Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. The book I chose is entitled Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. ... In 1917, America entered WWI on the allies side and "Eleanor did a great deal of war work." ... FDR served for four terms, from 1933, to 1945, possibly one of the hardest terms for an American President because of the Great Depression and World War II. ... Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World, falls into a very important period of time within the studied time frame of our class. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It also provides an appendix of federal data and an appendix of federal data and an appendix of notes to back up his information. ... The note section is over 100 pages. The notes are also detailed enough for a student to go find additional information on the subject matter. ... He starts his discussion from the Civil War era and moves up into the time period that he is a part of. His views on World War I and II are especially interesting. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

(World Book pg. 154). ... II. ... They had many very successful children (World Book Pg. 156). ... Senator (World Book Pg. 156). ... In the summer of 1921, Taft finally achieved his long-desired position: He was appointed as chief justice of the Supreme Court by President Warring G. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

However, with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center in New York City and on the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Americans are taking a more in-depth look at our foreign policy. ... An evening in front of his television set watching his daily dose of world news from CNN or MSNBC or some other news station tells the typical American that we are engaged in global conflict. ... Within the past decade we have sent American military personnel to Somalia to protect United Nations" troops conducting a humanitarian operation to relieve the famine resulting from the civil...

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• Grade Level: High School

From in World War II, when Bugs Bunny asked us to buy war bonds to Bill Clinton playing his saxophone for the enjoyment of Yakko, Wakko, and Dot on the Animaniacs, the idea of using cartoons to gain votes is an incredible idea. ... With this entire issue aside, we must make a note to ourselves to understand their tactics to get our votes and either chose to let them have our votes or to protect ourselves from their power of persuasion. Women, minorities and teenagers have been the underdogs of politics over the last few centuries, but these groups are becoming more active and more prominent in...

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• Grade Level: High School

The years following the Civil War had seen a steady preparation for this. ... In 1895 Secretary of State Olney wrote a note to the British Prime Minister in which he reasserted the Monroe Doctrine and claimed that no European power had the right to interfere in "American" affairs. ... He declared that it was the duty of the United States to enforce the findings of this commission "by every means in its power," which meant war if Britain remained adamant. ... During World War II, the United States stationed 65,000 troops in Panama to protect the canal. ... America's 1898 war with Spain mad...

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• Grade Level: High School

Richard Milhouse Nixon had it within his grasp to be the greatest post-World War II president, he was extremely intelligent, had a driving ambition, and was a political consummate. ... Francis' father, Richard's Grandfather, Samuel Brady Nixon, was only fifteen when his father, George, died in the Civil War. ... Nixon exploited the fact that the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. was just beginning and that anti-communist sentiment was high. ... Since the debate took place on a model of a U.S. kitchen, in front of cameras broadcasted all over the world it was aptly named ...

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• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School