Conservatism in the United States

businessman, father to four children, and a United States presidential candidate in 1964 against John F. Kennedy. Born in Phoenix, Arizona territory on January 2, 1909, Goldwater wasn’t always the type of person to be seen as a politician, he ran his family’s department store full time as a dropout from college after his father’s death. During the time he was running the store Goldwater began to take interest into airplanes and flying. When the United States went into WW2 he was not able to fly…

In recent years, the topic regarding biases and inflammatory content represented in the majority of our sources of news have entered common knowledge dramatically. Major social and political movements such as Black Lives Matter, March for Our Lives, and the Tea Party Movement also contribute to the major division that currently splits Americans into two factions. The March for Our Lives movement in particular has gained both notoriety and coverage by a plurality of news outlets in regards to its…

As a leader, a politician, & a religious leader. Harlem established the iconic state office building and Boulevard in honor of Powell's name. The New Negro Movement Between 1916 snd 1917, Hubert Harrison founded the New Negro Movement. The Liberty League was established as the first organization. The Voice was also established as…

early 1950s, civil rights movements took America by full force. Whether it be the end of Harry S. Truman’s eight years in the Oval Office, or the beginning of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s two-terms, the political pendulum in the United States violently swung back towards conservatism. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and in Inherit The Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, fear is the driving force of prejudice. Respected political philosopher Thomas Paine made the claim, “Belief in a cruel…

The Republicans sought for limited interpretation of the Constitution, which is known as having a strict construction. The reason they believed in having a strict construction of the Constitution was specifically to make the language clear and unambiguous. Also having a strict adherence was that if it was left open, this would allow for the constitution to be unsecure, which created the danger of the government becoming too powerful and would pose as one of the greatest threats to an…

during his life. One example of this is when Roosevelt resigned from the United States Navy and organized the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, also known as the Rough Riders, and led them into the Battle of San Juan Hill. Also, during his presidency, he became known as the Trust-Buster while also campaigning for an expansion of the power of the presidency. He also was a big conservationist, establishing the United States Forest Service and multiple national parks and forests. All in all,…

Who is Ronald Reagan? Ronald Reagan was the forty-first president of the United States of America. President Ronald Reagan has received both praise and criticism for the way he lead the United States of America. Examples of some praises include reducing burdensome and unnecessary regulation of business, as well as restoring military strength and invigorating the economy. In addition, President Ronald Reagan was the most ideological president of the last decades, who affirmed that the Soviet…

If we look at Reagan and Thatcher’s domestic policies, they had many reasons to strengthen the relations between the United States and the United Kingdom as they shared a similar vision of politics, economics and society. Regarding foreign relations, they were determined to protect the West from the communist threat. Reagan no longer wanted to follow the policy of containment, limiting the spread of the soviet block, but he wanted to roll back communism, to eradicate it rather than contain it.…

The United States of America has had forty-four Presidents, that is forty-four men who have had the prestigious yet humbling honor of being the leader of the free world. With that does not just come great power, but is also accompanied by great responsibility. Our 42nd President, William “Bill” Clinton, represented the American story and proved how anything is possible in the Land of Opportunity. Bill Clinton, like most Americans, was raised in a working class family and had to diligently work…

presidency when the United States was undergoing severe economic distress. Roosevelt implemented his New Deal while Mr. Reagan enforced his combination of tax cuts and policy of less government intervention that has otherwise been known as “Reaganomics”. Both presidents instilled such a lasting optimism into within the United States. Roosevelt helped his country through his Fireside Chats and his social programs to end the Depression. Both presidents left their mark on the United States…