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1893-1897
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Grover Cleveland
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1976-1980
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James Carter
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1897-1901
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William McKinley
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1980-1988
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Ronald Reagan
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vp-Dawes
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Calvin Coolidge
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1929-1933
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Herbert Hoover
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Nicaragua
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Ronald Reagan
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Boxer Rebellion
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William McKinley
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1961-1963
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John F Kennedy
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vp- Fairbanks
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Theodore Roosevelt
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SPAM war
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William McKinley
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Cuba
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John F Kennedy
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1945-1953
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Harry S. Truman
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1992-2000
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William Jefferson Clinton
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vp- Marshall
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Woodrow Wilson
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coal strike
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Theodore Roosevelt
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2000-
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George Walker Bush
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Korea
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Harry S. Truman
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1953-1961
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Dqight D Eisenhower
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Hepburn Act
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Square Deal
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Theodore Roosevelt
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1933-1945
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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second administration
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Grover Cleveland
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WWII
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1968-1974
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Richard M. Nixon
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McKinley Tariff
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Benjamin Harrison
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medicare
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Lyndon B Johnson
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new frontier
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John F Kennedy
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resigns (8-9-74)
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Richard M. Nixon
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Agnew Resigns
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Richard M. Nixon
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vp- Walter Mondale
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James Carter
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Operation Desert Storm/Shield
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George Bush
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EPA est.
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Richard M. Nixon
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22nd ammendment
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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vp- Nixon
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Dqight D Eisenhower
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Fair Deal
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Harry S. Truman
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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anti-poverty Act
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Lyndon B Johnson
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cuban policy
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Lyndon B Johnson
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Paine-Aldrich Tariff
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William H Taft
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vp- Sherman
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William H Taft
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Clayton Anti-trust Act
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Woodrow Wilson
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vp- Garet Hobart (1896-1900)
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William McKinley
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the cold war
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Lyndon B Johnson
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visit to china
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Richard M. Nixon
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panama canal treaty signed
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James Carter
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the peace corps
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John F Kennedy
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savings and loan scandal
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George Bush
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alliance for progress
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John F Kennedy
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Wounded Knee, SD
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Richard M. Nixon
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Civil Rights Act
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Lyndon B Johnson
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Algerius Conference over Morocco
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Theodore Roosevelt
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"dark horse candidate"
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Warren G Harding
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National Origins Immigration Act
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Herbert Hoover
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assassinated by Leon Czoigosz
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William McKinley
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senator
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a member of a senate.
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troops to Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Virgin Islands, Mexico
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Woodrow Wilson
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vp- Garner, Wallace, Truman
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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seizure of Afghanistan by soviets
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James Carter
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middle east peace accords
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William Jefferson Clinton
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Iran contra hearings; Oliver North
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Ronald Reagan
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family medical leave act
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William Jefferson Clinton
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Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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Theodore Roosevelt
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the race for space
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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2nd time father/son presidents
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George Walker Bush
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16, 17, 18, 19 amendments
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Woodrow Wilson
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WWII ends, atomic bomb
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Harry S. Truman
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legislative
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having the function of making laws:
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democrat
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a member of the Democratic party.
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No Child Left Behind Act
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George Walker Bush
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9-11-03, WTC, Pentagon, Flight 93
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George Walker Bush
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Berlin wall came down, reunification of Germany
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George Bush
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1500 marines sent to Beruit, withdrawn the next year
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Ronald Reagan
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sec of state- James A Blaine
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Benjamin Harrison
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sec of state- Henry L Stimson
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Herbert Hoover
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neither pres, nor vp was elected
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Gerald Ford
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assassinated by Lee Harvery Oswald
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John F Kennedy
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supreme court
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the highest court of the U.S.
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vote
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a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
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president
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the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
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congress
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the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution.
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judicial
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pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice:
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sec of state- Madeleine Albright, first woman
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William Jefferson Clinton
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campaigned on $1.6 trillion tax cut
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George Walker Bush
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sec of state- Charles E Hughes
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Warren G Harding
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sec of state- John Hay, Elihu Root
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act, and Muckrakers
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Pentagon papers- Superior Court to allow NY Times to publish
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Richard M. Nixon
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pardon
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a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor.
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veto
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the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, esp. the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
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bill
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a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.
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running mate
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a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
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house of representatives
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the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies, as in the United States, Mexico, and Japan.
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