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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
1,104 wordsGEORGE 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 wordsThe 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 wordsInT 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
822 wordsMaury 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 wordsDuring 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
2,043 wordsIts 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
2,927 wordsJohn 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
1,072 wordsJohn 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 wordsPaul 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
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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November 22 1963 War On Poverty
2,067 wordsLyndon 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
1,387 wordsPresidential 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 wordsAlbert 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
1,605 wordsAmericans 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
2,726 wordsA 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
2,188 wordsSam 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
905 wordsAntonio 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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Corpus Christi John Kennedy
645 wordsLyndon 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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