The Great Depression By President Franklin D. Roosevelt

During the past decade, an issue has arisen from the minds of people, on which is more important? Privacy or national security? The problem with the privacy is that people do not feel they have enough of it and national security is increasing causing the government to be less worried about the people. National security is growing out of control which has led to the decrease in people’s privacy and has created fear in the eyes of U.S. citizens. “Twelve years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and amid a summer of revelations about the extent of the surveillance state built up to prevent others, leaders, experts and average Americans alike are searching for the right balance between security and privacy” (Noble). Americans should be able to live their daily lives without fear of an overpowered government or a “big brother” figure taking over. “According to a CBS News poll released Tuesday evening, nearly 6 in 10 Americans said they disapproved of the federal government’s collecting phone records of ordinary Americans in order to reduce terrorism” (Gonchar). While it is good to keep our country safe with security, American’s privacy should be more important because there is a substantial amount of national security, the people 's rights should matter first.

It has been more than seventy years since the release of George Orwell’s 1984, a novel that imparts a lesson on the consequences of government overreach. However, today that novel reads like an exposé of government surveillance. Privacy and national security are two ideas competing for value on a balance; if one is more highly valued, the other carries less weight. Government desire to bolster national security by spying on its own citizens-- even the law abiding ones-- is what leads to the inverse relationship between civil liberties and security. In times of a perceived threat to the nation, national security becomes highly prized and people lose privacy. One case is terrorist attacks. 9/11 caused an understandable kneejerk reaction in Americans to bolster protection. Some of the the measures taken were observable, like greater security at airports, but others attempted to increase national security in a more intrusive way. Privacy should be more highly valued than national security, and America has reached a point where that is no longer true.

The events that took place on September 11th 2001 have forever changed the United Sates. On that day it was clear that our borders were not secure. Our nation’s security was questioned, and our national security plan, as a result, had to change. President Bush did what he felt was needed at the time, laying out the foundation for a surveillance apparatus, involving the Patriot Act and the National Security Agency. This United States’ surveillance apparatus though, draws a thin line between privacy and security, forcing us to trade our liberty for security. By trading our liberty for security we lose both, and thus, move towards losing our democracy.

Herbert Hoover got many things wrong about the great economic calamity that destroyed his presidency and his historical reputation, but he got one thing right. Much legend to the contrary, the Great Depression was not entirely, perhaps not even principally, made in America. “The primary cause of the Great Depression, “was the war of 1914–1918.”

Many innocent Americans lives were taken by an act of terrorism on September 11, 2001. This has terrorized many people who lost loved ones on this day. There was much controversy among the government’s officials and American citizens on what the course of action is to prevent this tragedy from happening again. After many days of formulating a plan, A bill was passed on October 26, 2001 by George W. Bush to help solve this issue. This new regulation became know as the Patriot Act. This bill provided the government the necessary tools to intercept American citizens private information, which would help discover suspicious activity among suspected terrorists threats. The main bill’s focus was to help prevent future terrorists from executing their malicious attacks. Despit the law’s ability to keep this country safe, we sacrifice some of our freedom for the good of each of us. Although the American government has retrieved personal information throughout history, our civil liberties should be preserved along with the safety of our exclusive information from the United States government.

Americans in that time were worried about being attack again. Soon, President George W. Bush signed the patriot Act and U.S. Congress passed it on October 26, 2001. The act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to listen on everybody’s phone calls, read their emails or instant messaging, and search the private records. The way it allows the rights of any suspected terrorist to be taken away without probable causes of criminal. The Patriot Act lacked effectiveness, moreover, it took away human’s right and most importantly it violates human’s privacy.

President 's Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were both faced with the challenge of the Great Depression, and if the were here today I feel they would each deal with the healthcare issue in America in different ways. Each president handled this massive challenge in very different ways. Today, a lot of controversy is on our nation’s health care, and the Obamacare Act. In my opinion, Roosevelt would more than likely help encourage this act, while Hoover on the other hand, would not be so pleased with what it had to offer.

