Warren G. Harding

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” said Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his First Inaugural Address. This quote continues to inspire many to this day. As a president, FDR helped America remain positive and hopeful in a broken down economy and during the times of World War ll. Although World War ii affected the lives of many U.S. citizens, Franklin D. Roosevelt beneficially impacted the war. He influenced the war and brought America through a period of treacherous international

“And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your county” (MacSiccar, 1995, p. 46). People don’t realize that phrase was borrowed by JFK from one of America’s least memorable presidents, Warren G. Harding. The reason that quote is now remembered in today 's time is because of John F. Kennedy, one of the most iconic presidents ever, in his presidency and his life, achieved many accomplishments. Early Life Throughout high school history classes,

Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States (1913-21), secured a legislative program of progressive domestic reform, guided his country during WORLD WAR I, and sought a peace settlement based on high moral principles, to be guaranteed by the LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Early Life and Career Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. He was profoundly influenced by a devoutly religious household headed by his father, Joseph Ruggles Wilson,

Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt, popularly known as FDR, was born on January 30, 1882 at the family estate in Hyde Park, New York. His father, James, graduated from Harvard Law School, married, had a son, and took over his family?s rights in coal and transportation. Despite the fact that he lost a good deal of money in financial gambles, he remained wealthy enough to travel by private railroad car, to live comfortably on his Hudson River estate at Hyde Park

In August 1921, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's world was shattered. While at his retreat at Campobello, he was hit with a case of polio that left him paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life ("Franklin Roosevelt"). He was hit with what one would call a major setback, but which he turned into a minor setback before an astonishing presidency. Such an event did not make him a lesser man, it made him a better man and a stronger president. Roosevelt took on the task of being the President

Since the beginning of time people have been expressing the word leadership. You will find Leadership in many places/people including sports teams, business, Presidents, and Preachers. Leadership can describe one person or it can describe a whole organization. Leadership plays many different roles and many people that show leadership view it differently than people that don’t. First clarifying what Leadership is not, is an important part in understanding what leadership is. People think that the

“President Franklin Delano Roosevelt” The American political system today is flowing incredibly well, despite looking at disputes between political candidates and parties. Have you ever wondered how laborious and demanding it is running a country while receiving high criticism, negativity, and undergoing stressful times? I believe all of the United States presidents’ have worked hard to improve the economy and the lives of U.S. citizens. Politics are often confused and referred to as corrupt, but

Since 1914 the United States military has grown and gotten to one of the strongest forces in the world, their technology has developed from Molotov cocktails to the development of the atomic bomb. As nations across the world started to build their troops and modernize, they also began to ally with each other, especially throughout Europe. The Triple Entente consisted of Great Britain, Russia, and France- and the Triple Alliance consisting of Germany, Austria and Italy. Since land was still being

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen High school history textbooks are seen, by students, as presenting the last word on American History. Rarely, if ever, do they question what their text tells them about our collective past. According to James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me, they should be. Loewen has spent considerable time and effort reviewing history texts that were written for high school students. In Lies, he has reviewed twenty texts and has compared them to the actual

The 27th President of the United States was born William Howard Taft on the 15th day of September, in the year 1857 to Alphonso and Louise Taft, of Cincinnati, Ohio. As he was the first of their sons to survive past infancy, his mother did not mind that he had outgrown all the baby clothes she had sown for him when he was only seven weeks old. Due to his large size he was given the nickname of “Lub” or “Lubber” which only fueled his desire to succeed in school and on the playing field. He later became