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The Electoral College It Time To Move On
1,719 words
... gress should select the President and those
who felt the states should have a say. In 1788 the
Electoral College was indoctrinated and placed
into operation. The College was to allow people a
say in who lead them, but was also to protect
against the general public's ignorance of
politics. Why the fear of the peoples ignorance of
politics? It was argued that the people, left to
their own devices could be swayed by a few
designing men to elect a king or demagogue
(McManus p. 19). With the Elec...
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U S S End Of The War
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GEORGE BUSH The votes were in; the election was
over. On the 20 th of January 1989, Republican
George Herbert Walker Bush became the forty-first
president of the United States. After serving two
previous terms as Ronald Reagan's Vice President,
he defeated Governor of Massachusetts Michael S.
Dukakis to earn his new title. Bush had become
President at a time when many Americans were
uncertain about their countrys future. The federal
government was intensely in debt due to prior
years of budget d...
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Vice President Gore Studious
208 words
The qualities that have enabled the studious vice
president to lead from behind the scenes,
self-assurance and decisiveness, also can come off
as arrogance and inflexibility. Gore is an
intensely studious and driven man who makes
discussions methodically and with little angst,
however a person so self assured of his
convictions that he strikes his opponents as
arrogant, self-righteous, and even close minded.
He strives to be fair, examining all sides of an
arguement, but once his mind is made up...
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Thomas Jefferson Vice President
535 words
InT Jefferson THOMAS JEFFERSON In the thick of
party conflict in 1800, Thomas Jefferson wrote in
a private letter, I have sworn upon the altar of
God eternal hostility against every form of
tyranny over the mind of man. This powerful
advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albemarle
County, Virginia, inheriting from his father, a
planter and surveyor, some 5, 000 acres of land,
and from his mother, a Randolph, high social
standing. He studied at the College of William and
Mary, then read law. In...
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19 Th Century Union Pacific
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Maury Klein? s? A Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad,
? gives a new perspective of reliable
transportation. During much of the 19 th century
railroads dominated the American industrial
landscape. The railroad enabled people to travel
farther and also more widely. The railroad was one
of the greatest technological advancements of the
19 th century. Two hundred thousand miles of track
were laid by 1900. The railroad began to symbolize
American prosperity. By the 1890 s the rail
industry was near coll...
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George W Bush President Bush
505 words
During Inauguration Subject: Inauguration During
the Presidential inauguration held on January 20,
2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43 rd
President of the United States of America. The new
President gave a short and to the point speech,
afterwards George W. Bush along with his family
and the former President, Bill Clinton, made their
way to the inside of Capital Hill to soon leave
for the traditional luncheon. After George W. Bush
was sworn in as the new president and the trade of
power ...
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Department Of Justice Bill Gates
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Its time to break up Microsoft Monopoly A couple
of years ago, a copier company was found guilty of
tying when it required consumers to purchase a
maintenance plan along with its copier. Such is
the case when on May 18, 1998 attorney generals
from 20 states, and the District of Columbia and
the US Department of Justice filed historic
antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft Corporation.
The US Department of Justice and 20 states are
claiming Microsoft is conducting business in
violation of the Sherm...
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Cuban Missile Crisis World War Ii
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy 35 th president of the
United States, the youngest person ever to be
elected president. He was also the first Roman
Catholic president and the first president to be
born in the 20 th century. Kennedy was
assassinated before he completed his third year as
president. Therefore his achievements were
limited. Nevertheless, his influence was
worldwide, and his handling of the Cuban Missile
Crisis may have prevented war. Young people
especially liked him. No other president was...
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House Of Representatives Fitzgerald Kennedy
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John Jfk John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy
was born on May 29 th, 1917 in Brookline,
Massachusetts. John was the second of nine
children born to Joseph Patrick and Rose
Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was brought up in a family
that demanded intense physical and intellectual
competition among the children and he was taught
in the teachings of the Roman Catholic church and
the political precepts of the Democratic Party. He
graduated from Harvard University, and he
published the best-seller Why Engla...
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Blue Jays Vice President
245 words
Paul Million Leading the League Paul Beeston is
the CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays. His associates
think that, like Tom Hanks in the movie Big, he
walks a fine line between crazy kid and a top-
notch executive. Beeston, who is a legendary for
his commitment to the organization, started as the
team? ? s first full-time accountant and rose
through the ranks to become president in 1989. He
arrives at work between 7 and 7: 30 a. m. each
day, and hasn? ? t taken a vacation in four years.
With the team?...
