WHAT KIND OF LEADER ARE YOU LIKE? BY: SATVIK PENDYALA AND SASI MORSA IDEALS You are asked about what your ideals are. What do you respond? I believe that man must be free from vices and not ever be hindered. That he should be the best he can be. I believe in trying to attain piece. I think that war must be avoided if possible. I think that I should be at the top. I think that I should be better than everyone around me and that I should be in-charge. However I will be strategic about it. BELIEFS What do you believe in? I believe in a strict interpretation of the Constitution and a strong State Government. I believe in a loose interpretation of the Constitution and a strong National Government. I believe in persevering and waiting to get what I want. ACTIONS If provoked what action do you take. I will try to gain victory by using strategy and tactics. I will try to avoid a fight by using a diplomatic way to ensure nothing happens I will try to gain victory by using what is familiar to me to my advantage. GEORGE WASHINGTON • Back To Ideals George Washington was the Commander-in-Chief of American Forces in the Revolutionary War. He was a very righteous individual as he was avoiding any negative influence and deeply disapproved of the vulgar lifestyle in Colonial Virginia. He has been hailed as a remarkably great general and an amazing person. After the war he became the first president of the United States. He defined the role of the president from not an authoritative tyrant but to a leader of free men with a light hand. Back To Actions THOMAS JEFFERSON • Back To Beliefs Thomas Jefferson was a well educated and a very eccentric man. Jefferson was a visionary in many ways. He wrote up the Declaration of Independence, a document that without, we might not even be a country. As the third president, he made a decision that would change the fate of the U.S forever, The Louisiana Purchase. It nearly doubled the size of the United States and increased our power in the region. This led to an expansion in settling west and Manifest Destiny. He also sent out a controversial bill though, it had negative effects on the economy. ALEXANDER HAMILTON • Back To Beliefs Alexander Hamilton was the Leader of the Federalist Party and Secretary of Treasury. He was the one who proposed the Idea of the Federal Bank that contained the government’s money. He wrote 51 out of the 85 Federalist Papers. He had a bitter rivalry with Thomas Jefferson. He proposed new taxes with a negative repercussion but were in the mind to pay off our debt. JOHN ADAMS • Back To Ideals John Adams was the first VicePresident and later the second president of the United States. He was one of the most outspoken revolutionaries in the Revolutionary War. He became President and was involved in the XYZ Affair and was nearly thrown into a war. He however negotiated a diplomatic decision. A decision that later cost him his presidency. He was a staunch Federalist and was passed the controversial Alien & Sedition Acts. Back To Actions NELSON MANDELA • Back To Beliefs Nelson Mandela was leader against the Apartheid in South Africa. He had suffered through being jailed and other horrible segregation. He was released and then became President of South Africa. He has gotten the Nobel Peace Prize through his ways to end the Apartheid. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE • Back To Ideals Napoleon Bonaparte was a French Emperor right after the bloody French Revolution. He seized control of the government and made himself emperor. He conquered much of Europe and would continue to do so if it wasn’t a combined effort of European nations at Waterloo. He was an excellent general and employed amazing strategies. Back To Actions