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… Trump again in January 2021. In a stark break from all past precedent, Trump refused to concede the 2020 … assaulted the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. That event led to a second impeachment. Trump stood trial in the …
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… John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. The event thrust Lyndon Johnson into the presidency. A man widely … amid the Vietnam War. Vietnam—perhaps the most divisive event in American life since the Civil War—polarized the … By 1965, the American "advisers" were a thing of the past as Johnson began an escalation of American commitment to …
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… of his tiny high school. Navy Career and Marriage The events of World War II (1939-1945) motivated many American … were right to exclude black sailors from a social event. Father and son never again talked about race relations … African Americans from voting. Consistent with his past practice and his deeply held principles, when a vote was …
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… who met him at White House receptions and other social events. Each of these weaknesses damaged Hoover's public … Caribbean, or the mountains of Virginia, Hoover's favorite past-time was fishing. One biographer notes, however, that …
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… A skilled and experienced hostess, Lucy found formal events uncomfortable and adopted a more casual style that was … while famous musicians performed downstairs at White House events, informal "sings" occurred upstairs in the family … Julia Grant. If Lucy Hayes had a sense of her First Lady past, she was also friendly with women who would be future …
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… to those who had helped him or worked with him in the past; this loyalty prevented him from ruthlessly purging his … and resulted in financial ruin for many investors. The event, which became known as Black Friday, tarnished the …
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… he did so with firm conviction and determination. His past experiences gave him significant experience in foreign … jettison improved U.S.-Sino relations by overreacting to events. Many in Congress cried out for a harsh, punitive …
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… Her interest in presidential china was not confined to the past, however, as she designed the official pattern for her … Mary Harrison, as well as various nieces, to attend social events and greet guests in her stead. Her decision in this …
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… First Ladies. Edith arranged for the china from the past twenty-five administrations to be displayed in cabinets … and famous performers. The two most significant social events during her tenure were the wedding of her …
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… and directed programs educating Americans about the rich past of the presidential mansion. Jackie further guaranteed … and the children, and she invited journalists to social events. Jackie's inaccessibility, elegance, and her cool …
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… as she was dying of cancer, she wrote a second book, Past Forgetting , in which she claimed that she and … Eisenhower often found enjoyment in what he called "stag" events, recreation that involved just him and his male …
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… his normal three-mile morning run, as he had done for the past fourteen years, but felt miserable. He wrote about his … he enjoyed connecting with people at grassroots campaign events. His campaign hit a snag when he went on a publicized … both literally and politically but later made light of the event. His ability to laugh at himself proved popular with …
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… said the FDR era "represented a radical break with the past," and W.E.B. Du Bois concluded that Roosevelt "gave the … years of struggle, Pullman agreed to terms, a milestone event in American civil rights history. During World War II, …
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… States was resented in much of Latin America because of past military interventions. He often told advisers that the … of six former British colonies that felt threatened by the events in Grenada. Reagan welcomed the opportunity to act … The small remaining U.S. force had no hope of influencing events in Lebanon unless it was substantially reinforced. …