Franklin Delano Roosevelt is among the most remembered U.S. Presidents. Serving as President for more than twelve years, he was the only President to be elected four times. Roosevelt led the United States through its worst depression and its worst war. He tried his best to stay optimistic with ou...

Jimmy Carter: A Vision for Peace James Earl Carter, the thirty-ninth elected President of the United States of America, will go down in history as the first, and possibly only, Western leader who brokered a peace deal between an Arab country and the Jewish State of Israel, to the satisfactio...

Ventures in Power: The White House and its Machinations South of United States Borders "I look forward to a great future for America--a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose." ...

Introduction When people make the statement that racism arises out of ignorance, their statement is not too far from the truth; but it is not the complete truth, and if any part of a statement is false, it renders the entire statement false. Therefore, the blanket statement of racism as ignorance i...

The world has known many great leaders, especially in the post-Civil War era. Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Harry Truman all rank with the most prominent leaders of all time. However, in my opinion President Franklin Roosevelt made the most difference out of anybody in this century...

• Carol Moseley Braun On Carol Moseley Braun's issues page on her web site she brings her commitment to women's issues to the forefront. As an Illinois State Legislature, she fought for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and vows to continue fighting for the social justice fo...

Watergate Scandal Introduction Watergate was the name of the biggest political scandal in United States history. It included various illegal activities constructed to help President Richard Nixon win reelection in the 1972 presidential elections. Watergate included burglary, wire tapping, violat...

" The Year of My Birth: 1979" So here I was, arriving into the world, at the end of the 70's, the wildest and craziest decade since the Roaring 20's. Hairstyles, clothing fashions, music and dance, and just about every other aspect of society was experiencing a liberating and expanding con...

In 1798, there was a young Republican publicist named Benjamin Franklin Bache, the editor of the Philadelphia Aurora, who was known as "Lightning Rod, Junior" because he was the grandson of Benjamin Franklin and was known for his shocking phraseology. Impetuous, harsh, narrow-minded and d...

Commander In Chief: The Hero of the Common People It had been a long time coming. Hopelessly divided by the issue of slavery, thirty-one million American citizens were in 1860 Called upon to elect the 16th President of the United States. The Democratic Party met At its National Party Conventio...

Identify and comment on what you see to be the strengths and/or weaknesses of the American system as far as the topics in this section are concerned. The constitutional system of the United States is a puzzling aspect of an American's life. Many do not understand. Some think they underst...

George bush v. Gore In a democratic system every citizen has a chance to participate in politics and make a difference, or do they? Not too long after the founding fathers established the Constitution of the United States the Supreme Court was established to be the ultimate court of justice. For lon...