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The Spoils System: What do you think of the spoils system?
... of his cabinet was removed and replaced for these reasons. Secretary of State Martin Van Buren and Secretary of War John Eaton, two members of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
History of the United States
... secretary of state, he began a kind of balance-of-power diplomacy. He preferred to keep the United States free of ... of his political tradition had preferred. With Henry KISSINGER as an advisor and later as secretary of state, he began a kind of balance-of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Formation of United Nations and Canada's Involvement.
... peace and police force. " - Lester B. Pearson, Secretary of state for external affairs In 1961, Canadian Prime ... secretary-general was a Canadian. The liberated black people of South Africa (seen protesting- right) have Canada to thank for the abomination of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History
War Of 1812
... of Corruption Secretary of State Hamilton Fish under Grant. Crédit Mobilier Scandal - railroad companies hired themselves to work for an extreme amount of money, in excess of ...
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The Beginnings of the American Red Cross
... of establishing a Red Cross in America was shot down by the Assistant Secretary of State, Frederic Seward. If the United States ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Life of Andrew Jackson, 7th president of USA
... of Massachusetts, who was the Secretary of State; Henry Clay of Kentucky, majority leader of the House of Representatives; Secretary of War from South Carolina, John C. Calhoun, and William Crawford of Georgia, the Secretary of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Famous people of the Civil War.
... Clay supported John Adams. When Adam's won, Clay was named Secretary of State. In the 1840's he help to guide a new ... the southern states. When Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act and Johnson vetoed it, he tried to fire his secretary of war. Congress ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
Biography of Abraham Lincoln
... secretary of state, Salmon P. Chase as secretary of the treasury, and Edward Bates as attorney general. By the time of Lincoln's inauguration in March 1861, seven states ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
DBQ: Growth Of Political Parties
... of the people"¦" The Federalists feared the common man's power to persuade others into becoming Democratic-Republicans. Washington's Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, was the leader of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Stephen Austin Father of Texas.
... United States to get support for the Texan cause. He acted as secretary of state of the republic ... secretary of state until his death on December 27, 1836. Judged by historical values, Austin did a great effort. He started the Anglo-American colonization of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History