92 Franklin D Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Adolf Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt: How They are Similar and Different
After World War One people in America and Germany were experiencing economy downfall and depression. They were in need of leaders to get them though it and lift their spirits and hopes of once again becoming great and powerful countries. There is no doubt that Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hi....
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 to Hermann and Pauline Einstein and within six weeks of his birth they moved. In1881, his sister was born and he became a big brother to her. A short time later the Einstein family went to Munich where Albert first attended elementary sc....
Amelia Earhart - Soaring into new innovations
Amelia Earhart once said, "You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky." The Roaring Twenties was a time known for its celebrations, innovations, fads and national events. It may have been a breaking point for the population, but women still had to carry their own whe....
americans in war
The United States has been a major power since its birth. There have been many wars that have involved the U.S., and some that have evolved around it. For every war there are reasons for entering, objectives to fulfill, and consequences to follow. The U.S.s active roles in the Spanish-American war....
Americas involvement in World War Two
When war broke out , there was no way the world could possibly know the severity of this guerre. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America’s Involvement in World War two not only contributed in the eventual downfall of the insane A....
Angels with Dirty Faces
At first glance, people may say that Angels with Dirty Faces seems just like any ordinary shoot-em-up gangster movies. However, once one delves deeper into the true plot and iconic meanings of the movie, they can see the true ideals that it was trying to portray. The late 1930's were a dark and di....
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King Jr.
I may get a lot of arguments from this statement, but I believe Martin Luther King to be one of the greatest men to have ever lived. However, most Americans do not truly know who he was. There is a federal holiday, postage stamps, and historical reference in textbooks, y....
Atomic Bomb
United States showed neither remorse nor compassion, and wants to achieve its objective of becoming a superpower. The United States had no right for dropping the atomic bomb or any good reasons to justify its cause. No words can explain what happen on August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945. A bom....
Behind Barbed Wire
The book Behind Barbed Wire describes what happened to Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 was a dark day for all American citizens, but especially for those of Japanese ancestry. The surprise bombing on Pearl Harbor marked the beginning of the worst time the Nisei, Japanese Amer....
Bill Clinton
During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the low....
Budget Deficit
Budget Deficit
Economics for Business I ECO/360
Budget Deficit
Introduction
The subject of my paper is budget deficit. To start, I would like to define the words budget and deficit. Next, I will describe how the government i....
Cherokee Nation
In the early 1700s, the Cherokee Indian's population estimated between 17,000 and 21,000. The Cherokee Indians were organized and functioned independently, before the Whiteman came.
"Cherokee territory prior to European contact included portions of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesse....
Civil Liberties
Civil Liberties
(And how they differ from civil rights)
If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands, they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them ....
Civil Rights and the US Supreme Court
Civil Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court
Think of civil rights in the USA and the campaigns of leaders like Martin Luther King, Booker T. Washington, A. Philip Randolph and Malcolm X spring to mind, together with the organizations they headed up, such as the NAACP (the National Association for th....
Clinton: Domestic Programs
PSCI 3040
March 31, 2006
Clinton: Domestic Programs
When Bill Clinton became president he believed he would bring America back to prosperity. He asked the American people t....
cold war
What does the expression Cold War mean? Who were the two sides in the war?
The struggle was widely called the Cold War in that it did not involve direct armed conflict between the main contestants (by contrast, a so-called "hot" war). The Cold War was instead fought by means of diplomatic maneuveri....
Comparison between the Great Depression and the current Recession
It may seem a far stretch to compare today's 'recession' (as the politicians are reluctantly calling our current economic status) and the Great Depression of the 1930's, which lasted an entire decade. However, by studying the roots and beginning stages of each problem, a surprising number of commo....
Cuban Missile Crisis was inevitable due to the buildup in post WW2 tensions. Is this correct?
Following the conclusion of World War Two, ties between the USSR and the Western Powers had steadily deteriorated. With their different ideals, and their yearning to contain the others system of governing, conflict between the two nations became inevitable. Initially, there were strong disagreemen....
Document review of FDR's Quarantine Speech
The document being reviewed is Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Quarantine Speech" in 1937.
