Selective Service System

The twenty-second amendment, changed in 1951, deals with the presidential term, before this amendment was created, a president could serve for as many terms he felt the need to. The twenty-second amendment now limits the president to serve only two terms, this was created so that the presidents did not become too powerful. The twenty-sixth amendment deals with voting rights. The change in 1971 gave the right for people eighteen years and older to

One is how he was the Texas commander at the Battle of the Alamo, but he sadly passed during this war at the age of twenty six. Historians know of eight letters that Alamo commander William Barret Travis sent out while the Alamo was under siege. The Alamo siege began on February 23, 1836, and continued for almost two weeks. Travis’s appeal from the Alamo for reinforcements has become an American symbol of unyielding courage and heroism. Although a few reinforcements arrived before the Alamo fell, Travis and over 180 defenders gave their lives for Texas independence on March 6, 1836.

He served as President of Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777 he was also a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1780 “John Hancock”. On August 28, 1775, when congress recessed John finally took the opportunity to marry his fiancee Dorothy Quincy, they had two kids but neither one live to be adults. On July 4, 1776, something big happened in John 's life him and Continental Congress were the only two to sign the original version of the Declaration of independence on that day. The reason John said he wrote his name so big was so John Bull could read it without his glasses, John Bull was the general in England at the time. In October of 1777 John was forced to resign from Presidency because of health problems.

This stalemate brought on another revision to the constitution where it was proposed to vote separately for President and Vice. This was known as the 12th amendment which was ratified in 1804. Jefferson served as the 3rd president of the United States and served for two terms. He was sworn into office in 1808 as the first to ever be sworn in at Washington D.C. His biggest achievement as president was accomplished during his first term where he was able to successfully achieve the Louisiana Purchase. He was able to purchase more than 800,000 square miles from France for only $15 million dollars.

On the Battle of the Wabash 952 of 1000 American soldiers were killed. Tecumseh had a very small continent of few tribesmen. Tecumseh had around 1808 tribesmen. When him and men traveled they decided to join his brother Tenskwatawa. Tenskwatawa became a prominent Native American religious leader.

Binder, “The History of the Filibuster.” Beginning in the 1880s, the Senate began to have a filibuster occur about once every two years.10 This emergence of filibustering was met with opposition. Frustrated Senate leaders began attempting to pass legislation that would limit the use of the filibuster, such reform attempts occurred in 1850, 1873, 1883, and 1890.11 Finally in 1917, filibuster reform was finally successfully passed with the adoption of Rule XXII as requested by President Wilson.12 Rule XXII established cloture that would end debate with a two-thirds majority. Even though cloture was not an immediate path to move forward with Senate business, it was a long awaited solution for limiting the endless debate of the Senate. Cloture made it possible to pass filibustered legislation and continue with Senate business without having to table the issue at hand.13 Cloture was first successfully invoked in 1919 to end a filibuster opposing the Treaty of

These three marches alone spurred a national change; President Lyndon Johnson delivered his “The American Promise” speech as a special message before congress, the 1564th Senate bill, a voting rights bill, was introduced in the 89th United Stated Congress, the passage of voting rights bill in Congress was hastened, and Rev. Martian Luther King, Jr., delivered his “How Long? Not Long” speech on the final day of the 3rd march on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Then, on the 45th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan delivered a speech detailing how far equality in America has come since then and how far America has yet to go in achieving true

Ronald Reagan was the 40th presidents of the United States of America, he was an actor. Ronald wanted to be in the entertainment business when he was younger, and he did so by being in more than 50 films. Reagan served in World War II; he had bad eyesight, during his time in the war he sent most of his time making training films. Ronald Reagan became president at the age of 69, he was one of our oldest presidents on record. On March 30, 1981, a 25-year old named John Hinckley Jr. shot Ronald just outside the Washington D.C Hilton Hotel.

The statue of Lincoln is 19 feet high and weighs 175 tons. The statue was carved in four years by the Piccirilli brothers under the supervision of the sculptor, Daniel Chester French. The original plan was for the statue to be only ten feet high, but this was changed so that the figure of Lincoln would not be dwarfed by the size of the chamber. The Memorial is visited by millions of visitors each year and is the site of many large public gatherings and protests. Martin Luther King, Jr. also delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd by the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 during the March on Washington

He gives a one sentence statement of resignation, and becomes the first president to resign from being President of the United States. Nixon gives a resignation speech in which he states, “I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.” {PBS, 1974)[6] After his resignation, the nation was somewhat divided. The presidency was handed over to Gerald Ford, who was serving as the Vice President. People who believed that that Richard Nixon was innocent for the crimes presented found it very peculiar that he would resign as president for a crime that he did not commit. After the impeachment, all of the White House tapes were released to the court, and it was obvious that Richard Nixon was involved in more than everyone had