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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 ...
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Significant causes of the U.S Civil War, Compromise of 1877, key terms and people
... of the laws." Fifteenth Amendment: Secretary of State Hamilton Fish ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of United States on March 30, 1870. This amendment explicitly forbid denial of ...
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The Influence of Media on War
... of media personnel from the initial and most crucial stage of the operation. As a result of this situation, Assistant Secretary of ... or privacy of U.S. Government personnel or their families, violate the privacy of the citizens of the United States , or ...
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Civil War Facts
... States congress man, Secretary of war, Vice President (1825-1832) senator and secretary of state. He supported states rights and slavery. He was a symbol of ...
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The Vietnam War.
... of policy for the U.S. government to follow. Apparently, the principal department heads, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of ...
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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor Could Have Been Avoided
... going to be bombed because Roosevelt's secretary of war had this in his diary. "Franklin D. Roosevelt stated today that we were likely to ... how he told his secretary of war that he knew that pearl harbor was going to be bombed. now that most of these facts ...
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Vietnam Essay Public Opinion the US withdrawal
... Secretary of State, Rusk who was obsessive about continuing the struggle in South East Asia, compared to Senator Fulbright stating ... further with the loss of Secretary of Defence, McNamara in November 1967. Johnson had thought very highly of McNamara but by ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
The American Civil War
... of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. It proposed to emancipate the slaves in all rebel areas on January 1, 1863. Secretary of State ... in the South. On March 6, 1863, the Secretary of War was informed that "seven hundred and fifty ...
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Should America Have Dropped the Bomb
... a way to avoid the need for the Bomb. Secretary of State James Byrnes, Truman's closest confidant on atomic matters, ... " (Manhattan Project). Secretary of War Henry Stimson, perhaps the most respected U.S. statesman of the century, was wary of using the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
The Spanish American War.This paper answers why we had an almost meaningless war with Spain over Cuba.
... United States very nearly went to war with Italy, Chile and Great Britain over minor incidents. The secretaries of state of this ... Cuban revolutionaries, despite their minimal knowledge of the situation. He also states that there was a strong imperialist ...
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