accounts‚ which is quite a big change from the 90’s. (Mashable.com) On December 4‚ 2006 Governor Sarah Palin made history by becoming to first women to be elected as governor‚ she became the 11th governor of Alaska. (McCain & Palin‚ 2008) The 2008 republican candidate for president‚ John McCain has chosen Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the election this year. (McCain & Palin) Many mixed feeling exist about McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin. Some American’s are happy about the decision;
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Prompt: What were the long-term economic‚ social‚ and political effects of Reconstruction? The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts‚ segregation‚ and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were free but with no place to live in or to work at‚ they settled with their former ‘masters’. African Americans were technically free‚ but no one wanted to hire a colored
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Reconstruction: The Post War Era Lindsay Pone Professor Goldstein History 105 Strayer University 01/30/2013 Reconstruction: The Post Civil War Era Friday April 12‚ 1861‚ America embarked into war with its biggest adversary; America! The American Civil War broke out‚ and what was believed to be a quick battle by the North‚ turned out to be a long bloody four years and left the country devastated. President Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president of the United
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Do you know who you want for Presidential Candidates for 2016? Donald trump was born on June 14‚ 1946. He was born in Queens‚ New York. His age is 69. His full name is Donald John Trump. He’s a republican. His religion is protestant. Another name that people call him is The Donald. His occupation is a business leader and a reality television star. He has 5 children. There names are Donald jr‚ Ivank‚ Eric‚ Tiffany‚ and Barron. His parents names are Fred Trump and Mary Anne Macleod Trump.
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Justin Ellick 1/29/14 American Presidents on Film: Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809. He grew up in Kentucky‚ but later moved to Indiana with his family in 1817. At 9 years of age‚ Abraham’s mother‚ Nancy Hanks‚ died of tremetol at age 34. Devastated‚ Abraham developed issues with his father due to the amount of hard work placed on him at an early age. Shortly after his wife’s death‚ Thomas Lincoln‚ Abraham’s father‚ remarried to a woman named Sarah
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After reading the passage An Affluent Society‚ 1953-1960 (“What Freedom Means to Us”) in chapter 24‚ the most general analytic observation that I made was simply that the tone portrayed in the reading was cold and dry. I observed that it carried no real emotion‚ merely explaining what real life is in America. The problem is that this passage is Richard M. Nixon’s voice and perspective. Mind you that our 37th president served during 1969-1974 a time when the inequality of race‚ color‚ creed was still
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Alberto Nunez ID#: 2744829 George Washington ’s America 10/14/12 Tension City In this book‚ Tension City‚ Jim Lehrer is the interpreter for all the debates of the presidents‚ governors‚ and the nominees for the campaigns. I want to talk about the debate between George H.W. Bush and Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. Ferraro had reasons for not looking forward for the Vice President debate. Ferraro went to the Vice Presidential debate with her knowledge of world affairs. In fact‚ her talk about world
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Americans and Voting There is value in having and exercising the right to vote. Americans today have developed a mindset that their vote does not make a difference‚ and that voicing out their opinions is a waste of time. This is not the case‚ however‚ as the rights that Americans are neglecting are the same rights that our ancestors have fought for during the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment. The laws that affect the average individuals‚ the influences of various platformed parties‚ and the
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once. By going over the heads of the press in directly appealling to the American people‚ this speech saved Nixon’s political career‚ delivered a hard (and some would say low) blow back on his political opponents (especially Dwight Eisenhower‚ the Republican nominee for the presidency‚ whom Nixon was running with in 1952)‚ and seriously embarrassed his wife. Possible subtopics: • Richard Nixon’s early political career • Nixon’s relationship with Eisenhower • American political parties • Presidential
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1. The Red Scare‚ the fear of communism‚ spread quickly when the revolution in Russia happened. Vladimir L. Lenin took over conquering with the Red Army and created the Soviet Union. When communism took over the U.S.S.R‚ some Americans were frightened while others began to form Communist Parties within the U.S. As the Communist parties grew violent‚ in 1919‚ a plan was created in which bombs were mailed to government officials. One of the attacked‚ A. Mitchell Palmer‚ became a main advocate against
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