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Democracy and Education

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

Growth of America from the U.S. Contribution to the 1812 War

people as it respects the rights of individual states and the federal government. To that end, the rivalry between Thomas Jefferso...

Overview of the Process of Grouping Things, Places, and People

to the U.S. Constitution. Glorious Revolution: the period 1688-1689 in England, during which time James II was deposed and Willi...

Inaugural Addresses of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

judge not, that we be not judged" (Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (1865)). In this we sense a sort of equality and a ba...

8 Significant Anglo Americans Who Lived Between the Years 1607 and 1763

metaphor to rule on cases concerning separation of church and state (1998). Daniel Boone is a legend. Like Jefferson, he was bor...

Joseph Ellis's Founding Brothers

he was likely proud of his accomplishments in law, but by and large, his primary contribution include two elements: the presidency...

Writing Styles of Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson

man who understood the "power of language" and "fought through language to influence history" (Demetrios, 2002, p. 7). Thomas Pa...

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...

Comparative Analysis of Works by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine

will be examined and compared and contrasted. Paine insisted, in his "Common Sense" that "Securing freedom and property to all men...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

A Re-evaluation of the John Adams Presidency

The laws were not popular and while they had been reversed by Congress for the most part, or were simply not renewed, Adams was co...

American Political Thought: A Look at the Presidency of Ronald Reagan

did. He was so confident in his vision, that people automatically would trust in the things he said. In reviewing his stint as pr...

Evaluating the James K. Polk Presidency

did accomplish was staggering; much of it good, some of it questionable, but a considerable body of work. He came to the White Hou...

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...

The Meaning of The First Black Presidency

whether or not the statement is true. One can easily see that Obama had become president many years after the movement, and also t...

Foreign Policy in Central America During the Carter Presidency

issues dominate the low politics of economics and other issues" (p. 465). Adherents of this somewhat rigid mindset believe that ...

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...