Gentlemen's agreement

a blue chapter of American history. While his traumatic flaw was not wholly hidden from the public, Roosevelt worked tirelessly to ensure a healthy public image that would not succumb the Roosevelt campaign. Roosevelt and his team made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with the press corps to conceal the extent of Roosevelt’s disability. While he wheeled around his Hyde Park home and leaned on friends at crowded dinner parties, the press rather followed Roosevelt sailing up the coast in New England with…

Early Korean Immigration History During the 1800s, Korea was largely isolated from the rest of the world, and so as a result, they were often referred to as the Hermit Kingdom. While Korea's first record of immigration was during the 1800s, their immigration was only in small amounts, and only really started during the early 1900s. By 1900, 23 thousand Koreans were living in maritime provinces, this was largely due to the Chinese Exclusion act of 1882, which created a need for labourers in…

Immigration has been a proceeding occurrence in the United States since the 18th century. During the 18th, 19th, and 20th century, a law was allocated (Immigration Act of 1780) said any (free) white person under the jurisdiction of the United States for two years was allowed to become a citizen; after a year or so, they had to prove to the Courts that they were a good person (Gallagher). In the early 1840’s, there were anti-immigration riots. Philadelphia had one of the bloodiest riots of the…

Both men experienced major achievements and failures during their presidency, but Theodore was more successful domestically than Franklin. Theodore’s main goal for domestic affairs when he entered office was to bust trusts and regulate corporations (“Theodore Roosevelt: President”). Theodore gained the nickname, the “trust-buster” (“Theodore Roosevelt: President”) by following his main goal. Theodore believed the government had the right to regulate big businesses to protect the welfare of…

Mitt Romney in one of his transcripts states, "we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences." when he says "unmistakable consequences", he doesn't really state what kinds of consequences. This might be because he is referring to war or something violent, which he…

Who invented golf? The answer to this age-long question has been largely debated by many historians and golf professionals over the years. Golfers who love the game still very heatedly debate over the origin. This mystery has remained unsolved, but does not really matter in the grand schemes of things, what matters about the history of golf is how golf has evolved and effected humans over the years. It is hard to believe that the calming, stress relieving game we know today could have come…

athlete faced many problems in their fight for equality including being benched against a segregated school, threats from other team’s player, and colleges “From 1938 to 1941, the UCLA football team served as an important exception to the ‘gentlemen’s agreement’----the standard, unwritten rule that allowed coaches to bench black athletes during intercollegiate contest with segregated colleges and university” (Demas, 28). This showed the struggle great African Americans player had to face. When…

From seeing today’s college football league where African American athletes make up more than half players in the league. Throughout the twentieth century there were many struggles for the player who endured physical injuries, segregation and success. It was hard to see the great struggle the African American’s player when through to just become part of the college football team. In the early 1880’s it was difficult for African American athletes to join non integrated schools. Since the Jim…

After a military success conquering Saxony on September 10, Frederick II, King of Prussia wrote on October 26, 1756, “The enemy apparently made more mistakes than my officers, to the point where, this year, we have succeeded. However, this whole campaign is but the arrangement of the chessboard. This coming year, the game will begin and it is a difficult task that I have proposed to myself to be wise still.” Frederick had now to await the forthcoming of the next campaign, when France, Austria,…

How are the historical components of oppression relevant in today's society and how does it continue to influence literature of any specific time period? Historical components of oppression are relevant because the serve as a reminder of what people went through for today to be as it is. We are suppose to learn from our ancestors mistakes but yet we have so many problems today, maybe even more. Time periods play a great role in literature because people tend to document what happened during…