Lyndon B. Johnson

In 1955, tensions between the political stance of the democratic South Vietnamese versus the communist Northern Vietnamese rise. Because of this, the United States of America enters the war to keep political democratic interests within Vietnam and fighting off the red communist terror. However, the United States lacked a consistent amount of voluntary troops, so president Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act. This act would pick men between ages eighteen to…

In Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech called “I Have a Dream”, delivered in 1963, he expresses and shares his thought that all races should have both political and social justice and the same freedom and rights. This speech, which was given in Washington D.C., recognizes the injustice in America at the time and King also paints a dream of a society with no inferiority of African-Americans. King effectively shares his ideas and dreams of America with no segregation by employing anaphora and a strong…

In this article, Monsky claims that media coverage played an influential role in the way Americans remember and think about the assassination President Kennedy. However, Monsky argues that the continuous media coverage of the President shapes the views regarding the assassination of the Kennedy. According to Monsky (5) newspapers such as the “Dallas Times Herald” published the primary motorcade routes President Kennedy would use through downtown Dallas before his trip. As such, the assassin got…

In the speech “I Have a Dream” given by Martin Luther King in 1963 he inspires the audience to fight for equality and reminds the American citizens the correct definition of equality. He presents a motivational and though-provoking tone for the people gathered at the capital. Martin Luther King extremely impacts the nation in his moving speech by employing repetition and referring to outside documents. One rhetorical device that helps King convey his message to his readers is repetition. In the…

Richard M. Nixon Richard M. Nixon was president from 1969-1974 and was a republican. He had many roles as president. For example he passed a lot of legislation regarding drug abuse and crime. He attempted to settle Vietnam War on good terms and he issued 346 executive orders keeping it to his own council. He also promised the public more racial desegregation. President Nixon wanted to better the relationship with the Soviet Union. Chief Legislator: Richard M. Nixon passed a lot of legislation…

Jackie Robinson’s American Dream The American Dream has been a prevalent concept in America since the turn of the twentieth century. As with many concepts, The American Dream is unique for each individual depending on their experiences. However, for Jackie Robinson and Andrew Carnegie the definition of the American Dream was similar, but because of their circumstances they took different paths to achieve their goals. Both men desired freedom, and while Andrew Carnegie was able to earn his…

The response of the government/effectiveness During John F. Kennedy 's appointment as president of the United States, he urged for a civil rights bill to be passed. Therefore, in 1964 the Civil Right Act was passed by President Lyndon Johnson who carried out Kennedy’s plans for a civil rights reform after his assassination. This act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The passing of the 1964…

When you were a child, it is very likely that someone read a bedtime story to you before you went off to sleep. Normally, these fairytales would begin with, “once upon a time” and end with, “…lived happily ever after.” The ending suggested a positive future outcome for its protagonists, but unfortunately for most people, real life does not always play out this way. This is especially true if you belong to one or more of America’s historically marginalized groups: women, ethnic minorities and…

Mass Incarceration: Mass incarceration is a criminal sanction carried out by the justice system that results in nearly invisible punishment including the diminution of rights and privileges of citizenship and legal residency in the United States (Mauer & Chesney-Lind, 2002). Mass incarceration provides one of the largest and most influential examples of institutionalized racism in the contemporary U.S. because of the way that african americans are systematically singled out to be searched,…

In The Two Reconstructions by Richard Valelly, Valelly points to internal divisions within the Republican Party as reasons why the first reconstruction failed. He also argues that divisions within the Democratic Party helped the second reconstruction restore voting rights to U.S. ethnics. Although both parties faced opposition when attempting to enfranchise black voters during the two reconstructions, the Democratic Party was able to implement policies that sustained during the second…