Presidents of the United States

about the Watergate Matter, as well as the speech that Vice President Gerald Ford gave, both serve the same purposes. These purposes were to appease the public, to announce the President’s resignation of office, and to allow President Nixon apologize to the public. This subject greatly displeased the public and caused many people to dislike and feel dissatisfaction with President Richard Nixon. This is why both him and the vice president made these speeches with the sole purpose of calming…

Tampico, Illinois, on Monday, February 6th, 1911. He graduated from Dixon high in 1928, as an athlete and Student body President and performed in many school plays. Reagan enrolled and attended Eureka college of Illinois on an athletic scholarship, where he majored in Economics and Sociology. He also played football, ran track, captained the swim team, served as student council president and acted in school productions. Graduating in 1932, he found an open position as a radio sports announcer in…

There were three progressive presidents during this era: Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. These presidents sought to develop the country’s economic, political, and social ways of life. During the progressive era, the three presidents tried their best to transform, what they thought was needed. The presidents were known for reforming what would help the citizens, the politics, and the United States of America the most. The first progressive president was Teddy…

The strategic objectives for the United States during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom compare and contrast widely when viewed through the three strategic lenses of suitability, feasibility, and acceptability. To consider the success or failure of national strategy as it pertains to warfare, the strategist must assess the nature of the conflict. Art Lykke presents an appropriate theory for national strategy that asks central questions for the national strategist based on…

Ronald Reagan 40th President President, actor, and Congressman are three things that represent Ronald Reagen. Many people knew that Ronald Reagan was a president, but he was so much more than a president. As a well known president of the United States, Ronald Reagan showed Americans that even though they are not a politician you can still do something good for society and if you put your mind to something you can do it. He left a lasting legacy as someone that will do things that nobody had…

Furthermore, a century after the 13th amendment was established, a society that had equal rights was promised. At Howard University in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered a commencement speech to graduates in which he addressed inequality in America.He explained, “We are trying to attack these evils through our poverty program, through our education program, through our medical care and…

George Washington establishment of Executive Privilege From the beginning in 1795, the Executive Privilege Doctrine was established by our first president George Washington. The Doctrine of Executive Privilege is to protect the Executive Branch’s confidentiality interest. “Executive Privilege in the context of the secrecy syndrome of the government” (Reylea, 1981, p. 31). The Doctrine of Executive Privilege has expanded over the years. J.A. Carroll and M.W. Ashworth stated that the hopes of the…

Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, he became the only American President to ever resign from office on August 9th, 1974. The factors that led to his resignation cannot be boiled down to a single event, instead his somewhat cruel personality and unorthodox viewpoints led to the end of his political career. The Watergate scandal, a key event in the downfall of Richard Nixon, can be associated to his paranoia and his belief that some of his political rivals were bad people.…

typical Tuesday morning for most citizens of the United States. People were going about their everyday lives, workplaces were carrying on typical business, classrooms were filled with students. No one was aware that within the next twenty-four hours their lives would be changed forever. Everyone knows the story. At 8:46 in the morning, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Seventeen minutes later United Airlines Flight 175 slammed into the South…

Communists also ruled their economies different then the capitalist free market United States, prompting the U.S. to intervene with Guatemala’s leadership to assist their largest corporation in the region. The major economic factor in Guatemala was the American Corporation U.F.C. (United Fruit Company). The shady U.F.C., founded in 1899, was the most powerful fruit company in the Western Hemisphere, buying out many smaller competitors. With that power came political influence. They possessed…