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- The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in the United States and is bestowed by the President of the United States. It ...9 KB (1,283 words) - 22:24, 30 November 2022
- The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency ... During the beginning of his term, Jackson was forced to confront the ...7 KB (1,113 words) - 00:42, 17 November 2022
- the distinguished office of President of the United States. ... president), as well as of the President of the United States seems to be properly ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States in 1848. His political position endorsed a Jeffersonian political philosophy. He believed ...9 KB (1,272 words) - 22:19, 25 October 2022
- The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican Party who were ... The Radical Republicans took a hard line against the Confederacy early ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was one of the most prominent social reformers ... Mary Thompson Hill Willard. She spent most of her childhood on a farm in ...7 KB (1,021 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Belgium ... Great Britain message from the President of the United States, transmitting ...5 KB (803 words) - 14:55, 2 May 2023
- April 10 1882 – May 14 1965) was Secretary of Labor for the twelve years ... Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts. The family moved to Worcester ...8 KB (1,176 words) - 06:42, 1 April 2024
- The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United ... Free Soil candidates ran on the platform declaring "...we inscribe ...6 KB (913 words) - 10:35, 11 April 2024
- The Truman Doctrine was a proclamation by United States President ... Aid was agreed by the United States government to be given to both ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 18:28, 2 May 2023
- The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United States ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- reformer and social activist, leader of the women's suffrage movement ... Woodlake, Kentucky and grew up at Ashland, the farm established by her great ...7 KB (1,006 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- filled by the wife of the president of the United States, the title is sometimes taken to apply only to the wife of a sitting president, however ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- referred to as Joe Brown, was a Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, ... business dealings; acquiring great wealth at the misery of others, mainly convict ...6 KB (817 words) - 07:21, 10 August 2022
- The Fulbright Program including the Fulbright-Hays Program is a program ... Fulbright alumni around the world recognize the importance of continued ...11 KB (1,431 words) - 07:18, 15 April 2024
- wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and therefore is seen as the first First Lady of the United States although that ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:57, 6 December 2023
- February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ... Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria. His family emigrated to the ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2024
- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is the oldest continuing ... The WCTU perceived alcoholism as a consequence of larger social problems ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 23:22, 17 May 2023
- | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... (November 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States. As the first vice president to succeed to the ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- and educator. Serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University ... in determining economic activity and the consequent health and prosperity ...7 KB (1,057 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... Arguably the single most important piece of legislation passed by ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- A Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States ... is personally awarded by the President of the United States (executive branch ...10 KB (1,549 words) - 19:21, 15 May 2020
- politician. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first official Secretary-General ... organize multinational troops to respond to the invasion of Korea in 1950 ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 2023
- historical materials of every President of the United States since Herbert Hoover. Presidential libraries began with the thirty-second U.S. President ...19 KB (2,492 words) - 22:38, 30 November 2022
- October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was among the first female attorneys in ... Victoria Woodhull) to run for President of the United States. Additionally ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- Abraham Lincoln. He was a staunch supporter of the Union and of the emancipation ... Hay was born in 1838, in Salem, Indiana, of Scottish ancestry, raised ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served as the twenty-first President. Arthur ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States (1841). He served as the first governor of the Indiana Territory and later as a U.S ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
- 1987) was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-twentieth century. ... in Kansas City as a youth and graduated from the United States Military Academy ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 01:07, 9 November 2022
- The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the United States ... The most controversial of the four statutes was the Sedition Act, ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 18:22, 21 July 2023
- have succeeded Johnson as president of the United States upon Johnson ... Andrew Johnson became President of the United States following the ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 09:47, 28 September 2023
- Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth president of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the twenty-third president of the United States. Serving one term from 1889 to 1893 ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 09:55, 28 September 2023
- honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States, who was born on February 22, 1732 (by the Gregorian calendar). Since the Uniform ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- Albion Woodbury Small (May 11, 1854 – March 24, 1926) founded the ... Albion Woodbury Small was born in Buckfield, Maine, the son of Reverend ...7 KB (1,052 words) - 17:49, 19 December 2022
- The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military ... The award recognizes acts of heroism performed in ground combat if ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- The American Colonization Society was founded in Liberia 1816 by Robert ... The society held close control over the development of Liberia until ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 03:32, 24 July 2023
- | order=7th Vice President of the United States | term_start=March 4, 1825 ... 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading United States senator, vice president ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 16:58, 5 April 2024
- The Labor-Management Relations Act, commonly known as the Taft-Hartley ... The act forbade jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts. Employers ...12 KB (1,867 words) - 02:51, 27 February 2023
- and anthropologist, who developed two of the nation's most notable ... whose ancestors could be tracked down to the first settlers of America ...9 KB (1,359 words) - 10:26, 11 April 2024
- Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... to hold a steady job and who abandoned the family before dying in the ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... military leader, and the 19th President of the United States (1877 – 1881 ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
- Teapot Dome was an oil reserve scandal that began during the administration ... The Teapot Dome oil field received its name because of a rock resembling ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- writer, political philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the ... Born to privilege and wealth, Hancock used his money to foster the ...9 KB (1,251 words) - 05:15, 3 August 2022
