Essays on American Democracy

What does it mean to be an American citizen? What does it mean to be great, to have the most money, or could it be to have the best military? To me great means to do the most good to the most amount of people. America has always been known as the land of opportunity for the changes in lives we make. Now let's talk about some of the histories of America. “Land of the free home of the brave” is one of the most memorable quotes in American history. This quote shows what America is like in just ...

  The founders of the American democracy originally intended for the government to give power to the people, and yearned to shift the country away from tyranny. How did the Constitution guard against tyranny? Based on these simple guidelines, a participatory democracy deems the best representation of this idea. A participatory democracy gives the people an opportunity to advocate for themselves and their needs, which are then turned over to the federal government for enforcement.A document ...

Diplomacy was started in 2005 and was implemented in January 2006 by the secretary of the United States Condoleezza Rice during a speech at Princeton University, based on a rhetorical analysis of her speech. Rice came up with the initiation to influence change within the state before influencing the neighbors. Transformational diplomacy is meant to bring people together and venture into partnership as well as to promote relevance democracy and sustainability. It was because of previous crises ...

The primary source I have picked is a speech that was led by JFK, on the 20th of January 1961. The form that the speech takes place in, is a document from the 1960’s. The audience were split into 2 possible categories, the American people and the international people, who are considered to be Kennedy’s allies. With that said it was meant for the people abroad and the citizens of the country too. Kennedy was reaching to whomever possible, he tried to inspire many minds by convincing people that ...

James Monroe was one of the Founding Fathers of democracy in America and the Fifth president of the United States . He ruled for two terms as he served as president between 1817-1825 under the Democratic-Republican Party. Monroe was deputized by Daniel D. Tompkins who helped in the smooth running of the country. He was born on 28th of April 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia in the United States of America. He attended school at Mary Campbell town Academy and later joined the College of ...

Throughout history, traditional American rights associated with American democracy have been suspended. The anxiety of the idea of communism control during the Red Scare, and the dread of invasion during the period of Japanese Internment are prime examples of the mistrust and paranoia in which American citizens felt emotionally. Although they were angled towards different ethnic groups, both situations occurred because of an issue that still is presented today- fear. After World War I, ...

Regarding its ability to accurately and properly represent the people of the United States, the American body politic can be perceived through two windows: descriptive or agency representation. Glancing outside to catch a glimpse of the Supreme Court of the United States, looking at the judiciary through agency representation may seem more reflective of the national population than descriptive representation would. Yet, a problem overwhelmingly remains for both camps: a large consensus argues ...

Andrew Jackson was known as obstinate, but a man of the common people, and a democratic man. He was a man who created the party of the common white men and birthed American political culture. He was a frontiersman who although controversial, executed solely to the benefit of the common white men, with the underlying belief, that pushing westward was the cornerstone of American prosperity. He was a strong-willed character who spoke up in sight of flawed systems, which he saw as a burden to the ...

FBI also took vocal response of a person very seriously. Sudden change in your pitch or volume can get you caught. Liar repeat words or phrases because they try to convince and believe you. When someone goes on and on and gives you too much information that is not requested and speaks for long time, there is very high probability that he/she is not telling the truth. Due to Nervousness, blood pressure and heart rate increases and change the way of breathing, which result in shallow voice and ...