Barry Goldwater

The United States took a variety of different steps in attempting to stop or contain the spread of communism during the era of the Cold War. The United states, which was a democracy , had the responsibility of fighting the spread of communism not only back at home, but outside of the country as well. Many different ideas and policies were developed to try and stop the spread of communism in places such as, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Moreover, these policies and ideas helped the United…

grew older he became more conservative, while in 1960 he officially became a Republican(History.com).In the year 1964 Reagan enter the National radar when he gave a well received speech on television about the Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, whom was a prominent conservative (History.com). In 1966 Ronald Reagan won governorship of The Golden State (That is California) by a margin of almost 1 million votes. He was Re-Elected in 1970. After making unsuccessful bids for the…

Likewise, Richard Hanna posted his reasoning against the bill shortly after the vote. According to this post, Mr. Hanna doesn’t believe in abortion, yet he believed that defunding Planned Parenthood wouldn’t bring abortions to a halt. Instead, he said that for this to happen, it will take a combination of laws, education and, access to birth control to eradicate the procedure (Why I Voted No on H.R.314, 2015). Congressman Hanna cited many statistics on Planned Parenthood, and said that he stands…

Early on, Clinton participated in several campaigns, including Barry Goldwater, George McGovern, and Jimmy Carter. However, marrying the President comes with some big responsibilities. For example, once Bill Clinton became president, Hillary Clinton automatically became the First Lady. In addition, her husband selected her…

When the United States was in its infancy, debates raged over concerns of how and where power would be distributed throughout the new government. The first proposals for a system of government, led by the father of the Constitution, James Madison, favored a strong national government composed primarily of a legislature based upon representation by population. His proposal, however, was significantly weakened by the cries of delegates from smaller states insisting that checks on the national…

Defense and foreign policy was also an important issue during the election. Reagan had portrayed Jimmy Carter as being weak in these areas in order to win election in 1980 (Diggins 161). He used a similar strategy to try to paint Carter’s Vice-President as embodying a similar view. Under Reagan’s presidency defense spending had shot up dramatically Reagan’s first budget featured $36 billion more in defense spending than Carter’s, defense spending as a percentage of the budget had grown from…

Hillary Rodham Clinton was born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. When she was a toddler, she moved to Park Ridge, IL. It was the quiet upper-middle-class suburban area. She was raised in a United Methodist family. Her father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, was of Welsh and English descent. He managed a successful small business in the textile industry. Her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell, was a homemaker of English, Scottish, French, and Welsh descent. Hillary has two younger brothers, Hugh,…

GE plant in the nation and met over 200,000 GE employees, listening to what they had to say about government and the workforce in America (Reagan Library). As soon as Reagan registered for the Republican party, candidates for president such as Barry Goldwater, requested his support and to speak in favor him. Reagan was overwhelmed with popularity, and the friends of Reagan’s “fan club” convinced him to travel the state of California speaking out on government issues. Continually refusing to…

Chicago, Illinois on October, 26th 1947. Her parents, her, and her two brothers grew up in a picturesque suburb where her father worked fabric store owner. Originally, Hillary was actually a Republican and she campaigned for Republican nominee Barry Goldwater. But, in 1968 she was inspired by a speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave and she became a democrat. Hillary Clinton attended Wellesley College and graduated in 1969 as senior class president. She then attended Yale Law School, where she met…

in Park Ridge, Illinois, a suburb 15 mile NW of Chicago. She was the oldest of three children, having two younger brothers. Hillary was very young when she became active in politics. She attended young Republican groups while campaigning for Barry Goldwater in 1964. She attended Wellesley College, where she was active in student politics as well as the senior class president. After graduating in 1969, she then went on to attend Yale Law School, where she met her future husband, Bill Clinton.…