Gerald Combs

The movie Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic-comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks as its leading actor depict changes in the American History. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted but kind-hearted, good natured and athletically prodigious man from Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States. The Frist scene that I noticed was the one where Forrest

There has always been a history behind everything that the U.S. government has done. So why would the presidential selection process be any different. When looking at this procedure, unlike the Electoral College, the nominating of the presidential candidates are not spelled out in the constitution. Seeing as the constitution was written in the late 1700’s there were no political parties to speak of. At the beginning of 1796 members of the U.S. Congress would meet informally to agree on their party’s

The 1984 Election As the sun rose on the beautiful American Heartland the soft tone of a narrator quietly said that is was, “morning again in America” (Morgado). The ad’s soft subtle music would go on to describe the growing prosperous nation. Lines like, “more men and women will go to work than ever before in our country’s history” and “inflation is at half it was 4 years ago” (Morgado) the ad spoke of a booming country. The ad “Morning in America” echoes the overall message Ronald Reagan’s campaign

QUESTION: Did the justice system fail in the case of Hillary Clinton, and allow her to continue to pursue the highest office in the land despite significant evidence pointing to her? After I watched the videos, I researched the people involved and the past cases that are similar to Hillary’s case. Atty. General Lynch held the position as United States Attorney for Eastern District of New York appointed by Former President Clinton in 2001, the same position in 2015 appointed by President Obama,

President Nixon’s Success And Failures President Richard Nixon came in power was the 37th president of the united stated elected in 1969. He is remembered as the first president to ever come out of office through resignation in 1974. He stepped down halfway in his second term in office or faces the threat of impeachment due to the efforts to cover up illegal activities that members of his administration had engaged in the Watergate scandal. He served as a former congressman and a two terms as vice

According to a lecture from POSC 458 - the Vietnam Wars, President Gerald R. Ford, perhaps not in any fault of his own, faced a fierce Congress who continued to reject funding the war in Vietnam. This is perhaps because of the Watergate scandal that essentially forced a president of the United States to resign the presidency for the first and thus far only time in the history of the United States. Perhaps, the United States Congress could no longer ignore the ever loud disapproval of the American

Richard Nixon’s six year stint in the White House is and was reviewed as a pivotal and influential time period in various aspects of American infrastructure. Nixon had come into office after the consistent twenty year dominance of presidential politics by a left-winged Democratic coalition. America coming out of conflicts across the globe was universally known as a global police force which was notorious for large-scale pre 21st century military conflict. When Nixon resigned, (The first United States

Nixon, because of the Watergate scandal (break-in of Democratic National Committee headquarters and the cover-up) and other issues, resigned in August of 1974. Vice President Gerald R. Ford became President. Ford Years (8/1974-1977) … President Gerald R. Ford was not exactly an expert in the area of economic issues. Unfortunately, his advisors did not seem to be much better. Urging people to wear WIN buttons (win inflation now) was not exactly a serious attempt to improve the economy. Stagflation

Annalee Ferguson Dr. Wolfe DC American History 30 March 2017 Gerald Ford Gerald Ford was a simple man born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 14, 1913 (Brinkley 1). Through trials and tribulations growing up, Ford, originally named Leslie Lynch King, Jr., became a stellar football player, friend, and student (Green). Though law was always in his wheelhouse, graduating in the top third of his class at Yale’s Law School, Ford never intended on being in a position higher than Speaker of the House, which he

Right after the fun relaxing 1960’s and excitement of the american dream it all came crashing down in the 1970’s. Political distrust and economic unrest took its toll on the citizens of the United States and so they found refuge in the arts. With the Nixon watergate scandal, withdrawal from vietnam, inflation, the oil crisis, and increasing ‘slum’ areas the american dream began to fall apart, many people awoke to the idea that the United States was not as great as it supposedly was. Many activist