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Write an essay on american civil liberties union

1. Select one of the interest groups/organizations listed below.

• AARP – American Association of Retired People

• ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union

• AFL-CIO – American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations

• American Conservative Union

• FPA-Farm Policy Action

• AIPAC – American Israel Public Affairs Committee

• Council on American-Islamic Relations

• Family Research Council

• Handgun Control, Inc.

• GLAAD- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

• NAN-National Action Network

• National Right to Life

• NOW – National Organization of Women

• NRA – National Rifle Association

• American Humane Society

• Public Citizen

• Sierra Club

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• VFW-Veterans of Foreign Wars

2. Perform a web search to locate the group’s main web site. Also, perform a web search for recent information about your group’s activities. You can either type up your report as an essay or you can give your information in a bullet-point list. Make sure your paper answers all the questions. Separate your responses with two spaces between answers.

1. What is the organization or group’s website?

2. What are the issues your organization or group is concerned with?

3. What actions does your group take to try to influence policy and the public agenda?

4. Assess your group: What are its strengths and weaknesses? Back up what you say with specific examples demonstrating their effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness). Remember to find weaknesses of the group, you will likely need to research beyond the group’s main website.

5. Summarize a news article from the organization or group in a paragraph?

Write a research paper ongettysburg battle

Write a Research Paper onGETTYSBURG BATTLE:

Specific Area of Research: Lee and Longstreet.

Battle Analysis:

1.When and why did this particular battle take place?

2.Where did it take place?

3.What influenced the outcome of this battle?

4.What influence did the outcome of this particular engagement have on the campaign of which it was part?

5.What influence did that particular campaign have on course of the Civil War?

The main emphasis of your paper should be on placing the battle that you have selected to research into the wider context of the Civil War as a whole. As such, your paper should not focus solely on military matters, but should also take into account any political, economic, and social considerations for which you can find evidence.

Describe the ancient greek competitive character

Ancient Greece and Athletics” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Describe the ancient Greek competitive character, and compare the ancient Olympics (as a festival featuring athletics) to the Olympics today, identifying any major differences. Explain what the Olympic rules regarding females and evidence, such as the “running girl” artifact, reveal about female status and Greek athletics in particular Greek city-states.

Assess the effectiveness of the freedmen”s bureau

The Problems of PeaceKnow: Reconstruction

1. “Dismal indeed was the picture presented by the war-wracked South when the rattle of musketry faded.”  Explain.

Freedmen Define FreedomKnow: Exodusters, American Methodist Episcopal Church, American Missionary Association

2. How did African-Americans respond to emancipation in the decade following the war?

The Freedmen’s BureauKnow: Freedmen’s Bureau, General Oliver O. Howard

3. Assess the effectiveness of the Freedmen’s Bureau.

Johnson:  The Tailor PresidentKnow: Andrew Johnson

4. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of Andrew Johnson.

Presidential ReconstructionKnow: Lincoln’s “10 percent plan,” Wade-Davis Bill, Radical Republicans

5. How did the Presidents’ plan for reconstruction differ from the plan of the Radical Republicans?

The Baleful Black CodesKnow: Black Codes, Labor Contracts, Sharecropping, Debt Peonage

6. How were Black Codes used to keep the freedmen down?

Congressional Reconstruction

7. Why did northern congressmen refuse to seat the southerners when they came to take their seats?  (Hint:  there are two reasons — one moral and one practical)

Johnson Clashes with CongressKnow: Civil Rights Bill, “Andy Veto,” Fourteenth Amendment

8. How did Republicans use their dominance of Congress?  What did President Johnson do in response?

Swinging ‘Round the Circle with Johnson

9. How did Johnson’s campaigning during the 1866 congressional elections backfire?  Why did it backfire?

Republican Principles and ProgramsKnow: Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, Joint Committee on Reconstruction, Moderate Republicans

10. How did the views of Moderate Republicans about reconstruction differ from the views of Radical Republicans?

Reconstruction by the SwordKnow: Reconstruction Act, Fifteenth Amendment, Military Reconstruction, Redeemers, Home Rule

11. Describe military reconstruction.

No Women VotersKnow: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Woman’s Loyal League, Fourteenth Amendment

12. Why did some women feel that they did not receive their due after the Civil War?

The Realities of Radical Reconstruction in the SouthKnow: Union League, Suffrage, Hiram Revels, Blanche K. Bruce, Scalawags, Carpetbaggers

13. In what ways did African-Americans become politically involved in the years immediately following the Civil War?  How did White southerners view their involvement?

