In this picture, it demonstrates how America was trying to spread their power and influence to the other countries of the world. Through this picture we see a simple cartoon of Uncle Sam sitting at a restaurant, trying to decide what to order, the only thing is is that the items on the menu are other countries in which symbolizes America becoming Imperialistic and trying to spread democracy to these nations. Any of these countries would be easy for him to seize and take control over as you can see the eased expression in his face, pondering about which one he will have.

During the late 1800's, the United States decided to become an Imperialistic nation for multiple reasons. They wanted to influence and overtake other countries and they did this because of a strong military and a desire for new markets and trade. They also wanted to renew the American spirit and spread their dominant religion, which was Christianity. Through this process, came Nationalism, which is the feeling of superiority over the other nations, basically stating that they felt they were better than the other nations. The basic reasons for America to expand was for economic, military purposes and to establish humanitarianism.

New Jersey vs. T.L.O.

1.) Within the Fourth Amendment, it states that a person has a right to secure their belongings and it is a violation of this right if they endure unreasonable search and seizures. In the T.L.O. case, Chiplock never asked for her consent to hand over her purse to him, which violated her right to hold onto her personal belongings. Overall, in this case, the Fourth Amendment was violated seeing that the assistant principal did not go through the correct process in order to search through her purse and find the evidence of cigarettes and marijuana.
2.) However, through this we question whether the Fourth Amendment actually applies to the public school system, in which these are the schools funded and owned by the government. I believe since this is government property, if there are any suspicions, implying anything that is not according to the rules set by the school or anything that is seen as illegal, the school authorities do have the right to conduct a reasonable search and seizure of these belongings, disregarding the Fourth Amendment at this moment.
3.) In my opinion, I believe that it was reasonable for Chiplock to search through T.L.O.'s purse. She was only fourteen years old at the time and already she had been introduced into the drug dealing world. If she wasn't searched, she could have possibly continued this habit and could be worse off than where she is now.
4.) With regards to COL High School, I don't see a search quite like this one happening, seeing that the students there are more geared into learning and earning their college degrees rather than being caught fooling around with some drugs in the bathroom. However, if there were ever a time where a search would be needed, I believe that it would be possible. Being on a college campus though, I think that there are no rights for any of the authorities to search the students, seeing that they are considered adults now. Again, if there were to ever be a situation where someone is caught doing something illegal, security would most likely be notified and from there they will decide to conduct any searches or not.
5.) I believe that the Supreme Court should rule against T.L.O. because she was found carrying illegal substances around school, which could possibly harm other students. Also, she was a minor committing criminal acts, so even if her Fourth Amendment rights had been violated, she should still be charged and from this experience she possibly would learn from her mistakes, where if she had not been charged, she would only learn that she can get away with committing more felonies and making herself oblivious to what the Law says.

During the late 19th century, many industrial plants were introducing new technologies and machines that caused many Union workers to be laid off from their jobs. There was an increasing number of these machines, taking place of the actual person, which sought to reduce and cut labor costs. With the rise of these machines taking over the jobs of many workers, there was a large number of people who led strikes and protests to what was happening during this time.

Within these pictures, it demonstrates how the powerful, elite groups of people and the big-shot business men, undermined and forced the lower-class of people, who were in poverty as it was, to work for a small amount of pay and slave over what little jobs they still had. Their strikes and protests were nothing compared to what the Labor Union forces had on them.

With the Union (the North) winning the Civil War, we come to the topic of Civil Rights and creating equality between the races. After years of the Civil War, this picture is showing the peace that has finally come between these races as they pass the Civil Rights Bill to one another.

John Bell

John Bell, one of the presidential candidates of the Election of 1860, was a part of the Constitutional Union Party. Bell was born in Tennessee on February 18, 1796. He attended Cumberland College and after graduating he continued to study law to the point of where he eventually was elected to House of Representatives. Later, he would continue in the field of politics and become a U.S. Senator for Tennessee. Though Bell, himself, was a large slave owner, during the political race, he was against the idea of expanding slavery to the northern and free-states. In fact, this is where that quote, "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it," comes into play. John Bell did not want to change anything about the way the government ran. All in all, he led an unsuccessful campaign with a result of coming in last. Later on, he eventually ended up dying at his home on September 10, 1869.