In this speech, Franklin D. Roosevelt is trying to make American's understand that to keep the peace in our country, we have to be ready for war. We have to acknowledge that other countries are breaking their wor....
Dr. Jefferey MacDonald
Debated as one of the most misrepresented cases in American legal history, Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald still fights for innocence. Contrary to infallible evidence, prosecution intentionally withheld crucial information aiding MacDonalds alibi. Such ratification included proof of an outside attack that....
Dropping the 'A' Bomb
President Harry Truman had only been president for twelve days when he had to make the decision on whether or not dropping the bomb on the Japanese. Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, was the person who wrote the note and gave it to President Truman on April 24, 1945. They met the next day and Sti....
Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Ever since the dawn of time man has found new ways of killing each other. Themost destructive way of killing people known to man would have to be the atomic bomb. The reason why the atomic bomb is so destructive is that when it is detonated, it hasmore than one effect. The effects of the atomic bo....
eleanor roosevelt
Before Eleanor Roosevelt the role of the first lady was not a political Presidential role; it was merely a formal title of the Presidents wife. By being active in politics during and after her husbands Presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt paved the way for all future Presidential wives. Of course, she....
Election of 1912
Adam Shanks
Dr. Severance
History 2020
01 October 2007
Trust Buster. Vote for Taft
What is the Progressive mo Progressivism is a term that refers to a broad school of international social and political philosophies and was first widely used in the late 19th century (http://en.wiki....
Evolution of the Nation
Industrialization occurred after the Civil War when the cost of manufactured products far exceeded the value of farm products. The country shifted from an agrarian economy to one in which industry predominated. Other factors contributing to industrialization were improved transportation and communic....
Fahrenheit 451 and Cautions for Society
Much of what the future holds are consequences of the events that have already taken place. Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 is a story about a lifestyle in the future that has evolved from our present, but in a seemingly different world. There is no flow of ideas, and the main purpose in a perso....
Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt
I n t r o d u c t i o nThroughout the ages there have been many great leaders. These leaders are powerful in many ways, with a strong control over the people, and a place in history. But who would have guessed that two cousins would be some of the greatest government figures ever? Franklin Delano Ro....
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
Franklin D Roosevelt
On January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. James Roosevelt, Franklin's father, was a prosperous railroad official and landowner (Lawson 25). His predecessors, when they came from the Netherlands, were success Roosevelt learned from private ....
Franklin D. Roosevelt As President
Franklin D. Roosevelt had impacted the United States greatly during the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelts New Deal fought the Great Depression on a number of fronts. In the famous "First Hundred Days" of his presidency, FDR pushed through legislation that reformed the banking and....
Franklin D. Roosevelt's War on Poverty
Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith. He used this motto after winning the presidential race to help pull our country out of the depression that we were suffering from. Thi....
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In the early 1930s, the United States has yet to face a new era of happiness and difficulty. The United States was in great need for new hope and sensation, and only one great man could provide the nations desperate needs. As the new el....
Franklin Roosevelt: Man of the Year
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."When the nation wa....
Free Response Essay on The New Deal
The renowned historian David Kennedy claims that the, ¡°debate about the New Deal's historical significance, its ideological identity, and its political, social, and economic consequences has ground on for more than half a century.¡± After much debate, however, it is clear that The New Deal did ....
great depession
My book is called the Great Depression and it list some very important facts about it.
The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other
areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest
and most severe depression ever expe....
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic crisis beginning from 1929 until the late 1930s. The Great Depression affect many countries around the world such as, the United States, Germany, Great Britain, France, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Around the world, farmer and rural areas suffered as....
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover called it a "noble experiment." Organized crime found it to be the opportunity of a lifetime. Millions of Americans denounced it as an infringement of their rights. For nearly 14 years—from Jan. 29, 1920, until Dec. 5, 1933--the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic....
High Court & the Constitution
AIP107 Political Action, Freedom & Justice in Australia
Semester 1, 2006
Essay One
3. Has the High Court overstepped the boundaries of judicial power? Critically appraise using particular cases to illustrate your arguments.
Since its establishment in 1903, the High Court has played a vit....
