Essays Tagged: "first president"
Jomo Kenyatta (his life)
due to what these Three have done what whould be of there nations or regions.Jomo Kenyatta was the first president of Kenya. He was devoted nationalist who was a staunch protector of Western politica ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Was George Washington a good general?
n February 22, 1732 in the British Commonwealth of Virginia, Mary Ball Washington gave birth to her first son. Little did she know that her son, George, would later become one of the greatest military ... son, George, would later become one of the greatest military leaders of all time, and her countries first president (Virginia.edu).Washington was one of ten children (six by Mary Ball and four by Geor ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Grover Cleveland
urth President of the United States, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18, 1837. He was the first Democratic President who served two terms that did not directly follow each other. He also was ... se of his reputation for honesty.Grover Cleveland got married in 1886 to Frances Folsom. He was the first President to get married in the White House. Reporters pried into every detail of Grover Cleve ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians
Teddy Rosevelt Conservative or not?
is term a governor, Roosevelt approved several bills supporting labor and social reform. He was the first president to interfere in a labor-management dispute. He threatened to take control of the min ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Andrew Jackson and his road to Presidency
the admiration of some and the hatred of others, as no other President had before. He was also the first President to be the target of an assassin, a madman- Richard Lawrence who thought he was heir ... his mother fatally stricken by cholera.Left alone Jackson managed to finish school, although in the first years he gained a reputation for wilderness and hooliganism. At the age of 17 he started to wo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
The Life of George Washington
independence, but he also adjourned the committee that wrote the constitution and later became the first president and forefather of the country.The Washington family was first represented in the new ... Virginia 1657.--1 The prime land was located right along the Potomac river and when John Washington first saw this land he saw the potential for resource and with a partner obtained a second grant of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Jane Addams and her impact on society
rty, which later became the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was the WILPF's first president. Because of her work as the president of this organization, she was awarded the Nobe ... it. In 1881, her father suddenly became ill and died. She enrolled in medical school, but after the first semester, she became ill again and was put in the hospital for an extended period of time. Her ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
The Press and Media's effect on Early American Presidential Elections
can aid or ruin an election. Journalists and the newspapers often print things toohastily, without first investigating the truth or at least both sides of a story. Candidatesabuse the media, using mo ... n our century. The press and media's views affected theearly presidencies too. Let's start with the first president elected by vote, John Adams.John Adams took the office of president in the year 1797 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Biography of George Washington
er. George Washington took many remarkable actions to help the United States become a great country.First of all, Washington took some good domestic actions. He issued a national bank, which turned ou ... Whiskey Rebellion began, Washington quickly took action and put them down with the army. Being the first president, he took some nifty domestic actions.Secondly, Washington took many great foreign ac ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians
The best and worst American Presidents
law, after which he went to Princeton and graduated with a Ph.D in political science, becoming the first president to obtain a Ph.D. Wilson was married twice and he had three children with his first ... Axson, who died in 1914. I chose Woodrow Wilson as the best President for a few reason: During his first term he kept America out of the war, in his second term he could no longer ignore the threat G ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
George Washington's Influence. He was one of the most influential revolutionary leaders of his time and earned the tile "Father of His Country".
George Washington was the First President of the Unitd States (1789-1797)and commander in chief of the Continental army (1775- ... n of the United States. After a new government was organized, Washington was unanimously chosen the first President and took office in 1783. Washington's role as president was important in winning the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians
The Democratic-Republicans.
people vote for the side they believe in.Many people support political parties and many do not. Our first President of the U.S. George Washington said to beware of "Faction" in his Farewell Address. S ... n women. With George Wythe teaching Tom the ways of the law he continued to practice and within his first year he had handled a total of sixty-seven cases. By 1796 Jefferson joined the Virginia Legisl ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Napoleon's gain to power; how he sustained it and the effects.
e respective Reign of Terror, France was left in disarray, or moreover the irresponsible action the first president had spoken against was ever-present. But, as the mythical phoenix rose up from its ... d the Concordat of 1801, allowing French Catholics the right to practice their religion freely. At first glance such legislation would place increased religious expression within a country, but this ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Gentlemen of The Jungle.
ry: "The Getnlemen of The Jungle." As a Pan-African and great political leader, Kenyatta became the first president of independent Kenya back in 1963. His wise story, pulsate with humor, for all the s ... is wise story, pulsate with humor, for all the so called Gentlemen were animals, reminded me, at my first read, of the Africa my grandparents encountered. I had to apply various thinking techniques to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
An explanation of the major problems the United States faced in 1789, how they were overcome by 1800, and at what cost.
In 1789 our first President, George Washington, faced many problems. It seemed as though the Westerners might ab ... e frontier, and the national debt.In 1789 the United States had to deal with many serious problems. First, the French and British placed export restrictions which caused problems for many farmers, sai ... tates had promised to reimburse several million dollars.The problems were overcome in several ways; first Washington successfully defended the territory, provided integrity, restored peace to the fron ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The first five presidents of the united states.
Jamie MilliserJanuary 30, 2002"The first five presidents of the united states"The first five presidents of the united states Washington ... has with stood " the hands of time. " Our government has endured and has came a long way from those first thirteen colonies we have and are making changes because our forefathers made it that way thes ... the freedom that was fought for and won.Our country has many traditions and they all start with our first president. George Washington, a war hero that started our fist tradition, of the presidency. H ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
This is a speech outline done for a speech class about the biography of our first president, George Washington.
now about George Washington? But how many of you really know about him, besides the fact he was our first president.II.Who is George Washington, and what has he done for us?III.His way of living, and ... henandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax.B.Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.1.The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edw ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Presidential assassinations from Linclon to Kennedy. The details and the controversy.
Since the United States has elected its first president in 1789, four presidents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, ... survived eight days then died of a gangrene infection. While McKinley was president the nation was first recognized as a world power. He also approved the annexation of Hawaii, and after winning the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
To what extent has the French political system become less 'Presidential' in character since 1986?
ident has been directly elected giving him the mandate of the people. Charles de Gaulle founder and first President of the fifth Republic believed that this made the President accountable only to the ... would also have a different political thought. Elections in France had normally been done through a first past the post system. This was introduced by General de Gaulle as an antidote to the instabili ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
The History of the National Society of Black Engineers
d assigned the only black faculty member on staff, Arthur J. Bond, as advisor.Barnett served as the first president of the BSE. The fledging group gained momentum in 1974, with the direction and encou ... onded. Many had similar Black student organizations with similar objectives. A date was set for the first national meeting and 48 students representing 32 schools attended the event, held April 10-12, ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism