Swing States: The Power of the Purple
Background If you’ve ever looked at maps of American election results, you may have noticed a few things. Firstly, states are either red or blue,
Background If you’ve ever looked at maps of American election results, you may have noticed a few things. Firstly, states are either red or blue,
Case The Watergate scandal began after President Richard Nixon started an investigative team in his administration known as the “Plumbers.” The Plumbers’ first purpose was
Introduction Laws govern our everyday lives: they tell us what we’re allowed to do and how our country works. But how are these laws created?
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Case Leading up to the Dred Scott decision, a changing America was plagued with the issue of how to handle slavery, a backward and heinous
The Passage The early twentieth century was a period marked by progressive social change and political action. The temperance movement gained much traction during this
The Passage Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, known as the Presidential Succession Clause, states that the Vice President will assume the
The Passage Since the founding of the United States, women have been denied many of the rights granted to white male citizens. When the Constitution
The Passage In the five years following the Civil War, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth constitutional amendments were passed to extend civil rights and legal
Case The war on drugs started in the ‘70s, but drug use in teens was still a major problem in the late 1990s. Pottawatomie County