History on the White House
The "elliptic salon", with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, formed the most elegant architectural feature of James Hoban's plans for the White House. The Blue Room has always been used as a reception room except for a brief period during the administration of Jo....
Hoover vs. FDR
Though Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt both had the ultimate goal of stabilizing the economy and pulling America out of the Great Depression the way each chose to act upon this goal was drastically different. Herbert Hoover believed strongly that the government should not directly or indire....
Important presidential elections
Some of the most important presidential elections 1812 The election of 1812 consisted of a battle between James Madison, and De Witt Clinton. Madison had represented both Democratic and Republican beliefs, while Clinton was a Federalist. James Madison was born in Port Con....
Insight to American Oil Dependency
Today Americans are so dependant on oil, that it has become an addiction; and it is so fixed in our daily comings and goings that we dont realize its omnipresent significance. Oil utilization makes where we live possible, how we live, and how we commune to work and pleasure. Oil is an essential co....
Japanese Internment Camps
December 7, 1941, became a turning point for all Japanese Americans whether they were citizens or not. Executive Order 9066 was issued on February 19, 1942, turning the United States against everything that was stated in their Constitution. It was a time of discrimination suffrage, loss, and crue....
JFKEssay
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, the second son of financier Joseph P. Kennedy, who served as ambassador to Great Britain during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940, winning note with the publication ....
Lees Significant Allusion of The Crash in To Kill a Mockingbird
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the tale of two siblings and the various interactions they share with other Maycomb residents. Throughout the novel, the children face various problems and develop multiple, but unorthodox, ways to solve them. Their ways, can be blamed on Atticus, their fat....
LIBERAL CONSTITUTIONALISM
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LIBERAL CONSTITUTIONALISM
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THE LIVING CONSTITUTION
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More that 200 years after it was written, the Constitution still rules the United States and c....
Lincoln vs John F Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy:
Two very different times, but two very similar men
The two most discussed assassinations out of the four within the position of the United States President are that of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. There are many similarities between the....
Lyndon B Johnson
Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson. His father, a struggling farmer and cattle speculator in the hill country of Texas, provided only an uncertain income for his family. Politically act....
Media and Politics
It is a reasonable expectation that the media will gather the facts and report the news fairly, accurately and responsibly. The American public relies on the media for a great deal of its information. “The role of the press in American politics has become a major source of discussion and con....
New Deal
During the 1930's, America witnessed a breakdown of the free enterprise system as the US fell into the worst depression in history. On October 24th, 1929 the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed when millions of shares at inflated prices were offered on sale. Over $50 billions were lost on what ....
Overproduction and the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
In the 1920s overproduction and lack of consumer demand caused the depression. More goods were being produced than a population could consume. As a result, factory owners didnt need their workers because their products were sitting on the shelves. In the middle of the Great Depression, Presid....
Paerl Harbor
Pearl Harbor: We didn't know, yet it was our fault In 1941, one of the largest American military defeats occurred. An entire naval fleet was destroyed, hundreds were killed, all
before nine A.M. on a Sunday morning. The US did not have any knowledge of this attack, mostly because of their own ignor....
Pearl Harbor
Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy, the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. This quote was made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt twenty-four hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Ha....
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
On December 7,1941 at 7:53 a.m. on Sunday morning, the world
had changed. The Japanese dropped a bomb at Pearl Harbor and
destroyed many ships, planes, buildings and also killing thousands of
people. They continued in the process of firing. ....
Pearl Harbor
Calbow 1
Awakening the Sleeping Giant
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant (Pierce 43). That is just what the Japanese did- awaken a sleeping giant. The United States had tried for a long time to stay out of World War II. Finally, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbo....
Petrodollar and currencies
Money, a medium for exchange of goods and services had existed for thousands of years. The earliest known use of money occurred in Mesopotamia around 2500 B.C. Money had shifted from shells and elephant tusks to metal coins, and to nowadays¡¯ paper money, but all those different kinds of money can....
Political Ideology in the Mid-Atlantic United States
Political ideology is what drives American politics today. The nation was founded on the difference in opinion, for a democracy calls for the voice of the people. People do not express a unanimous voice, and that allows for variety in beliefs. Political ideology is the difference in philosophies on ....