- government official. Dana was in many ways the most brilliant journalist ... criticism of his abilities as President of the United States. Dana was in ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists ... ==Organizational Structure and Pattern of Work== ECOSOC has 54 members ...13 KB (1,735 words) - 11:44, 3 May 2023
- diplomat and conservative politician. He was the fourth secretary-general of ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was ... During his tenure as president, Roberts pushed for European and United ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who long ... and I am glad to know that the President of the United States is a Christian ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in ... quot; on the side at [[President of the United States|President]] Andrew ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... society that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight ... One of his policy contributions was what became known as brinkmanship ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- 1955) was an American newspaper baron, owner of the Chicago Tribune, and popularly ... A leading opponent of United States entry into World War II and of ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws that attempted to resolve ... The measures, designed by Whig Senator Henry Clay (who failed to get ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- A United States National Monument is a protected area that is similar to a U.S. national park with the exception that the President of the United ...19 KB (2,589 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
- She is known for her work to improve the living and working conditions ... In 1886, she joined the Women's Educational and Industrial Union ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 16:13, 7 November 2022
- American politician who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937. He was ... Landon was born in 1887, to John Manuel and Anne Mossman Landon. The ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
- inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He ... interest and discernible talent in "the arts of design," to employ ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 20:42, 13 May 2023
- Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas ... In all, approximately 63 people died in Bleeding Kansas. The term ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
- War I and World War II (finally supporting the latter conflict only after ... He believed steadfastly in the principles that he attested to. He ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- executive, and philanthropist. He introduced the concept of “salesmanship” ... money for cancer research and promoting the federal government’s role ...11 KB (1,655 words) - 01:19, 11 May 2021
- secretary of state, and fifth president of the United States. He was the last ... began his term as the new president of the United States. ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- philosopher, and diplomat, an advocate of peace through education. The ... L. Butler and Mary Murray Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray, a clergyman ...14 KB (2,044 words) - 23:32, 14 November 2022
- The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can ... It ranks fifth in the precedence of military awards behind the Medal ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- 20, 1893), was a Louisiana-born general for the Confederate Army during the ... Beauregard was the first prominent Confederate general. He commanded ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 06:06, 18 November 2022
- Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 17:51, 27 July 2023
- The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from ... With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917 ... it would prove to be eventful. She was the last monarch of the Kingdom ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- The Burning of Washington is the name given to the burning of Washington ... The White House was burned. Only the exterior walls remained, and ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United States. Taylor had ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- broadcasting executive who served as the president of Columbia Broadcasting ... Stanton was decisive and passionate in his pursuit of the development ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (October 29, 1938 - ) is the current President ... For anyone to become head of their state is a significant achievement ...17 KB (2,476 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris after the ... In its original form, the Pact of Paris was a renunciation of war ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals, which ... Investigations conducted by the FBI, Senate Watergate Committee, House ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 14:08, 31 May 2022
- Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth ... celebrated in a religious fashion. In the Catholic tradition, it is ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 12:56, 21 January 2023
- (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849), was the wife of President James Madison ... North Carolina, on May 20, 1768, a daughter of John Payne, farmer and starch ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- a political sociologist, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and the ... was born on March 18, 1922, in New York, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the ... New York University (then officially named the University of the City of ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 20:20, 1 December 2023
- Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States serving under President ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 15:44, 27 April 2023
- 1, 1918) was an American educator and one of the leaders of the Kindergarten ... and at a young age became familiar with the work of Friedrich Froebel ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- was an American statesman and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State ... his speech on U.S. policy toward Asia before the National Press Club in January ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- The Monroe Doctrine is a United States doctrine which, on December ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) married into the Kennedy family and together ... and then Senator, was elected President of the United States in 1960, and ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882) was the ... inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States on March 4, 1861. ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:14, 7 November 2022
- 16, 2016) was an Egyptian diplomat who was the sixth secretary-general of ... for not responding quickly enough in the face of tragedies like the ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 2023
- [[Image:Eisenhower in the Oval Office.jpg|thumb|300px|President Dwight ... was first used publicly by President of the United States (and former General ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 in United States created the territories ... each selected a candidate for president of the United States. ...12 KB (1,759 words) - 02:44, 5 October 2022
- John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the thirtieth President of the United States. Famed for his taciturn New England ...18 KB (2,751 words) - 18:37, 25 November 2023
- John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 - March 29, 1848) became the first ... class family in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:02, 8 April 2024
- , also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American lawyer, diplomat, congressman, and sixth president of the United States ...17 KB (2,542 words) - 07:07, 3 August 2022
- Carl Robert Byoir (June 24, 1888 – February 3, 1957) was one of ... Before he was 18 years old, Byoir became the editor of the Waterloo Times ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 00:54, 13 January 2023
- The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a Joint session of the Congress on ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- was an American journalist and publisher, the grandson of publisher Joseph ... Patterson inherited wealth, experience, and the ability to succeed in the ...10 KB (1,527 words) - 00:44, 11 August 2022
- is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to ... The commemoration began in 1978 as "Women's History day ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther ... King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
