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James Madison as Party Leader - British attack during the war of 1812
During James Madison's role of being the U.S. president the war of 1812 began against Great Britian. Madison showed great courage and was an outstanding party leader. I chose this picture because during the war of 1812 Madison led the U.S. into war. Madison is known as an enlightment thinker. -
Andrew Jackson as Economic Leader - Defeating U.S. Banks
In this picture Jackson is fighting United States banks. Andrew Jackson defeats the U.S. banks and vetoed the bill that would have renewed the national banks charter. This caused Americans to be in a vulnerable position of having no national bank to help gain their interest. -
Abraham Lincoln as Commmander in chief - Civil War
http://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/ep_miniposter.pdf
When the Civil War began Lincoln was prepared and distributed $2 million from the treasury. Lincoln assigned for 75,000 volunteers into military services. Lincoln was an outstanding commander in chief. After two years of war Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This act said all slaves shall be free. The war still raged on. Lincoln then won his second election by 55%.By April 1865, the Civil War came to an end. -
Benjamin Harrison as legislator leader
http://blog.americanheritage1.com/blog/topic/benjamin-harrison
Harrison is most known for his long lasting stewardship that came from the Sherman Anti- Trust Act in 1889, which broke up powerful industrial monopolies. Harrison also passed the Dependent Pension Act in 1890. Harrison also brought six states into the union in one term. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower as Head of State - Awarding the Medal of Honor
In this picture Eisenhower is awarding the Medal of Honor yo Korean War vertan Army Staff Sargent, Hiroshi H. Miyamura. Miyamura was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 24-25, 1951. His was the first Medal of Honor to be classified as top secret. As the Head of State it's the president's job to represent the U.S. and what it stands for. -
Ronald Reagan as Chief Executive - Signing legislation
http://www.wired.com/2011/10/ecpa-turns-twenty-five/
Ronald Reagon is signing thein 1986 that allows the government a backdoor to acquire Americans online communications. Police are able to get to Americans document, emails, etc that are stored online that are more then six months old, without a judges permission. -
George W. Bush as Chief Diplomat - Greeting China's President
In this photo George H. W. Bush with his son George W. Bush with China's President Hu Jintao in Beijing. G.W. Bush is visting China, to discuss and agree on the if China is willing to work with the U.S. to promote dialogue and exchanges, and mutual trust. One of the most important jobs of the chief diplomat is to recognize, greet, and approve foreign governments. -
Barack Obama as Chief Executive
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4513593/chief-executive
In this video Obama signs an executive order that prohibits "employment discrimination on basis of sexual orientation the same will be done for gender identity, and prohibit all companies from discriminating their LGBT employees."
