The Great Dictator

Roosevelt who promised to bring a better, brighter future for America. The New Deal was Franklin D. Roosevelt's contribution plan to solve the Great Depression. Although the New Deal didn't end the depression, it did relieve much economic hardships and gave Americans faith in the democratic system at a time when other nations hit by the depression turned to the dictators. Even though the New Deal programs were admired by some and opposed by others, the programs saved the economy from a total…

Roosevelt who promised to bring a better, brighter future for America. The New Deal was Franklin D. Roosevelt's contribution plan to solve the Great Depression. Although the New Deal didn't end the depression, it did relieve much economic hardship and gave Americans faith in the democratic system at a time when other nations hit by the depression turned to the dictators. Even though the New Deal programs were admired by some and opposed by others, the programs saved the economy from a total…

Jeansonne Glen’s biography “Messiah of the Masses: Huey P. Long and the Great Depression”. Glen doesn’t believe Long to be a saint nor a sinner; however, he does believe Long’s biggest priority wasn’t the people but himself. The author wrote this biography of Long as a young man getting his first start in politics, his campaign for governor, also his impeachment. In the book Messiah of the Masses: Huey P. Long and the Great Depression, the life of Huey Pierce Long is fully narrated and studied.…

concentration camps; and, generally speaking, government by fear” [M. Pilsuk & A. Wong, ‘State Terrorism: When the Perpetrator is a Government’, in C.E. Stout, Psychology of Terrorism (2002)]. For this essay the State that is being analysed is that of Dictator Stalin and how he used state terror as an ideology of fear against the Russian people. Stalin rose to power in the 20th century, 1912 and under his power Soviet Russia became the world’s second biggest Industrialist country and a Global…

Alexander of Macedon: A Great Leader Being the first person to conquer the Egyptian, Greek, and Persian empires in just over a decade was no walk in the park, and neither was integrating a culture into all of those empires nor attempting to unite them all. Alexander of Macedon was this man: he conquered the greatest empires, spread the Greek influence, and lead in a unique way with his inspiring character that he is famous for. Although he was not the ideal leader such as Plato’s idea of a…

education for everyone. The assassination of Huey Long was unjust because he was working on a tax reform to get Louisiana out of the Great Depression and he improved public services; however some people believe he abused his power and did not respond well to critique. Before his death Huey Long worked on a tax reform in Louisiana. In this time America was in the Great depression where one dollar is equal to twelve dollars today. This helped families lower taxes. According to…

Many leaders have changed their nation's history by their domestic and foreign policies. Napoleon Bonaparte was the dictator of France from 1799 to 1815. During his reign as emperor, Napoleon established plans of action to deal with France's problems both at home and abroad. One domestic policy Napoleon established was the creation of the National Bank. This policy had a positive effect on France. The Continental System was one of Napoleon's foreign policies. It had a negative effect on France.…

Dave Eggers faced obstacles early on in life, such as his need to take care of his younger brother after his parents passed away. Even though he had to drop out of college, Eggers was still able to establish a successful writing career (Albert). Eggers’ took stylistic ideas, such as a society without privacy, and a story abundant with post modernism traits from his main influences, which were Don Delillo and George Orwell. Overexplaining, trying to differentiate from young adult novels, and…

a pleasure. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal… But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?”(Orwell 50). Through Squealer, his speech sounds like Napoleon is a great leader who takes care of his people. However, this only happens since Napoleon wants to assure that no one could against him and this new…

The Manchurian and Abyssinian Crisis Research Question: Why did the League of Nations fail to stop The Manchurian and Abyssinian Crisis? Japan did a lot of trading with America and relied on them for all the goods, so when the Great Depression happened in America, it hit Japan very hard as well. This led to the Japanese civilian government becoming unpopular. So the army decided that the best way for Japan to leave the depression and get resources was to take over Manchuria, in 1931. Their army…