leadership. When Lincoln arrived for the 1861 inaugural, there were no existing telegraph line to the War Department and even the White House itself. This did not stay for long when rapid changes were implemented. Wires were installed in the War Department and other similar key installations almost immediately (Wheeler, 2006). The telegraph room for Lincoln was considered one of the sacred places in the War Department. It was surprising that the White House had no telegraph office that is why Lincoln
know that James Abram Garfield is the first ever left handed and ambidextrous President? Garfield was the last of only seven Presidents to be born in a log cabin! President Garfield was the second -following Abraham Lincoln- President of the United States to be assassinated. James was born in Orange Township, Ohio on November 19, 1831. James parents are Eliza and Abram Garfield. He was named James for his brother James who died at an early age and Abram for his Father. James was the youngest
the United States of America Constitution was ratified by two-thirds of the states. The Constitution created a new government in the United States of America that was constructed around the idea of separation of power by the three branches of government with a system of checks and balances. These branches include the executive branch, the bicameral legislative branch and judicial branch. In order to ensure that no branch were to overpower the other two branches, the forefathers of the United States
World War II ended in 1945, but America could not rest. “Serious discussion about reorganization began in Congress and the military department in 1944 and aroused much public interest” (Trask 1997). Because the Air Force played such a large role, discussion of separating the Air Force from the Army Air Forces (AAF) began. A proposal was created to establish one department for the United States Armed Forces, combining all the military branches under one department. “On 19 December 1945, President
Technology has allowed for the furtherance of warfare, from the invention of gun powder to the splitting of the atom. These findings have propelled the leap of numerous nations’ in the ability to wage war against each other. Of these discoveries, the splitting atom spawned an invention that would hurl the world from conventional warfare into the nuclear age. These ideals were the brainstorming of some of the greatest minds in America and abroad. These scientists began to formulate the creation
Arab-Israeli War – Yom Kippur War b. Major Accomplishments of Shuttle Diplomacy c. Legacy of Shuttle Diplomacy IV. Shaping of Current US Foreign Policy V. Epilogue VI. Conclusion I. Biography Henry Kissinger born in Furth Bavaria, 1923, to a German Jewish family escaped Nazi persecution by emigrating to the United States in 1938. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943, changing his name from Heinz Alfred Kissinger to Henry Alfred Kissinger, and served as a translator in the United States
“Madeleine’s War” and making negotiations between Israel and various Arab nations during her time as Secretary of State. She was considered as a peace-maker at the time. Madeleine was born on May 15, 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 1993, she became the ambassador to the United nations. Shortly after, she was nominated to become the first woman of the United States Secretary of State in 1997. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996. It was then confirmed by the United States
honorable president, Democrat, state secretary, and vice president is just a few of the words used to describe great man like Martin Van Buren that many achievements throughout his time in history. Van Buren had a great interest in politics at around the time he was seventeen. He then became a lawyer and as his interest in politics grew he became the state senator of New York. As the years passed as a senator of New York he then became the senator of the United States, were he met Andrew Jackson, who
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, a documentary by Errol Morris, chronicles the life of Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Through his many years of experience he created lessons on war that he felt needed to be shared. In the documentary he reflects on his life and his involvement in key moments in American history such as his involvement in World War II, as Secretary of Defense during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his time
policy’ he simply replied ‘I do’ . The United State president has always put the issue of foreign affairs to the fore front in order to retain the superpower America is. Although the President is viewed as the key decision maker in foreign policy the executive branch is not the only branch involved in determining the course of American foreign policy. The process of developing policies is of great importance to the branches involved because the United states government has the power to influence the
In 2004, Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, explicitly declared that the United States-led war on Iraq was illegal and breached the United Nations’ charter (MacAskill & Borger, 2004). This is due to the war not having been approved or sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council, nor was it in accordance with the UN’s founding charter (MacAskill & Borger, 2004). These facts beg the question; was the Iraq war a just war? More than that, was it illegal, and should the key players
the fifth President of the United States. He was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States. He was born in Virginia and fought in the American Revolutionary War. He was hurt in the Battle of Trenton, and was hit with a musket ball to his shoulder. He studied law from 1780 to 1783, and after he served as a delegate in the Continental Congress. As an anti-federalist delegate to the Virginia convention that considered ratification of the United States Constitution, Monroe opposed
Roosevelt had been influencing the United States Navy to be stronger ever since he wrote The Naval War of 1812, while he was at Harvard. Theodore Roosevelt’s book puts the war in a whole new perspective. Roosevelt with the help of Captain Alfred T. Mahan and Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce identified that their common ground was that America had great power
president in 1824, he was James Monroe’s secretary of war and he was also secretary of treasury under Monroe and James Madison. He also served in congress as an U.S. Senator from Georgia. He was a minister to France from 1813 thru 1815. Prior to the election of 1824, Crawford had a stroke and was nearly blinded. Despite his health, the Congressional caucuses selected Crawford for their presidential candidate. This move proved very unpopular with many states and they decided they were no longer obligated
The Confederate States of America was a country formed by the thirteen states which officially and unofficially seceded from the United States due to disagreements over states’ rights and slavery. It existed from 1861, when the first states began seceding and joining together, until the end of the American Civil War in 1865, when the states were reentered into the United States of America and the Confederate States of America’s federal and state governments were forced to dissolve. Following the
As a country, the United States felt that the War of 1812 was under control and that they were well prepared for any battle any army could throw at them. After the United States won an important battle on Lake Erie in 1813, the American commander, Oliver Hazard Perry, sent the message "We have met the enemy and they are ours." As a new country, America, having just defeated the greatest military strength on the earth, was perhaps overconfident. However, once Great Britain turned all of its attention
Big Sister Policy - This policy was created by James G. Blaine the secretary of state in order to rally Latin American countries to open their markets to American traders. This policy began the trust Latin America to American leaders. Great Rapprochement - Many American diplomats began to create new friendships and relations with people of Great Britain. Theses relations began in the end of the nineteenth century. Mckinley Tariff - This tariff increased taxes on Hawaiian sugar since at the time,
Robert S. McNamara served as Secretary of Defense for the United States under both President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968. During his service, McNamara oversaw military action for one of America’s most controversial wars, the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War created a polarity of opinions in the United States over what the correct the course of war would be. Those who advocated for a cease fire were referred to as “doves” while those who preferred elevated military
In September 11, 1789 George Washington appointed Hamilton to be Secretary of the Treasury. In a letter to Lafayette, Hamilton writes, “I have been appointed to the head of the Finances of this Country: this event I am sure will give you Pleasure. In undertaking the task, I hazard much, but I thought it an occasion that
The Atomic Question The United States heralded in the Atomic Era with the use of the atomic bomb on Japan, which would forever change the world. Was the United States correct to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the Second World War? The answer is not as clear as one might think. There were many sides that led to the decision to drop the bombs on Japan. President Truman on the day he took office was approached by the Secretary of War Stimson and was informed of a new type of