United States Secretary of State

in his teens Jackson was a reader of law long enough to become a member of the bar. He went on to be the first member elected to the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, a Major General in the War of 1812, and finally the first man elected President to claim Tennessee as his home, having a small plantation (The Hermitage) in the Volunteer State. Jackson’s presidency was the second following end of the Era of Good Feelings, (a time in national politics during which there was…

The United States had progressively become more and more involved with foreign affairs in the 1860s-1920s. The United States ' influence had grown, just as much as the nation 's industrial power had grown during those years. Due to the United States growing imperialism "American 's were increasingly aware of themselves as an emerging world power." The United States ' surge of imperialism was aided by its drastic increase in military strength, and massive industrial and agriculture…

In the memoir, “The Distance Between Us” the author Reyna Grande explains Mago’s experience as a student in Mexico and the United States. Mago was left to be the mother of her two younger siblings, Carlos and Reyna. She was forced to care for her siblings while her parents were away working for money their father wanted for his dream house, but it all fell apart once their father traded their mother for another woman. Mago was a determined girl caring for her siblings growing up in Mexico , but…

This is an investigation of the role Leninism and Stalinism played in tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States prior to 1947. This investigation will attempt to answer the question: To what extent did Leninism and Stalinism contribute to pre-Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States? V. I. Lenin ‘Left-Wing’ Communism - An infantile disorder This primary source was written by Lenin in 1920 and was originally published in booklet form in Russian before…

Stalin's death in 1953 marked a change in the political evolution of the Soviet Union. The new Secretary General of the Communist Party was Nikita Khrushchev. Between 1956 and 1964 there were significant changes in the USSR, although the essence of the organization of Soviet power remained. The destalinization initiated by Nikita Khrushchev in condemnation of the wave of terror imposed by the government of former leader and in recognition of the mistakes of the government in economic matters,…

Open Door policy, initiated by the United States in 1899 for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China. The statement was issued in the form of letter sent by the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay. This was sent to countries such as France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Russia. There was an essential conflict in the policy. The U.S. brought about its Open Door Policy with the thought of avoiding the actual separation of China and taking financial leep, but…

During the American Revolution the United States was in great debt. The government owed bonds to the soldiers and money they had borrowed from other countries. The debt was 54 million. The government needed to come up with a way to make money to help their country and get everything under control. Alexander Hamilton ,secretary of Treasury, came up with a way to help reduce their debt. He wanted to tax whiskey, it was commonly used and would help with the financial damage. This made…

An event in which occurred in early American history is the Whiskey Rebellion. This event took place in Western Pennsylvania and started in 1791. Alexander Hamilton, who was George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, had an idea to impose or to put taxes on all whiskey products produced and sold in the U.S.A. Congress in 1791 established excise tax. This way, the U.S can pay of the enormous debt they are facing because of the Revolutionary War that occurred prior to this event. With nearly…

Based off information provided by Benjamin B. Fischer and the CIA’s website, it seems clear that intelligence and the secret world made 1983 an inherently more dangerous time; specifically in regard to the Cold War and the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Following the Carter administration, was the Reagan administration who had a hard stance on the Soviet Union. In the first months of Reagan’s administration he implemented PSYOP or a series of US psychological warfare…

of the world. On November 25, 1835, Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, United Kingdom which was the center of the linen industry. Carnegie’s mother was…