Richard Hofstadter

the 1970s the 1970s was a time of change. america was at war with vietnam. nixon was corrupting the us . and the protesting was worst than ever .america could not take the war Nixon Nixon was the president of the us during the vietnam war. he filled people with false hope. saying things like he is the cure of america ,he will change the war and stop the riots.but everybody voted for him for one thing.he promised to stop the leftist organization and the antiwar protests.…

John F Kennedy John F. Kennedy was the 35th president. He became the youngest man and orthodox catholic to hold the office of the presidency. He was immensely popular with the citizens. His entire family was in politics. He was a huge opponent of communism and faced many challenges with foreign policy, this led to and escalated the United States involvement in Vietnam. He also oversaw the launch of the Peace Corps, which was a volunteer program for people outside the United States to help…

I. Affirmative Action - Affirmative action should be in effect at all school sites and jobs. II. Introduction A. Importance [Eugenia]- Affirmative Action is important to create equal opportunities for all citizens. It may be put in place to “boost” minorities and people who are less privileged than others, and to help them get a higher and better education and better jobs. This would help them create a bigger impact on our changing society. However, some people believe that this…

2016). The Watergate scandal was of a serious nature because many Americans identified corruption in the Nixon administration (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2016). The amounted evidence during the investigations warranted Richard Nixon’s removal from office (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2016). During these corruptive scandals the confidence of Americans had shifted (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2016). There was…

Born in 1941. Bernie Sanders started out his political career in the early 70’s but wouldn’t come to actually hold a political office until 1981 when he won mayoral race in Burlington, Vermont’s biggest city by a mere 10 votes. Bernie ran as an independent and winning the race was a big shock for many knocking off a six-term local mayor. I chose to do this paper on Bernie Sanders because, over the last 6 years I have become heavily interested in the political state of this country and world. The…

5.2 BOOSTERS Table 4: The frequency of boosters used in each of the corpus NO CATEGORY CORPUS TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5 1. MUST 3 8 6 18 9 44 (51.16%) 2. ONLY 3 5 2 2 6 18 (20.93%) 3. NEVER 6 2 5 0 1 14 (16.28%) 4. ALWAYS 2 1 0 1 2 6 (6.98%) 5. CRUCIAL 1 0 0 0 3 4 (4.65%) 15 (17.44%) 16 (18.60%) 13 (15.12%) 21 (24.42%) 21 (24.42%) 86 Boosters on the other hand were mostly used in both fourth and fifth corpus with the total usage of 21 boosters. Corpus 3 appeared to have the least usage of…

I write to you from Ship Trap Island and this amazing Palatial Chateau. During my stay, the unbelievable happened, and not in a good manner either. This Palatial Chateau used to belong to a man by the name of General Zaroff and his personal “slave” named Ivan. Zaroff and Ivan are both Cossack, meaning they are savages if you please. I fell off the yacht when I heard gunshots and leaned over the rail to try and get a better view of where they came from and fell trying. After the fact that I…

There have been many times in United States history when the press has held politicians accountable for a variety of reasons. Today, with the growth of media there are more issues of accountability arising but one issue that is very important in U.S. history is a case known as the Pentagon Papers. This case occurred in 1971 when the New York Times released documents from the Vietnam war accusing former President Nixon and his Administration. The Pentagon Papers were a series of papers that…

Event Name Type of Event Causes Course Consequences 1980 Election This was a political event because it caused a change in the government. Americans wanted a firm, patriotic leader who had a plan to fix the economic problems carrying over from the 1970s. Jimmy Carter was running for reelection, and Americans overall were very unhappy with his leadership. Ronald Reagan emerged as his challenger, a former actor with great public skills and a plan. They elected Ronald Reagan in 1980 who had a…

Affects the Vietnam War had on Veterans The Vietnam War started on November 1st, 1955 and lasted until April 30th, 1975. There were 58,220 American casualties recorded to date, but there are so many more lives lost not on record. The U.S entered the war to stop the communist takeover of South Vietnam because we thought it would trigger “The Domino Theory.”The Vietnam War affected the soldiers who fought in it by causing long-term injuries, addiction, and P.T.S.D. The Vietnam War caused many…