The library opened its doors in 1990 as a privately supported institution to educate the public about Richard Nixon. ... I visited an exhibit titled "Road to Presidency," which houses a 1832 engraving of the Declaration of Independence. ... Of all the exhibits I especially enjoyed the one about Nixons pursuit of Alger Hiss in the 1948 espionage case. ... The presidential forum a interactive exhibit unlike anything I have every seen has touch screen monitors where you can ask about 300 questions and hear Nixon answer back on a big screen monitor. ... I enjoyed visiting the library and learned a...

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By invoking the guarantees of human equality in the Declaration of Independence, it defined the Civil War as "a new birth of freedom" and equality for all of the citizens of the country. ... Lincoln's speech made people think about the true meaning and effect of a Civil War, and whether the country as a whole was more important than the wants of a few. ...

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Took an active part in events that lead to the American Revolution. 1776- Jefferson took his seat in Congress as an elected delegate and wrote the Declaration of Independence. ... Involved North Africa, was extension of fight about protection from pirates in Barbary States. ... Preserved the Court's independence and established the precedent that criminal actions were the only grounds for impeachment. ... Jefferson's main goals were to restore government to its limited role, to extend the Republican's power in the federal government, to establish republican ...

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Jefferson was a lifelong owner of slaves although he helped to declare, "all men are created equal" when writing the "Declaration of Independence." ... In Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence he blames the king(s) of Great Britain for slavery. ... Jefferson was in Paris at the time that the Constitutional Convention was being held however he was able to express his thoughts and ideas about the Constitution through letters. ...

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Government: A permanent structure composed of decision makers who make society's rules about conflict resolution and the allocation of resources and who possess the power to enforce those rules. ... The Declaration of Independence, 1776, advocated independence from Great Britain. 6. ...

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Martha Washington 1731-1802 George Washington's wife was the first to be given the title "lady" by the press, as in "Lady Washington," and the first wife of a president to appear on U.S. postage stamp.   Abigail Adams 1744-1818 John Adams' wife urged her husband to "remember the ladies" when he w...

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In that campaign he asserted his independence of the conservatives and of the machine that had nominated him, endorsing a progressive platform, which he pursued as governor. ... On April 2,1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. ... Wilson went before Congress in January 1918, to pronounce American war aims through a a series of ideas he had known as the Fourteen Points, this would establish a general association of nations indubitably guaranteeing political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. ... In the Treaty of 1783 Great Britain ...

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Increasingly concerned about the dangers presented by imperialist rivalries in the Pacific, the Americans strengthened their naval power by securing from the Hawaiian government in 1887 the exclusive right to use Pearl Harbor. ... Although the American minister in Hawaii supported the rising and authorized the use of American troops, the Cleveland administration in Washington was not enthusiastic about the means adopted and refused to annex the islands at that time. ... Fifty-one miles long, with about $3.5 billion in bases and infrastructure, the canal links the At...

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Roosevelt was also very adamant about building a canal that would link the Pacific to the Atlantic. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. ...

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Roosevelt was also very adamant about building a canal that would link the Pacific to the Atlantic. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. ...

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