Strickland v. Washington

Author Mark Twain stated, “Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to government when it deserves it”. In his farewell address, George Washington expressed the importance of putting America above any local or foreign identity. We disagree with Washington's absolute take on patriotism as this may create a populous which blindly adopts the decree of an unjust government. A big concern during the time of Washington’s farewell address was the fear of Americans identifying more closely with…

Initially, the design by L’Enfant and George Washington was going to be a ‘Presidential Palace’. However, in 1792, L’Enfant was told that he would be released and his plans would not be used. One of the reasons that L’Enfant’s plans were not used was because of fears, mostly by anti-federalists, that…

133). They quickly gained a following through their ability to relate to the public. The speakers of the Washington Temperance Society spoke in a manner that invoked emotion in their audience, through their use of logic, and their emphasis on sharing stories of their drunken pastime instead of burying it (p. 134). “The Washingtonians also sponsored picnics…

Paper #2 – Critical Evaluation of Dalton’s Citizenship Measures Generations of the American people faithfully participate in government policy because it is an honor and privilege to engage in the fundamentals of our country’s political democracy. In The Good Citizen, Russel J. Dalton explores good citizenship and how it affects the country. Also, Dalton focuses on the millennials, and challenges those that do not care about the country. Dalton further analyzes how the norms have changed over…

The Rise of the Rhetorical Presidency written by James W. Ceaser, Glen E. Thurow, Jeffrey K. Tulis and Joseph M. Bessette, discussed various changes the electoral branch has experienced in the last 81 years and its overall effect on American politics. The key point this work touches on is “Popular or mass rhetoric, which presidents once employed only, rarely now serves as one of their principal tools in attempting to govern the nation”. The author's use various examples claiming the shift began…

As stated in the essay question, Fritz postulates that popular sovereignty possesses an element of self-determination. This self-determination is seen through the actions of Americans in their quest for territorial expansion and economic development; observable through these actions is also the degree of difference between consent and compulsion that Banner explains. While these two concepts did not inflict direct change to the Constitution, they affected the understanding of the content of the…

Alexander Hamilton: The President Alexander Hamilton came up with multiple political ideas while he was the Secretary of Treasury for President George Washington. Although he wasn’t president, there are many examples and instances that support the idea of the Virginian being a president for the early United States of America. The ideas that Hamilton surfaced to help the country started many arguments, especially between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Jeffersonians at the time…

Throughout American history, the Native Americans have always been stepped on by European and United States governments. In the eyes of white people, Native Americans have been seen as unequal and inferior to them. Ever since Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas and started colonizing the New World, Native Americans have been pushed around or killed for their land. Quickly, Native Americans culture was lost and European colonies thrived. By the late 19th century, almost all of Native…

Reconstruction simply means to rebuild something that had already been. So the term reconstruction, when referring to American history, means rebuilding the Union, or bringing southern states back into the Union. Changes in the constitution, Freedman 's bureau, and more power being given to the federal government are three changes that resulted from this process of bringing southern states back into the Union. Immediately following the surrender of Robert E Lee, the idea of freeing slaves…

What does one need to draft a grand strategy or foreign policy? Besides the obvious military and economic resources, information has always been one of the primary mechanisms that help the president and his staff to deliberate their decisions that will turn into actions later. Bakich’s work provided a detailed review on the key components of American grand strategy: the gathering and processing of information on an institutional level, which serve the purpose to assist the government to…