Ally Carter

Ronald Reagan 's Policy Towards Foreign Affairs Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States of America. His two terms as president were one of the most important times in American history. Reagan was a very unorthodox thinker compared to other politicians. Unlike other politicians, Reagan did not see things as black and white. Instead, he thought there was a gray area. Reagan had a distinct vision, which he typically pursued with or without the support of his advisors. Three…

On May 9, 1982, Ronald Regan, the fortieth president of the United States, gave a commencement speech to the graduating class from Eureka College. Eureka College is where Ronald Regan went to college. This is interesting because previous presidents like John F. Kennedy, Barak Obama, or Bill Clinton all went to ivy league colleges like Harvard or Yale. It is very inspiring that Regan was able to accomplish so much without a degree from a prestigious university. This commencement speech very…

I experienced racism at a very young age, 6 years old to be exact. Before I moved to the diverse Miami area, I lived in a small town called North Port. My brother, sister and I were the only black kids in Glenallen elementary school. 99.99% of the white people that I encountered were nice and non-Judgmental; However, I met this one girl at the playground that I will never forget. I didn’t know her name, but we may as well call her .01%. I was playing with my best friend Emily when the girl ran…

On the contrary, East Berlin was still struggling due to the Soviet Union taking their resources. Joseph Stalin went into action when he realized the huge contrast between West Berlin and East Berlin. Stalin wanted the western allies to leave West Berlin. On April 1,1948, the Soviet military government in Berlin landed a blockade of the allied areas of the city. For ten months over two million tons of supplies were airlifted to the blockaded city. The 2.5 million people living…

In 1215, The Magna Carta was brought up in a field in England known as Runnymede. The Magna Carta was a charter that was targeted against the deranged king of England at the time, King John. The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote up the charter to make peace between King John and barons who despised him. Dan Jones explains the history of King John and the Magna Carta in an article he had wrote for the Smithsonian. In his article, “The Mad King and Magna Carta,” the author Dan Jones begins with a…

“Most of us have learned the hard way that their are very few things you can absolutely count on in life.” (Graydon Carter). The Outsiders is a classic story based on the struggles of young men going through life on the steers without much guidance. In the story, their are the greasers and the socs. The greasers usually hang out on the streets, get into fights, and do illegal things for fun. There are 7 greasers, Pony, Soda, Darry, Two bit, Johnny, Darry, and Tim. The socs on the other hand,…

ambiguous and contradictory according to American soldier who were fighting in it. They fought alongside South Vietnamese people who they perceived as beneath them, a people unwilling to help themselves while the Americans and other anti-communist allies arrived to give aid. The disillusionment of the soldiers during and following the war is tied in with the stripping down of blind patriotism. Soldiers attempt to rationalise the actions of the state because they are the ones that carried out…

Containment Policy (1945)- Containment was part of the US policy to stop Communism from spreading. During this time, the Soviet Union had gained control over multiple Eastern European countries. The Soviet Union was also planning to take over Greece and Turkey; however, President Truman supplied military and economic help until this threat went away. George Kennan, from the State Department, then called for the Containment Policy to prevent the spread of Communism. In order to also prevent the…

Preserving and strengthening the position of the United States when it makes treaties or sends ambassadors abroad is practicing foreign policy. The United States is an independent and sovereign country that requires the protection of that sovereignty as the priority duty of its foreign policy. The Constitution created the institutions to serve “the separate and equal station to which the Law of Nature and of Nature’s God entitles them” (Declaration of Independence of the U.S) as the central…

His career is the perfect example of how someone can move from small town politics to state politics and eventually to national politics as a State Senator. d. Eugene Talmadge’s career was the primary inspiration for Jimmy Carter to get into politics and the career path of the two are nearly identical. _____4) How were Georgia’s farmers helped by the New Deal? a. The Social Security Agency agreed to pay them for any land they could not use. b. Cotton prices were reduced…