Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some of the plans were made by the Central intelligence agency none as “CIA’’. President Dwight Eisenhower wanted to take out Fidel Castro while he was in office, but he couldn 't cause when he was in office is when the big great depression happened (U.S. History). The great depression was horrible everyone had to pay taxes to the government there was a lot of stuff going and all the people blaming Eisenhower for it, but it wasn’t his fault that there was no jobs for the…

John F. Kennedy was well known for his actions and speeches. Therefore, his Presidential Inaugural Address was going to help America succeed to the higher opportunities of that time period. Kennedy’s speech highlighted the importance of the role that mankind needs to play in the upcoming society. This speech will forever go down in history as the greatest speech ever spoken from a president. The speech didn’t only enhance how people can change America, but also the world. However, Kennedy speech…

To begin with, strategy was a big part of the Allies defeating the Axis powers. The Invasion of Normandy stands as the largest amphibious invasion in history. The Allies came together to fight with France in the taking back of France. The Nazi party was stationed in Normandy, France and was due for a fight with a country at sometime, due to the problems it gave all of mainland Europe, as it broke treaties and dominated countries not belonging to them. Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Austria, The…

Director of all sorts of Hollywood movies. Saving Private Ryan focuses on the final stages of World War II. This film shows the D-day invasion, combat in towns, and combat in the countryside. All with the added effect of human emotion as well as rational thought. To start, the accuracy of this movie is very high. Especially the first scene where the Americans start the D-day invasion. In this scene, thousands of American troops storm the beaches of Normandy.("Saving Private Ryan") All of them…

The launch of Sputnik I has been described as a "technological Pearl Harbor.” These words are from Sandra Mathison and E. Wayne Ross in their 2004 book, … Defending Public Schools, highlighting the space race between the United States and the USSR. At the end of World War II, the United and Russia remained the two major world powers. But upon the ending of the second World War, left the two, bitter enemies. From the time of the Cold War, there were tensions between Russia and the United States.…

From Asia to the United States the Space Race had a lot of impact on everybody. There was the militarization of space to fight for the dominance of space between the Soviet Union and America. To the empowerment of minorities and women who aided the Space Race. There was also impacting social and economic aspects of the Space Race that impacted the American people. From the early presidency of President Truman to Presidents Nixon/Ford, the Space Race had an enormous impact on everybody. While…

Dwight was born In Texas on October, 1890. Dwight was third out of seven sons to his parents David and Ida Eisenhower. Dwight graduated high school in 1909 and shortly after high school went to West Point from 1911 to 1915. After having graduated from West Point he was stationed in Texas where he met his soon to be wife Mamie. He quickly rose through the ranks and by 1944 he was the leading commander of the allied forces. In 1950 at NATO in paris where Dwight was the Supreme Leader he was…

During this week’s reading, my eye was caught by the actions of then-Governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education II (1955). Even as he felt pressures from both the judicial and executive branches of government, he refused to comply with the new standards of racial equality. In 1955, the Supreme Court issued a decision on the case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education II, ruling that states must immediately end any segregation in their school…

On the cold day of January 20, 1961, Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy presented his inaugural address to over twenty thousand people on the steps of the United States Capital building. In addition to the crowd at the Capital, in attendance were those Americans who were able to listen to his speech over the radio or watch it on the television. John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech is considered to be one of the greatest speeches in American public address. John F. Kennedy was a young and vibrant speech…

Social movements come in many different forms from physical art you can touch and feel to words and phrases that are uttered for the world to hear. The power of social movements is that they can be started and controlled my one little normal human or they can be lead by some of the most powerful people in the world. Social movements influence everything around us through art, words, literature and even music. The 3 social movements that have played a significant role in the world are the…