The Big Stick Policy is a reference to US President Theodore Roosevelts (1858 - 1919) style of resolving diplomatic conflicts. In a speech that took place in 1901, during a fair in Minnesota, the president used an African proverb that says:with smooth speech and a big club, you go far . This was t
Americans are as fond of rankings as Japanese people, and they want to give a popularity ranking to everything, but among them, the popularity rankings of successive presidents are very intriguing. It seems that the 1st place really breaks. Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln, Kennedy,
The Mexican Revolution (1910) was an armed insurrection that took place in Mexico, of a liberal and popular character, formed by government dissidents, peasants and indigenous people. It also brought together socialist, liberal and anarchist leaders in the struggle for agrarian reform, nationalizat
Lincoln and Kennedy are said to have many things in common, but perhaps the strangest sign was that they were assassinated during his term and that his Vice President was named Johnson. What kind of person was Andrew Johnson, who became president after Lincolns death? President from the South