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President George Washington's First Inaugural Address, 30 April 1789 |
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5 | (3) |
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President George Washington to Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, 16 February 1791 -- The Evolution of the Cabinet and President George Washington to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, 25 November 1791 -- The Evolution of the Cabinet |
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8 | (1) |
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President George Washington's Proclamation on Resistance to the Excise Tax, 15 September 1792 |
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9 | (2) |
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President George Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality, 22 April 1793 |
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11 | (1) |
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President George Washington's Proclamations on the Whiskey Insurrection, 7 August; 25 September 1794 |
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12 | (5) |
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Washington on the Role of the Army - President George Washington to Major General Daniel Morgan, 27 March 1795 |
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17 | (1) |
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President George Washington's Farewell Address, 17 September 1796 |
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18 | (7) |
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President John Adams' Report to Congress on the XYZ Affair, 19 March 1798 |
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25 | (2) |
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President John Adams' Commission of John Marshall as Chief Justice, 31 January 1801 |
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27 | (1) |
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President Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, 4 March 1801 |
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28 | (3) |
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President Thomas Jefferson's First Annual Message to Congress, 8 December 1801 |
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31 | (2) |
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President Thomas Jefferson on the Importance of New Orleans, 18 April 1802 |
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33 | (2) |
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President Thomas Jefferson's Request for Appropriations for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 18 January 1803 |
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35 | (3) |
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President Thomas Jefferson's Recommendation to End the African Slave Trade, 2 December 1806 |
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38 | (1) |
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President Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Message, 18 December 1807 |
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38 | (1) |
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President Thomas Jefferson Discusses the Non-Intercourse Act, 1 March 1809 and Jefferson to Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 2 March 1809 |
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39 | (2) |
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President James Madison's Proclamation on West Florida, 27 October 1810 |
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41 | (2) |
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President James Madison's Proclamation Resuming Trade with France, 2 November 1810 |
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43 | (1) |
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President James Madison's War Message to Congress, 1 June 1812 |
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44 | (3) |
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President James Madison's Veto of the Second Bank of the United States, 30 January 1815 and President James Madison's Recommendation for a Second Bank of the United States, 5 December 1815 |
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47 | (3) |
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President James Monroe Comments on the Missouri Compromise - Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 February 1820 |
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50 | (1) |
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President James Monroe's Veto of the Cumberland Road Bill, 4 May 1822 |
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51 | (3) |
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The Monroe Doctrine, 2 December 1823 |
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54 | (2) |
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President John Quincy Adams' Broad Plan of Internal Improvements, 6 December 1825 |
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56 | (3) |
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President Andrew Jackson's First Inaugural Address, 4 March 1829 |
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59 | (2) |
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President Andrew Jackson's Volunteer Toast, 13 April 1830 |
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61 | (1) |
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President Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Maysville Road Bill, 27 May 1830 |
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62 | (3) |
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President Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill, 10 July 1832 |
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65 | (5) |
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President Andrew Jackson's Proclamation to the People of South Carolina, 10 December 1832 |
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70 | (6) |
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President Andrew Jackson Orders Federal Troops to Suppress a Labor Strike, 29 January 1834 |
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76 | (1) |
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President Andrew Jackson's Message on the Removal of Southern Indians, 7 December 1835 |
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77 | (3) |
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President Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address, 4 March 1837 |
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80 | (7) |
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President Martin Van Buren's Independent Treasury Message, 4 September 1837 |
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87 | (4) |
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President Martin Van Buren's Proclamation of Neutrality in the Caroline Affair, 5 January 1838 |
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91 | (1) |
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President John Tyler's Request for Ratification of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, 11 August 1842 |
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92 | (1) |
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President John Tyler's Response to Governor Samuel W. King of Rhode Island, 28 May 1842 |
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93 | (2) |
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President John Tyler's Message Urging the Annexation of Texas, 22 April 1844 |
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95 | (3) |
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President John Tyler's Veto of the Revenue Cutters and Steamers Bill, 20 February 1845 |
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98 | (1) |
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President James K. Polk's Comments on Texas and Oregon in His Inaugural Address, 4 March 1845 |
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99 | (3) |
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President James K. Polk's Corollaries to the Monroe Doctrine, 2 December 1845 |
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102 | (2) |
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President James K. Polk's War Message to Congress, 11 May 1846 |
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104 | (2) |
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President James K. Polk's Announcement of the Discovery of Gold in California, 5 December 1848 |
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106 | (2) |
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President Zachary Taylor's Recommendation of Statehood for California, 4 December 1849 |
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108 | (1) |
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President Zachary Taylor's Request for Ratification of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, 22 April 1850 |
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109 | (2) |
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President Millard Fillmore's Defense of the Compromise of 1850, 2 December 1850 |
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111 | (2) |
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President Franklin Pierce's Request for Ratification of the Treaty of Kanagawa between the United States and Japan, 12 July 1854 |
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113 | (1) |
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President James Buchanan's Inaugural Address, 4 March 1857 |
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114 | (3) |
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President James Buchanan's Views on the Secession, 3 December 1860 |
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117 | (3) |
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President Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 4 March 1861 |
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120 | (7) |
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President Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress, 4 July 1861 |
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127 | (5) |
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The Emancipation Proclamation, 1 January 1863 |
