Contemporary R&B

Lyndon B. Johnson was the successor of President Kennedy deeming him the 36th President of the United States from 1963 until 1969. Johnson desired to create a “Great Society” that was beneficial to the American people. This desire led to the creation of the legislation in 1964 called the Great Society, also known as the “War on Poverty”. “The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States…” “Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the…

Susan B. Anthony:Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony, she changed our world so much. She gave women more rights, and was in an anti-slavery group in which is where she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Bio.com). Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. She was part of a Quaker family which meant she spent most of her time on social causes. She was the second oldest out of all her brothers and sisters. She had eight siblings, and her father was a local cotton mill…

The groups behind it all were the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and National Woman’s Party (NWP). Within these groups were some of the most important women to the movement such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Alice Paul. The suffrage movement actually started in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention. At the Convention, the Declaration of Sentiments was adopted. Written with U.S. Declaration of Independence…

Seneca Falls convention and the women’s suffrage movement. As a feminist, she knows that our two heroines, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony created…

Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 16, 1820. She was raised in a Quaker household with seven siblings and her parents, Lucy Anthony and Daniel Anthony. Her father owned a cotton mill. Susan had strong feelings about equality from a young age and worked on social issues for most of her life. Susan was a strong and stubborn individual who was determined to achieve equality for all. Throughout her life, she worked towards it. In 1826, her family left for New York and…

Rhetorical Analysis of “The Fundamental Principle of a Republic” The women’s suffrage movement was one of the most well-established movements recorded in U.S. History. Many women were institutionalized because they wanted a right every American citizen should be able to acquire. On June 15, 1915, American citizen Anna Shaw delivered a speech to challenge the political platform of injustice. Shaw indicates in this speech that women could do much more than cook, clean, and bear children. In “The…

Ameliorations in the church were caused by the belief that change will create the salvation of sinners. Many priests believed that "drunkards, harlots and infidels will be awakened and converted" due to these new reforms (document B). Being that religion played a huge role in American life during this time period, especially right after the Second Great Awakening, the religious reformations expanded democratic ideals. The primary goal of the church reforms were to improve the lives…

As Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Presidency came to its final months he desired a last chance at pleasing the people. This chance would come in the form of a book. Having lost the faith of many Americans through his decisions on Vietnam, Johnson resorted to begging twenty-five year old Doris Goodwin to help him with his memoir. As great a story teller Johnson had been, he was never able to apply his colorful techniques to an unknown audience, which is apparent as a major weakness shown throughout his…

Returning home, O’Brien faces an America with a new identity, one draped in denial. As soon as he boards the plane, he instantly encounters the effects of war on America. The civilian stewardess, like the public, is in denial about Vietnam, and neither wants to be afflicted by the gruesome war. O’Brien takes an interest in the stewardess, stating “ The stewardess, her carefree smile and boredom flickering like bad lighting, doesn’t understand. It’s enraging, because you sense she doesn’t want to…

The rise of communism in the Southeast Asian nation of Vietnam led the United States get involved in the country’s policy. From November 1955 to the fall of the largest city of the country, Saigon, in April 1955, the Vietnam War pitted North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, to South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States of America. This costly and deadly war led to bitter divisions among the American society. These divisions caused the plurality of the Vietnam War memories.…