Washington Roebling

The city of Seattle is seeking a sponsor for naming rights to the multipurpose arena. The arena serves as the home court for the Seattle Storm of the Women’s National Basketball Association and Seattle University basketball of the NCAA Division I Western Athletic Conference. Seattle was recently awarded an expansion team in the National Basketball Association. Residents of Seattle and surrounding suburbs recently voted to name the franchise the Seattle Splash. The current arena which is a property

throughout one small city in Missouri; imagine what a leaked classified document could do to an entire nation? Potentially cause violent protests in many major cities such as New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, or possibly in the heart of our nation, Washington D.C. One man by the name of Edward Snowed, who was at one time an Intelligence Contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency, released classified information because he believes the people have the right to know what kind of

In November, many Americans will trek to their designated polling place to cast their vote for the next President of the United States. The U.S. government loves to preach that every vote matters, and that citizens should not take that responsibility lightly. During the presidential election cycle, states hold an open election in which all eligible citizens can participate. Citizens have the ability to vote for a distinct ‘ticket’, which consists of candidates for Vice President and President. Most

but through the Electoral College. The Electoral College is comprised of five hundred fifty-three electors. There is one elector for every state senator and every member of the House of Representatives per state as well as three electors from Washington, DC. (Khan 2014) The political parties choose the electors. Most of the United States has adopted the winner-take-all system; this means the candidate who has fifty-one percent or more of the votes then

"USA Today confirms: the National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth. With access to records of billions of domestic calls, the NSA has gained a secret window into the communications habits of millions of Americans." (Opsahl 28 Sep. 2013) It’s no secret that the U.S. government agency known as the NSA, National Security Agency, has been monitoring phone calls and Internet usage of

Federal Government The United States of America government is called the federal government and is the republic of the fifty states which constitute the United States. It also constitutes the capital districts and several other territories. Now the government is made up of three different branches and they are the Executive, Legislature, and the Judicial. Those powers are all vested by the US constitution which is in the congress, the president, and also the federal court that also includes the

The Generation 1) Ellis sees the founding of the United States as phenomenal because the U.S. brought together people of all different factions and beliefs in order to overthrow the reigning regime. He also believes it is phenomenal because the United States was able to survive and become a nation that was brought up upon an argument between state and federal sovereignty. In addition, to fight in the revolution and win against Britain’s best army and navy, the U.S. had to carve its own path with

Chelsea Pratt Pratt 1 October 15, 2014 SAT Essay Racism in America “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America,” -William J Clinton. Have you ever thought about the problems of America? There are so many complications that could be solved if our nation

If I had the opportunity to change the Constitution of the United States of America, I would change the Electoral College system. Like many other Americans, I feel that the Electoral College system is not effective. It caries a notion of the state versus the people, electors oversee a large part of the country and is change the answer to this issue? I believe that times have changed and we need to reform the electoral system all while not changing the constitution. The Constitution of the United

Informative Speech Outline Specific Goal: To show the interconnectedness of three iconic events/figures that got their start on my birthday. 2013 – The U.S. federal government shuts down non-essential services after it is unable to pass a budget measure. 1957 – First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency. 1949 – The People 's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong. I. Introduction A. Attention-getter: "autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other