President of the United States

prestigious family name that he soon would make even more reputable by becoming the 32nd president of the United States in 1933 (“Franklin D. Roosevelt”). Roosevelt would then become the first and only president to run for four terms from the year 1933 to 1945 and would be considered one of the greatest presidents in American history. Roosevelt as a boy, was a leader and comfortable in power. When he became president, there were no self-doubts nor lack of confidence that he could deliver the…

affair, in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The first was a commitment to aid the contras who were conducting a guerrilla war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. The second was to placate "moderates" within the Iranian government in order to secure the release…

could get their hands on. When President Theodore Roosevelt was elected, he became known as “the trust-buster President from 1901 until 1909” (2/15Lec). Roosevelt effectively broke up the Northern Securities Company in 1904 that was trying to monopolize the railroad industry. During the Progressive Movement, not only were businesses attacked externally, but internally in the form of their employees as well. In 1914 with Woodrow Wilson as the President of the United States, “the Clayton Antitrust…

Presidential success is crucial to the stability and prosperity of a nation. When the president is successful, he is able to persuade the public, make decisions in critical situations, manage the economy successfully and take a lead in setting out policy agendas (Rockman, Waterman, p. 3). External factors, can only limit presidential success when the president fails to demonstrate his presidential skills or use the available resources at his disposal. Therefore, internal factors are most…

In the 2000 presidential election, most people were prepared to accept that Al Gore would be the next president even though he would likely lose the popular vote. However, the opposite happened. George Bush won the presidency through a small margin of electoral votes, but had lost the popular vote of the people. This election is an example of how the Electoral College diminishes the importance of the votes of the people. Most people know of the electoral college, they have read about it in their…

I found Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog the most memorable because of how accurately it reflects recent events in the United States. As the film’s conflict stems from sexual allegations made against the president, it mirrors the women that have accused President Trump of sexual harassment and assault. As the allegations are now garnering the attention of public media, I am curious to see if it will be handled similarly to the film; will tensions with foreign policy be escalated with events like the…

Richard Nixon’s time as president quickly became one of the most debated and controversial times in American history. An incident of burglary involving the president rose to national exposure in what became known as the Watergate scandal. At first, Nixon and his administration stood behind a curtain of lies in order to save their reputations. However, evidence revealed crimes committed by the president in which led to Supreme Court involvement. Eventually, resignation was the only option for…

The United States entered the twentieth century as a burgeoning economic superpower that had yet to assert itself politically on the international stage. Reluctant to enter World War I (WWI), the United States had, by the war’s end, assumed a lead role negotiating the Treaty of Versailles. President Woodrow Wilson hoped to use the negotiations to promote American ideals of democracy and free trade while securing a lasting peace. However, instead of fostering global economic and political…

strikes fear into the hearts of millions of the United States residents who fear that another attack on a much larger scale could occur at any moment and the threats from Al-Qaeda have been…

opportunity to write about his experiences about being the President’s son, and eventually becoming the President. He tells of stories growing up as George H.W. Bush raised a family and at the same time dealt with the issues of politics, and eventually the burden of the Presidency. In this novel, the reader experiences what life is like as the son of a President who would also one day become the President, only the second duo in history to have done so. George Herbert Walker Bush, more commonly…