After 9/11, the United States completely revamped its entire system of defense, policy prescription and stance with regards to terrorism; both foreign and domestic. The Department of Homeland Security was created, direct militaristic action was taken against these terrorists and domestic and foreign policy was changed in order to combat the new threat. While much of this “war on terror” was fought far away from U.S. soil, that did not stop these new policies from affecting the lives of U.S. citizens directly. The most noticeable, controversial and powerful of these policies was the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act (Breinholt, 23-25). While the PATRIOT Act has drawn the ire of many U.S. citizens due to its far reaching effects, lack of jurisdictional or

On October 29 of 1929, the united states of America suffered a big knock on their economy, and that period of time is The Great Depression. They were many factors that generated that bad economy, but one of the biggest factors was the overproduction of goods. Farmers and factories were producing more food and other goods than what the people can buy. This caused the decline in the prices of all the crops and other resources, and also it increased the rate of unemployment. Farmers needed money for surviving, and their only solution was the banks and loans. But what happens when don't pay their loans? The bank doesn't have enough money for satisfying to their customers, and that what they call a Bank Failure. When the person's noticed what

The quest for privacy and security has always been a long and arduous one, as America’s citizens “no longer care” about the lack of integrity which the American government is showing towards its citizens (Sullivan). “When you have it, you don’t notice it. Only when it’s gone do you wish you’d done more to protect it.” Sullivan explains in Privacy under attack, but does anybody care?. After the National Security Agency was accused of “systematically collecting information” on citizens’ phone calls, emails, and countless other sources, “the news media treated it as a complete revelation” (Whitehead). People throughout the country protested and condemned the government—all while they failed to realize that we have consciously permitted the government to collect and secure our private information by “giving our personal information” to companies who ask for it, and by “allowing our personal lives to be posted on media sources such as Facebook and Twitter” (Washington). Ironically enough, we ourselves have

As America was in disarray after nine- eleven, the government hastily examined solutions to prevent further terrorist attacks without bringing the demise of civil liberties(Green Matthew). Desperately, the Americans enacted the Patriot Act; which caused paranoia for civilians(Green Matthew). The Patriot Act, that was established by the Bush- Administration, was disregarded as a document that diminish civil rights within America. Unknowingly, two months after the terrorist attacks, the Bush- Administration granted covert surveillances and seizures(Matthew Green). About forty- four percent of Americans feel that the Patriot Act invades civil liberties(Gallup). With a high percentage of Americans feeling frightened as if they sighted a ghost due to the Patriot Act minimizing liberties, the government unsuccessfully attempted to preserve the safety of

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the president during the great depression acknowledged the flaws of entering world war II. However, he was more focused on winning the war and ignored the downwards spiral of the economy. (Folsom, 2010, Para 6) states that, “FDR had halted many of his new deals programs during the war – and he allowed Congress to kill WPA, the CCC, the NYA, and others – because winning the war came first.” I believe that Barack Obama would have talked FDR out of cancelling these programs and instead help him to find alternatives that would allow them to continue fighting the war while establishing and improving these programs. I think that Obama would help FDR to focus more on helping the millions of people who were unemployed

The Great Depression was an economic tragedy that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. Unfortunately, it was a time period in which citizens worldwide were severely broken and unemployed. The cause was the roaring 20’s, a time period where the economy grew rapidly. Shorty after, the stock market crashed, putting everyone in poverty, and increasing the unemployment rate. During the 20’s and the early thirties, the time Herbert Hoover was president, the United States blamed him for the depression. Hoover attempted to try to improve the scenario, but he didn’t do much. Therefore, he was despised. During the election, Hoover didn’t stand a chance of becoming the president for yet another term. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was his competition and Hoover lost by a landslide. In my opinion, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the greatest and most accomplished President of the United States.

“The only thing we fear is fear itself”, i’m doing my project about FDR, He was a president who ended the great depression. He helped many people when he was alive and he had everyone supporting him. He pretty much made history in the 1930’s. I chose him because he is a great role model who shows effort in everything he does.

The American economy entered an ordinary recession during the summer of 1929, as consumer spending dropped and unsold goods began to pile up, slowing production. At the same time, stock prices continued to rise, and by