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Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, James Madison, George Washington, Woodrow Wilson, Bill Clinton, John Quincy Adams, Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Donald Trump, Emancipation Proclamation, Watergate Scandal, Jimmy Carter.
Justice Antonin Scalia died on February 12th 2016. He had served 29 years on the Supreme Court, and many years on lower courts (Biography. com Editors). The death of Scalia left an associate justice chair open on the Supreme Court. President Obama nominated an individual to fill the vacancy left by Scalia, but this was … Read more
Honestly, I don’t remember another year in which I lost so many friends. Oh, well. Not do death, oh no (although I’m certainly getting old enough for that): to Facebook. It all started in my native Brazil, where this was the time of a radical political turnover: The party in power for the last… hmm… … Read more
I chose to read the book The Next Decade written by George Friedman. In the book he give the reader historical details and his predictions of the next 10 years and beyond. I like the historical facts and some of his predictions. However in my need for knowledge without conjecture this book left me feeling … Read more
The Battle of San Juan Hill The Americans declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898 after the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. This declaration began the Spanish American War in which led to the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba on July 1, 1898. The United States headed to Cuba with … Read more
During 1787, delegates, known as the founding fathers, met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to form a new system of government. Creating a functioning and fair way to elect public officials proved to be a difficult task for the founding fathers. They attempted to find a way to balance the power between individual states and the national … Read more
James Madison was the fourth president of the United States of America. He was a political theorist. He was born on March 16, 1751 at Port Conway, Virgina. He died on June 28,1836 on his tobacco plantation in Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia. His father is James Madison Sr. He was a successful planter and owned … Read more
As William E. Leuchtenburg, the consulting editor of the article, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life Before the Presidency says Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. His father, James Roosevelt, was a land-owner and a businessman of considerable wealth from New York. His mother, Sara Delano, was one of … Read more
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson A devious man, with an end goal in mind, took the biggest risk to get what he wanted. In 1864 Abraham Lincoln ran for President with Andrew Johnson as his running mate. Though they were in different political parties, Lincoln was impressed with the former Governor of Tennessee. Lincoln chose … Read more
Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Ronald Wilson Reagan was the second child of John Reagan, who was a shoe salesman, and Nelle Reagan. Ronald Reagans family lived in poverty throughout his childhood. This was as a result of John Reagans struggle with alcoholism. His family was always on the move. … Read more
In 1796, George Washington wrote out the newly formed script for American foreign policy. He cautioned the United States to stay clear of entangling alliances with the hawkish European powers. In 1823, this isolationist tendency was reaffirmed with the Monroe Doctrine which warned the Europeans against establishing any new colonies or encroaching on the interests … Read more
Historical memory is a method used by individuals to alter historical events depending on the current events that are occurring in the country. History is altered to historical memory through the usage of narratives, symbols, collective memory, and print capitalism. Historical memory is a state-sponsored interpretation of a particular past event, individual, place, or ideal … Read more
Henry S. Truman was born on May eighth, 1884 in the farm town of Lamar, Missouri. As a young man he aspired to go to West Point, but his poor eyesight Page 1 prevented him from that. Instead after college he helped on his family farm and eventually served in the Missouri National Guard. His … Read more
Electoral College Reform Five times in our nation’s history, the Electoral College has failed and elected a president that was not the majority vote from the election. The two most recent cases were the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore and the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. During elections, … Read more
The Iranian Hostage Crisis The Iranian Hostage Crisis was a horrific event in which many American were captured and held hostage in the Iranian American embassy. In America, this was met with shock; spurring newfound hatred of Iranians. In the book Funny in Farsi, the author and her family, Iranian immigrants living in Southern California, … Read more
“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him” General Douglas MacArthur, a five-star general, proved his own statement to be true. By the end of his career Douglas Macarthur was the most successful general of that time, the upbringing, personality and life events Douglas MacArthur … Read more
People depend more on the President when a crisis happen or situations have to be solved, but in actuality Congress makes the main decisions on laws. When making decisions Congress has the upper hand over the President and the Supreme Court. The president is not allow to make any decisions without consulting congress first, Congress … Read more
The Legislative branch is the most powerful branch of the United States government. Congress has the power to tax, spend, make laws, and even make declarations of war. While the other branches often work independently of Congress – sometimes proceeding in complete opposition – the Constitution grants much more authority to Congress, making the Legislative … Read more
The Government is made up of three branches. Those three branches are the Executive branch, Legislative branch and the Judicial branch. The Legislative Branch is led by congress. The main job of this branch is to make the laws. There are four parts to the Legislative branch. Those four parts are the House of Representatives, … Read more
In recent discussions of Edward Snowden, a controversial issue has been whether or not he was wrong for leaking government information. On the one hand, some argue that he is an American hero. From this perspective, it is a good thing that he exposed the inappropriate surveillance tactics of the American government. On the other … Read more
George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States, was born on July 6th, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. President Bush was the oldest of six children. His parents were father, President George H. W. Bush and mother, First Lady Barbara Bush. After graduating high school, George attended Yale University to obtain a bachelor’s in … Read more
Robert Cromie, author of The Great Chicago Fire, was very informed on the subject of this book because of his excellent educational background and later careers. Cromie was a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio. During his college years he mainly studied history. He would later join the Chicago Tribune where he would become a … Read more
Political partisanship and an ever growing divide between the two major parties in the political landscape are becoming an increasingly popular topic of discussion. This partisanship continues to create more political gridlock in Congress, an increased level of animosity between the two parties, and impact other areas of political study that change American society. Another … Read more
Towards the end of the 18th Century American foreign policy underwent major change. Fueled by the Progressive movement and new interpretations of Manifest destiny, Americans sought to expand the United States’s influence around the world. During the 1890s the United States mainly used military and economic prowess to accomplish their international desires. Progressives used this … Read more
The short story “A rose for Emily” published in 1930 by William Faulkner focuses on the life of Emily Grierson, a woman who is from a rich family and, now has to deal with her loneliness after her father’s death. Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a complex and dark story that keeps readers guessing … Read more
As a simple physics concept “Entropy” states, everything has a tendency to go to the state of disorder, including a group, a society, or a country. Thus, in order to prevent the “Entropy” from happening, a leader or central force is necessary. In this case, which is for a country, a president is needed. I … Read more
