Democratic Kampuchea

Americans are characterized by many traits, some more often than others. In the excerpt from Fredrick Jackson Turner’s, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” Mr. Turner names several of them to name a few: individualism, tenacity, and inquisitiveness. In Steve Job’s, “Stanford University Commencement Address” he talks about how inquisitiveness helped him build his empire. Likewise in President John F. Kennedy’s 1962, “ Address at Rice University on the Space Effort” the…

The video (ref: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm) that will analyze in this following essay relates to the inauguration speech delivered by John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), by becoming the 35th President of the United States of America, on 20 January 1961. Elected against the Republican Richard Nixon, Kennedy – the first Arish who has become at this post – did symbolize a turning point in American history and politics. Indeed, this turning point took place in the context of…

Background and Summary Ronald Reagan did not begin his spotlight of fame as a politician, but rather a Hollywood actor. He started his political career off as a conservative California governor, but he aspired to achieve greater heights as he ran multiple times for the Republican nomination of president. He won such nomination in 1980, and ultimately the presidency. The speech is his inaugural address to the country before claiming the position. Additionally, he was the face of the conservative…

in the 1860 election behind John Breckenridge, the southern democrat nominee as a candidate and Buchanan’s vice president. Fillmore did not believe that any of the Republicans made suitable candidates while Van Buren, one of the founders of the Democratic party and a supporter of the Stephen Douglas northern wing, believed that the Democrats should only put forth the strongest candidate against the Republicans which he believed was Stephen Douglas. Van Buren took this so far that he made a…

The Trans-pacific Partnership is a trade agreement between 12 countries, the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile, and Peru. The purpose of the Trans Pacific Partnership is to deepen economic ties between these nations by reducing tariffs and promote the development of trade. The increase in trade between these nations is aimed at reducing China and India’s dominance it the Pacific Rim. The Trans-Pacific Partnership was not a…

The concerns of an eight year old are as drastically different from those of an eighteen year old as are the worries of a twenty eight year old are from those of a thirty eight year old; when imagining a person ten years superior to oneself, they often seem detached and un-relatable. In the words of every petulant child to their parent, “you just don’t get it.” When it boils down to it, are the generations really that different? One woman raised conservatively in the 1950s saw unbelievable…

“I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And, yes, I did. You know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president.” Hillary Clinton said during the first presidential debate. The election of 2016 will not be forgotten anytime soon. With a surprising turn of events of Donald Trump somehow winning. Millions of American citizens are in anguish with these results. The Best Man by Gore Vidal, November by David Mamet, All the Way by Robert Schenkkan, and Crucible by…

action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands or by voice. Since I am not an American citizen so, if I could vote then, I would vote The Democratic Party(Bernie Sanders). There are huge differences between the two major parties. I do not support the Republican Party because this party does not give freedom as much as Democratic Party do. Also, Republican Party is full of racism. Since, America is a country of immigrants then, why the Republican Party will not give freedom…

Every four years, a new president is elected and gives an inaugural speech that influences the entire nation. President Obama gave his inaugural speech on January 21, 2013. President Obama has two types of audiences; he has primary audience and secondary audience. His primary audience in his speech is all those present at the White House attending to hear him. The secondary audience in his speech is television viewers, radio listeners, those who read his speech, and those who viewed the speech…

The Depression of 1837 was the outcome of several misfortunate decisions and developments. These events eventually created a financial state of emergency in in the United States which continued beyond 1837. Some of the major factors that caused the crisis were bad Presidential decisions, faulty foreign affairs as well as rash actions of state banks. For this assignment, the question was proposed, were the American people justified in blaming President Van Buren for the Depression of 1837? It…