Petition

Unfortunately, nobody was making any money because you also had to make sure the person signing the petition was registered to vote and that all of their information was completely accurate. If the person wasn’t registered to vote, you didn’t get paid for that signature. Once we left California, we headed to Missouri. That was a three day drive, and in the beginning of February, so it was pretty cold. At one point on the road, our window had completely frozen over, and when something hit it, it shattered and glass flew in at us. My boyfriend (Josh) and myself had a blanket to protect us, but it was extremely cold after that. We stayed in Missouri for a total of six days before Josh and I looked at each other and decided to go home for a bit. We had been non-stop working for three months, and we were drained. After about a month or two of staying in Florida, we got word of a petition in Arizona going for six dollars a signature! That was higher than we had ever seen it. Josh and I made it for the last two weeks of the campaign, and between the two of us, made over four thousand dollars. After Arizona, we all piled into a short blue bus and headed to Ohio.…

speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of and from religion, the freedom to petition government and the freedom of assembly. I will be identifying and interpreting the concepts and principles embodied in the First Amendment of the US Constitution pertaining to the Freedom to Petition Government. I will also relate Freedom to Petition Government to circumstances or scenarios that relate to relevant issues today in the world. In the first amendment it states that you have the right to…

consisted of colored people going to diners that were specifically for white people and they sat at the counters to petition for their civil rights, they achieved in energising the civil rights movement. The rather excellent short story, “The Welcome Table,” is of great historic significance. A perspective of the sit-ins petitioning for an integration movement. The colored and white people both had a very dreadful time during this, although colored people had it incredibly worse though. The…

This paper will show to the reader why Physicist Leo Szilard’s “Petition to the President of the United States” was unsuccessful in persuading President Truman to not use the atomic bomb in Japan during the second world war. The petition drafted by Mr. Szilard and his colleagues lacked empathy, showed no sympathy and failed to convey the evidence needed to persuade Truman. If the petition would have been written in a way to emotionally connect with the President’s difficult decision to use a…

I will be discussing ‘The Petition of the Nobles’ and the ‘Defense of William of Orange’. ‘The Petition of the Nobles’ was brought forth by a group of nobles who objected the laws against Protestantism and the unjust sentences passed down upon them by Phillip the King of Spain. The ‘Defense of William of Orange’ was written by William after Phillip II called for his elimination by assassination in ‘The Proscription of William the Silent’ (March 1580) due to his role in being the leader in the…

This statement is not completely accurate. While it is true that the colonies did try to solve things diplomatically, it wasn’t very sincere. The colonies wrote up the Olive Branch Petition on July 5th, 1775 to stop the fighting, and that they wished to solve this matter diplomatically. However, the following day, they sent over details on why they are fighting against the Crown, which completely undermined the Olive Branch Petition. It’s not surprising the King didn’t accept the petition based…

surrender of Japan. However, many would argue whether the use of the atomic bomb was necessary, and one such proprietor against its use was Leo Szilard. Szilard wrote A Petition to the President of the United States,…

that very few attempted to sway the presidents’ mind on, and none that were successful (Miller Center 1). However, there was one petition, which if it had reached President Truman in time that could have made the difference in the choices that were made. Leo Szilard 's petition to President Truman, urging him not to use atomic weapons against Japan during WW II, used all three types of persuasive appeals to accurately describe…

Critical Evaluation of Szilard’s Petition The use of nuclear weapons on Japan in 1945 was not a popular decision amongst experienced scientists. A Petition to the President of the United States by Leo Szilard and Cosigners in 1945 was a plea to the president from experienced scientists who not only assisted in developing the atomic bomb but they wished for other options instead of using it. The approach of this appeal to the president deemed it unsuccessful and the bombs were utilized without…

In Katherine Paterson’s novel “Lyddie”, the protagonist Lyddie struggles whether or not to sign the petition for better working conditions. When her father buys land she must work hard to pay off what she owes. Lyddie should not sign the petition because she will be blacklisted. To be blacklisted means to not be able to work in a facility again. Furthermore, if Lyddie signs the petition it will be impracticable to bring her family together. Ever since her family had been separated she had…