here are the three choices you can choose from as long as it is the essay with 6 pages.
Mandate #1/Government:
What is constitutional democracy, and how does it function in the United States? Specifically, what is
the structure and philosophy of the Constitution of the United States? How does it affect our daily
lives? How do we define liberty and navigate the political world?
Mandate #2/Society:
What are the historical causes of systemic issues within the United States, including racial inequality,
sexual harassment and other issues of society. How has American democracy tried to achieve justice?
What factors go against cultural or societal norms?
Mandate #3/ Economics:
What is a market economy, and how have American tried to achieve a balance between government
regulation of the economy and the freedom of individuals to make their own economic decisions?
Specifically, trace the controversy over government intervention in the economy from the New Deal
through to the present.
Category: Cor
Read through the following two documents in the textbook:
Bill Clinton: Signing Statement, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, 1999
Barack Obama: Remarks at Signing of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2010.
Analyze and reflect on the two readings.
How are the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Dodd-Frank Bill connected?
What were some of the behaviors that led to the 2008 Economic Recession that Gramm-Leach Bliley would encourage?
Is Dodd-Frank strong enough to prevent another collapse?
Submissions can be done in one of the following formats:
Written Format – Posting a reply in the Assignment 10 Assignment sub-folder. Written reflections should be about three paragraphs in total.
Read through The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, and What is a Slave to the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass
Compare the two documents
What is the main point of the Declaration as a document? What about Douglasses’ essay?
What is the significance of the two documents?
Reflect on the two documents
Do you feel Douglass is justified in his criticisms?
How does the framing of the Declaration of Independence tied to the criticisms Douglass makes?
Submissions can be made in one of the following formats:
Written Format – Posting a reply in the Assignment 9 Assignment sub-folder. Written reflections should be about three paragraphs in total.