Roger B. Taney

The Cambodian immigration all started due to the Khmer rouge and the Vietnam army wanting to invade Cambodia. The invasion was announced by President Richard Nixon on April 30th of 1970. President Richard Nixon had been ordering to bomb Cambodia for months before he actually announced declaring an invasion. The Khmer rouge began to take control on April 17, 1975 and their army was led by Pol Pot. I believe the Cambodian immigrants coming to America was a good decision because they were able to…

Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men, and should be supported more these days because men and women have the same rights and are equal. By the early 1980s, the feminist movement had a great success in changing social attitudes with women trying to do the tasks of men, such as professional sports, the military, Ivy League universities, high-earning professions, and the Supreme Court. Although these were a great success, women…

Saving the American Sport In the text “When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football” the author Bruce Watson explains Theodore Roosevelt helped shaped Football, making it safer for all who participated. In the fall of 1905 after Roosevelt brokered the Russo-Japanese treaty, he began to focus on the negativity of constant injuries and death in the game of football. With the split of faculty and fans for pro- and anti-football “factions”, Roosevelt began to feel the pressure. Roosevelt’ son, Theodore Jr…

Emmeline Pankhurst, born July 15 1858 in Manchester, United Kingdom, was raised in a politically active family, in which both her parents were abolitionists and supporters of female suffrage. Pankhurst was exposed to social issues at a young age and attended her first women’s suffrage meeting at age fourteen. Pankhurst was fifteen when she left the country to receive an education in Paris at École Normale Supérieure. She returned to Great Britain in 1878 and married Richard Pankhurst in December…

One of the most iconic reasons why Australia was involved in the Vietnam War was because of the Domino Theory. It was set to believe during the Vietnam War that if South Vietnam caught the disease of communism, it would eventually spread to neighboring countries in South-East Asia. This is displayed in ‘Buzzle’s’ diagram of the domino theory, which represents the countries that were affected by communism through the domino theory and what was going to eventually be impacted. It shows that South…

Maria Mitchell was one America’s first famous female astronomer. Maria was taught by her father taught her how to observe the sky. Maria broke several barriers for women during her life. She influenced the Women’s Rights Movements greatly. This remarkable woman was one of the best scientists of the 19th century. She was also the first professor hired at Vassar college. One of her famous quotes was, “ There is so cosmetic for beauty, like happiness”. Maria’s legacy will live on through our…

Susan B. Anthony started with abolitionism since the age at 16. She was part of Underground Railroad jointly with Harriet Tubman. Jointly with Stanton she refused to support the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments that enfranchisement black man but not women. Her public activities for women’s suffrage were conducted jointly with that of Stanton. Both they were internationally very active particularly in Europe, meeting with activist of European women’s movements. Her advantage over Stanton was…

In the movie Selma, president Johnson is hesitant to support King’s efforts despite being more supportive of him. Johnson is the president and needs the support of the people in order to maintain his position. A small amount of people did support the movement, so perhaps Johnson being portrayed in this matter is an attempt to symbolize that. If the white majority were shown to be solely hateful and oppressing, that would not bode well for the movie, as people could take offense to that. There…

In The Argument Culture, Deborah Tannen writes about how arguing is negatively impacting people’s spirits. However, without debates and argument the United States (US) would not have come as far as it has today, and would cause people to be accused of a fallacious wrong-doing. The argument culture and unending debates might seem to have a negative effect, but can actually be beneficial to the well-being of people. Argument has caused the US to move forward as a country without destroying our…

“ It all began with a dream.”He had a dream, he wanted to live in a world where men,women, and children could be free no matter what their skin color is for them not to be separated and be neglected just because of their skin color in his eyes all men were equal and he wanted it to be like that” (History). Martin Luther king JR is a priest,minister and a social activist. He wanted equality not for just african american men but for women and children too. He no longer wanted them to be victims…