Why Franklin Roosevelt Fascist Policies Will Make...Delwyn Lounsbury
President Franklin D. Roosevelt reinstated DST in 1942 under the term “War Time,” intending it to be a temporary measure to conserve fuel. War Time lasted from 1942 to 1945, after which individual states were left to decide whether to continue DST. This led to a chaotic period where ...
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt signaled the start of one of the most transformative eras in American history. Elected on the promise of financial and social reform, FDR would go on to become the longest-serving president in history, the architect of the New Deal, the founder of Americ...
Dr David Steinberg
The plotters of a coup attempt against Gorbachev were immediately arrested. Most remained in jail for more than two years. After Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the former Soviet Union…
Franklin D. Roosevelt Creates Social Security Defending and Expanding Social Security The Social Security Act that FDR signed in 1935 provided recipients with much less than the Social Security program the United States has today. It didn’t include disability or health insurance, as the Committee ...
George Washington set an unofficial precedent when he stepped down after two terms in office, but when Franklin D. Roosevelt came into the presidency, he was elected to a third term in 1940 and fourth term in 1944. The 22nd Amendment, passed on Feb. 27,1951, limited the presidency to ...
When the next President of the United States assumes office on January 20, 2017, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be nearly 84, Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy will be over 80, and Justice Stephen Breyer will be 78. Although many Justices have served on the Court into their 80s...
George Washington set an unofficial precedent when he stepped down after two terms in office, but when Franklin D. Roosevelt came into the presidency, he was elected to a third term in 1940 and fourth term in 1944. The 22nd Amendment, passed on Feb. 27,1951, limited the presidency to ...
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, U.S. unemployment rose to 25% and millions stood in bread lines for food. The misery seemed endless. President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to put an expansionary fiscal policy to work. He launched his New Deal soon after taking office. It created...