The Ku Klux KlanKnow: Ku Klux Klan, Force Acts, Disfranchise

14. In what ways did Southern whites attempt to keep former slaves down?

Johnson Walks the Impeachment PlankKnow: Radical Republicans, Ben Wade, Tenure of Office Act, Edwin Stanton

15. How did the Radical Republicans “manufacture” an impeachment of Andrew Johnson?

A Not-Guilty Verdict for JohnsonKnow: Benjamin F. Butler, Thaddeus Stevens

16. Why were the Radicals unsuccessful in removing Johnson from office?

The Purchase of AlaskaKnow: William Seward, Russia

17. Explain why Alaska was called “Seward’s Folly,” but was purchased anyway.

The Heritage of Reconstruction

18. Assess the success of Republican reconstruction.

Varying Viewpoints:  How Radical Was Reconstruction?

19. Do you believe that the primary motive in Reconstruction was revenge or the desire to help African-Americans?  Explain.

Discuss how the anglo-american-soviet alliance came

Discuss how the Anglo-American-Soviet alliance came apart in the aftermath of World War II. Were the British and Americans justified in pursuing a containment strategy against the Soviets?

SuperFun Toys Case Study

Resources: Microsoft Excel^®, SuperFun Toys Case Study, SuperFun Toys Case Study Data Set **see attachment**

Review the SuperFun Toys Case Study and Data Set.

Develop a 250-word case study analysis including the following:

• Compute the projected profit for the order quantities suggested by the management team under three scenarios: pessimistic in which sales are 10,000 units, most likely case in which sales are 20,000 units, and optimistic in which sales are 30,000 units.

Format your assignment consistent with APA format.

Discuss the role of religious dissent

Answer the following questions:

1. What factors turned England’s Chesapeake colony of Virginia from stark failure to brilliant success?

2. Discuss the role of religious dissent in founding of the first New England colonies and in stimulating the creation of others.

3. Compare and contrast William Penn’s policy with respect to Indian tribes with the policies of other English settlers, in the Chesapeake and New England, and with the policies of the Spanish, the French, and the Dutch.

4. What were the principal causes of colonial violence and warfare of the late seventeenth century?

Write an essay on government policies and their impact

Write about government policies and their impact on unequal distribution of wealth and income. 4 to 5 pages.

The essay must discuss how policies are resulting in vanishing social conditions, where a rich elite lives in the major cities, whereas vast number of people struggle to make ends meet.

Policing models for the 21st century

In a short paper address the following:

• Analyze the historical milestones in the emergence and evolution of the ILP model.
• Compare and contrast the ILP and CompStat policing models.
• Explain how the ILP model might be integrated with other policing models.

The Evolution of Intelligence-Led Policing paper

• Must be a minimum of 1,000 words (exclusive of title and reference page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least two scholarly resources (at least one of which can be found in the Ashford University Library) in addition to at least two of this week’s required materials.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Refer to the APA References List (Links to an external site.)

Explain the reagan administrations deregulation of program

American debates over government spending intensified under Pres. Reagan and have become increasingly divisive. Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of too much (de)regulation today. The truth is that both parties (de)regulate.

QUESTION. Explain the Reagan Administration’s deregulation of two federal agencies or programs. In your opinion, is similar deregulation necessary today?

The 80s and Deregulation” Please respond to the following in a substantive postings of at least 125 words and make a substantive comment to one of your classmates.