Marther Luther King Jr. was a leader of the Civil Rights movement that helped African Americans gain the same rights as whites in the U.S. Rosa Parks was an icon that inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was part of the Civil Rights movement. No, I don’t believe it was difficult because a majority of people who road the buses were African American, there were many other ways to travel, and the cause that they were supporting by not riding the bus was worth being part of.
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The root word in Enlightenment is Enlighten.
To enlighten someone, is to help them understand, about a specific subject or point of view.
For example, when you hear someone say "Enlighten me", they may mean something along the lines of "explain it to me".
This phrase is often used when someone is confused, or does not understand a specific subject, or aspect.
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This seems to be an opinion based question, I will provide you with both a yes and no response with arguments to support it and you can choose which one best suites your beliefs:
Yes, the benefits of raising the minimum wage outweigh the drawbacks. By raising the minimum wage you increase the quality of life for workers. Many full time workers are unable to afford housing or groceries in this economy on the minimum wage. At $7.25/hour and 40hrs/week is $290 before taxes. This is not enough income to cover the basic costs of living in most places. If people earned more money they would have more money to spend and corporations would profit from an increase in sales. Also, workers wouldn't have to depend so much on government services such as food stamps and section 8 housing assistance because they would be able to support their families with their own income. This would free up funds for government to provide more for the school systems, better healthcare and/or infrastructure.
No, the benefits of an increased minimum wage would not outweigh the drawbacks. The drawbacks of a higher minimum wage are significant because they most directly effect small business owners. The "mom and pop shop" owners depend on paying low salaries in order to keep their doors open. If they were forced to increase their pay rates, by what many minimum wage supporters suggest: more than double, they would not be able to afford employees to keep their doors open. Also, government agencies would be forced to pay their low-level workers as much as $15/hr which could become a tax burden on the citizens who pay for the salaries of all government employees. Raising the minimum wage would be detrimental to the economy because small companies and the government could not afford to support the salaries and benefits of their workers.
<span><span>14th Amendment to the Constitution Was Ratified
July 28, 1868 </span>
<span>On July 28, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. The amendment had been rejected by most Southern states but was ratified by the required three-fourths of the states. Known as the "Reconstruction Amendment," it forbids any state to deny any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." </span></span>
