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… Robert D. Johnston … During the Hayes administration, the United States had few problems with foreign governments and little inclination to become an …
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… on March 5—since March 4 was a Sunday—Rutherford B. Hayes’s inaugural address tried to calm the nation and make … the gold standard. As for the possibility of disputes with foreign powers, he embraced arbitration as Grant had with …
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… from the traditional isolationist stance of the nation's foreign policy. Sugar producers in the lower South viewed the … U.S. commerce, McKinley authorized Secretary of State John Hay to issue an "Open Door" note on China. This circular …
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… the country since the mid-1800s, acting aggressively in foreign affairs, often without the support or consent of … Colombian troops from landing in Panama. In 1903, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with Panama gave the United States …
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… America on the road to world power. McKinley's difficult foreign policy decisions, especially his policy toward China … to a brevet major on the staff of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, who became a lifelong friend and mentor. When he …
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… he took out newspaper advertisements against Reagan-era foreign policy. Rehearsing a theme that would shape his … was selected in the House of Representatives); Rutherford Hayes (whose victory in the Electoral College only came after …
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… Elihu Root took charge of the nation's foreign affairs during his four and a half years as secretary … 27, 1901, Root practiced law briefly until replacing John Hay as secretary of state in July of 1905. While America's … awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to …
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… Elihu Root took charge of the nation's foreign affairs during his four and a half years as secretary … 27, 1901, Root practiced law briefly until replacing John Hay as secretary of state in July of 1905. While America's … awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to …
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… Elihu Root took charge of the nation's foreign affairs during his four and a half years as secretary … 27, 1901, Root practiced law briefly until replacing John Hay as secretary of state in July of 1905. While America's … awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to …
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… great railroad strike of 1877, urging President Rutherford Hayes to use federal troops to break the strike. In 1883, … Gresham's modest means and insufficient knowledge of foreign policy issues made him a lackluster selection, and he …
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… great railroad strike of 1877, urging President Rutherford Hayes to use federal troops to break the strike. In 1883, … Gresham's modest means and insufficient knowledge of foreign policy issues made him a lackluster selection, and he …
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… great railroad strike of 1877, urging President Rutherford Hayes to use federal troops to break the strike. In 1883, … Gresham's modest means and insufficient knowledge of foreign policy issues made him a lackluster selection, and he …
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… command the same dignity and honors accorded wives of foreign leaders, and she was frustrated when the role was not … When the 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden ended in dispute, Julia saw an …
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… Her father, a one-time law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes, had taken Nellie to the White House for President and … Roosevelt's chief agent, confidant, and troubleshooter in foreign affairs. He supervised the construction of the Panama …
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… the successful presidential campaigns of Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield, and in 1880, he was named to the … of forest reserves, and he embarked on an adventurous foreign policy that included U.S. expansion in the Pacific …
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… had found a sympathetic ear in former First Lady Lucy Hayes and encouraged Lucretia Garfield to follow her … of the temperance devotees and was concerned that foreign officials would view a dry Garfield administration as …
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… and civil service reform. He also executed a successful foreign policy and was responsible for improving … seek a third term. The Republicans nominated Rutherford B. Hayes to be their standard-bearer in the 1876 election. After …
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… of the two, advised the President on political and foreign policy issues, replacing Rosenman as special counsel … these bills "pitifully inadequate." Democrats made hay with Republican senator Robert Taft's suggestion that … seemed especially concerned that American communists or foreign agents might infiltrate the American government. In …