Donner Party

Introduction President Barack Obama effectively convinces his audience that increasing minimum wage is a matter that the American people have the power to make this change come to pass. He utilizes the appeals of ethos, pathos and logos to motivate the audience to take action in their community. In this literature review I want to highlight a few subcategories that help understand how President Obama was successful in convincing the American population to flex their democratic muscle to ensure…

William Taft. He decided to take a vacation and left for a safari hunting trip in Africa, and returning home a year later. After Taft failed to do what he said he would, Roosevelt’s followers urged him to create the new Progressive party (which is now the Green Party) and run in the 1912 election, but he lost by a landslide. From 1913-1914 Roosevelt led an expedition through the jungles of Brazil, he ended up contracting malaria during this trip. In 1917 after the U.S. declared war on Germany,…

The purpose of this study is to present bibliographical information of Hiram Revels and his impact on the culture, politics, and history of the African-American experience. In order to provide a preferable understanding of Hiram revels, this research paper will also contribute biographical information. Hiram Revels was born free baby in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Although being free he was impeded from receiving education in North Carolina instead he was taught by a black woman. He lived with…

In November 1948, Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey. Truman beheld his reelection as a directive for a liberal plan, which he gave beneath the term "The Fair Deal." The President underestimated the American people and fundamentalists in both parties prohibited most of his plan. However, he did obtain passage of some liberal laws that raised the minimum wage and expanded Social Security. The American economy began an era of growth in the 1950s that continued for almost twenty years. During…

By examining the rhetorical features used in an advertisement, it is possible to determine how an advertisement is meant to appeal to its audience, which allows for the determination of the advertisement’s underlying message. While various strategies can be used in an attempt to appeal to an audience, Jack Solomon makes the claim in his short essay “Masters of Desire” that advertisements often attempt to sell products or ideas by appealing to individuals’ sense of community through populist…

As the election of the president was in progress recently, many people became interested in the debate among the candidates. People who were watching the debate started to question whether presidential candidates should be good at debating or not. However, presidential candidates should be professional at debating because it shows that they can represent their country, make wise decisions for the country after they become the president, and establish a better policy. To begin with, presidential…

“Dog Whistle Politics” is defined as political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. Like a high-pitched dog-whistle, the message is only audible for the group it is intended to reach. Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class was written by Ian Haney Lopez and looks into the racially charged coded…

James Knox Polk is regarded as the first dark horse president and was considered the last of the Jacksonian president to sit in the White House. He is regarded by many as the last strong president until the Civil War. James K Polk was born on November 2, 1795 in rural North Carolina where his family had moved from Pennsylvania. He was the oldest of ten children and his father always groomed him to take over the family farm but he proved too sickly and weak to handle the strenuous work. In 1806,…

Nazi Germany, back in the early 1900s, was believed to be a paragon society. Much like the United States today, it was believed by the German people to be the pinnacle of human achievement and togetherness. By use of charisma and powerful speaking, the Nazi regime rose to power after promising many things that ultimately they would never be able to deliver on. After assuming command, the man in power began to show his true colors, and by then it was too late. Too much dismay, there are too…

Unprecedented the 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. From the moment the polls opened, it was painfully clear that something was wrong. While the media seized on the controversy surrounding the poorly designed Butterfly Ballot, much larger civil rights abuses were overlooked. Focusing on events leading up to Election Day and the attempt to count legally cast votes in the days that followed,…