all of you "traditionalists" out there, get your facts straight. You want to keep "under god in the pledge of allegiance like it was intended, right? "Under god", was never part of the original pledge of allegiance. Under god was only ... Read More

USA’s Democratic Influences in Zaire and Vietnam (824 words, 1 pages)

Zaire and Vietnam Countries in Turmoil After, before, and during the Vietnam War, America has tried to push democracy, or at least democratic ideas, onto other countries. In Africa, Zaire was a country that was heavily influenced by the morals of the U.S. a stable government and a greedy, capitalistic ... Read More

The Benefits of Voting Yea to the Constitution (712 words, 1 pages)

Dear honorable gentleman, the strenuous road to full and virtuous independence has come to an ultimate crossroad. We, representing all New Yorkers, have been given the vital decision regarding the ratification of the proposed Constitution. We have pledged to promote what is best for our people, and the optimum way ... Read More

An Analysis of the Power of Context by Malcolm Gladwell (1264 words, 2 pages)

Nick Stryker Expository Writing Bill Mabe November 11, 2002 Final Draft Paper 5 In "The Power of Context," Malcolm Gladwell explains how situations influence the behavior of human beings. In the essay "Second Proms and Second Primaries," Lani Guinier discusses some of the causes of low voter turnout among the ... Read More

A Woman for President for Less War and Violence (1091 words, 2 pages)

"Why should there be a Women President?" WOW do I have a lot to say on this matter! I'm so glad you asked us to write this paper, you will see why. As I sit at the conference table with all the other managers (5 male and 1 female) I ... Read More

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