History and the modern world/Nation's search for democracy and Americas outlook on foreign policy.

Long essay- answer all three (each minimum 1 and half pages)
A.
The 14th Amendment provides us with equal protection under the law-or does it? Women are still discriminated against, African Americans are still discriminated against, and the status of both groups (as citizens) is actually protected under the 14th Amendment. Yet, if their protection is supposedly guaranteed in the Constitution, why should not gays and lesbians? Is the right of gays/lesbians to marry, and to have their civil rights protected, a special right? If so, is it a special right for everyone, as guaranteed under the 14th Amendment (or is it a basic right)? What about Dickerson- what do you believe her stance on the 14th Amendment is? Finally, What would she have to say about gay rights and gay marriage?

B.
When Adolf Hitler began his efforts to rebuild Germany after WW1 (World War 1), he had many willing companions. Given that Germany formerly had been a great nation, why was Hitler's Message so attractive? What about those who want to protect American borders today? Please compare Wyman's "Abandonment of the Jews "article with the conversation on immigration that Americans are having currently. Any similarities, and would be 1930/40s Americans feel right at home in 2006? We've discussed the matter of Hitler being either a bad guy or a patriot. So, when does a terrorist become a patriot, and vice versa? After all, Hitler did have to make some difficult decisions in what he considered the best interest of Germany. Did he 'weigh the values of liberty and security'* in his society? How?

C.
What are you going to do in order to make your country more democratically stable? Voting is the easy answer-what else can you do? As you consider the documents used in this course which one are beneficial to you, and why (there should be at least three that come to mind).


Response (5points) (minimum 1 page)

Finally, let us end this course on a controversial note. Some Of Senator John Kerry's 2004 campaign supporters believed that the Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal and the extraordinary absence of civil rights for the Guantanamo prisoners would surely lead voters to recognize the problems with George W. Bush's administration. And yet, the president was granted a second term. Why did this occur, even as more information on possible torture comes out? How can a Nation that preaches democracy (some have said at the point of a gun) allow its undemocratic acts on to go relatively unchallenged? When American prisoners' images were broadcasted on TV, the American government howled about the breeching of international law-and yet, upon his capture.  Saddam Hussein was plastered all over the various media. Do these double standards come under the heading of a " perverted from of democracy? "Please apply the course objectives as you analyze these questions. The answer " they don't get civil rights because they shot at us too" is the way too simple.


You can Find needed information in those sources:
Section 1 of the 14th Amendment
Source: http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents /amend14.htm
Section starts like this
(1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall, abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws)

Course Objectives:
• Understand why democracy was important in the development of the moderns' community of nation.
• Weigh the values of liberty and security in society.
• Recognize sincere and perverted celebrations of democracy, and isolate the traits that make these different forms unique.

You can find related articles that we use in this course:
http://corematerials.homestead.com/

Course title :CORE 102 history and the modern world {Democracy and revolution; or 'Voting's for Pansies!(?)}

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