Conservatism in the United States

1) The 14th Amendment was significant to American Civil rights because of due process of law. Due process guarantees every person born or naturalized in the United States the same rights, regardless of race. It also notes that the every state must not abridge the “privileges and immunities" of citizens. Another section of the amendment states that no person can be denied “equal protection of the laws”. This was crucial to African Americans at the time, since it granted citizenship and equal…

Theodore Roosevelt is widely regarded as the first modern president of the United States. He is known for his achievements in the social, political, and business world during the Progressive Era. His achievements helped shape and change America for the better, and because of this impact, he is one of the faces found on Mount Rushmore. His many reforms for big business, conservationism, and his impact on the meat packing industry, all made President Roosevelt one of the most significant…

of the New American Right, published in 2001, examines the history of the conservative grassroots movement in Orange County, California during the 1960s and 1970s. With a “bottom up” lens, McGirr focused on ordinary people behind the grass-roots conservatism rather than the intellectual and political leaders. Historian Richard Hofstadter believed right-wing activists acted purely on their “psychological distress” rather than being motivated by a set of beliefs or “rational politics” (7). In…

President Bush entered office in 2001 tasked with continuing the articulation of Reagan conservatism, an effort begun by his father before him. An orthodox innovator, George W. Bush was tasked with perpetuating the principles of Reagan under different and extraordinary circumstances (Montagne, 2005). Conceived in the wake of arguably the biggest tragedy in American history, Bush wielded expanded executive power and thus possessed and an exceptional opportunity to increase the relevancy of the…

1. Describe the current racial composition of the United States and explain how it has changed over time. African American: Dye and Macmanus (2015) reports, there are approximately 41 million African Americans in the United States, comprising of 13 percent of the total population. Prior to World War I and World War II, 89.7 percent of all African Americans were concentrated in the south. Dye and Macmanus (2015) suggests that, due to the hardship in the south and the Abundance of jobs in the…

Throughout history we have had 44 presidencies that spanned back to the early days of our nation. Each president, know for there great triumphs or terrible failures, has a place in the past that will never be forgotten. Of course some stand out more than others, especially a man named Ronald Reagan. Recent polls show show Ronald Reagan is now rated as one of the best presidents ever, better than Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. He, in himself, is the essence of the American…

Burke served as a Member of Parliament and is regarded as one of the founders of conservatism. Sen. Sanders’ argument against the tax bill may be based on modern economics, however certain key pieces of the argument can be reflected on from Burke’s ideological view point. Sen. Sanders is arguing against the federal government giving tax…

No matter which Justice on the Supreme Court one would pick, each have some sort of both bias and method when deciding their rulings. The overarching term for this is “judicial philosophy,” which ranges from conservatism to liberalism with moderates in-between. There are ramifications to wherever one sits on this scale, for instance, Justice Elena Kagan is liberal Justice, so it is likely that she will vote for something that matches up with her mindset, while a conservative Justice like Antonin…

I hope you will make a prudent use of it.” (John Adams) Pursuing the civil war, the United States had to bring itself up again. Several attempts were made to amend the injustices of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and solve the problems arising from the readmission of the seceded states. Through Reconstruction, states formerly part of the Confederacy were brought back into the United States. During the progressive era, problems caused by industrialization, urbanization,…

Fitzgerald summed this idea up well in The Great Gatsby by saying, “Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry” (57). Even if one didn’t have the means to have the best of everything, it was still expected of them. Myrtle was enraged when she found out her husband didn’t wear his own suit to his wedding. “He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in…and the man came after it one day when he was out…I gave it to him and then I lay…