What is the role of political parties in the American Political system?

Do you think the

party system is good?
The role of the political parties is to select candidates, have governance, have voters be
able to vote, and monitor the opposing political party when its in power. It basically is so that
there is parties that everyone can kind of identify with or agree with so that they feel like their
vote can be heard or so they feel as if some of their ideas are heard.
I think the party system is okay, but I think that it should do a better job of showing other
political parties besides for Democrat and Republican. Theres other parties such as libertarian,
socialist, green party, etc. Although we do hear of them, I think that they have a negative
connotation to them. I think that the US should better represent them and be like hey, other
parties besides for Democrat and Republican are still valid and theres nothing wrong with
them!. Because theres people who wont vote for Bernie because hes a socialist, but he
recently changed his political party because some people dont want to vote for a socialist
because for some reason it has a negative connotation to it.
However, the American Political system allows everyone to have their own vote, and Im
not one to tell anyone who they should or shouldnt vote for - unless its Donald Trump. So I do
think the American Political system should be applauded for allowing everyone to have their
own vote and their own ideas so that we all have a say in who we feel should be president.
What is the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment? How has it and has it not
protected people during history? What is separate but equal?
The equal protection clause is that no state shall deny to any person in its jurisdiction the
equal protection of laws; no one can be denied of their rights based on their skin color. It wasnt
so that everyone could be treated equally, it was so that no one could be discriminated against.
However, people could still be discriminated against as long as there wasnt any discrimination
against someone. For example, a black person could apply for a job and as long as someone
didnt explicitly say it was because they were black, they could still be denied the job.
Separate but equal meant that black and white people were allowed to be segregated. For
example, as long as there was a black and white school, it was considered equal, according to the
US government. However, that wasnt the case because white schools were still better than black
schools. They might have been separate, but they were not equal at all.
How and why has the right to vote changed and expanded during American history?
At first, only white protestant men who owned land could vote, then it was men who
owned land, then men, then black men with grandfather clause, then black men, then white
women, then Native Americans, then asian people, then the voting age was lowered to 18. Over
time voting rights slowly happened to everyone except for non-citizens, felons, and people who
lived in US territories.
This changed so that everyone (who can vote) has a say in who is going to be president.
Its only fair and as a citizen, one should be able to vote and participate in things that make
America the way it is. Citizens should have every right, despite their circumstances. The US has
done an ok job of that, but I still think they need to do more.