Nomination

taken of this encounter and has since become an icon image of Clinton. By the early 1990s’ Clinton was running for re-election to a fifth term as governor of Arkansas. However, by 1992, he has realized his ambitions and began to seek presidential nomination in 1992. Clintons main stance on the campaign trail was to strength the economy and balance the budget. By the 1996 campaign the Clinton administration was being dogged by political scandal-whitewater, illegal fundraising and sex scandals…

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a series of seven debates between August 21st, 1858 and October 15th, 1858, between Demorcrat Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign. It largely concerned the issue of slavery extensions into the newly acquired territories. Lincoln delivered his now famous "A House Divided" speech when he was nominated to run for the Senate by the Republican convention in Springfield. In part, Lincoln said that a nation divided against…

The Great Depression and the 1932 Campaign The 1932 Presidential campaign was colored by the gray gloom of a deepening economic depression. Incumbent President Herbert Hoover, who had been a rising star in a Republican Party that had not lost the White House since 1916, was facing blame for the crisis. The homeless and destitute named the shacks and shanties they had been forced to retreat too “Hoovervilles” and the turned-out empty trouser pockets of men standing in bread lines were dubbed…

Several key events occurred during Queen Latifah's lifetime. Her life span started in the late 1960’s, following us to this present day. During this time period, the world has experienced some unforgettable historical events that have shaped most of the world we live in today. One of these historical events was the Cold War. The Cold War was an incredibly long war that lasted 45 years. It began on March 12, 1947 and ended on December 25, 1991. The Cold War according to The National WWII Museum…

subjects is constantly stimulated by my drive. From what I’ve read about the previous Loran Scholars online, many of the scholars had some form of motivation which led them to do similar activities I have done. I believe I would make an appropriate nomination for the Loran Scholars sponsorship as I constantly want to learn, regularly lend a hand to my community, and take a lead that other’s don’t.…

Ford’s film, “The Man Who Shot Liberty of Valance” is a depiction of an inevitable transition whereby the society is transformed from an old social order to a modern one. In this film, Ford brings to perspective the society that he created in the past and how it died as a result of the new transition in form of modernization. In this film, the western frontier ideals are brought to light with the transition from an old social order characterized by lawlessness embodied by the gunslingers into a…

Carter became the state senator for Georgia. He served as Georgia senator for four years. The loss in 1966 for re-election depressed Carter. He found comfort in Christianity (Britannica). Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of 1974. During campaigning, Carter created an image for himself as a strong moral man, who would work to regain the people’s faith in their leaders (Britannica). When Jimmy Carter ran for president, he was not well known.…

Similar to Lincoln’s Seward, she is from New York and was a senator. Yet another interesting parallel between Clinton and Seward are their presidential campaigns.Both campaigned against the respective men for the nomination by their party, and both failed, yet were ultimately given high positions, the same high position actually, in the cabinet. Like Lincoln and Seward, Clinton and Obama are undeniably rivals. Lincoln met Seward while at a whig rally in 1848, and over…

million votes and then being elected for a second term. Then he set his sights on a higher political office, the president of the united states. He made unsuccessful bids for the republican nomination in 1968 and 1976 but he was determined not to give up. Then in 1980 he finally received the republican nomination. He beat his opponent Jimmy carter by a total of 489 electoral votes to 49. At the age of 69 he was the oldest president elected. With his landslide of a win his first term as president…

Many people didn’t expect Donald Trump’s campaign to last very long. Trump is gaining supporters and claiming that he will “make America great again.” His rise to the top could not have been predicted because no one would have expected a businessman to lead the presidential campaign. Many factors go into Trump’s rise to fame. A few factors include that many Americans do not have views that align with a specific party or ideology, many Americans believe that they are losing jobs and opportunities…