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This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).
wendell lewis willkie
corporate leader
biography
Wendell L. Willkie, born in Elwood, Indiana on february 18, 1892 in New York City, recieved his bachelor’s and law degrees from Inddiana University and practiced law with his father for a short time after his graduation.
james baird weaver
united states congressman
biography
James B. Weaver was born in Dayton Ohio on June 12, 1833, and graduate from the Cincinnati Law School in 1856, beginning to practice at Bloomfield, Iowa. In 1861, he entered the Union Army as a lieutenant and was promoted to colonel for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Corinth Mississippi in 1862.
president george washington 
first president of the united states
george corely wallace
governor of alabama
biography
George Wallace was educated at the University of Alabama, and having been an assistant attorney general of Alabama, a member of the state legislature, and a district court judge, Wallace was elected as governor, where he served from 1963 to 1967. In this position, he helped block the door of the University of Alabama to black students in 1963 but backed down when faced with federal troops.
president john tyler 
tenth president of the united states
interesting facts
John Tyler was the first president to be married in office. He married on June 26, 1844.
biography
president harry s. truman 
thirty-third president of the united states
interesting facts
During Truman's presidency, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. (Hiroshima and Nakasaki). He was also the first President from Missouri.
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samuel j. tilden
governor of new york
biography
Samuel J. Tilden was educated at Yale and the University of the City of New York, being graduated from the latterin 1837. He had then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He was successful in reorganizing corporations involved in litigation and amassed one of the largest fortunes ever made in the practice of law.
president zachary taylor 
twelveth president of the united states
interesting facts
Zachary Taylor spent his Fourth of July in 1850 eating cherries and milk at a ceremony at the Washington Monument.
He got sick from the heat and died five days later, the second president to die in office.
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president william howard taft
twenty-seventh president of the united states
interesting facts
William Howard Taft became the only President that became Chief Justice.
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"I don't remember that I ever was President." - Taft hated his Presidency, but loved his job as Chief Justice - he said this as he was elected his latter job.
adlai ewing stevenson
governor of illinois
quote
"and I suppose flattery hurts no one; that is, if he doesn't inhale"
biography
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