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… The major initiative in the Lyndon Johnson presidency was the Vietnam War. By 1968, the United States … Communist regimes. Throughout the conflict, American Presidents were unwilling to see South Vietnam conquered by … of history, and he did not want to be remembered as a President who lost Southeast Asia to Communism. When Johnson …
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… The 1976 Republican Primary: Before President Gerald Ford could take on a Democrat in the 1976 … manage to close the gap. The Ford campaign stressed the President's honesty and experience—all the while questioning …
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… divided the United States. Hopes ran high that the new President, "Old Buck," might be the man to avert national … cabinet post. The ambitious Buchanan had his sights on the presidency for many years before he actually attained the …
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… not a prominent concern of Jackson's administration. The President's agents negotiated a number of treaties to secure … was in any way controversial. Late in Jackson's presidency, however, an unseemly dispute with France nearly …
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… served as ambassador to England under Franklin Pierce. As President, he did not give up on his hopes to annex Cuba, but … Mexico, and the Senate did not pass a treaty sent by the President in which Mexico provided the United States with …
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… that marked the occasion contrasted sharply with President Ford's assessment of the state of the union … abortion. But the defining women's issue during the Ford presidency was the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment …
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… First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Vice President Lyndon Johnson (1961–1963) Secretary of State Dean …
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… Life in the President’s House in Philadelphia was chaotic. Around thirty … Philadelphia, Attorney General Edmund Randolph warned the president that Pennsylvania law would automatically free any …
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… Jefferson's mind, the first order of business for him as President was the establishment of a "wise and frugal … and Adams had created a system of circuit courts that was presided over by the individual justices of the Supreme …
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… Lyndon Johnson's presidency began and ended with tragedy. He came into office after the death of a popular young President and provided needed continuity and stability. He …
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… The Lyndon Johnson presidency marked a vast expansion in the role of the … remedial services for poorer districts, a program that no President had been able to pass because of the disputes over … 1968, with his attention focused on foreign affairs, the President's efforts to fashion a Great Society had come to an …
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… The party that Andrew Jackson founded during his presidency called itself the American Democracy. In those … largely personal following that had elected Andrew Jackson President in 1828. As progressively defined by Jackson during …
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… Pierce enjoyed fishing and visits to the country. With the President and his wife still in mourning when they moved to …
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… War Looms Foreign affairs dominated Madison’s presidency. Days before he took office in March 1809, … against France and Britain. The act empowered the president to drop the trade restrictions if either of the …
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… as a better convention and congressional leader than president. Those roles played to Madison’s strengths, where … of attention hardly made him a natural in the office of president. For those reasons, Dolley was an indispensable … as the nation grew and developed. Assessments of Madison’s presidency usually hinge on assessments of the War of 1812. …
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… First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Vice President John N. Garner (1933–1941) Vice President Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945) Vice President Harry …
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… First Lady Bess Truman Vice President Alben W. Barkley Secretary of State Edward R. …
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… First Lady Nancy Reagan Vice President George H. W. Bush Secretary of State Alexander Haig …
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… First Lady Julia Grant Vice President Schuyler Colfax (1869–1873) Vice President Henry Wilson (1873–1875) Secretary of State Elihu …
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… First Lady Edith Roosevelt Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks Secretary of State John M. Hay …