...The moonlight shining through the Oval Office seems to land on a man with green hair, white skin, and what seemed to be a Secret Service uniform, with an orange shirt standing in front of the President of the United States. The smell of blood fills the room, coming from outside the room and the President’s whimpering is filling the room. The man has a gun in his hand and a wicked smile on his face. The Joker puts the gun against the President’s head and pulls the trigger but just a click comes out. “Russian Roulette is a funny game, Mr. President, isn’t it?” The Joker cackles, putting the gun against his own head and pulling the trigger again, with no bullet coming out. “Are you going to kill me?” the President asks. The Joker looks at him “Eventually.” “What are you waiting for?” the President hesitantly asks. “An old...
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...Background Former U.S. President Richard Nixon was born in the state of California in the year 1913. He attended Whittier College and Duke University and had great grades. He married Patricia Ryan in 1940.He had two daughters, Patricia and Julie. During WWII Nixon served as a navy lieutenant commander in the pacific. When he finished his navy service he was elected to congress as a California representative. In 1950 he got a seat in the senate. During the Eisenhower administration he served as vice president. Presidency He was nominated for president in1960 but lost to JFK (John Fitzgerald Kennedy) by a small margin. But Nixon was not a man to be deterred easily, one loss would not stop him, he ran again and won nomination for the Republican...
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...President Jackson is one of the most controversial presidents in US history. During his presidency he faced many struggles and controversies. Many agreed with his actions during those times, others were angered by them. He faced 4 important struggles which of them 3 are going to be talked about in this essay. The First big controversy he faced was the Spoils System. The Spoils System is a practice in which political parties, after winning the elections, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory. This affected the US government a lot because workers that wore very good at there job were removed from their jobs because political reasons. There was a quote by William Marcy that said, “To the victor belongs the spoils”, this is a good explanation of the spoils system. The another struggle he faced was the Indian Removal act. Most native americans had established the american people way of living, but a lot of americans wanted the native american’s land because they discovered there was gold there and they also wanted it to plant cotton foundations. So, President Jackson signed the act to remove all native americans from their lands. The Cherokee Nation took this to the Supreme Court to talk about this act...
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...It could be argued that the US President is becoming increasingly weaker rather than stronger, despite the writings of Arthur Schlesinger in his book ‘The Imperial Presidency. Gerald Ford remarked that the “Presidency was in peril” showing the fall of power for the US President. There are many limits on the powers of the President, however many could argue that these are not enough in preventing the president from being imperial from the other branches of government. One argument that the Presidency is imperilled is that no President has been able to exert the same amount of power that Franklin D Roosevelt did during the 1930s and 40s. Roosevelt remains the President to have increased the role of the executive branch of government with his New Deal policies which created organisations such as EXOP. He also broke the convention that a President only stood for two terms, becoming the only President to be elected for four terms. However, once his presidency was over, the powers of the President were soon limited to prevent the President from becoming too powerful. The 23rd amendment ensured that a President would serve no more than two terms. Thus all the Presidents following FDR have been unable to demonstrate as much power as he did. Even his successor, President Truman, could not do as much in office as FDR, despite having to deal with the fallout from the end of World War Two. In contrast however, some Presidents have been able to show a large amount of power overseas, rather...
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...not our war to fight and it would be foolish to waste American blood on something that is not going to benefit us at all, and others were just appalled by the actions of the people of the war and the crimes that they were committing to the people of Europe and they did not understand why this was happening. The biggest thing for the people of the United States was that most did not forget where they came from, and they were feeling for the people that were still in Europe and a lot of the people were still family and close friends that they knew were going through all of this. For most of the beginning of the war President Wilson was going through great lengths to make sure that the American people stayed apart from these conflicts and he urged that they do no worry about what is going one in Europe but rather let’s focus on the issues that we have in the United States and move forward from these tragedies. President Wilson at no time wanted us to be in this war and actually used this non-war campaign to get himself re-elected as the president that keeps us away from war. Eventually through Even President Wilson could not keep us out of Europe to the people of this great tragedy. Mostly our beginning into the war was us profiting off of the economies of the countries that were in war and selling those supplies from food to war tools. Even with this move President Wilson was able to make the American public view this as a humanitarian move because the Economies were so bad...
