Category: American Politics

  • Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    Faulkenbury, Evan. ““An Uncommon Meeting of Minds”: The Council for United Civil Rights Leadership in the Black Freedom Struggle, 1963–1967.” The Journal of African American History vol. 104, no. 3, 2019, pp. 392-414. The article examines in detail the role of Martin Luther King in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights and 1965 Voting…

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan as the Most Outstanding American Presidents

    Table of Contents Introduction New Deal Attainment Reagan Ronald and 1980 Election Reagan Ronald’s Contribution Conclusion Introduction Not only American people but also the rest of the world recognized Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan as most outstanding American presidents. People derived such reputation based on positive services committed by Roosevelt and Reagan.FDR and Reagan…

  • President Obama’s Remarks on Trayvon Martin’ Killing

    Viewed by many black folks as a case of racial profiling and acts of civil rights, president Barack Obama had to move in to cool the rising tempers among African-American communities. In his address, the President reminded law enforcers of the historical injustices that the people of color had undergone. Therefore, the killing of Trayvon…

  • Clinton’s and Bush’s Foreign Policy and the 9/11

    In 1992, Benjamin R. Barber published an article named Jihad Vs. McWorld. For those living in the 1990s, it was just a reflection on events occurring in the world of that time but reading it nowadays one can find that his idea of two political futures is prophetic. In 1992, the author saw two possible…

  • George Washington: An Effective and Intelligent Leader

    The service and combat activity of military people requires a complex of certain qualities. They, forming the professional structure of their personality, are, at the same time, the basis of leadership in a team. The most important of them include high intelligence, determination, psychoanalysis and reflection, stress resistance, and emotional balance. This list also includes…

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Inaugural Speech

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction The speech is the inaugural address of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the people, and the former president, Herbert Clark Hoover. It was composed by Raymond Moley (“Teaching with documents: FDR’s first inaugural address,” 2016). The historical significance of Roosevelt’s figure is hard to underestimate. He became…

  • Progressivism in American Political Life

    Progressivism is the reform movement that prevailed in American political life in the early 20th century. Progressivist reforms have been about government regulation of monopolies, support for trade unions, government health programs, curbing political corruption, and protecting the environment (Shi & Tindall, 2015). During World War I, progressives took steps to Americanize the already arrived…

  • President Bush’s Judicial Nominations

    The presidential judicial nominations made by President Bush earned him a long-lasting legacy in American law history. The appointments were said to have far-reaching effects on individual rights over a long period of time, preferring conservatists. President George Bush’s judicial appointments during his tenure in office brought about mixed reactions from different parties. The democrats…

  • Bill Clinton’s Presidential Campaign

    Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States of America. He was born William Jefferson Blythe III in the year 1946. He joined politics in the early 1970s where he first vied for the post of Congress in Arkansas which is his place of birth1. He was defeated on his first attempt. Clinton…

  • President Obama’s Policies and Projects

    The President’s main objective is to lead the state and society to the progress and prosperity. However, political courses and programs can have many advantages and disadvantages in their realization. Thus, being re-elected, President Obama should make conclusions about the previous policies and change the approach to realizing definite ineffective projects while following the same…