First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty by Bill Minutaglio

As stronger nations exercise their control over weaker ones, the United States try to prove their authority, power and control over weaker nations seeing them as unable to handle their own issues thereby, imposing their ideology on them. And if any of these weaker nations try to resist, then the wrath of the United States will come upon them. In overthrow the author Stephen Kinzer tells how Americans used different means to overthrow foreign government. He explains that the campaign & ideology of anti- communism made Americans believe that it was their right and historical obligation to lead forces of good against those of iniquity. They also overthrew foreign government, when economic interest coincided with their ideological ones

What every American should know by Eric Liu thoroughly examines the issue of cultural literacy and its place in modern America. It takes on a convincing argument against E.D. Hirsch’s book on the same which included some 5000 things that he thought define cultural literacy and every American should know. Liu argues that America has changed over time, becoming more multicultural, and to capture the cultural literacy of the country, no one person should sit down and come up with what they think everyone else should know. Instead he suggests that in order to capture the view of the nation, every American should be involved in the making of the list. The most engaging part of this article is Liu’s idea that this new list that is crowd-sourced should always change according to the times. It should not be cast in stone because things in this day and age change really fast; what is a hit this month will be old news in the next one. This is what cultural literacy really is; keeping up with what is going on around you and being open to learn new things as they emerge. This can also be said of education; in order to stay educated in any field, you have to be in the know of in terms of new developments.

Lyndon B. Johnson was born August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., a politician, farmer, cotton speculator, and newspaper owner, and Rebekah Baines Johnson, a homemaker and sometime newspaper editor (Smallwood). He was he first born of five children. Johnson started school school near his home along the Pedernales River in the Texas hill country at age four. Although at age four, Johnson attended the nearby one-room, one-teacher Junction School, his formal education began in 1913 when he was enrolled in first grade in the Johnson City Elementary School. He also attended a school in the small community of Albert. Johnson’s father, Sam Johnson, was a small-time farmer whose first love was politics; he served several terms in the Texas legislature. He also was able to gain a measure of financial security which allowed him to re-enter politics. In 1917, he won a special election and regained his seat in the Texas legislature. Johnson was introduced to the fascinating world of politics as small boy. When Sam Johnson decided to move, Johnson then transferred to high school nearby Johnson City. He did exceptionally well as a student. He was elected senior class president, was a leader of the school debate team, finished second in a graduating class of six, and gave the student oration at graduation. Johnson’s classmates recall that he always wanted to be the leader and always wanted to

Dwight Eisenhower was the thirty-fourth president of the United States of America. He was born in Denison, Texas on October 14, 1890 to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower (Eisenhower, 2014). His parents’ had seven sons and he was the third of the seven sons. The family lived near railroad track in a tiny house in Denison, Texas, all the while his father David cleaned train engines to earn a living for them. Before Dwight was born, the Eisenhower lived in Abilene, Kansas. When he was only a year and a half old, his family moved back to Abilene, Kansas so that his father could acquire a better job at his brother-in-law’s creamery. When Dwight was four years old, his 10-month old brother Paul died of diphtheria. Despite the tragedy of the passing of his brother, Dwight didn’t let that stop him from having happy childhood memories.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in Texas in 1890 (whitehouse.gov). When he was a year and a half his family moved back to Abilene, the family had lived there before, but moved to Texas because of a job. Eisenhower had some pretty impressive accomplishments during his life, even before presidency. He got accepted into the United States Military Academy, West Point, and graduated. He was president of Columbia University, and moved up

George Washington grew up on a farm with a wealthy family. Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father was Augustine Washington who grew up having an education. Augustine married Mary Ball Washington. Shortly after Washington's father died . Washington was only four at the time. Washington then inherited the 1,000 acres of land they lived on. Washington and his mom couldn’t run the plantation themselves so they lived with relatives. From taking care of family and working on the farm, Washington didn’t have time for school but he still attended periodically. He

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. George was born into a fairly wealthy family that owned quite a lot of land. Augustine, George’s father, used this land to construct mills and produce tobacco. His family owned slaves, which would farm the agricultural land for them. Lawrence, George’s brother, died of tuberculosis in 1752. Once Lawrence died, George became the new owner of the plantation. George now owned 8,000 acres or more in land. Not only did this make him have a lot of land, but this make him one of the most wealthiest men across Virginia.

Lyndon B. Johnson grew up on his family farm near Johnson City, Texas. Born on August 27, 1908, he was the oldest of his siblings and therefore, the one to inherit the farm. Although his father was a part-time State Representative, the family was fairly poor. Although Johnson tried his hardest to keep the farm going, financial difficulties caused him to lose the farm in his early teens. Still not sure on what he wanted to do in life, Johnson attended Southwest Texas

Sam Houston grew up to be a texas general for life. sam grew up in a small town in virginia. He moved to Tennessee with his mother and his father. Sam Houston father was a revolutionary war veteran and a major. When sam was young he was put to work in his older brother’s shop till he grew up more to get out of the house. When sam got older he found a family with the cherokee and became friends with the chief. The chief took him in when he was only 8 years old.

On August 27, 1908, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born to Sam and Rebekah Johnson.; he was the first of their five children. He was born near the central Texas community of Johnson City, which was named for some of his relatives. His family included some of the earliest settlers of the Lone Star State. They were cattlemen, cotton farmers, and soldiers for the Confederacy. Lyndon’s father, Sam Johnson, had won the election to the Texas legislature and he served five terms before he switched careers and became a farmer. He had a very strong relationship with his mother, Rebekah Johnson.

Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908 on a farm near Stonewall in the hill country of Texas. The white house was a bit away from his house. Johnson was a very clever young man. He had a job while in college. Johnson took on a teaching job. He was teaching fifth, sixth, and seventh. He got his teaching degree, and

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. Washington grew up on a farm where became skilled in growing tobacco and raising livestock. He was homeschool where he got his education. He was owner of Mount Vernon when his brother past away. Washington married Martha Dandridge and had two kids Patsy and John and enjoyed earning his money by growing crops and managing livestock. Before the Revolution started his daughter pass away and then his son past during.

George Washington was born February 22, 1732. He was born to his father, Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Washington. He came into the world with 2 step brothers and later on in his life he was joined by 5 more siblings. George’s mother was very over protective over her children to the huge point where they were very annoyed and bothered.

The Man, the Myth, the Legend, the 41st President of the United States: George H.W. Bush. Bush was not just known as the man in office; he partook in multifarious careers. Before he became the President, he joined the U.S. Navy during World War II and served eight years as the Vice President. He also served in various positions in Congress and created his own oil company. With all of his disparate achievements and astonishing contributions to the United States, his legacy will forever remain in history.

The Bush family moved to Texas when George was only two years old. George Herbert Walker Bush, George’s father, had just graduated from Yale and wanted to attempt a living in the oil business. The family moved to a rough part of Texas called Odessa, and though times were not always easy , it eventually became a