Foreign policy is important because it has a lot to do with the trade, technology, and communications of the United States. Also by nations working together global problems can be fixed easier. Equal rights are important to the U.S because it shows that everyone has the same rights including: black people, white people, Asian, men and woman, ect. A bad president would make the economy go down, not believe in equal rights and have a bad foreign policy. The best president in U.S history I believe is Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore Roosevelt stepped up and warned businesses to “act properly.” Those business elites that cooperated with the government elites were considered good trusts. Vice versa, those who didn’t were considered bad and thus busted. Business elites still won the war due to the fact that the government could only go so far until it starts to hurt the economy. Whatever happens to the big guys would have direct impacts on the little
The main purpose of Jane Addams If Men Were Seeking the Franchise is to make us think about what would happen if women were running things instead of men. She is great about pointing out how things are in a male dominant culture and how we would be better off with women, with different values than men, in charge. She was able to show good reasoning based on evidence which was in contrast to arguments men were making at the time to not allow women to have power. She starts by pointing out “that the object of the State is to nurture and protect life” yet the men running things were far more into spending money on big guns (toys) that are a waste of money. She felt that money would be better spent on education that would further our nation.
Carter gave too much independence and paid for it, whilst Reagan put Jim Baker in a spot where Baker could not succeed if Reagan did not succeed either. Not only in politics had this idea been utilized. If you want to hire the most talented people for your business, look at those trying to beat you. Hiring those show nerve and gain you reputation for being open and willing whilst showing their weakness to submitting to you. This not only gains a new tool to use but also gains you more strings pull and ways to do so.
Our government, the one we Americans put our trust in to protect our families and friends and to guide us to be the greatest nation we can be has been ripped from its foundation. It is no longer of the people, by the people, and for the people, it is closer to shove the people, deny the people, and war the people. War is an extremely lucrative and profitable venture for our government, and I have heard it argued successfully that it is the most profitable of all the government’s endeavors. President Eisenhower even said in his farewell address to the nation that “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” We put our faith and trust into our leaders to do the right thing, to act fairly and sensibly in its relations with other nations, and we expect them to treat those citizens and ours alike with the same fairness and sensibility.
Manipulation of media is of course one of the main factors. Nowadays, we know all too well how easily it is for media corporations to support one political agenda or another by twisting facts and feeding false information. Consumerism, supported and viralized by media, also carries a message which tends to separate those who consume a certain kind of product from those who do not, stating that the former are happier than the latter. This exercises certain social pressure among consumerist individuals who may somehow see their social status affected and thus feel left out. As a result, the key for the survival of individuality lies in how conformist the people are ready and willing to become.
Everyone is a part of 'one body', the Inspector sees society as more important than individual interests. The views he is propounding are again like those of Priestley who wanted his socialist views put across to the audience. He adds a warning about what could happen op if, like some members of the family, we ignore our responsibility: 'and I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson,when the will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.' Probably he is thinking partly about the world war which they had just lived through, the result of the governments blindly pursuing 'national interest' at all cost. No doubt he was thinking too about the Russian revolution in which poor workers and peasants took over the state and exacted a bloody revenge against the aristocrats who had treated them so
"Roosevelt again and again exploited the masterful device of radio "fireside chats" to report directly to an anxious national audience, and his calm assurance did much to restore American's confidence in theses and in their government". The New Deal, being such a complex plan, had many critics. A conservative and largely hostile Supreme Court encountered him with his most formidable opposition. The Supreme court interpreted the Constitution in such a manner as to invalidate vital portions of the New Deal's liberal legislative program. Roosevelt did what he could to replace the Supreme Court members because he wanted his plan to pass, for the benefit of the nation.
America intervenes in many wars that it should not have. America has a past of fighting for freedom and wanting to prove itself to powerful European countries. Ever since gaining their independence in 1776, Americans have felt the need to prove themselves in the world stage and feel important to the rest of the world. Americans are power hungry, and want to help others just for the selfish need of wanting to appear like good samaritans. They donate to other countries and the needy in hopes of getting recognized and applauded for good deeds, never simply just for the good feeling of helping another human
The unemployment rate was drastically high, showing the economy was horrible. People needed jobs and Reagan promised he would work at his best to bring the unemployment rate down. This was also a time when America feared terrorists and communism. Reagan wanted to protect and insure the safety of the citizens so he went out publically and stated, “America has made a decision about these terrorists: Instead of waiting for them to strike again in our midst, we will take this fight to the enemy.” (MSNBC-2004) Reagan knew that something had to be done when he saw the fear in the American people.