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United States Senate Presidential Candidate
1,592 wordsThroughout much of his life in politics, Pinchot's name had been occasionally thrown around as a possible Presidential candidate. It never happened. He was eventually elected to public office as Governor of Pennsylvania in 1922, largely through the support of rural counties and the new women's vote. During his 1923 - 1927 administration, his major goals were the regulation of electric power companies and the enforcement of Prohibition. In a crusade for "clean politics, " he reorganized state gov...
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Open Door Policy Won The Election
1,254 words... of foreign policy was as dynamic and considerably more far-reaching in import. Believing that there could be no retreat from the power position which the Spanish-American War had dramatized but which the United States industrialism had forged, he stamped his imprint upon American policy with unusual force. He established a moderately enlightened government in the Philippines, while persuading Congress to grant tariff concessions to Cuba. He settled an old Alaskan boundary dispute with Canada...
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Bank Of The United States People Of The United States
1,856 wordsA national hero out of the West, a natural leader, and a nationalistic symbol, Andrew Jackson had most certainly proved himself to be the first peoples president. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, and was the first to gain office by a direct appeal to the mass of voters. Focusing on both the highs and the lows of his two terms in office, from 1829 - 1837, the issues that are of main concern are states' rights, nullification, the tariff, and Indian removal and banking...
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Franklin D Roosevelt Harry S Truman
1,549 wordsHistory has offered a variety of presidents to the United States. Some were strong fighters and generals, some were calm and peaceful, and others were known for their personality and wisdom. Two such presidents were Theodore Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Although there lies several differences in their Presidencies they had the same basis of personality. Their leadership was compelled by a passion for wit and energy, which shaped their Presidencies. This audacious way of controlling the Preside...
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York Henry Holt 1 St Ed
1,107 words... lo, and supervised the construction. After three rather active years of "retirement", Jefferson accepted the Republican Party's nomination in 1796 for President. He lost by three votes, which under the prevailing system, meant he was elected Vice President and the Federalist, John Adams, was elected president. The Federalist Administration turned upon its political opponents by passing the Alien Act, to deport foreign radicals and liberal, propagandists and agitators, and the Sedition Act, t...
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Thomas Jefferson And American History
1,515 wordsOnly aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. Those are the words of Thomas Jefferson; one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and among the first Americans to have to defend the newly won liberties of Americans from intrusion against a greater world power. It makes Thomas Jefferson one of the most prominent leaders and individuals in the United States. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in the state of Virginia. His family was perhaps one of the ea...
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House Judiciary Committee Richard M Nixon
1,818 words... area, Nixon traveled to Italy, Spain, and Yugoslavia, and visited the United States Sixth Fleet, stationed in the area. The tour included meetings with NATO commanders, an audience with Pope Paul VI, and visits to England and Ireland. The change in administrations had little initial effect on the Vietnam peace talks being conducted in Paris. However, in June 1969 President Nixon announced that he would begin a phased withdrawal of American forces. The first contingent of some 25, 000 men ret...
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Los Angeles County Boris Yeltsin
2,100 wordsWe Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin We dont appreciate what we have until its gone. Freedom is like that. Its like air. When you have it you dont notice. Boris Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, president of Russia, elected shortly before the breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991. Yeltsin, who was elected to a second term 1996, is a central figure in the transition away from communism in the former USSR and has dominated Russian politics in the last decade. Early Life In 1930, ...
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Dwight D Eisenhower United States And Russia
784 wordsLife Before A President Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas. He was the third of seven sons. His parents where David Jacob Eisenhower, and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower. In 1892, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, there he began his schooling until he graduated from Abilene High School in 1909. In 1911, Dwight took the Annapolis and West Point Entrance Exams. He scored first on the Annapolis exam and second on the West Point exam. Since he was to old for A...
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Iran Contra Affair Ronald Reagan
1,845 wordsRonald Reagan Reagan the Man, the President written by Hedrick Smith was a stirring biography of a mans life. Ronald Reagan was the fortieth President of the United States. He had a successful career but a term of turmoil also came with it. He was involved in a huge scandal but, his economic policies were full of flaws and this brought his countrys economy down. He was a man who supposedly had no chance of winning the Presidency because he was an actor but dedication helped his cause. He seeming...
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