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Bank Of The United States House Of Representatives
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Andrew Jackson was born in 1767, and grew up in
the border of North and South Carolina. He
attended frontier schools and acquired the
reputation of being fiery-tempered and willing to
fight all comers. He also learned to read, and he
was often called on by the community to read aloud
the news from the Philadelphia papers. In 1775,
with the beginning of the American Revolution,
Andrew Jackson, then only 13 years old became an
orderly and messenger. He took part in the Battle
of Hanging Rock again...
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November 22 1963 War On Poverty
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Lyndon Johnson And The American DreamByDoris
Kearns Goodwin November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas,
at 12: 32 PM C. S. T. a date and time recognized
by many Americans for its association with the
tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy,
was also a tragic day in the life of Lyndon Baines
Johnson. For it was on this day that he rose to
the office of President of the United States, a
position he had long coveted. For Johnson this was
the beginning of a long arduous journey towards
personal and...
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Vice President Al Gore George W Bush
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Presidential Presidential Campaigns E Band
Presidential Campaigns Then presidential elections
of the years past have had a major impact on the
world existing today. In my report I researched
the election of 1860. Abraham Lincolns victory in
this election enabled Black People to be free in
our society today. There were four major
candidates in this election. The choice for the
Republican Party was Abraham Lincoln. He was an
excellent speaker who gained recognition during
the Lincoln- Douglas deba...
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Rape Or Incest Bush And Gore
2,365 words
Albert Gore is the 45 th vice president of the
United States. He was educated at Harvard
University and Vanderbilt University Law school.
In 1977, Gore was elected to the office of US
representative from Tennessee. After seven years
he became the states US senator. He lost the
election in 1988 when running for presidency.
Apparently he won several primaries but his
campaign appeared to be unfocused and unorganized.
In 1993 he was nominated as Bill Clintons running
mate for that presidential elec...
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Pat Buchanan Democratic Nomination
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Americans are showing signs of disaffection with a
presidential campaign that is just beginning. The
public thinks the press and large campaign
contributors are having too much influence on who
gets nominated, and a 60 % majority thinks voters
themselves have too little say. The latest Federal
Election Commission, conducted on the heels of
protracted controversy about coverage of alleged
cocaine use by George W. Bush, found public
reservations about news coverage of most character
issues ranging...
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Ulysses S Grant United States Military
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A culture is the beliefs and interests of a
particular group of people. About 150 years ago, a
proud and noble culture was created in the
Southern portion of the United States. It was
created by Southerners from all walks of life,
ranging from the gentry to the good ol boys. They
loved their culture so much that they created a
country. It was a country of blue skies, green
hills, beautiful meadows and forests, and
old-fashioned Southern hospitality. There were
large plantations that grew some of...
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Washington D C House Of Representatives
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Sam Sam Houston Samuel Houston Sam Houston was as
legend reports a big man about six foot and six
inches tall. He was an exciting historical figure
and war hero who was involved with much of the
early development of our country and Texas. He was
a soldier, lawyer, politician, businessman, and
family man, whose name will be synonymous with
nation heroes who played a vital part in the
shaping of a young and prosperous country. He
admired and supported the Native Americans who
took him in and adopt...
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Santa Anna Vice President
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Antonio de Lopez de Santa Anna Perez de Lebron was
a great man. He was strong, humble, smart, and
clever. But he was also a weak, arrogant, stupid,
foolish, and these are what most people remember
about him. That is not how he really was. In the
following paragraphs I will tell about the life
and times of Santa Anna, and of his mistakes and
achievements, I will tell of the age of Santa
Anna. On February 21, 1794, Mexico received a
great leader, who would affect her dramatic
history to the fulles...
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Beautiful Woman Vice President
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Reading is extremely underrated in our country
today. Those who do read know what I? m saying.
And I? m not talking about Dr. Seuss or Ann M.
Martin. I mean REAL books! Books by Dean Koontz,
Stephen King, and other best-selling authors. One
best-selling author that I have the utmost respect
for is Mary Higgins Clark. She? s written
chart-topping novels such as Where Are the
Children? , A Cry in the Night, A Stranger is
Watching, and The Cradle will fall. The book that
I have recently read by her...
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Corpus Christi John Kennedy
645 words
Lyndon Baines Johnson the 36 th President of the
United States was born near Stonewall, Texas in
1908. He was the eldest of five children. His
father had served on the Texas legislature five
times. Although Johnson shared his father s
interest in politics he went to college and began
working on a school teaching career. He graduated
with a degree in history and went on to teach at a
high school in Houston. After two years he became
interested in a political position and took the
job of private s...
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