There Are Several Instances Where It Appears As If History

In 1692 the Salem Witch Trials happened in Salem, Massachusettes. The trials were to prosecute people who were accused of witch craft. Some of the people were hung and many others were arrested. The trials went from 1692 and 1693.

The Salem Witch Trials was a series of witchcraft cases brought before local courts in the colony of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692

The Salem Witch Trials took place in Massachusetts 1692-1693. The Salem Witch Trials is where the citizens of Massachusetts started to accuse or get accused of doing witch craft. Since Witchcraft is thought of “devils magic” the citizens thought this would be terrible and the “the devil worshipers” must die.

Met with mass protest and public outrage, the original travel ban was an executive order issued on January 27,2017. The ban rolled out an elaborate scheme said to protect the American people and “Make America Great Again”. The ban set a cap of 50,000 refugees to be accepted into the USA during 2017. It also included a temporary ban on Syrian refugees as well as people arriving from seven countries with predominantly Muslim populations. After being found in violation Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 due to its discriminatory nature, the order is now back and has been redrafted.

The Salem Witch Trials took place in the colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. One of the things that was going on in that time were the Puritans. According to History.com; “Puritanism was a religious reform movement that arose within the Church of England in the late sixteenth

Trump’s travel ban is a prime example of how the events that took place in the witch trials have relevance in today’s society. The travel bans are based on fear of the threat of terrorism. It is racist and wrong to ban everyone from a country just because there's a chance that some are terrorists, but because of fear of this, the ban is intact. People are reacting in similar ways that the people from the witchcraft trials are there overwhelmed with the situation. By Trump judging foreigns as if they all did something wrong is in relation to the witch trials because he isn't giving them any way to defend themselves, he just banned them. Like how McCarthy didn't give the people that he accused of being communists a fair trial in court, Trump didn't ban any of the countries that did 9/11 the worst terror attack in U.S

The travel ban restricts the travel of people from eight different nations which included six that are largely Muslim nations. There are different restrictions for each nation, however most include the restriction of immigration to America permanently; some of the nations are not even allowed to visit the country. While it is understood that precautions are being taken to protect our country, we cannot accuse a person of partaking in harmful events and beliefs just because of their

I. Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump has recently approved a ban involving the restriction of travel into the United States of immigrants from seven Muslim countries. Since this ban is only for up to 90 days, this is just the beginning of a potentially longer or even permanent ban. This is not the first time he has demonstrated the lack of regard with social equality.

The Travel Ban marks a major turning point in the policies on immigration in the United States. Due to increased terrorist attacks and illegal immigrant numbers rising, it is believed that temporarily banning immigrants from particular countries is key to ensuring safety within the United States. Though many have expressed their concern towards the ban because of its similarity to previous discriminatory and unconstitutional acts. The ban has even been referred to as the “Muslim Ban”.

“The Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United Sates.” The purpose of the policy is to protect American citizens from terrorist attacks to include attacks committed by foreign nationals. Under the executive order there is a temporarily banned from seven majority Muslim countries: Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Iran. The travel banned is only for 90 days this will help for a more depth screening and vetting protocols. The executive order 13769 also suspended USRAP for 120 days. This will help with vetting procedures for refugees, since some terrorist have infiltrated several nations through the refugee programs. With this order the President has given the authority to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant waivers case-by-case if is determined that is in the national interests to do

The 2016 presidential campaign, was wrought with several controversial issues, none more so than the refugee crisis. Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim rhetoric, appeared to go against the American ideals of protecting religious freedoms. This trend continued into his presidency, he enacted Executive Order 13769 “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States”, banning immigrants and refugees from seven predominately Muslim countries. While, the President claims these measures were taken to prevent any future terrorist attacks on the United States, many question if the Order has more to do with instilling a ban on Islam. Yet, with the possibility of terrorists entering the United States, how can we

President Donald Trump’s reason for the travel ban was to prevent any terrorist from entering the country, and the majority of the places listed that are not allowed to come to America are Muslim countries. From GALE: Opposing Viewpoints in Context there is an article called ‘Denied Entry’ that gives the stories of those who have been affected by the travel ban enacted by President Trump. One person that was affected by the executive order was 33-year-old American citizen, Hamid Kargaran, who was waiting for his wife, a visa holder, to come back from visiting her family in Iran. When he found out that she would not be coming back, he was agitated with wondering if his wife would ever come back. A reaction of disappointment came to him when he

Trump has recently taken a lot of heat for emplacing an immigration ban from the following countries; Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iraq was recently taken off of this list however. The immigration ban basically keeps new immigrants from coming in, keeps refugees out, and visitors from the above mentioned countries. It does not affect those who are already here, have work visas, have green cards, or are dual nationals or diplomats. That being stated, everyone is acting like this is the first time in history that we have restricted immigration. That is simply not true, we have restricted immigration many times in the US. The examples I would like to bring up are The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and The Japanese Internment camps during World War II.

Now and days every person must take at least two years of history in order to pass high school. Many people, including myself, ask the question,“Why must we take history?” Well the answer many of us get is, “ So that history does not repeat itself.” The real question of the matter is, Does history repeat itself? History has repeated itself over and over again. An example of this would be the genocide that occurred in the Ottoman empire in 1915, nearly 88 years later another genocide has occurred in Darfur in 2003. These two events are both similar and different in ways, but none-the-less are proof that history does in deed repeat itself.

George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Following this quote, I would be expected to discuss some of the terrible actions committed in our history and that if we don’t learn about these events, they are bound to be repeated in the future. Well I slightly disagree; let us repeat history. Although our nation has endured dark and shameful times, our history is also honorable and full of progress, innovation, patriotism, and triumph. The United States’ history should not be confined to the worn pages of textbooks or preached only by teachers across America. It needs to be shouted from rooftops by all citizens so that we may, yes, repeat it, again and again.