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...nation of Cuba gained independence from the US and Spain. The US still had power over their economy however. Guantanamo bay was leased to the US. The Cuban flag rising on May 20th 1906 – The people revolted after the president rigged the elections for reelection. The US had to step in to keep order. Charles Edward Magoon was appointed governor for three years. Tomás Estrada Palma First president of Cuba 1908 – Cuba is made independent again with José Miguel Gómez as president. The US continued to be involved the in Cuban gov’t. 1940 – A new constitution was introduced that reworked things like labor laws and health care. Fulgencio Batista was elected president. Cuba had many Communist Party members in the cabinet at...
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...democracy All of the sources provide differing interpretations for the reasons for America’s involvement in Vietnam. Sources A and D provide evidence that supports the interpretation that America’s involvement in Vietnam was to ‘defend democracy’ while sources B and C provide evidence that refute it. Source A shows a letter from the formidable source of President Dwight Eisenhower to Diem the President of South Vietnam at the time. The letter shows Eisenhower expresses his support and his concerns for the new South Vietnamese government. The letter mentions the US sending aid to Diem and emphasises their support for the relocation of Vietnamese people away from places ‘ruled by a communist ideology they hate’. Source A emits the idea the US began its involvement in Vietnam for quite noble causes such like the aiding the protection Vietnamese to rescue them from a communist regime they despise. The letter portrays the US supporting Diem out of the goodness of their hearts shown in the final sentence: ‘I am glad that the United States is able to assist this humanitarian effort’ as far as this letter is concerned it would appear that US just wants to help a struggling democracy with no apparent benefits towards them .Eisenhower was a firm believer in ‘Domino theory’ and thought it as vital to prevent Vietnam from becoming yet another Asian communist state and to halt the spread of communism further. There were far more reasons at play which led Eisenhower to begin involvement in Vietnam...
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...THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER MANCHESTER BUSSINESS SCHOOL | GLOBAL EVENTS AND LEADERSHIP | PART 1 US/Iran nuclear talks offer rejected The Iran supreme Leader has dismissed the proposal to have a one to one talk with the US over his country's nuclear program. Ayatollah Khamenei said in a speech posted online that the US was proposing talks while "Pointing a gun at Iran". “Iran’s president has said he is ready for directs talks with the US if the West stops pressuring his country. His comments directly contradict the words of the Supreme leader of Iran who rejected the US proposal of direct negotiations. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his statement at a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. “You pull away the gun from the face of the Iranian nation, I myself will enter the talks with you,” he said.”1 “ Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected any idea of bilateral talks with the United States on Thursday in a speech in which he scoffed at Iranian officials who might consider such negotiations.”2 Iran which has suffered sanctions from the international community has been arguing that her nuclear programs are for peaceful reasons mainly for research and electricity power generation.However,Iran's critics argue that the country is developing weapons of mass destruction(WMD) despite the country being a signatory to various treaties that are against such developments.These treaties includes the Biological Weapon Convention3,the Chemical...
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...In 1933, on the 4th of March, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd president of the United States. Roosevelt won the election against Herbert Hoover, the previous president, by a landslide. Because of Hoover’s failure to help the US during the Great Depression, the people disliked him. Though FDR was chosen due to process of elimination, he proved he could successfully lead the US. Roosevelt is known for serving the longest time as president, helping the US overcome the largest recession in history, connecting with the citizens of the US, and leading America close to the end of World War II. FDR left his precious country’s side and died during his fourth term as president. His death shocked the nation and he was unable to see his prized...
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...countries in the world, both United States and India are based on federalism in their political structure. US became a Federal Republic State by promulgating its constitution in the year1789; whereas India became a Socialist, Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic by formally launching its constitution only in the year 1950.Thereby both countries had attained dominion status in which a number of smaller states had got affiliated forming a union with a strong central government that came to be called as Federal Government in the US and Central Government in India. Thus both states became Federal Republics. While framing the Indian constitution, its drafting committee headed by Dr.Ambedkar, had borrowed many salient features from various constitutions in the world including US but adopted them in the Indian context. Hence, both U.S and India, despite being federal in structure have many similarities and differences between them. Similarities between US and India:- 1) Written constitution:- Both US and India have a written constitution based on which the federal political structure has been set up and both federal governments are functioning.Both constitutions have provisions for amending the constitution to meet the growing socio, political and economic needs and demands of their respective countries. 2) Bill of Rights and Fundamental Rights:- The US constitution has ensured the fundamental rights of its citizens like right to equality, freedom, right against ...
