Assistant Secretary of the Navy

the population. Not wanting to get into more inconveniences with Tammany Hall, he put his efforts to support Woodrow Wilson (the 28th president) for the election in 1912. In 1913, Roosevelt was elected as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson. He conducted the developing navy for seven years. In his job,…

and he decided to quit college before graduating. He believed the patriot cause was more important than a college degree. In 1777, Hamilton was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Continental Army. General George Washington made Hamilton his assistant, and Hamilton wrote several reports and critical letters on behalf of General Washington. But Hamilton wanted to be on the battlefield. He convinced General Washington to let him fight, and on October 14 of 1781, Hamilton led a bayonet charge…

In a letter written to the secretary of the navy, President Lincoln writes, “The United States doesn’t need the services of boys who disobey their parents.” However, enlistment officers still turned a blind eye, needing the young boys to fill their recruitment quotas. Until March 1864, when…

Roosevelt: The Lion and The Fox It is often said that Franklin D. Roosevelt was not as great a President as his cousin Theodore Roosevelt, but leading the United States during the Great Depression, he had to be as strong as a lion and as clever as a fox. James McGregor Burns does an amazing job at describing Franklin’s life as a young boy to the day he was re-elected for the third time to be the president of the United States. Mr. Burns was a prize winning author that specialized in…

Karah Keene U.S. History 2, 4th hour Mr. Lentz 4, November 2016 Title Thesis: As one of the most active Presidents in foreign affairs, Teddy Roosevelt was known for his policies, and “The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything,” (McCullough). These are the wise words of our country’s twenty-sixth and youngest President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch, (bio.com). One could say that…

Great Presidents of the Progressive Era were Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Lasting from 1985 to 1920, the Progressive movement in America endeavored to alter corruption in government, enhance social reform, and lessen corporate power (597). Each President fulfilled Progressive goals in part by enacting regulations, promoting social efficiency, restricting abuse of power and foreign influence (599). Roosevelt and Wilson resonated the underlying theme of the Progressive Era by overcoming…

about the war of 1812. All these characteristics helped mode the shape Theodore Roosevelt as an adult and eventually would lead to the events that happened near Smedes, Mississippi. He would eventually get into politics, be appointed to Assistant secretary of the Navy, became governor of New York, became vice president after running for office and then became this nation’s 26th president. In November of 1902, Roosevelt was “invited by the governor of Mississippi, Andrew Longino, to settle a…

October 24th, 1929, an alarming day that should’ve warned Americans about the tragic event that was about to happen, became known as Black Thursday, the foreshadowing to the Great Depression that changed Americans lives forever. This is when Franklin Delano Roosevelt made his political debut as President by creating several programs that collectively became known as the New Deal. FDR’s New Deal gave Americans a fresh start and better lives during the Great Depression. Black Thursday refers to…

prevalent through out the world. It is not merely here; it is in France, it is in Germany; and to a less extent in the United States of America. The world is suffering from shell-shock on a great scale.” On April 20, 1915 Cecil Harmsworth, Assistant Home Secretary, proposed the Mental Treatment Act of 1915 which urged the treatment of soldiers for six months before being certified as insane. Since the act that was in place, the Lunacy Act of 1890, did not permit soldiers to receive treatment…

What is war?” is it merely a definition, defined as “ a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea or air” (Dictionary). Is it greed, disguise as nationalism? Is it an illusionary obligation, fueling the egos of those believed to be superior, or perhaps it is the true face of freedom? For centuries, great phi-losophers have pondered with this very question, and most have not agreed upon the answer. However, through time,…