US History 939-943 Victory for Nixon • Vietnam proved a less crucial issue than expected. • Both candidates were committed to carrying on the war until the enemy settled for an honorable peace. • Nixon won one in 1968. • He won 301 of the electoral votes with a 43.4 % of the popular tally. • Nixon was the first president-elect since 1848 to not bring in one house of congress for his party in an initial election.
In “Plugged In, Tuned Out…” the author uses logos extensively in order to support the idea that young adults have decreased their amount of attention toward the news in comparison to past generations. The article use of logos is manly clear in the use of percentages and evidence provided by Nielsen/NetRating reports. The easiest way to draw audiences to a topic is providing shocking information to generate views. In this particular case the numbers presented are not shocking but reveal important trends that are taking place in current time. For example according to the paper in the 1950s 53 percent of Americans in their 20s read newspaper coverage of national politics, while today only about 30 percent watch any kind of news coverage and 24 percent don’t even care to watch at all.
The Senate must live in a state representing; they must be 30 years old to run. The senate contains 100 members, led by vice-president. Their powers; Senators have one vote each, the Senate chooses officers and a President pro tempore. They have sole power to try impeachments; referral of bills is easily challenged. The Rules Committee are weak, they have few limits on debate time or amendments, also has unlimited time of debates unless challenged by unanimous vote or invoking cloture.
John F. Kennedy was elected the youngest and first Roman Catholic President of the United States on November 8, 1960. After being elected JFK started composing his inaugural speech on a yellow legal notepad, seeking help from his friends and those around him (Our Documents). On January 20, 1961 President John F. Kennedy delivered his first and only inaugural speech. Kennedy’s inaugural speech was the fourth shortest, at a total of just 1,364 words and a total time of thirteen minutes and fifty-nine seconds (JFK). Just after serving as President of The United States for one thousand days, on November 22, 1963, President
Since World War II no other election has ever involved 65% or more registered voters. Elections for state and local elections are even lower. As we may all know the United States of America is a Democracy. In other words, the people will decide who will lead the country and what the country will do. Why do people still don’t vote and then later whine about who gets elected?
TCC-History 1493 Online-Final Exam Study Guide-Chapters 28-31 1. Causes of John F. Kennedy’s victory in 1960 JFK was basically born into politics, with a father who served as the ambassador to Great Britain. Kennedy's choice of Lyndon Johnson as his running mate carried most of the Southern vote. Also, a rise in unemployment favored the Democrats. The African American voters helped offset the 52 percent of white votes for Nixon.
The documentary ends with President Clinton in office for 1992, which caused the shift of balance of power in favor of the Democrats. However, the Republicans turned to a majority position in both houses of Congress in the Election of 1994. Ken Burns' "The Congress" is a wonderful history of an essential but underrated American institution. In only one hundred minutes, Burns captures the strengths and weaknesses of our legislative branch like few documentarians could. Congress, often accused of gridlock and pork barreling, actually exemplifies the American
There were only three channels to view on the television. These stations only had air time for eight to ten hours a day. The 1950’s created the term “The late late show”(Encarta) due to the fact that they would show movies or television shows from eleven at night until one in the morning. The characters shown in the 1950s television show called Leave It To Beaver all have white colored skin and portrayed as a happy, perfect family. As the decades progressed, the nuclear families turned into blended families, and the television shows started to have colored characters.
The first step in the amendment process is to propose said amendment to congress. Since the constitution was, more than eleven thousand amendments have been introduced in congress. (Sidlow & Henschen, 2012) So the fact that only seventeen have successfully made it through the amendment process assures one that it is in fact a rock solid system. There are two different ways to propose an amendment to the constitution. The first way is if two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate vote in favor of said amendment.
Nebraska is one of two states in the country that split its electoral votes. In 2008, Nebraska voted for both John McCain and Barack Obama. The one area that split that state's five electoral votes was the Second Congressional District, made up of the Omaha metro. (Omaha World-Herald) Nebraska state has five electoral votes since 1964, and will remain for the 2012 and the next two elections. Nebraska is traditionally a Republican-voting state, and as a result, voters in the state are leaning toward Republican, Mitt Romney.