<p>Hey guys. I know this isn't that great of an essay but a few hours before taking the test I was pouring my heart out on the AP English Exam.</p>
<p>Should people take more responsibility for solving problems that affect their communities or the nation in general?</p>
<p>When crises are relatively minor, it is imperative that people take responsibility to resolve them. However, when the issue is much larger and broader, the government must intrude and assist in the resolution. The success for government intervention over that of people in critical times is best exemplified by the civil rights Little Rock High School integration fiasco and the pandemonium in British India.</p>
<p>After the passage of the Brown v. Board education bill in 1954, schools nationwide were required to desegregate "with all deliberate speed." A time of raucous racial tensions, the court's ruling was contemptible in the Deep South, notably Central High school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Racist governor Orville Faubus and students barricaded the school preventing the entrace of African American students. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, upon hearing the threat to the safety of the students, deployed federal troops to the area, ensuring a peaceful, desegregated education. Eisenhower's intervention exhibited two things: that federal power reigned supreme, and that feeble local efforts to integrate the high school failed miserably to the point where federal intervention was necessary. Had Eisenhower not intervened, the "Little Rock Nine" would have suffered more than just cuts and bruises from the incorrigible public.</p>
<p>A similar occurrence transpired 15 years before, halfway across the globe in a subordinated nation. Mahatma Gandhi, the proponent of a sovereign India, free from British rule, commanded a peaceful Salt March in protest of subjugation. The protesters were beat and dispersed, once again proving the ineffectiveness of a popular approach to an ulterior issue. The issue of Indian independence was resolved by political negotiation, not by the uproarious public.</p>
<p>As seen in the historical crises dealt with by Eisenhower and Mahatma Gandhi, it is evident that national crises are best dealt with government intervention, whereas minor, domestic affairs (petty crimes) can be easily resolved by ordinary people. </p>
<p>Okay so I know my 2nd point is weak because I MADE IT UP. I'm am well-aware of the successes of the popular revolt in India, as my lineage is based there. I had trouble taking a stance on this prompt, mostly because I could not think of what to allude to. I thought of national crises in which people rose to the occasion and seized control of the situation to solve the problem...</p>
<p>Keep in mind when grading this that I wrote tentatively.</p>