His greatest accomplishment I believe is the Compromise of 1850, where he helped prevent the Civil War from happening for a little bit longer. ... Over the following decade the country's citizens became further divided over the issue of slavery and made the rift between the states bigger, causing the Civil War. ... What is most important is that he was an extremely smart man and one of the most important political figures of all time. ...

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"I"d have to say the Vietnam War definitely had a big impact on society. ... What did you think about drugs and did it have a big impact on society? "It was big, but I didn't see it, I didn't really have any desire to do it. ... I"m not a big Jazz guy, there's country I like and country I don't like. ... Jimmy Carter the man I think is a wonderful person. ...

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As an American leader he left a big impact on Americas history especially as a worthy leader and the first president of United States. ... His role in French Indian war started of little importance but later on evolved into a bigger one. ... Although he saved his army by retreating from Manhattan into Westchester County and through New Jersey into Pennsylvania he still lost the New York City to the British. (1) His recent loss of New York City and being low on supplies and troops had a big impact on Washington and he started to despair. ... A man of unquestioned honor, he began by accepting th...

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Is Lincoln really the "Great Emancipator", was Kennedy really out to be the best he could be, or is that a big hoax to cover for America's late presidents? ... Lincoln, in personality, was an upstanding, never unprofessional man, who only wanted to be taken seriously for his decisions. Kennedy, on the other hand, wanted nothing more than to be the friendly man of the people, who wanted to make decisions based on public opinion. During the Lincoln presidential debates, Lincoln was the "truth teller", but little does the United States citizens know that in the sl...

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Now bush has supporters and constitutes that would argue that more jobs were created but when you take the number of jobs created and then subtract the number of jobs that were cut by big business you will see that the actual number of jobs will correspond to what I stated earlier. ... Now mind you a lot of the pharmaceutical products that we buy are manufactured in Canada or Mexico yet instead the government or bush just made it impossible to cut out the middle man. ... Now isn't ironic that we fought the British over the fact that they wanted to be the middle ...

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He took a big part in the making of the Constitution. ... He was "a man who gave so much and took so little." ... Even though he kept confidential documents from the House of Representatives and made treaties without discussing it with the senate, he was a great man. ...

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After brutal rule that included concentration camps, Spain granted Cuba limited autonomy on January 1, 1898, but that was too little, too late. ... This raised a big outcry in the United States. ... Damage to the American ships was very little, and their crews suffered no fatalities and few injuries. ... Teddy always a man of action, knew his place was on the battlefield, not in the rear. ... The Rough Riders were triumphant that day and were a big part in making the United States a colonial power. ...

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He was at a podium so he stood strong and sturdy with very little movement. ... He isn't an expert on the subject and you can tell how little he really knew. ... Proving he is a well educated man. ... The President didn't use any "big" words. ...

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Fixing America's broken immigration system requires a more thoughtful approach; mainly with more than one man's thoughts. ... Also if a man in power doesn't have the citizen's support he isn't doing a superior job as a politician and won't be able to accomplish much while he is in office. ... There can't be 10 million immigrants coming into the country unless American jobs were to be uprooted and the economy to be in an even bigger downfall than it already is. ...

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At only the age of 9 years old his mother died of tremetol, this greatly affected young Abe and made his relationship with his father strained leaving him with little parental influence. ... There was little time for education growing up because Abe had to do lots of hard labor to help provide for his family and neither his step mom or dad were very educated with both likely being illiterate. ... In all Abe Lincoln did not have a very easy time growing up facing multiple tragic events but this shaped the man and leader he would grow up to be. ... This was a big surprise because their were man...

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In the midst of the worst recession God's own country had ever seen, here was a man who finally cared, and a man who wanted to do something about the problems that America had faced for some years now. ... New Deal did little to erase these problems. ... Now, they saw a man who was willing to do something about the problems in society, and they probably felt convinced that their time would eventually come too. ... Suddenly, the working man had a voice, and politicians who cared for them or at least seemed to care to generate more votes. ... This group contained a big mass of workers thr...

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Both these events have caused a massive stir throughout the country millions of Americans nationwide are protesting these heinous event where one teenage African American boy was killed and the other where one African American man was choked to death by a New York police officer even after the man was making a plea to the officer that he couldn't breathe. ... Another issue that we can compare between both periods of time is during the progressive era when the country was dealing with the rise of corporations, big businesses, and urbanization to the present issue of net neutrality, which i...

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He was a man with a large collection of interests; a man who possessed incredible knowledge; and a man who knew how to interact with people and make them like him. ... He himself called America, "the police man of the world." ... Many of the imperialist polices he used at the turn of the century are still used today as our reasons for being involved in foreign affairs have changed very little since the early then. ... He said of corrupt republicans in the same speech, " I have small sympathy with those people who are always destroying good man and good causes because they are not the best o...

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Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country"(Internet 1). He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted i...

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This theory states that man is naturally free. ... Over the last two centuries and some, this bureaucracy has grown steadily bigger. ... While it could be argued that tyranny would be better avoided by having a Legislature that can accomplish nothing, this would in itself unbalance the balance between the branches, leaving the government in the hands of either the Executive, which could lead to Monarchy, or the Judicial, which would result in Oligarchy, which is little better. The Executive branch has changed in that it has gotten bigger, and that the President can wage war temporarily, with n...

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After the media was informed of the activities between Clinton and Lewinsky the little known woman was instantaneously the topic of conversation all over the world. ... For all the past months Clinton has been the most talked about figure, being the essential topic for news, talk shows, late night comedy and even going as far as the big screen. ... I find it hard to respect a man who can so easily lie to his citizens, avoid responsibility for his actions, and expect the public to forgive and forget with no real apology. ...

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At the age of 23, he was the youngest man on the floor. ... He started two cattle ranches, and became a man of the West. ... He convinced Congress to create a Bureau of Corporations to regulate big business. ...

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At the age of 23, he was the youngest man on the floor. ... He started two cattle ranches, and became a man of the West. ... He convinced Congress to create a Bureau of Corporations to regulate big business. ...

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He was our man in Panama, and the Arias party was considered to have dangerous elements of "ultra nationalism."" ... Just like Panama and Noriega, we accused a man, who we knew to be evil and atrocious, of crimes that would hit the souls of Americans. ...

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However, Nixon's coercive traits and dubious political tactics leave little faith in his legitimacy. ... I just want to tell you that Jerry Voorhis is a communist."" ( ) "By using the "big lie,"" Nixon was able to trick people into believing that Voorhis was a communist sympathizer; with his dirty tactics, he won handsomely by a margin of 15,000 votes- (N v. ... Nixon viewed political opponents as adversaries, in his campaign against Voorhis "he was out for the kill, as if destroying the man was his primary mission rather than providing genuine political leadership."" ( ) Nixon's...

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Woman suffrage is the right of women to vote. Today, women in nearly all countries have the same voting rights as men. But they did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, and they had to overcome strong opposition to get them. Reading Jailed for Freedom has been like peeking into a w...

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