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Homestead Act
1387,02,24 13:05
Homestead Act Homestead Act which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln was one the most important act regarding US public land policy which led to westward movement and apparently provided opportunity for landless Americans who were mainly freed slaves or farmers who worked on others’ lands or indentured servants....
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1387,02,05 20:19
Elizabeth Cady Stanton She was born Johnstown, New York (November 12, 1815).Elizabeth was an American social activist and leader of the early woman’s movements. When she was a child five of her sibling died in early life. “Daniel Cady, Stanton's father, was a prominent attorney who served one term in the United States...
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Reaganite Realism should Guide Foreign policy
1387,02,03 11:14
Reaganite Realism should Guide Foreign policy This article which is written by Richard V Alien (Reagan’s national security advisor) emphasizes on Reagan policies toward US strategic problems and compares these policies with Bush’s. Most important theory during Cold War which Reagan believed in was “we win, they lose”....
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Primaries
1387,01,16 00:11
Primaries ؛A political primary enables members of a party to express their preference for a candidate to run in a general election. In most primary election, the candidate must receive a plurality (more votes than any other candidate) to win. Primaries may be open or closed. A primary election is an election in which...
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Social Stratification in the United States
1387,01,14 20:29
Social Stratification in the United States “In sociology , social stratification is the hierarchical arrangement of social classes , castes and strata within a society . While these hierarchies are not universal to all societies, they are the norm among state-level cultures. Social inequality is a basic aspect of all...
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Twentieth-Century American Poetry
1387,01,14 20:01
Twentieth-Century American Poetry Daniel Kane Daniel Kane: He was born in New York City though he grew up in a variety of places including Manila, Mexico City, London, New Jersey, and New York City. He received his BA from Marlboro College in Vermont and his PhD from New York University. . His research interests:...
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Voting Strategically
1387,01,14 14:26
Voting Strategically What is split-ticket voting? And why people who vote for one party in presidential election vote for another party in congressional election in the United States? Regarding this question first of all we should define split-ticket voting. Split-ticket voting refers to differences in partisan...
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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
1387,01,01 20:37
"Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003" The development of Norway's abortion policy illustrates the political process that is activated when demands based on feminist ideology are directed toward a structure organized around socioeconomic cleavages. Both cooptation and a perversion of subject matter were used to...
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Constitution
1387,01,01 20:30
Objections to Constitution by GEORGE MASON (1725-1792) 1 -In the House of Representatives, there is not the Substance, but the Shadow only of Representation; which can never produce proper Information in the Legislature, or inspire Confidence in the People; 2- The Judiciary of the United States is so constructed &...
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Abortion
1387,01,01 19:54
Abortion: U.S. Political Parties Position toward Abortion and Their Role in Presidential Election Abortion in the United States is very controversial issue. There are many political and ethical debates on this issue. So political parties can not be indifferent to this matter and each one of them has a trend toward it....
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Language and American Social Identity
1386,11,10 12:11
Language and American Social Identity “Language shapes thoughts and emotions, determining one’s perception of reality.” Benjamin Whorf From the day that the United States won its independence, intellectual Americans have attempted to define the new identity. When we speak about American social identity these elements...
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Film review
1386,10,09 14:53
A film Review: Dead Man A film Review: Dead Man Dead man is a production of Miramax Company in 1995 in the United States which won 2 awards. It is released on May 1996 as black white 121-min film .Director and screenwriter of this movie is Jim Jarmusch who won 22 awards for his movies. MPAA rating is R because of...
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Book review
1386,09,24 13:28
A Review On The New Temperance - The American Obsession With Sin And Vice, By David Wagner By Robabe Sarikhani General subject matter: repression of pleasure in America and the constant mantra of danger. Theme: a compelling historical and sociological and philosophical analysis of the American infatuation with sin and...
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Book review
1386,09,17 22:06
Book Review By Motahhari & Sarikhani American studies by Louise Menand Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Hardcover (alk. paper) New York 2002 (p.ix, 306. $ 25.00) ISBN 0-374-10434-4 American Studies is written by Louis Menand, the author of the so-called “Metaphysical Club”, who is distinguished professor of the...
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C.I.A.and interrogation practices
1386,09,16 13:31
C.I.A. Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 — The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two ؛videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention...
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Pakistan, Iran and the United States
1386,08,16 12:17
Emergency Targets Pakistani Activists President Pervez Musharraf pursued his crackdown on lawyers and liberal activists The general's suspension of the constitution has given Pakistani ؛authorities sweeping powers to detain without charge. Opposition groups reported at least 3,500 arrests over the preceding three...