Ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that franklin d. Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. It was broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Lets examine roosevelts presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 9 had brought the worst conditions the country had experienced since the civil war. Herbert hoover seemed incapable of leading the way out of it despite some moderate attempts to do so. The suffering was widespread with approximately one quarter of the workforce unemployed and others having to take substantial pay cuts. The c
Were elected through back channels, small party conventions. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it. President Lyndon Johnson took himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1968. This initiated a freefall in the Democratic Party between a number of candidates. One of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. That was robert kennedy. He was a peace candidate. He had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. That is one thing lying behind the convention in august of 1968. The kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. Hubert humphrey, Lyndon Johnsons Vice President had become the nominee by august. There was another peace candidate, mccarthy who had delegates like kennedy who showed up in chicago in august. It is something of a freeforall where the delegates are concerned. It is
Welcome to todays lecture on Franklin Delano roosevelt. The man generally considered by historians to be the greatest president of the 20th century and even beyond that. Throughout all of American History probably considered the top three greatest american president s along with washington and lincoln. It is an assessment based on the fact he steered the nation through the two greatest crises. One internally, the Great Depression and one externally, orld war ii. There has been a long and ngoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that ranklin d roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. It was broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go alon
Wednesday to further prepare for a transition into office. The meanwhile, the Trump Administration is filing lawsuits to contest results and battleground states and is refusing to provide access to bidens team. While President Trump made his 1st public appearance at a veterans day event as well in arlington, virginia since the election. He hasnt spoken out publicly since he lost his bid, but has been tweeting about unproven voter fraud claims 2 people have been injured in an explosion in saudi arabia. It happened at an event in jeddah, attended by western diplomats and other foreign citizens. The blast targeted a cemetery, jeering a wild for one Remembrance Day ceremony that has more from paris for, all the u. K. The u. S. , greece and italy, their embassies have put out a statement condemning what they call a cowardly attack. Now they are some of the countries that were represented during this Remembrance Day ceremony that took place in jeddah at this cemetery for non muslims. It is a
The muslim world what can you say to the muslim world today to school with the one whos emotionally messy that whatever is on her plate well 1st of all thank you for coming and you are right that our country has been struck 3 times by terrorist attacks carried out by extremists and violent extremists who in distorting and deforming islam have committed acts which have deeply shocked and wounded the people of france to the quick this act. The decapitation of a teacher because he was teaching freely and then in nice this 1st day in a church the basilica of our lady the decapitation of 2 people and the stabbing of a 3rd. France is still reeling from the shock of these 2 terrorist attacks and is at one and the same time feeling sadness unity and anger and for the 1st time when we experienced these events there were very Strong International relations amounting to attacks on fronts and a lot of misunderstanding us what which is why i want to dispel them things i saw on your social networks