Pre-World War II Years in the United States
Albert Einstein once said "I don't know what weapons will be used in World War III, but in World War IV people will use sticks and stones." This rather interesting quote resembles the same mentality that many people had in the United States after the First World War, a mentality plagued wi....
President Roosevelt
When President Roosevelt took office he promised relief and recovery for the Depression that has plagued the people of the United States. By creating and implementing the New Deal his plant to defeat the Depression has taken effect and its many programs have become the start to healing a nation an....
prohibition
Prohibition, which was also known as The Noble Experiment, lasted in America from 1920 until 1933. There are quite a few results of this experiment: innocent people suffered; organized crime grew into an empire; the police, courts, and politicians became increasingly corrupt; disrespect for the law ....
prohibition
Prohibition, which was also known as The Noble Experiment, lasted in America from 1920 until 1933. There are quite a few results of this experiment: innocent people suffered; organized crime grew into an empire; the police, courts, and politicians became increasingly corrupt; disrespect for the law ....
roald dahl- charlie and the chocolate factory
Roald Dahl is easily the best-selling children's author living today, not just in Britain, but all over the world. His delightfully grotesque stories are devoured by millions of young readers every year and, in a recent bookshop survey, Dahl's accounted for eight of the ten best-selling titles.
H....
Roosevelt was bold
Roosevelt was bold. He told people what he was going to do. And he did it. But he was not bold enough. Do you agree or disagree with the interpretation? Explain your answer using the sources and your knowledge from your studies.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President in November 1932, t....
Roosevelt's New Deal
On July 2, 1932, at the Democratic National Convention, the crowd listened intently to the phrase, I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. The New Deal name was soon applied to the program of reform and recovery instituted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. During the early p....
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and IT Controls
Introduction
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the public company accounting reform and investor protection act signed into law on July 30, 2002 in response to a number of Fortune 500 companies� involvement in corporate and accounting scandals. These widely published corporate debacles....
Social Security
History of Social Security
Prior to the industrial revolution, people always had some sort of security, not in the form of governmental programs but rather a security through the family farm, the network of extended families and communities. However, the industrial revolution brought with it a fu....
The American Labor Movement, 1932-1945
Introduction
The history of the American labor movement is one of violence and bloodshed. It became clear that one of the only tools of protest of working men against their employers was that of the strike. During the onset of the Great Depression, the worker¡¦s strike became even more necessar....
The Atomic Bomb
"Then a tremendous flash of light cut across the sky . Mr. Tanimoto has a distinct recollection that it traveled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed like a sheet of sun. John Hersey, from Hiroshima, pp8 On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the United Sta....
The Evolution of a Nation
There were many internal changes that took place between and greatly affected
America between 1865 to 1945. In this paper we will review some of these changes and
how they directly affected America.
Jay Cooke's firm had been the government's chief financier of the Union military
effor....
The history and evolution of Tital VII
Title VII Paper
The History and Evolution of Title VII:
The history of legislation prior to 1964 was characterized by repeated failures for civil rights advocates. The first Fair Employment Practice (FEP) bill offered to Congress on March 13, 1941 was H.R. 3994, entitled A Bill to Prohibit Discr....
The Legacy of the Cold War
The Legacy of the Cold War
When World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945; a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, a war fought on ....
The most significant president of the the united states
The most interesting presidents of the USA in the twentieth century
Its not easy to be a president of the United States because the whole world look at you. The president has to be honest, loyal defender of his country. He also should be a good speaker. The president of the USA must have go....
The New Deal
Section 1: Thesis Statement
Roger Biles, the author of A New Deal for the American People, argued that despite the lack of change and minimal reforms, the New Deal stabilized the economy with a strong foundation averting another depression, and the reasons behind the New Deal not fully restori....
the new deal
The New Deal was a political and social plan that was the presidential campaign platform of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Although Roosevelt was very vague about what it was and actual measures to be taken while running for president, the New Deal was the shinning hope for many Americans who had lost t....
The New Deal
In the midst of the 1930s the United States underwent a social and economic catastrophe known as the Great Depression. The rich stayed rich, where the middle class and lower class citizens became instantly dirt poor as the stock market collapsed and the U.S. Dollar tumbled in value. One man set ou....
