His speech, given in 1858, stated that, a divided house cannot stand and visualized that America can not endure a “half-slave and half-free.” This clearly showed that he was a moderate and was therefore not up to task, in the views of the southerners, to be able to tackle the abolitionist they perceived as a threat. He countered this by stating he will uphold the doctrine of states right. Most southerners distrusted him.. His victory in the election led to the secession of eleven southern states from the union leading to the formation of the Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as its president. This was viewed by
President Obama: A good choice for this country? By: Rebecca Ramsey Both arguementive sides to the debate: whether Obama is a satisfactory president or not. Topic: President Obama is not the best choice for President. Opposing Topic President Obama is the perfect choice for President. Thesis Statement: President Barack Obama is not the best choice for President of the United States due to the fact he is pro war, he does not put the American people’s needs first, and he is a liar.
Essex wanted to be the most important minister in Elizabeth’s court and the only obstacles in his way were William Cecil and his son Robert. The rivalry between Essex and the Cecils dominated the Privy Council meetings and in result, Essex would start to lose his temper when he would not get his way. In 1598 Essex asked Elizabeth to appoint one of his supporters as Deputy of Ireland and she refused. Essex lost his temper with Elizabeth and declared that her ‘conditions are as crooked as her carcass’ before turning his back on her. Elizabeth in response punched him on the ear, which caused Essex to grasp his sword.
The Act simply forbade the President from removing officials appointed with the approval of the Senate from office without the approval of the Senate. However this did little to prevent Johnson from removing any other officials from office. He removed the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, setting off a political fire storm in that Mr. Stanton was an ally of the Radical Republicans. That removal resulted in America’s first impeachment. The
In these elections. The Republican Party led by Lincoln won, beating three other candidates. The southerners did not vote for him so his victory was seen as a northern affair. His speech, given in 1858, stated that, a divided house cannot stand and visualized that America can not endure a “half-slave and half-free.” This clearly showed that he was a moderate and was therefore not up to task, in the views of the southerners, to be able to tackle the abolitionist they perceived as a threat. He countered this by stating he will uphold the doctrine of states right.
All these bodies were chosen by the Napoleon-appointed senate. They were however chosen from a list of candidates elected by the voters. The fact that those elections were often stage-managed to ensure the choosing of candidates loyal to Napoleon enabled him to impose his dictatorship over France. Even the possession of that executive power was not enough to satisfy his boundless ambitions for personal power as he wasted
During its leadership, the PG had two leaders: Prince Lvov – whose status as a member of the nobility immediately undermined the reforming credential as did its members as they were broadly liberal Octoberists and Kadet, which again, diluted its reforming enthusiasm. The second leader being Alexander Kerensky. Although a popular SR, there was a general unease amongst the peasantry that he had ‘sold out’ by joining the liberals which he argued that he was just biding his time till the Constituent Assembly confirmed the SR’s as the largest party. In a time of widespread crisis, where Russia needed its government most, it was nowhere to be seen, no reforms passed. Nothing.
He also wanted to increase the British electorate by 30%. At this time, Pitt also had the undivided support of King George III and used this to his advantage, with the King dissolving parliament at just the right time in March 1784 so that Pitt would have the optimum chance of coming to power. “No one who had not been an eye-witness could conceive the ascendancy which Mr. Pitt then possessed over the House of Commons.” “Pitt does not make friends” these quotes, both by William Wilberforce illustrate the ruthlessness which Pitt often showed in the face of adversity and the mature attitude with which he approached important matters, these characteristics were to serve him well during his time as Prime Minister. With regards to trading, in 1784 Britain realised that there was great potential for a business opportunity but we needed to work with the East India company who held a monopoly on trade in the area at the time. However in 1784 the India Act was passed which took all the political power away from the East India company but they were still allowed to operate.
Another Major flaw was that “the country, whose president, Woodrow Wilson, had dreamt up the idea of the League - America -, refused to join it.” The league’s most powerful militaries Britain and France not only suffered casualties, but also economically as they were greatly in debt to the United States. Because of this neither country was enthusiastic to get involved in disputes that did not affect Western Europe. Therefore the League had no military might and could only enforce economic sanctions in hope that they worked against aggressive nations. All these flaws point to signs that the League of Nations was a failure. However, even though there were a few setbacks, the league was a success in many ways.
The Weimar Republics’ aim was to create the perfect democracy, but there were ultimately two flaws that destroyed the Republic: Proportional representation and Article 48. Proportional representation meant that, instead of voting for an MP like we did in Britain, they voted for a party, which turned out to be disastrous because there wasn’t a party strong enough t get the majority of votes, so therefore no laws could be passed. Article 48 meant that, in the case of an emergency, the president did not need the agreement of the Reichstag, but could issue decrees, the problem with this was that they didn’t state what an emergency was and, in the end, it turned out to be a way for Hitler to take power legally. The Weimar Republic faced violent uprisings from various groups, and also had disastrous economic problems. Germany between 1918-1919 was in chaos, people were starving, the Kaiser had fled, Bands of soldiers called ‘Freikorps’ refused to disband and formed private armies.