Today the office of the United States President is considered the most powerful elected position in the world. Unfortunately it was not always so powerful. In 1789 the United State was a nation of only four million people. It had a new and untried government and also it had an agricultural econom...

Within the last decade, the Office of the President of the United States Federal Government, part of the triad of the Executive, Legislative (US Congress) and Judicial (the Supreme Court) branches, has come under fire, due to the views of some Americans who consider the Executive branch to be far le...

Joe Bertholf Brazil was discovered in 1500 by a Portuguese navigator named Pedro Alvares Cabral. The territory was named after the dye wood trees found there. In 1822 Brazil declared its independence from Portugal. In 1890 the Emperor was overthrown and the First Republic was established. In 19...

George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924 the second of five children of Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. His mother Dorothy was the daughter of a wealthy investor, and his father Prescott was an investment banker and US Senator from Connecticut. As...

The President of the United States- this title has come to earn so much honor, as it is considered "the most powerful elected official in the world" (World Book). Some of America's most distinguished men were once presidents, and we recall such great names as George Washington, Ab...

John Quincy Adams, born in Braintree Massachusetts in 1767, was the son of America's second president, John Adams. John Q. Adams' Political career was admirable. In many respects, he paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his father. Many historians considered him, a...

The following is an analysis of a speech given by the President of the United States, President George W. Bush on October 7, 2002. The speech was entitled "President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat "and was presented at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Cincinnati Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio...

The founding fathers framed the United States Constitution to protect the weak from the strong, and to guarantee fairness, liberty, and equality to all. In doing so they would avoid a centralized, tyrannical authority that could infringe on individual human rights. It formed three branches of gover...

President Bush states that "the (Kyoto accord) will harm the US economy." The entire European Union has chosen to continue to back to the accord. What is the reasoning for President Bush to withdraw? First, the United States is facing an economic decline and an energy shortage. Most of all, he doe...

What are the qualities of presidential leadership? What makes a president a great leader? The presidents were great leaders because they knew how to guide and to inspire the American People. The great presidents had leadership qualities such as possessing persistence like Lincoln, having resilience ...

The 42nd President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, is considered the most investigated president in U.S. history. The first scandal, commonly known as "Travelgate," involved the White House travel office and the firing of seven employees who were replaced by Clinton's Arkansas f...

The Perfect President If I had to make "the perfect president", it would have to be a mix of the greatest presidents the United States has had. Mainly, Abraham Lincoln for his courage during the Civil War, George Washington for his audacity to fight with his fellow citizens in the Revo...

After Alexander's death, Lysimachus, one of Alexander's more powerful generals, took over part of the Macedonian Empire. The coin with the head of Alexander on the obverse was commissioned by Lysimachus Tetradrachm during his lifetime and thereafter. The obverse shows the head of Alexander depict...

The process by which the United States follows according to the election of the commander in chief – the president, is systematically implemented according to an official infrastructure of dynamics that are dictated by an array of sub-systems that are essentially of the people and by the peop...

The Qualities That Make a Good President Presidential election years generate a massive responsibility for the American voters. The public is charged with choosing the person who will serve as the next president. In order to decide who the best person for the job is, an evaluation must be perf...

The United States had many reasons to abandon its neutrality, and choose to go into the war on the side of the allies. It would be hard for a country to remain neutral and help out other countries; for example, France wanted America to help out their government by giving them a loan. Then, if Fran...

If I Were President If I were president as a teenager of course, my changes would benefit my age group. Shorter school days and air conditioning in all the schools should be mandatory. Lower the drinking age to 18 because if you can die for your country and choose your count...

The article that I found deals with one of the country's that President Bush has deemed the "axis of evil". North Korea is one of a few counties that pose a genuine threat, not only to the United States but to the rest of the world as well. North Korea has finally admitted to an active nuke progr...

United States foreign policy from 1890-1914 was principally guided by economic motives. This is seen in such actions as the annexation of Hawaii, freeing Cuba from Spanish rule, and the Open Door Policy in China. These three actions, while coming across as military or religious, all began from eco...

The State of the Union is a speech delivered by the president directed towards Congress and the citizens of the United States. In this speech, the president addresses the problems that our nation faces today; both domestic and foreign. President George W. Bush opened his speech with the issue of Ame...

OUR NEW PRESIDENT The election is to close to call who would be our new president. The presidential election was one of the wildest and closest in U.S. history. On November 7, all of America was expecting a new president. It turns out that Florida had to do another recount because there had s...

On November 2, 2004, voters will be casting their ballots for a presidential candidate. The highly possible candidate for president this year is Senator John F. Kerry. His support has rapidly grown throughout the United States since he won the Iowa caucuses January 19. Mr. Kerry began by seeking his...

America as a whole has definitely come face to face with some pretty drastic changes since President Bush took office on January 20, 2001. The question is however, what is in store for the future of America, and how much change can American's cope with at one time? Obviously some American's can'...

During Woodrow Wilson's two terms in office he showed to be a great democratic leader in many areas. He managed to accomplish a lot. Wilson always looked for changes and improvements. As president he was never afraid to show a bit of a radical side when it came to making changes. He was constantly...

I am the President of the United States, the figurehead of the American people, all decisions go through me, I answer to none other than God, except maybe the senate, the house, and the American people. I am the leader of the greatest country known to man, that has, over a two centuries, cast off...