Harry Bernstein

Dwight D. Eisenhower was a man who was a leader during a time of war. He was born in Denison, Texas in 1890. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1915. His leadership capabilities were show and eventually led him to becoming the Allied Forces Supreme Commander during World War II. Eisenhower's contributions to our country came through his leadership whether as a general, allied commander or as the president of the United States. Dwight Eisenhower was the son of David and Ida…

President Truman and the United States Government had many alternatives to dropping the atomic on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The United States could take part in a land invasion of Japan in order to fight surrender out of them. Waiting for Russia to break their Japanese neutrality act and attack Japan was also a very viable option presented to Truman while he was deliberating dropping the atomic bombs. Unfortunately, there were very good reasons why both of these options were…

Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Texas, had served in the military, and had became America’s 34th president. Throughout his life, he had accomplished many great things, from signing the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1957, to keeping America at peace with foreign countries. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. Eisenhower was an amazing person, and helped America become what it is today.…

-Truman and his band of foreign policy believed that Stalin intended to exploit any Western weakness and to take over any territory he thought to be vulnerable. -In a speech, Truman stated that “I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities and outside pressures.” In this speech, Truman did not state that the armed minorities were the Communists; however, no one at the time or thereafter doubted that…

In a rather secular Europe in the 1850s, muscular Christianity and Sports were used as a tool to reinspire a new kind of faith in the youth of Europe. The movement, gaining a great deal of momentum, was quickly spread to the rest of the western world. However, afterwards, in America, there was a revitalization in this concept as a response to a loss of faith, a revival which lives on to this day, however different from its original inspirations. In James A. Mathisen’s article, :"Reviving…

During the Cold War, The United States Government, Armed Forces, and Central Intelligence Agency faced the formidable task of having to battle and contain the spread of the communist, socialist, and Marxist ideologies of the Soviet Union across dozens of countries around the world without igniting another “hot” or total war. Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, United States history has aimed at encouraging the belief that the United States is a force for the good in…

Between the years of 1945 and 2000 a total of ten presidents served in the oval office through the 55 year period. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Regan, Bush, and Clinton served the country during some of the most difficult years in this Nation’s history. However, the tale of ten presidents elected in a 55 year period is one that is filled with deception, war, and assassination. The question that is raised out of this time is what determined the success of…

Joseph McCarthy was born in 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended school until he was fourteen but dropped out in eighth grade to help on the family farm as well as raise chickens. At the age of twenty, he decided to go back to school and in one year went through ninth to twelfth grades to graduate. He graduated with honors yet he told people he had higher grades than he actually earned. (Morgan 2003) Ted Morgan in Legal Affairs noted that McCarthy’s high school grades were below 90 due to…

Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, the oldest child of John Anderson Truman (1851–1914) and Martha Ellen Young Truman (1852–1947). His parents chose the name Harry after his mother's brother, Harrison "Harry" Young (1846–1916).[5] They chose "S" as his middle initial to please both of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. The "S" did not stand for anything in particular,[6][7] but was regularly written followed by a period. A brother, John Vivian…

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, is down in history as one of the most influential of all the First Ladies (Maney 1). Eleanor accomplished many things, from being a writer and an activist, to co-founding Val-Kill Industries. Eleanor often traveled across the country to inspect the social conditions that the citizens of that region were living in (Freedman 2). If the conditions did not meet her standards, she would attempt to reform through the…