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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858
... state's attorney. In 1836 Douglas he was elected to the House of Representatives, and in 1840 he became the Illinois Secretary of State ... became the sixteenth president of the United States of America. Although Senator Douglas opposed of Lincoln at first, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Impearalism in the United States. Describe the events leading the US to a policy of "Imperialism."
... 1890, Secretary of State James Blaine "warned in 1890 that United States productivity was 'outrunning the demands of ... of Cuban concentration camps slowly made its way to the States. Through the sensationalized, manipulated press, Americans were informed of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Life of Winston Churchill
... 1919 to 1921 he acted, as Secretary of State for War and Air and in 1924 he became Chancellor of the Exchequer. The next decade ... of tanks, believed to have played a large part in Britain's victory. Then from 1919 to 1921 he acted, as Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Causes And Effects Of U.S. Imperialism
... States for Twenty Million dollars (The Spanish American War n.pag.). Theodore Roosevelt was assistant secretary of state in 1898 when news of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
War in Iraq, paper on the war what and what kinds of questions we should ask before committing ourselves to it.
... of dangerous weapons or that he is prepared to use what he has sooner than we once thought. As recently as July 2001, Secretary of State ... moderation will become contagious. The staunchest advocates of military action embrace both arguments. Their assumption ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Do the achievements of the Soviet state, 1945-65, demonstrate the effectiveness of a centrally planned economy?
... a buoyant economy" while the US secretary of State in 1956 said that "the economic danger of the Soviet Union is potentially larger ... take away from the achievements of the Soviet State as between 1945 and 1960 many of these gaps were shortened. Many ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
To what extent were Soviet policies responsible for the outbreak and development of the Cold War between 1945-1949?
... US and the USSR. Marshall Plan was first introduced by Secretary of States George C. Marshall at Harvard University on June 5, 1947 ... from getting the money. Thus, the increased in tension because of the USSR preventing countries from taking the Marshall aid ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
The Presidency of Both Washington and Jefferson ensured a Strong Foundation for the United States Government.
... Cabinet, naming Jefferson his secretary of state, framing the executive branch ... States . Jefferson utilized Washingtons actions to advance himself politically. After Washingtons proclamation of neutrality Jefferson, who was an open supporter of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
History of Space Shuttle Program
... secretary of state William Rogers and former astronaut Neil Armstrong placed much of the blame on NASA's administrative system and its failure to maintain an efficient system of ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Space
The Definition and History of McCarthyism: Analysis of Joseph McCarthy's Political Ethics.
... were not a secret and were already published by the Secretary of State back in 1946. This claim, along with the war in Korea ... in February of 1950, McCarthy, then a senator from Wisconsin, claimed to have a list of 205 people in the State Department that ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History