Assistant Secretary of the Navy

other politicians hated him. A politician even said, “why not drown him as a kid before he grows up,” because they knew he would be a strong leader later in life. Just a few years later, in 1913 Franklin Roosevelt was elected to be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, by President Woodrow Wilson. Years later, Franklin ran for the Democratic Party for Vice President. He ran as a Democrat because he thought that his kids would also be in politics. He thought that the room for republicans would be…

In “What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean?” originally published in 2000 by St. Martin’s Press, University of California’s assistant professor of history Alice Yang Murray illuminates the travesty of internment set upon Japanese Americans by the United States. Alice Yang Murray is a passionate humanitarian, historian and while her surname Yang tells us she is she is of Asian or more specifically Chinese decent she does not allow this supposed bias to detract from her factual…

isn’t until they are at their duty station or even on deployments that they get the true feeling for what they are there for. Our benefits package is something that a lot of people would envy if they knew about it. Dr. Bernard Rostker former Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and author of I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force stated, “…the military learned it had to offer money for education, bonuses to enlist in certain occupations, and enlistments tours…

Our nation has been facing a budget crisis for several years that is affecting many aspects of the government. However, there are areas like the Department of Defense and its branches that are in need of a larger budget than what is currently possible. The Air Force is one of those branches. The Air Force is currently trying to work with a budget is that is too small to support its critical functions. This paper will discuss some of the reasons why the Air Force is in need of a larger budget by…

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s America seemed to find itself in the center of conflict often. America had just recently gotten out of a Civil War and was experiencing many problems. At this time there were a lot of different beliefs in the country on how it should be run and what to do with the growing country. Many of the issues in the country surrounded war and how and when America should enter wars. War should be considered a viable option when another country or foreign force attacks…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was chosen as one of the top ten greatest American by Discovery Channel in 2005. As one of the greatest American, the actions and policies taken by Roosevelt had many parallels with Niccolo Machiavelli’s political philosophy. Roosevelt is known by his initials FDR and he served as the 32nd President of United States as an American statesman and a political leader. Roosevelt had the lonegest tenure of United States presisdent record for four elections and served from…

Mason Owens Essay 1 The argument in the book American Crucible Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century by Gary Gerstle is conveyed in the introduction to his book. Gerstle writes about three different but interrelated ideas of America. The first part of his argument is the idea of Racial Nationalism and its importance in American Nationalism “Just as other scholars have insisted on the centrality of race…I argue for its importance in regards to American Nationalism” (12). Racial Nationalism is…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty-second President of the United States of America and was elected into office four times. This was a huge accomplishment because presidents were only supposed to be elected two times or be in office for a total of ten years. With this accomplishment came hardships. The United States was in turmoil. Roosevelt had to pull the United States out of The Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt led the United States through the depression and the war…

On December 17th, 1903, the Wright Brothers took flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The iconic event was the first fully documented successful powered flight by a heavier-than-air aircraft. The brothers catapulted to the front of aviation innovation; the names Orville and Wilbur Wright became known world-wide, and the brothers were celebrated as heroes in the United States. All of this praise couldn’t last forever, though, and soon Orville and Wilbur encountered issues with the patenting and…

Morales 1 The Power of Rhetorical Devices Throughout American history, there have been countless number of speeches given by recognizable and important people. These people often use rhetorical devices to persuade their audience into considering a topic of a different perspective. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, provides a perfect example with his first inaugural address. Roosevelt uses ethos, logos, anaphora, and diction to persuade desperate Americans, wounded…