National Civilian Community Corps

In 1619, twenty blacks were brought to Jamestown colony. From inception, black presence in the Americas has been characterized by prenatal alienation, gratuitous violence, and a harsh form of bondage. A result of increasing tensions between the North and South over sectionalist issues such as slavery, the Civil War represented a critical turning point in the history of United States. For some, the Civil War was seen as a fight to uphold states rights while for others, the Civil War was seen as a…

public disagreed with the government’s commitment to preventing the spread of communism in Asia. In particular, the focus of many protests was how the war was being conducted by the US military. Media coverage of the conflict led to huge outrage. Civilian casualties were high, and photographs, such as photojournalist Nick Ut’s ‘Napalm Girl’ (depicting a young Vietnamese girl…

The national landscapes in the United States are some of the most abundant and well-managed regions in the world. They provide our country with ample resources and aesthetic, spiritual, and socio-cultural values. Unfortunately the effects of climate change are deteriorating our national forests. Drier summers and wetter winters are already affecting regions in the West, causing projections for forest fires to increase in severity, frequency, and scale. Forest fire management policies have…

conservatives oppose government regulation of business but support government-endorsed moral standards. Liberals generally believe in governmental action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all, and that it is the duty of the government to reduce community issues and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights. Since the 1920’s the government was largely liberal. They have been changes in the different governments since 1930’s. President, congressional legislation, and…

overlooked agency and the impact it had during its 38 years of existence, is the subject of John C. McWilliams’ article Covert Connections: The FBN, the OSS, and the CIA. In this piece McWilliams claims that the FBN, its contributions to the intelligence community, and the connections between narcotics enforcement and intelligence…

the Americans went about making this deal was African Americans supporting Roosevelt in 1936. Until the New Deal, blacks had always stayed loyal by voting for republicans, however had shifted to the democrats. Workers felt that the policies of the national…

the minorities, they did not cease to exist after 1933, African-Americans were the most discriminated of all. By 1869, the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were made to bring equality among any minority, especially for African-Americans. Among the community that the minorities lived in there were relief centers or assistance for finding jobs that were being refused. On top of that they had a hard time of getting a house, let alone food for their family. They were also threatened or excluded from…

Roosevelt’s actions and was less obstructive in the future. However supporters of the New Deal, Schivelbusch argues that “Hitler and Roosevelt were both charismatic leaders who held the masses in their sway—and without this sort of leadership, neither National Socialism nor the New Deal would have been possible.” He asked the Congress to give him the power to appoint other Supreme Court judges. This was because Republicans were dominating the American Supreme Court who were opposed to the New…

implemented his plan, which sought to relieve the burdens facing the country as a whole. The First New Deal took actions that immediately began to remedy the banking crisis, established agencies like the National Recovery Administration, provided unemployment relief through the Civilian Conservation Corps and Public Works Administration, and began to rehabilitate agriculture and the housing market in the country. The Second New Deal, however, had a goal to “…guarantee that Americans would be…

When dealing with change and progress in the early portion of the twentieth century in America, one organization and one event come to mind. In 1911, the Triangle Waist Company building caught fire and several of workers in the building didn’t make it out alive. The majority of the workers were young females who worked long hours for little pay and ruthless conditions. Those who had the ability to fight for the women and victims did, pursuing ideas such as unions, for workers’ rights. The owners…