Air Quality Under the Bush Administration President Bush faced many issues when he ran for the office of the President in the new millennium. One of continuing concern since his swearing in on January 20, 2001 is the air quality in the United States. While Bush presented an environmentally frie...

Looking back on the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson described it as being "as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form; not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people." Jef...

Looking back on the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson described it as being "as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form; not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people." Jef...

Looking back on the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson described it as being "as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form; not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people." Jef...

Blessed with their various gifts and talents, many Americans have influenced the future course or our nation's history. Among those who have done so, Thomas Nast has proved to be one of them by the use of his influences as a political cartoonist. Throughout the course of his career, he is thoug...

When a new life came from the independence of Britain, a new nation and a new government began to evolve. During the aftermath of the war, delegates met in Philadelphia and tried to establish a form of government, which created the Articles of Confederation in 1787. It was the first constitution of...

The different ways which people translate or view varies important documents; for example, the Constitution, can usually change the lives of many or even cause clashes between the states. Both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas has their own strong opinion when it comes to the issue of slaver...

Three planes commandeered by unknown, knife wielding hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and New York's landmark World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The twin disaster at the World Trade Center happened shortly before 9am (1300GMT) and then right around 9am. Heavy black smoke billowe...

Becky Wieser A.P. History 3/4/00 Nixon's Presidential Administration A president is someone who is the highest executive officer of a company or a club, the chief executive, or sometimes the formal head of the United States of America. That is was a president is. Nobody really knows wha...

A momentous chapter in American history is the story of the making and ratifying of the Constitution of the United States. The challenge before the Constitutional Convention was to draft a document that would harness political power in a responsible fashion. The direction of the young country&apo...

Strong Response The expansion of the American frontier played a large part in the history and making of the United States, but how big was that role? Historian Frederick Turner felt that the American frontier played the largest influence on our country's history. Turner also believes t...

Biography of Richard Nixon The 37th President of the United States was born on January 9, 1913 in a small farmhouse in Yorba Linda, California and raised in nearby Whittier. He attended Whittier College and Duke University School of Law and then joined a law firm in his hometown. He and Pa...

First actions like the Treaty of Wanghia with China and the Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan marked the turnaround of the nation's policy to stay away from other countries' affairs. George Washington's famous words "avoidance of entangling alliances" were forgotten. More than ...

War of Deception Newspapers are a major influence on the way people perceive the world. It is a source which connects readers to many different topics of interest. Newspapers have also become a competitive business. With a desire to increase circulation and obtain more advertising re...

The United States fleet in the Pacific was anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, while most American sailors were still asleep in their bunks, Japanese planes from aircraft carriers flew over Pearl Harbor bombing every ship in sight. The "surprise" attack ...

The Caldecott Winner For this assignment I had to choose a book for the Caldecott award for the year 2001. There were four books in the running that year; "Casey at the Bat" illustrated by Christopher Bing, "Olivia" illustrated by Ian Falconer, "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows...

THE EARLY COURT Since the American Constitution was the first written constitution in the world, it created an entire wealth of laws and interpretations for the newly formed government. From 1787 until the mid-nineteenth century, the Supreme Court had to create policies and procedures while it h...

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...

The effect the media played on the presidential election of Kennedy vs. Nixon of the 1960s With the invention of television, American politics would be forever changed. Politics and television have evolved to be so intertwined that they are now almost synonymous. With politics undoubtedly comes ...

Though the American War of Independence had simmered and officially ended by the turn of the eighteenth century, another revolution was rising within the United States. Immediately following the Treaty of Paris was an era of political upheaval in the states. Stability was in sight after th...

Government cover-ups are a common staple in today's movies. What is it about them that intrigue the American public? Is it their potential truth? The fact that the government actually does hide potentially dangerous information from the very people whom they are trying to keep safe? OR, is ...

The Reign of Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9th, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. He was born into a large and predominantly poor family who lived on the edge of poverty. Dick had four brothers in which he loved very much. Tragedy struck at an early age for Dick when younger b...

Who was Eleanor Roosevelt and how did she become one of the most memorable females in American history. She descended from a respected Victorian family and became well educated about the world around her. Because of her hardship through life she learned to love and respect all different types of pe...

February 24, 2001 Some great men strive their entire lives in order to have the privilege of being the president of The United States of America, while other men are unexpectedly thrust into the position, as was the story of our thirty-third president, Harry S. Truman. Truman was the son of a Miss...