The Numerous Changes to America from Reconstruction to the New Deal
America following Reconstruction was completely different from America during FDR's New Deal. In 1876, the government was based on the ideas of Laissez-faire, which meant that government stayed out of the citizens' lives. White men who ran the country while there were no rights for women, blacks, ....
The War in Vietnam
The Vietnam War, the nation's longest, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two world wars were deadlier for Americans. During the decade of direct U.S. military participation in Vietnam beginning in 1964, the U.S Treasury spent over $140 billion on the war, enough mo....
U.S. Budget Deficit - Good or Bad?
Spending financed not by current tax receipts, but by
borrowing or drawing upon past tax reserves. , Is it a good idea? Why
does the U.S. run a deficit? Since 1980 the deficit has grown
enormously. Some say its a bad thing, and predict impending doom,
others say it is a safe and ....
U.S. Budget Deficit - Good or Bad?
U.S. Budget Deficit - Good or Bad?
"Spending financed not by current tax receipts, but by
borrowing or drawing upon past tax reserves." , Is it a good idea?
Why does the U.S. run a deficit? Since 1980 the deficit has grown
enormously. Some say its a bad thing, and pre....
Ukrainian Famine
For the peoples of what is now known as Eastern Europe, the Communist Revolution of 1917, was one of the most important and devastating events that has ever taken place. And for the people of the Ukraine from the years 1932-1933 the word Holodomor would carry with it only the memories of deat....
Unemployment and social criticism in The Grapes of Wrath
Naturalism is a literary style combining a deterministic view of human nature and a non-idealistic, detail observation of events. It is a theory in literature emphasizing the role of heredity and environment upon human life and character development. It differs from realism because it adds an u....
United Nations
The Overall purpose of this paper is to provide insight on the United Nations tradition and performance and their search for a new role. The United Nations is an international organization that consists of 191 member states. The United Nations is not a world government and it does not make laws.....
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues.
Origin of UN:
The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Frank....
United States Presidents
It is extremely interesting what all the Presidents of the United States have done for our country. It has been a real accomplishment to take the United States to the highest point ever. Even though there has always been obstacles on the way, elected Presidents have always know what to do to main....
Vatican And The Holocaust
The Holocaust is considered today to be one of the most widely discussed topics in both international history and American history. The hows and whys of this atrocity still continue to be dissected by historians, and new books surface discussing and hypothesizing old topics. One of the continu....
Welfare
Welfare, it is on just about everyones' mind, whether it is Medicare or the A.F.D.C. Some believe there is too much and others think there is too little. As the years go by, the need for welfare reform increases. President Clinton had pledged in his 1992 campaign to "end welfare as we know it". ....
Welfare
Welfare, it is on just about everyones' mind, whether it is Medicare or the A.F.D.C. Some believe there is too much and others think there is too little. As the years go by, the need for welfare reform increases. President Clinton had pledged in his 1992 campaign to "end welfare as we know it". ....
Winston Churchill
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, his family's ancestral seat in Oxfordshire, on November 30, 1874. He was the older son of Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, a British statesman who rose to be chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Com....
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, (1874-1965), British leader. English on his father's side, American on his mother's, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill embodied and expressed the double vitality and the national qualities of both peoples. His names testify to the richness of his hist....
World War II
Japanese Americans were under suspicion because of acts of sabotage and conspiracy to commit a crime. Japanese Americans served in the military, became spies, bought war bonds, etc. Japanese Americans were seen as inferior because of their small number and the kind of labor that they p....
Wrong Accusation
Wrong Accusation
Most people in the world are familiar with World War II, but most of them do not know the reason why the US became a part of it. On December 7, 1941, Japan suddenly attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This day was a very disruptive for the Japanese people because they became the enemi....
WW2 Pearl Harbor
On Dec 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor island of Oahu in Hawaii which was attacked by Japanese Navy forces at about 7:55am in the morning. Over 33% of Hawaiis population was of Filipino, Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Korean, and white were killed. When the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor many land, property, boats, a....
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