Radical Republicans

became a lawyer. He was active in politics and elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He would make speech's about how slavery is wrong and he was apart of the Antislavery Society. Lincoln adamantly opposed slavery and joined the antislavery Republican Party, and eventually he won the their nomination for presidency. He then achieved his power by being elected. Lincoln…

There have been many great presidents over the years. One could say that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and George H. Bush are among the greatest. However, many people over the years have decided that Ronald Reagan shaped this nation into what it is today. In this great president’s childhood, many people knew that he was a special kid simply because of how good of a person he was. He grew up being chubby with the nickname “Dutch”. His parents owned a small farm in Illinois, where Reagan…

As the first “sitting” Republican president to travel to Africa, George W. Bush made point in addressing America’s past exploitation of African citizens to use them as slaves. On July 8, 2003, Bush delivered a speech at Goree Island, Senegal where he condemned the action of America’s ancestors towards the Africans and his desire to offer leaders from various African countries aid in their struggle against war, terrorism, famine, and disease. He followed the address by contributing a significant…

All American’s have rights. Do the rights that you do have change based on your skin color, where you come from or what gender you are? Or if you are gay, bisexual, transsexual etc. Or if you are a true American born in the US or if you are just an outsider who became a citizen, do you all have the same rights? The answer for that question all depends on what rights are we talking about. Are we talking about legal rights or education rights, or civil rights etc. Every person that lives here has…

Marco Rubio’s recent actions and statements point to a change in his invented ethos. Rubio is a well-known and respected Senator who represents the state of Florida. In 2015, Rubio launched his campaign to earn the Republican Party nomination for the 2016 Presidential elections. During the race, Rubio resorted to actions best attributed to one of his running mates. It was a characteristic he had never employed before. In addition to the statements, he made Rubio also made a questionable movie…

establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency was founded in 2011, and has helped millions of Americans recover money from the banks that victimized them. Right now the organization is under threat of being closed down by Republicans. If the CFPB is closed down consumer stand to lose possibly their biggest Ally in the financial world. If this does happen it will not be without opposition from progressives. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have clearly…

amounts. The Donald Trump who came 2nd place excelled in gaining voters concerned about terrorism (Jones, Kagay). After such result, Ted gives his speech to the populace of Iowa, within one paragraph, Cruz has declared, “ Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media.” It is clear this message has been directed towards Donald Trump, suggesting Trump’s only big win is with the media; such…

Walter Hugh McDougall was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of John Alexander McDougall (1810–1894),[3] a painter and close associate of writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving.[4] Walt attended a military academy, and from the age of 16 was self-educated. He began his professional work in 1876 with the New York Daily Graphic, which three years earlier had become the nation's first illustrated daily newspaper. He also sold early works to Harper's Weekly and Puck.[5][6] For a time…

Article 1 MLA Citation: TACKETT, MICHAEL. "Republicans’ ‘Tough Cycle’ Now Spreads to Senate." The New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/republicans-having-difficulty-recruiting-senate-candidates.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics Journal Entry: On January 14, 2018, Kevin Reamer, a Republican from North Dakota, said that he would not challenge Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic incumbent senator, in the 2018 midterm elections. Although…

These two sources, in their attempts to differentiate each other and denounce the subject of their respective cartoons, produce a remarkable amount of parallels, as well as a few important differences. For similarities, the leading theme for both of the cartoons is that the opposing party’s candidate is a militarist warmonger. In Source A, this is demonstrated by portraying Democrat candidate Lewis Cass as a warlike automaton, composed of various cannons, bombs, and swords. The phrases “A WAR…