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Politics and the Influence of Radio During the Years 1920 to 1940

the airwaves these days. But for the times (and in examining the history), the radio rhetoric of the 1920s and 1930s was quite str...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

Wartime US Presidents

authority in this area. While they are technically supposed to get Congressional approval to declare war, the facts show that over...

Progressive Movement and Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

open society where mankind was neither chained to the past nor condemned to a deterministic future" (Woo, 1995, p. 01B). Perhaps ...

Peacemaker Teddy Roosevelt

time, the United States and Russia were allies and a problem with Japan would disrupt American plans for trade with Asia. Therefor...

Capitalism and How It was Saved by FDR

as many of his critics argued (Schlesinger, 1998). Before Roosevelt took office, the country had suffered a depression about eve...

Economics and Lasting Influences of U.S. Presidents

the second of what would become fairly regular Fireside Chats, FDR (1933) went directly to the American people via radio to outlin...

Future Defined by the Progressive Policies of U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

transplanted immigrants as culturally or racially inferior merely because they were not of American heritage (Berkin PG). O...

Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt and its Contemporary Relevance

he ran for mayor of New York City but lost (2001). Roosevelt would go on in politics and eventually land himself the job as the Vi...

Military Generals and Leadership Characteristics

the glad tidings That his troops go starving on! (Manchester, 1978, 237-238) President Truman "privately called the General a...

Stephen Ponder's Managing the Press

persuade the public in many ways. But, this could only be done through a certain amount of control over the media, something that ...

Progressivism and Liberalism

fact that the need exists for an even more determinant of limitations when it comes to the intersection of society and the individ...

20th Century United States and Social Welfare

those who want to help the poor, such as in the 1930s. There was relatively little opposition to Roosevelts New Deal because times...

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...

FDR and Pearl Harbor

The writer examines the claim that President Roosevelt knew the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor, and in fact had maneuv...

The Great Depression and the Policies of Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt

consumer buying power (Barber, 1997). Businesses were growing at a much faster rate than wages. In hopes of supplementing their ...

New Deal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

In twelve pages this radical set of U.S. policy reforms titled 'the New Deal' by President Franklin Roosevelt is examined in terms...

FDR and Pearl Harbor Knowledge

Roosevelt actually knew of the plans and did not take action to prepare the military for the Japanese attack, then this would have...

American Presidents Who Were the Most Influential

In five pages this paper explains why Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan were the most influential of the twen...

Nuclear Power and Views of Albert Einstein

In five pages nuclear power as regarded by Albert Einstein is examined within the context of contemporary thought with an analysis...

Natural Disaster Reclamation of Hawaii

In six pages this paper examines a fictitious scenario involving the natural disaster destruction of the Hawaiian Islands' manmade...

Leadership Effectiveness of Theodore Roosevelt Assessed

own time which has made it difficult for historians to analyze his presidency (Walsh 45). Roosevelt changed the way the President ...

American Presidential Scandals

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

Programs of Public Assistance and Social Insurance

In two pages the origins of public assistance and social insurance programs are examined with the New Deal of President Franklin D...

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

In sixteen pages JFK's life and actual accomplishments are separated from the myth with comparisons drawn with other Presidents be...

U.S. Ethnic Family Profiling

In nine pages profiles of Amish, Mexican American, and Italian American family structures as featured in 3 chapters from the text ...

Philosophies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal Policies

In two pages this paper examines how the relief, recovery, and reform components of New Deal policies reflect the philosophies of ...

Progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

In 8 pages this paper argues that in terms of race relations, foreign and military policies, Woodrow Wilson was not as progressive...

FDR's New Deal and 1935's National Labor Relations Act

In ten pages this paper presents an historical overview of the New Deal legislation enacted by the administration of President Fra...

1904 Corollary of Theodore Roosevelt

In nine pages this paper examines the corollary Theodore Roosevelt designed in 1904 and its impact upon American foreign policy. ...