Because of its complex history, Louisiana has had many interesting people affect its’ history books. According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the definition of impact is to have a strong effect on someone or something. In normal-person speech, that means to influence a person or thing. Certain men that have had a positive impact on Louisiana’s history are the influential Charles Elson “Buddy” Roemer III and Captain Henry Miller Shreve, but the former had a greater impact because of his actions have saved the state from financially hard times.
Charles Elson “Buddy” Roemer III had multiple positive changes in Louisiana. Mr. Roemer was born on October 4, 1943 on Scopena Plantation which main crop was cotton. This plantation is located in Shreveport. Throughout his childhood, he had John F. Kennedy, his role model, like dinner table discussions, which helped to hone his academic and verbal skills. When he graduated from high school as valedictorian at age sixteen, he entered Harvard where he earned an undergraduate and Master’s degree in business administration. Roemer once said, “I’ve always been a Church-going Methodist boy from a cotton field in North Louisiana.” After Harvard, Charles started a computer company called Innovative Data Systems and later Business First Bank, which is where he currently works as a banker and investor. He was Louisiana’s fifty-second governor from 1987-1992. Previously, he was a four-time Congressman. Surprisingly, he beat Edwin Edwards in the 1987 election primaries. While he was in office, he evened out thee state’s budget which was helped by oil and gas booms, made education much better, and raised teachers’ salaries by five percent. Roemer also cleaned up the environment a lot, he partially...
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When driving west down Lamar in Memphis, Tennessee, the street turns into E.H. Crump boulevard. That is about as much as I knew about the name E.H. Crump. Never would I have guess what the name meant to the city of Memphis and the amount of weigh t it once carried. It was not until I enrolled into this Tennessee History course that I began to realize how significant the man behind this name was. Before Elvis Presley put Memphis on the map with his Rock n Roll music, Willie Herenton took office, or various Memphis musicians claimed to be the “King of Memphis”, there was one man who undoubtedly ran the city, and his name was Edward Hull Crump. Political bosses in American were not something that was uncommon in the early 1900s. According to dictionary.com a political boss is “a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments”. Crump emerged from humble beginnings to become the most powerful man in Memphis in a reign that would span over a few decades.
Robert Remini tells the readers in “The Battle of New Orleans” that he wishes to educate his audience of the hard-hitting times our soldiers endured in this remarkable battle that made America the strong and independent country it is today. It is important to Remini to depict the heroic feats of Andrew Jackson “who became a symbol of what was best in American society” (Remini xi) because of his great leadership and determined heart.
The Wild Man from Sugar Creek: The Political Career of Eugene Talmadge, By William Anderson, Louisiana State University, 1975. xviii + 239pp.
Jackson amazed the country with his sharp strategy in battle. His go-getter attitude also seemed to amaze the American people since he was a common man with no formal military training. The win over New Orleans put Andrew onto the map politically for his road to the White
.... Others might be influenced by the way he showed he cared about the future leaders of America and built them a school so they could strive for excellence. Most people are influenced by the several inventions Thomas Jefferson had every day. These are the reasons why Thomas Jefferson is the most influential person of the 1800’s. Without him, our country would be in an everyday struggle with supplying food to the world. Thanks to him, food is much easier to produce and distribute, and everyday struggles have become easier.
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David Brody argues that the rise of contractual or collective bargaining relationships during the post WWII era formalized the relationship between employers and unions, but simultaneously began to put a break on shop floor activism. Explain Brody’s argument and, where relevant, incorporate Weber’s theory of bureaucracy.
As soon as Andrew Jackson came into office, he fired 10% of the government’s employees, mainly from the post office, and placed his own supporters into the vacated posts. This may not have been a problem if he replaced these workers with people who were qualified, but the vast majority of Andrew Jackson’s appointments were incompetent. Thus, the government became bloated and less efficient. Andrew Jackson development of a special system to reward his cronies with government jobs without formal training, demonstrates that Andrew Jackson should be remembered as
American history is accompanied by a long list of explorers who first discovered and who explored the massive continent. All of the explorers had an impact on the development of America. The Lewis and Clark expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, stands prominently at the top part of this list. The Lewis and Clark Expedition has had a significant political, social, and economic effect on America. They were the first to map out the west and set off westward expansion. Without the success of the expedition growth of America would have taken five times as long, as predicted by Thomas Jefferson.
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In Judith Halberstam’s piece “Female Masculinity,” she offers the audience a few potential definitions of the term ‘masculinity’ and how the term applies to “feminine masculinity.” She states that “although we seem to have a difficult time defining masculinity, as a society, we have little trouble recognizing it” (935). Halberstam suggests that female masculinity is often blatantly ignored in culture and studies due to the indifferent feeling often associated with the topic. Halberstam uses her essay to explain a variety of aspects associated with female femininity like tomboys, queer methodologies, and the bathroom problem. Halberstam’s description of the term ‘Tomboys’ is reminiscent of the character Emily Fields from the Pretty Little Liars book series by Sara Shepard. Progressing through middle school with a group of ‘girly’ friends, Emily is easily labeled with the term ‘tomboy’ due to her sporty exterior. Her overly conservative Christian family and classmates see no ‘threat’ or meaning behind Emily’s tomboy appearance because they believe it is just a stage in her life. As soon as Emily enter tenth grade and starts hanging out with a homosexual female, her family and classmates grow concerned about Emily’s masculine looks and behaviors. In the book titled Prettty Little Liars, one of the liars, Emily’s evident masculine ways raises concern to her thesis-go back and fix it .
1) The representation of African American’s in television has increased greatly since the early 1950’s. Through the years that television has progressed, the view of ethnic and racial groups have improved. From their beginnings as stereotypical roles to primary characters in television, the representation of African Americans have transformed in almost every genre in television. Tracing the development of African Americans through television history helps us to understand the different ways a group of people are represented and how that representation changes as the years go by.
...nd unfair laws then Huey could do anything about. Huey was of the first to use this power in order to get something to the regular people of Louisiana, rather than the rich and affluent like other politicians did. Huey Long transformed the perception of a governor for the people in a do nothing political society that put money over its citizens.Huey Long was poised to run for president in the 1936 to run for president against Franklin Roosevelt, and with Huey's Share Our Wealth program he would have surely one. He was a man unlike no other, he fought through political gridlock to actually accomplish things. He was one the most influential and controversial politicians in Louisiana. Some of our most cherished government institutions like social security, veteran benefits, student financial aid to public works projects were call pushed by the peoples champ Huey Long.
Monsters were always likely to been in folklores and myths among many countries. In the oxford dictionary, a term monster is “An imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening.” From this definition, we can see that a monster is a creature which frightens people. This is typically true to children. Especially in folklores, monsters are used to discipline children by teaching them moralities. In this paper, I would like to compare and contrast the similarities and difference of a Japanese monster and the Western monster. From this comparison, we will have a better understanding of each other’s culture, and how it developed as a part of its culture.
People have had this fascination with technology long before there were any actual texts to write down our history. While the technology that humans had a few thousand years ago were not as advanced as what we have today, they were still toying with the idea of creating machines that would have the capability to make the similar, rational decisions that we do. It is only until the late 19th or early 20th century that the advances in technology have allowed people to put more emphasis on the question of when, because it is only a matter of time, humanoid artificial intelligence will outwardly simulate human emotions closely enough that we have to wonder if they deserve or be accorded the moral status of people.