Grover Cleveland

During the Spanish-American War, many people fighting for and with America perished while taking up arms for the independence of other or their own countries. Throughout the whole entire world, over three hundred thousand service members served for the United States. The total of battle deaths and deaths in service was close to one hundredth of those who served at around twenty-five hundred. There were less non-lethal wounds than deaths for the side of the United States with around sixteen…

In most cases, Americans love a true underdog story. Movies that have a David vs Goliath-like plot, that culminates in a major battle that results in David overcoming all odds and concurring the Goliath-like antagonist. But the reality for most of history is that of tragedy and no heroic ending. This is the case the Lakota of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency fell victim to in the winter of 1890 when approximately 500 soldiers came to stop a ceremony later called the Ghost Dance. The horrifying…

This might be overly optimistic, but in the midst of a war, an economic recession and the dollar’s diminishing value, America’s future still seems promising. Although price increases in everything from college tuition to gas, Americans were once able to hold their heads high in at least one category, but not anymore. The news from “The Australian” analyzed that in a comprehensive study that 14,000 Australian adults, “26% of them were considered obese”, which is surprisingly 1% higher than the…

Considering the most recent Presidential election, there is a lot of conflict about whether the Electoral College or popular vote is the best method for electing our president. Currently, there are riots going on, partly because of the conflict about how we choose our president and whether Americans think it is fair. There are arguments associated with both methods but it is sad and discouraging to see such behavior from Americans who refuse to support the outcome of our current electoral…

During the spring of 1889, land rushes into Oklahoma signaled the passing of the southern frontier. The frontier had offered opportunities to all who sought independence and desired individualism; however, after its end, many found that they could no longer rely on the possibilities and reassurances provided by the West. In The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s (2002), author H.W. Brands explains, “As a people, Americans had long cherished the idea that off in the West existed an unclaimed…

As posthumous honors, a preschool for the deaf and hard of hearing in Mysore, India, was originally named after Helen Keller by its founder, K. K. Srinivasan. In 1999, Keller was listed in Gallup's Most Widely Admired People of the 20th century. In 2003, Alabama honored its native daughter on its state quarter. The Alabama state quarter is known as the only circulating US coin to feature braille. The Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama is in dedication to her. There are streets named…

I think that for the past 8-16 years, the Democratic Party has had the best candidates between Democrat and RepublicanDemocrat Party is a political epithet used in the United States for the Democratic Party. The term has been used in negative or hostile fashion by conservative commentators and members of the Republican Party in party platforms, partisan speeches and press releases since at least 1940. The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United…

Washington State on the Olympic Peninsula. The park covers 922,651 acres of land, which 876,669 acres of the land is designated wilderness. Olympic National Park received its first national designation, as Olympic Forest Reserve, by President Grover Cleveland in 1897. Then, in 1909, President Teddy Roosevelt selected a part…

Isabella NazarioLA-2nd2/14/18 Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty stands in the New York Harbor and has greeted a lot of immigrants into Ellis Island. At the time, Lady Liberty was letting them know that their journey to find democracy, freedom, and a better way of life, was finally over. The Statue of Liberty stands on Ellis Island as a symbol of freedom. Liberty Enlightening the World" (the full name of the statue) was a gift from France to the United States in 1886. It…

Poverty and human suffering has always been in the world. The Salvation Army has been one of the organization that has made a difference in social welfare, urban poverty, and teaching better lifestyles. Significant information collected through Salvation Army’s annual reports, scholarly journal articles and other articles is to provide a current review on how this organization have become successful and maintain its ‘success. A historical background expresses the beginning of the Salvation…