United States Secretary of the Interior

companies, bribery and corruption at the highest level of the United States government. Before Nixon and the Watergate affair, this was the most serious scandal in our country’s history. The affair took its name from Teapot Dome, a rock formation in Wyoming that looked like a teapot and, more importantly, stood atop a large government naval oil reserve. Albert B. Fall, a rancher and New Mexico’s first U.S. Senator, served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding’s cabinet.…

At his inauguration as 45th president of the United States on 20 January 2017, Donald Trump said "From this day forward, it's going to be only America first -- America first. . . Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. . . We will follow two simple rules -- buy American and hire American." Clearly, the United States and the world have entered an uncharted territory. He has three clear and chilling messages: From now on, America will be self-centered, protectionist, and less…

in the Western United States. FDR, at the time a third-term president who had just guided the nation through the Great Depression, was faced with the first foreign attack on US soil since 1918 – the Japanese Empire’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Unexpected and unprovoked, the attack on December 7th 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”, was a huge success for the Japanese Empire, resulting in upwards of 3,500 Americans killed or wounded…

FDR AND PEARL HARBOR On December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was abruptly and purposely attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan at around 8 in the morning. Hundreds of cruel Japanese planes attacked a naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese crushed and damaged two-hundred airplanes, eight battleships, and twenty American naval vessels. One thousand were wounded and two thousand Americans soldiers died. On December 8, 1941 Congress…

Despite the 1920s being known as one of the greatest eras of all time due to its luxurious lifestyles and inordinate parties that seemed to start when the sun disappeared and didn't end until the sun once more appeared again, nevertheless, the 1920s was also a time where corruption in government, gang violence and crimes against U.S. law an insurmountable rise that had its disastrous consequences. At the time, President Warren G. Harding was a president that was adored by many, but shortly after…

By Harold Ickes Harold Ickes, the speaker of this remarkable speech, delivered it during I am an American Day gathering in New York’s Central Park. He was President Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of the Interior. It came at a perilous moment in history, May 18 of 1941, When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seemed headed toward a possible world domination. By this time, so many countries have fallen to the Nazis. Many Americans have questioned the wisdom and the necessity of the U.S. involvement in…

Hayes was not able to step up as a leader and champion for African American rights, and failed to create meaningful laws that would protect their civil liberties, even though he was a strong advocate for equal rights. “After the 1878 congressional and state elections, Hayes admitted in private that his experiment in entrusting southern whites to protect the civil rights of blacks had failed.” Hayes did not use his position in power to benefit the African Americans enough. Even with the…

On July 4, 1776 the United States of America declared its independence from Great Britain. This liberty brought upon a new way of looking at life as well as a new definition to architecture in the United States. Architecture became the language for government, public facilities and suburban towns to boast about the newly gained freedom from Britain and the inspiration it found from previous civilizations to aid in the success of the future. In order to begin establishing this newfound republic…

Native American response paper This response paper will be on the articles A Tour of Indian Peoples and Indian Lands by David E. Wilkins and Winnebagos, Cherokees, Apaches, and Dakotas by Debra Merskin. The first article discusses what the Indian tribes were and where they resided. There are many common terms to refer to the native people including American Indians, Tribal nations, indigenous nations, first peoples, and Native Americans. Alaskan natives are called by their territories like the…

continue, but in most cases it didn’t happen. One goals of the Progressive movement was to lessen corruption, but the 1920s witnessed more government corruption. In 1921, on a promise to return to “normalcy”, Warren G. Harding became president of the United States. “Reflecting the prevailing get-rich-quick ethos, his administration…