The Equal Rights Amendment<span> (ERA) was a proposed </span>amendment<span> to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee </span>equal rights<span> for </span>women<span>. The ERA was originally written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman. In 1923, it was introduced in the Congress for the first time.
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In 1935, the Commonwealth. of the Philippines. was established with U.S. approval, and Manuel Quezon was elected the country's first president. On July 4, 1946, full independence was granted to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States.
The two types of government that I chose are parliamentary government and a presidential government. In a parliamentary government the legislative branch holds all of the power and there is an executive branch but the legislative has more power than the executive branch. In a presidential government the legislative and executive branches are both separate and they provide check and balances on each other powers
On the continental expansion, Americans pushed Native Americans off their land making deals with them that favored the US more than the tribes. After that, Americans pushed their ideas to the areas being developed trying to make Native Americans abandon their own culture.
On the expansionism overseas the US returned the land to its original inhabitants, this happened in Cuba for example. This was the main difference between expansionism inside and outside the US.
The taking of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines was a violation of fundamental American ideals of self-government and democracy, this was actually the main argument of Anti-Imperialists. Once the US had claimed the territory they established their own rule and define role/impact in each respective country. Conquering other territories and forcing them to abide by American ideals and culture goes against the idea of American freedom.
