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Five American Thinkers and How They Employed the Declaration of Independence into Their Writings

thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luth...

Jefferson and Hamilton and Agriculture

et al., 2007: 198). He tried to convince Congress to move in that direction and actually encourage the nation "to promote the immi...

Freedom From British Rule and the Contributions of Paine and Jefferson

by the American readership who was eager to see a new direction forged in the colonies (Baym, Franklin, Gura, 630). Paine saw the...

Martin Luther King and Thomas Jefferson on Freedom

the slaves. Slavery was legal, but it was not right and it was not conducive to freedom. For King, freedom was about equality and ...

The Federalists vs. Anti-federalists

James Madison served their nation at a time when the United States was a new country and was trying to establish its identity. Bot...

Our Founding Father's Views on State Supported Religion

In the earliest history of our country, indeed even in the formative years before the...

Early American Dichotomy and the Conflict Between Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

1997, p. 35). The conflict between Hamilton and Jefferson is apparent in their diametrically opposed views on popular rule, state...

Freedom of Religion, A First Amendment Right

travel to Massachusetts for the sole purpose of disrupting Puritan church services and heckling their ministered (Woods 2). This a...

Enlightenment Arguments for and against Separation of Church and State

to petition the government for a redress of grievances" ("First Amendment")). The idea of the separation of church and state was i...

Jefferson Davis: Civil War and Reconstruction

cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...

Why Thomas Jefferson Was a Great President

is a sincere form of flattery. Still, no living politician is compared with Jefferson on the whole. Few can even compare with the ...

Struggles for Equality in Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

being Thomas Jefferson) gathered to write their objections down on paper. Among the objections were what were termed "self eviden...

U.S. Economy During the Presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush

that can control things such a taxes. They are also involved in appointments to economic posts, such as Secretary of the Treasury ...

Life and Presidency of George W. Bush

the Texas Rangers baseball franchise and he served as managing general partner until his gubernatorial bid in 1994 (History Centra...

War Peace and the Presidency by Henry Paoluccis

power of the individual states was making them reluctant to accept federal regulations, and making most fear that the unrest that ...

Running for the US Presidency

the two main parties are able to vote in these races (1996). In some states, non-registered members can vote too. In general, the ...

Comparing the Presidencies of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan

his second term in office (Gwertzman, 2004). Walter Russell Mead, a respected historian, claims that the election was "a turning p...

The U.S. Presidency and the Influence of Big Money

ambition. They made it through excellent schools and law school to boot. It seems that this power couple--a president and a senato...

Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush

bureaucracy, and thus opportunities for constituent service, while, at the same time, avoiding any blame" (OKeefe et al PG). Maki...

Louis Liebovich's The Press and the Modern Presidency

and the Executive Branch for the worse. To support his arguments, Liebovich offers a discussion of the relationship between these...

Presidency of Teddy Roosevelt

National Monuments 1907 * Appoints the Inland Waterways Commission * Creates 4 more National Monuments: Cinder Cone; Lassen Peak...

Critically Analyzing the Presidency of John F. Kennedy

the Kennedy Presidency, its success and its failure. Domestic policy When Kennedy came to the Oval Office in January 1961,...

Texas Governorship and the American Presidency

appoints the Secretary of State, as well as members of boards and commissions who oversee the heads of state agencies and departme...

Social Psychology and Campaigning for the Presidency

In six pages this paper discusses how social psychology is applied to presidential campaign strategies. Five sources are cited in...

The Reagan Presidency

In a paper consisting of five pages Michael Schaller's text, Reckoning with Reagan is discussed and specifically considers the Ame...

Contemporary Presidency and Bob Woodward's Shadow

relative to the pardon. Ford had all legal precedents thoroughly researched and based his decision on the case of Burdick v. the U...

US Presidency and the Press

In five pages this paper examines the impact of the press on US Presidents since the 1930s as compared with its involvement with P...

Grover Cleveland's Presidency

In five pages this paper examines the two separate presidential terms served by Grover Cleveland. Six sources are cited in the bi...

JFK's Presidency and 'Camelot'

In a research paper consisting of six pages the ways in which the mythological connection between the legend of Camelot and John F...

Warren G. Harding's Scandalous Presidency

The Teapot Dome affair is one of the scandals discussed in this overview of the scandal ridden presidential administration of Warr...