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Secretary Of State Chancellor Of The Exchequer
1,579 wordsChurchill, the master British statesman, stood alone against fascism and renewed the worlds, faith in the superiority of democracy. The political history of the 20 th century can be written as the biographies of six men: Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao Zedong. Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. The first four were totalitarians that made or used revolutions to create monstrous dictatorships. Roosevelt and Churchill differed from them in being democrats. And Churchill differed from Roosevel...
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President Of The United States Secretary Of State
1,460 wordsGeorge Washington was quite possibly the greatest president of the United States. Through his earlier life experiences on his fathers tobacco farm and in the military, George Washington developed many skills and traits which helped him to govern the United States. His excellent personal values and dedication to make our country great, helped him to win the respect and support of many United States citizens. George Washingtons integrity set a pattern for all other presidents to follow. Born in 17...
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House Of Commons Secretary Of State
2,002 wordsAdvanced Higher Modern Studies To what extent has devolution of power diluted the central control of the Cabinet and government within the British state. At present, the UK Parliament in Westminster is the supreme political assembly. The UK Parliament is one of the oldest representative assemblies in the world. Parliamentary government in the United Kingdom is based on a two-chamber system. The House of Lords (the upper House) and the House of Commons (the lower house), which sit separately and ...
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Bill Of Rights Secretary Of State
1,115 wordsBritain has never relished doses of constitutional reform, although they have accepted the drip-feed of frequent, unpalatable and ill-fated local government changes. Ambivalence to reform was reinforced in recent decades. The 1974 Labour government proposed an ambitious program of devolution for Scotland and Wales. It was a luckless policy, not least because of Labours divisions Now it is all different. The case for Scottish devolution is being argued with renewed vigour. Its consideration is li...
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Secretary Of State Colin Powell
306 wordsColin Powell was sworn in on January 20, 2001 as the 65 th Secretary of State. Before he was nominated he was the chairman of Americas Promise- The Alliance for Youth. Americas Promise is a non profit youth organization to help build character and competence. Colin Powell was a professional Soldier for 35 years. During that time he held a myriad command and staff positions and his rank heightened to a four star General. The last assignment he ever did was as the 12 th Chairman of the Joint Chief...
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Secretary Of State Eisenhower Administration
1,029 words... persuasion - say, convincing Germany solely with rhetoric that America would support a united Germany (which, indeed, they did try to do) - it is arguable whether that would have worked in deterring the popular Soviet-influenced communist parties. Clearly, the Truman administration had to pursue a strategy of military containment. However, internal politics dictated quite the opposite strategy. The republican leadership in both the Senate and the House was committed to fulfill their campaign...
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Secretary Of State Daniel Webster
313 wordsDaniel Webster was the ninth born son of Ebenezer Webster, who was a farmer and tavern-keeper. He was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire on January 18 th in 1782. He was nicknamed Black Dan. When he was a child he was mostly bedridden, many thought he wouldnt make it. He was forced to read. He fell in love with books. When he was just fifteen he entered Dartmouth College. After he graduated he taught for a little while before working in a law office in Boston. He made over 65, 000 a year! In 1807 ...
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Cold War Foreign Policy
1,106 wordsIntroduction Their [Russias and Americas] starting-point is different, and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems marked by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe, Alexis de Torqueville, late 19 th century. De Torqueville's prophecy came true by the 1940 s when the two super powers, the United States of America and the Soviet Union, had come head to head, swaying the destinies of half the globe and more. (de Torqueville, chapter 18) The United States had recen...
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American Civil War Secretary Of State
824 words1) Compromise of 1850: It s a series of compromises passed by United States congress in order to settle slavery issues. It was used to balance pro and anti slave states. (36 - 30) 3) John Calhoun: (1782 - 1850) Political leader who was United States congressman, Secretary of war, Vice President (1825 - 1832) senator and secretary of state. He supported states rights and slavery. He was a symbol of the old south. He also fought for the protection of the south which contributed to the Civil Wa Hen...
