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The Kennedy Conspiracies

alone. We remember Kennedy in two very different lights, first as a great man, a great politician who had the interest of t...

President Polk and the Mexican/American War

U.S. settled the Oregon boundary dispute, annexed Texas and "gained about 1.2 million square miles of land, over one-third of its ...

The American Presidency

of both the despotism that can be imposed by a monarch, as well as the "tyranny of a fixed popular majority" (Foner and Garraty). ...

Private and Public Lives of Lyndon Johnson

In eight pages Lyndon Johnson is examined in a consideration of the texts Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Go...

China and the Foreign Policy of the United States

In six pages this paper considers China and how it is regarded by American foreign policy with the administration of President Bil...

2 Biographies on US President Woodrow Wilson

addressed his domestic and foreign tasks while in office. Mention of Wilsons Fourteen Points speech is considerable and detailed ...

Lester Thurow and The Future Of Capitalism

leading economist in the nineties but his publications have not escaped a great deal of criticism. While most of his proposals cle...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

The Future of American Healthcare

In this seven-page paper, the problems with the American healthcare system are portrayed. The essay also outlines President Obama'...

Behind the Attack on Pearl Harbor

proposes that World War I and World War II were not separate conflicts but one long struggle with a cease-fire in the middle. This...

Leadership Styles of Six U.S. Presidents Compared

that charmed his audiences was John F. Kennedy. Even though his presentation was not as fluid as that of Reagans, nonetheless, Ke...

Abigail Adams' 'Remember the Ladies!'

can produce, she would begin her correspondence to her husband, "Dearest Friend," and sign them "Portia" (http://www.masshist.org/...

1945 to 1952 Cold War America and Harry S. Truman

In five pages this period in American history under the leadership of President Harry S. Truman is discussed. Five sources are ci...

Arguments Opposing President Bill Clinton's Impeachment

In a ten page report that was written in November 1998 the writer strongly opposes impeaching American President Bill Clinton and ...

American Presidential Scandals

In four pages this overview of American President scandals includes the 'Teapot Dome' scandal of Warren G. Harding, James S. Clark...

Misdirection By Clinton

President Bill Clinton used a variety of tactics and ruses to distract the American public from his ongoing sex scandal, argues th...

Civil Rights and Abraham Lincoln

In five pages this paper imagines what might have been had President Abraham Lincoln lived and directed the U.S. Reconstruction ef...

Analyzing Andrew Jackson's Case for the Removal of Indians in an 1930 Message to Congress

away to make room for the whites" If this were the case then why was...

US Political Process and the Mechanisms of Rational Choice

that we see unfolding before us in the opening decade of the twenty-first century. The rational choice theory is perhaps be...

Civil War Era and Black Emancipation

repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...

Future Changes of U.S. Labor Unions

Stern advocates that the 1.6 million member SEIU move away from the AFL-CIO and form their own federation. The only other option ...

Earth in the Balance by Al Gore

between what he writes in the pages of Earth in the Balance and what he, as politician, businessman and individual, chooses to pra...

Overview of the Office of the U.S. President

direct nation-wide vote for President (U.S. Electoral College). Instead, the result of the Presidential election is in reality th...

Politics and Bananas

much on Del Monte or Dole. Still, where we can find it in the literature, well mention it in this paper. How Chiquita Built an Ind...

George Washington: Heroic, Flawed, and Human

Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...

Book Review of Joseph J. Ellis’ His Excellency: George Washington

that George Washington was fueled foremost by ambition. He wrote, "Ambitions this gargantuan were only glorious if harnessed to a...

The Canadian Prime Minister and the U.S. President: Who is More Powerful?

House of Commons, which is elected, and the Senate, which is appointed (Anderson, 2003). As in the United States, it is expected t...

The Emergence Of The Modern Congress And Presidency

and every bureau" (Sundquist, 1981, p. 38) every year. Prior to that Act, each department and bureau had to submit their own progr...

New Deal of FDR and its Importance

done created a stellar U.S. economy and a great deal of productivity. Of course, many of the measures were meant as temporary fixe...

'New Right' and FDR's New Deal

deleterious rather than positive. It is important to remember, however, that the New Deal emerged in one of the most taxing times...