Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

"...to build a great society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor." - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President "A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow man was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. During his first years in office Johnson obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative programs ever before in the Nation's history. Great Society programs sought to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. During a speech describing his…

Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States of America. He grew up in an impoverished family near Stonewall Texas on August 27th, 1908. Johnson originally ran at the side of President John Kennedy in the election of 1960 as his Vice President. Halfway through his term President Kennedy was assassinated. Within hours of the tragic assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in to be the 36th president of the United States. With a grieving nation depending on him Johnson, took no…

Unbroken Hillenbrand Laura Copyright: 2010 Publisher: Random House Unbroken is the biography of Louis Zamperini, a former track star, how he had survived a plane crash, and spent 47 days drifting on a raft. Louis then spent more than 2 and a half years as a Prisoner of War, also known as a POW. Louis Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917. Pete was Louie’s older brother. Pete influenced Louie to run. Louie broke records after records. Louis went to the 1936 Olympic Games trials. He won…

In 1782, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, a French aristocrat, wrote a collection of essays titled Letters from an American Farmer. This work came from his own personal experience from settling on a farm in New York. Crevecoeur persuades his audience to come to America by expressing his gratifying tone as well as his excellent use of questions, striking parallelism, and astounding final sentence. Throughout his essay, Crevecoeur interrogated his audience by questioning one’s citizenship.…

F Kennedy through Kennedy’s term. The book contain consistent direct quotes from the President, the Attorney General(advicer), the Secretary of Defense and the Russian Ambassador. According to Arthur MacNamara who was secretary of defense at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Schlesinger was in Kennedy’s “inner circle” and was trusted by President Kennedy and, therefore had a strong influence on President Kennedy’s decision making. Other than being a Special Assistant President Kennedy,…

Richard Nixon was the thirty-seventh United States President from January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974. President Nixon originally tried to run for U.S. President and John F. Kennedy beat him in 1960. After the untimely passing of President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson took over. At the end of Johnson’s almost two terms, President Nixon finally won the election. Taking office in January of 1969, Nixon began a series of campaigns that benefitted the United States’ foreign policy; he created…

The World House Essay In “The World House” (1964), derived from his Nobel Lecture, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an American Civil Rights leader, argues that the whole world is connected by the evolution of technology, which makes it easier to allow technology to over power morality and acceptance. To support his argument, King provides known facts on modern technology, expert testimonials from people of authority, and allusions such as the bible in order to motivate the audience to instill…

Undoubtedly, one of the most tragic moments in history was the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. On January 28th, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff , killing all 7 of the crew members onboard. There were many theories about what could have caused the explosion to occur. One report claimed that there was a certain pattern with the smoke trail indicating that the shuttle ran into a jetstream. However, freezing temperatures hardened rubber o-rings on one…

Cuba played a large role in the Cold War between the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Bay of Pigs, occurring in 1961, was prompted after Fidel Castro overtook a American supported president of Havana. The invasion was poorly planned and due to the small numbers, the troops fighting for America were defeated after twenty-four hours. America had initially gotten into this predicament because while they did not believe that Fidel Castro was a real threat, they believed that…

On November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m. John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States was fatally shot. Protocol required that Lyndon B. Johnson, Kennedy’s vice president, be sworn into office immediately. At 2:30 p.m., an hour and a half after John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead, Lyndon B. Johnson raised his right hand and placed his left on the bible and took the oath of office in Air Force One. As the newly widowed Jackie Kennedy stood right next to Johnson, American history was forever…