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Theodore Roosevelt: Icon Of the 20th Century.
... became his most valued advisor. He went on to be assistant secretary of the navy, 1897-98, and during the Spanish- American War he ... was the 26th President of the United States of America. He succeeded McKinley as President, on his assassination in 1901. ...
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Lincoln, the Great Emancipator? (In Class Essay for AP US)
... states to be free, but not slaves in states still part of the union. As Secretary of State William Henry Seward stated, ... of moral and human rights. However, as Lincoln stated before, he was not in favor of bringing about social and political equality of ...
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John F. Kennedy: The Inaugural Address
... President, that I know of, who was really his own secretary of state. He dealt with every aspect of foreign policy, and he ... the address, Kennedy reaffirmed the United State's pledge of coming to the defense of any nation whose independence was endangered, ...
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Issues in the Jacksonian Era
... of the House, Clay persuaded his supporters to vote for Adams since they believed in the same policies. When Adams won, he appointed Clay his Secretary of State ... including the corrupt bargain of the Election of 1824, the Tariff of Abominations (1828), the ...
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Andrew Jackson Demorcacy
... . Jackson also didn't make his decisions very carefully. Secretary of State Van Buren advised Jackson not to appoint a ... of the most severe financial crises in the history of the United States and a division in poor and rich. The Panic of 1837 was one of ...
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JFK vs. Lincoln Assassinations
... of Friday, April 14. Booth then conspired with George Atzerodt and Lewis Powell that he would assassinate the president, Powell would kill William Seward, Secretary of State ... States politician. Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States of ...
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Thomas Jefferson
... the foundation for the Ordinance of 1787. In 1785, he became minister to France. Appointed secretary of state in President Washington's ... In an effort for the British to respect the United States' neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars by passing the Embargo ...
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Thomas Jefferson
... the foundation for the Ordinance of 1787. In 1785, he became minister to France. Appointed secretary of state in President Washington's ... In an effort for the British to respect the United States' neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars by passing the Embargo ...
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The Jacksonian Era: Defined The main objective of thise essay was to give a biography of Andrew Jackson and a description of the Jacksonian Era
... state legislatures. John Quincy Adams was re-nominated by forces then calling themselves the National Republicans; his running mate was Secretary of ...
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Thomas Jefferson: Great American
... secretary of state under George Washington, and vice president under John Adams. However, Jefferson's most political influence was serving as President of the United States ...
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