His maternal great-grandfather, Jesse Fell, one of the founders of the Republican Party, was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln and was the first to suggest that he should run for president. ... He couldn't resist the pressures caused by President Truman and other party leaders, so he agreed to challenge the Republican candidate, Dwight D. ... Even after the election, Stevenson continued to play a large role as leader of the Democratic Party. ... Although hesitant to engage in political competition, he gave into pressure and became a candidate for the Democratic nomination, but was defeate...

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He won the primary and defeated Jerry Vorhees, a New Deal Democratic incumbent, in the genera; election of 1946. ... Nominated for President by acclamation in 1960, he lost by a narrow margin to Democratic senator, John F. ... Humphrey and the conservative third party candidate George C. ...

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., five men broke into the campaign headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. ... The men were going to photograph papers and tap into the phone lines to discover the Democratic Party's strategy to elect their presidential candidate. ...

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Brown v. board of education of Topeka- case in 1954 the U.S supreme court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the fourteenth amendment to the constitution. The decision declared that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. Ho Chi minh one of ...

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June 17, 1972. Five burglars were arrested inside the Watergate headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. What seemed like an ordinary break-in became the beginning of a long chain of events that led to the first ever resignation of an American president. Watergate scandal has forever chan...

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YAF as a Reflection of Protest Culture Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is an organization of college students who are on the conservative Right of the Republican party. ... While less radical and violent than the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), their approximate liberal equivalent, YAF was generally a very successful college political organization. Few groups of young people have been influential enough to take over a political party and get a candidate nominated for the presidency of the United States, as YAF was able to do with the Republican party and Barry Goldwater in the...

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The president and his administration prosecuted anyone who seemed deceitful to their country and involved with the Communists party. ... The Hollywood Ten for example, famous actresses, actors and directors who were accused of being involved with the Communist Party and their lives were forever ruined. ... The government's paranoia of the Communist party escalated once again during the war of Vietnam. ... Even though that was courageous act one of the most memorable demonstrations held at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. ...

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This brings me to democracy it was clearly stated that the United States wanted to aid in allowing Iraq to establish a democratic government; however, the United States would not allow them to have a leader or government who were Muslim Fundamentalist. ... On June 17, 1972 five men were arrested for breaking in the Watergate Complex which was home of the democratic party headquarters. ...

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Nixon The break-in at the1972 Democratic National Committee offices contained within the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. later became known as just "Watergate". ... He defeated Vice President Hubert Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. ... Before the election there was a break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. ...

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Serving as a Vice President, a core member of both House of Representative and Senate, many believed that the 1960 election will be a landslide victory for Nixon and his Republican Party. ... Kennedy managed easily outmaneuver the other candidates for the Democratic Party. ...

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The Communist Party believed that the American people were growing war-weary and that they could humiliate Johnson and force the United States to hand over south Vietnam. ... In any event, in late March 1968, a disgraced Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not seek the Democratic Party's re-nomination for president and hinted that he would go to the bargaining table with the Communists to end th! ...

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When you think of great presidents of our past most people would agree Richard Nixon stacks very low on the list of notable presidents. Is it fair to forget all the great things someone has achieved just because they made a blunder? In this research paper I will describe Richard Nixon's triumphs as...

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