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Secretary Of State Prime Minister
1,553 wordsMargaret Hilda Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatchers overwhelming sense of self-confidence and ambition ruled her life from the time she was a small child in Grantham, though her Oxford years and during her early years in politics. It led her to become the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain, and also helped through her difficult political years as Attila the Hun. Britains first female Prime Minister was born on October 13, 1925 in a small room over a grocers shop in Graham, England. Margar...
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Secretary Of State James Buchanan
699 wordsJames Buchanan James Buchanan was born in April 23, 1791 in a cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. James father came to America as a Scotch-Irish in 1783. At the age of six his family moved to Mercersberg PA. where his father would open a general store. James was the second of eleven in his family. James was able to go to school where he lived but when he was not studying he was helping his father in the shop. James father made James work hard and taught James that he must be ready to take care for ...
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Declaration Of Independence William And Mary
2,224 wordsThomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, was one of the most brilliant men in history. His interests were boundless, and his accomplishments were great and varied. He was a philosopher, educator, naturalist, politician, scientist, architect, inventor, pioneer in scientific farming, musician, and writer, and was the foremost spokesmen for democracy in his day. He was born at Shadwell in Goochland County, Virginia on April 13, 1743, to Jane Randolph and Peter Jefferson. Jefferson Gr...
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House Of Representatives Secretary Of State
604 wordsThe only President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penns Hill above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe, he became an accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist. After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At age 26 he was appointed Minister to...
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John C Calhoun Compromise Of 1850
1,600 wordsJohn Caldwell Calhoun, statesman and political philosopher, was vice- president, a congressman, secretary of war, senator, secretary of state, and a leading champion of Southern rights. [Netscape 1 ] Throughout his life, Calhoun kept advocating for the South and pushing for the growth of the South. Threw his career as the vice-president, he kept pushing Jackson to help out his fellow Southerners and keep the South alive. [Bartlett 26 ] He was born on a farm near Abbeville, S. C. , on Mar. 18, 17...
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House Of Representatives Secretary Of War
627 wordsJohn John Calhoun JOHN CALHOUN John Caldwell Calhoun was born in 1782 in South Carolina. Calhoun was born near Abbeville District, South Carolina, and was an honors graduate at Yale College in 1804. He practiced law in Abbeville District until his election to the South Carolina legislature in 1808. He was a major American political figure before the Civil War. Calhoun played an important part in national affairs for 40 years. He was Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832, and he r...
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Secretary Of State Supreme Court
896 wordsJohn Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States and was largely responsible for developing the power of the Supreme Court. He accomplished this through presiding over many important court cases. These included Marbury versus Madison, Dartmouth College versus Woodward, McCulloch versus Maryland, and Gibbons versus Ogden. John Marshall was born in Germantown, Virginia on September 24, 1755. Marshall served as a Captain during the American Revolution. He received his only formal edu...
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Secretary Of State Henry Clay
873 wordsHello, Im John Quincy Adams. I grew up in Braintree, Massachusetts, and when I became an adult I traveled with my father on his diplomatic missions until I became interested in political journalism at Harvard and eventually became he sixth president of the United States. During my lifetime, from 1767 to 1848, the United States was desperately trying to make allies, as the country was in its infancy. I followed my fathers footsteps, as I was working in foreign relations before I became President....
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System Of Checks And Balances Power Of Judicial Review
1,023 wordsMarbury v. Madison The Marbury vs. Madison case resulted in the most important Supreme Court decision in history. The courts ruling established the power of judicial review, solidified the Constitutional system of checks and balances, strengthened the power of the federal government, and made the Judiciary an equal partner with the Legislative and Executive branches of government. In the Election, Thomas Jefferson and his anti-federalist Republican Party defeated the incumbent John Adams and the...
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World War Ii 38 Th Parallel
972 wordsThe Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles, the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower, said that it woul...
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Bank Of The United States House Of Representatives
2,149 wordsAndrew 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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