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...Sarah Anastasia Freddino English 280 Dr. Holmes December 4th, 2014 Short Paper Assignment Assignment 5: Presidential Speech President John F. Kennedy – “City Upon a Hill” Speech (January 9, 1961) I have welcomed this opportunity to address this historic body and through you the people of Massachusetts to whom I am so deeply indebted for a lifetime of friendship and trust. For fourteen years I have placed my confidence in the citizens of Massachusetts — and they have generously responded by placing their confidence in me. Now, on the Friday after next, I am to assume new and broader responsibilities. But I am not here to bid farewell to Massachusetts. For forty-three years — whether I was in London, Washington, the South Pacific, or elsewhere — this has been my home; and, God willing, wherever I serve this shall remain my home. It was here my grandparents were born — it is here I hope my grandchildren will be born. I speak neither from false provincial pride nor artful political flattery. For no man about to enter high office in this country can ever be unmindful of the contribution this state has made to our national greatness. Its leaders...
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...How far did US presidents hinder rather than help the development of African Civil rights in the period from 1865-12? It can be said that US presidents significantly hindered rather than helped the development of African Civil Rights in the period from 1965-1912 because the Presidents after Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant did not sustain the 14th Amendment which said that African Americans were equal citizens with equal rights and the 15th Amendment stated the right to vote was not to be denied on the account of race, colour or previous conditions of servitude and loopholes allowed the southern state governments not to enforce the amendments, in which the Amendments were flawed in the fact that the southern states where able to find these loopholes and to exploit these loop holes so that the African Americans did not receive their Civil rights. A major loophole was in the 15th amendment as it did not forbid states to introduce literacy, property and educational tests for would be voters and did not guarantee all men the right to vote and did not outlaw voting discrimination on the grounds of gender and property ownership so southern states devised complex rules and imposed additional voting requirements. Therefore this enabled the southern governments to introduce black codes which included grandfather clauses, poll tax and literacy tests which denied the African Americans of their civil rights such as blacks where banned from schools and not allowed to vote and had no...
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...Another layer to President Clinton’s concerns when it came to Cuba and Haiti was the immigration situations surrounding both countries. President Clinton felt and saw the potential for thousands of immigrants to make their way towards U.S. soil all at once if he and his administration did not act to deter this from happening. When looking at each country President Clinton had good reason to be cautious and somewhat fearful of a swell in immigration based off of his past experiences in office. Clinton, while concerned with the Cuban-American community, had greater concerns for a potential Mariel boat lift as the previous one is why he saw to be the main reason he was not reelected as the governor of Arkansas (Pastor). In 1980 the Mariel boatlift...
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...one of the most turbulent and debated relationships in world history. Throughout the ages, since its establishment in 1948, Israel has been confronted with eight different American presidents, and eight varying attitudes toward Israel as a state, how the US-Israeli relationship should be dealt with, and the question of Palestine and its people. In this piece, we will review the history of the US-Israeli relationship in six episodes of history, and how US foreign policy on Israel has shifted over the decades to what it is today, and we will then discuss the prospect for Israel, Israel-Palestine, and US-Israel relations in the coming presidential term. Professor Robert Lieber of Georgetown University, and expert on US-Israeli relations asserts that the relationship between the United States and Israel in the past six decades can be separated into two schools of thought: the “special relationship paradigm,” and “national interest orientation.” The United States chose to be the first to recognize the State of Israel because at the time in 1948, and until today, the US Government believed that it shares certain common values and political aims. Under the special relationship paradigm, which still serves today as the basis of US support of Israel, the Truman Administration felt that Israel, like the US, held a pioneering spirit, was composed of a heterogeneous social composition, and shared its democratic values. The national interest orientation emerged over time and included shared...
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...parliamentary democracy where there is a fusion of powers between branches of government 1. It is often argued that a parliamentary system of government based on a fusion of powers is a more effective form of government, particularly when legislating. Although this may be the case, the US political system has overcome issues faced by most parliamentary democracies such as elective dictatorships and poor scrutiny of the executive. This has been due to the structure of the US political system based on the separation of powers. In this essay I will assess the positive and the negative aspects of the US political system. I will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages the separation of powers has brought to the US system of government. I will first assess the positive aspects of the US political system. I will then discuss the negative aspects of the US political system, finally drawing a conclusion. The ‘separation of powers is a central structural feature of the United States constitution’ 2. The US political system was designed first and foremost to prevent tyranny, something the founding fathers still feared even after America had gained independence from British rule. When writing the US constitution, the founding fathers were worried about concentrating too much power in any one institution 3. The framers therefore dispersed constitutional authority between the three branches of government and the accumulation of power in the hands of a single institution was denied 4...
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