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132 | (2) |
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President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 19 November 1863 |
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134 | (1) |
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President Abraham Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction, 8 December 1863 |
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135 | (3) |
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President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1865 |
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138 | (2) |
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President Andrew Johnson Informs Congress that the Union Is Restored, 4 December 1865 |
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140 | (2) |
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President Andrew Johnson's Veto of the Freedmen's Bureau, 19 February 1866 |
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142 | (4) |
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President Andrew Johnson's Veto of the Civil Rights Act, 27 March 1866 |
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146 | (4) |
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President Andrew Johnson's Defense of His Views on Reconstruction, 3 December 1867 |
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150 | (4) |
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Decision Not to Dispatch Federal Troops to Quell a Race Riot in South Carolina, 26 July 1876 |
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154 | (2) |
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Acknowledgment of His Political Mistakes, 5 December 1876 |
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156 | (1) |
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President Rutherford B. Hayes' Decision to Remove Federal Troops from the South, Ending Reconstruction, 22 April 1877 |
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157 | (1) |
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President Rutherford B. Hayes' Reflections on the Great Railroad Strikes, 5 August 1877 |
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158 | (1) |
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President James A. Garfield's Reflections on Political Patronage, 6--13 June 1881 |
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159 | (1) |
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President Chester A. Arthur Champions Civil Service Reform, 4 December 1882 |
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160 | (4) |
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President Grover Cleveland Vetoes Disaster Relief Legislation, 16 February 1887 |
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164 | (2) |
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President Grover Cleveland Attacks High Protective Tariffs, 3 December 1888 |
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166 | (4) |
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President Benjamin Harrison Retraces George Washington's Inaugural Route a Century Later, 30 April 1889 |
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170 | (2) |
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President Benjamin Harrison Announces the Construction of a Great Naval Fleet, 6 December 1892 |
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172 | (2) |
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President Grover Cleveland's Decision to Send Troops to Chicago to Counter the Pullman Strike, 8 July 1894 |
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174 | (2) |
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President Grover Cleveland's Defense of the Gold Standard, 28 January 1895 |
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176 | (5) |
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President Grover Cleveland's Threat of War with England, 17 December 1895 |
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181 | (3) |
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President William McKinley's Decision to Wage War on the Spanish Empire, 11 April 1898 |
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184 | (9) |
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President William McKinley's Explanation of the Acquisition of the Philippine Islands, 21 November 1899 |
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193 | (2) |
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President Theodore Roosevelt's Denunciation of ``Bad'' Trusts, 3 December 1901 |
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195 | (5) |
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President Theodore Roosevelt's Decision to Invoke Federal Legal Power against Financier J. P. Morgan, 5 September 1903 |
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200 | (3) |
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President Theodore Roosevelt Announces the ``Roosevelt Corollary'' to the Monroe Doctrine, 6 December 1904 |
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203 | (3) |
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President Theodore Roosevelt Announces the Acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone, 7 December 1903 |
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206 | (5) |
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President Theodore Roosevelt on the Importance of Conservation, 11 November 1907 |
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211 | (2) |
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President William Howard Taft's Denunciation of Fellow Republican Theodore Roosevelt, 10 November 1912 |
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213 | (1) |
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President William Howard Taft's Espousal of ``Dollar Diplomacy,'' 3 December 1912 |
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214 | (3) |
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President Woodrow Wilson Inaugurates the Presidential Press Conference, 22 March 1913 |
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217 | (3) |
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President Woodrow Wilson on the Establishment of the Federal Reserve System, 23 June 1913 |
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220 | (3) |
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President Woodrow Wilson's Agreement to the Re-segregation of the Federal Government, 23 July 1913, 29 July 1913, 8 September 1913 |
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223 | (2) |
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President Woodrow Wilson Orders the Invasion of Mexico, 20 April 1914 |
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225 | (3) |
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President Woodrow Wilson's Message of War against Germany, 2 April 1917 |
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228 | (8) |
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President Woodrow Wilson's ``Fourteen Points'' Plan for Ending the War, 8 January 1918 |
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236 | (6) |
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President Warren G. Harding's First Annual Message, 6 December 1921 |
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242 | (1) |
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President Warren G. Harding's Confession of Incompetence, May 1922 |
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243 | (1) |
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President Calvin Coolidge's ``Secret'' Press Conference, 22 April 1927 |
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244 | (2) |
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President Herbert Hoover's Vision of Prosperity, 4 March 1929 |
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246 | (1) |
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President Herbert Hoover's Comments on the Stock Market Crash, 5 November 1929 |
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247 | (3) |
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President Herbert Hoover's Veto of a Bill for Public Power Authority in the Tennessee Valley, 3 March 1931 |
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250 | (2) |
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President Herbert Hoover's Prescription for Combating the Depression, 31 May 1932 |
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252 | (3) |
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President Herbert Hoover's Comments on the Veteran's ``Bonus Army,'' 28 July 1932 |
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255 | (1) |
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President Herbert Hoover Defends His Political Principles, 12 October 1932 |
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256 | (3) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address, 4 March 1933 |
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259 | (4) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First ``Fireside Chat,'' 12 March 1933 |
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263 | (4) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Introduces the ``Good Neighbor Policy,'' 12 April 1933 |
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267 | (3) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Supports the Principle of Collective Bargaining, 5 July 1935 |
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270 | (1) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Advocates Social Security, 14 August 1935 |
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271 | (2) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Attempt to ``Reform'' the Supreme Court, 5 February 1937 |
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273 | (6) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Announces the ``Lend-Lease'' Plan to Aid Great Britain, 10 June 1941 |
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279 | (3) |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Message of War against Japan, 8 December 1941 |
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282 | (2) |
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President Harry S. Truman Announces the Dropping of an Atomic Bomb on Japan, 6 August 1945 |
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284 | (1) |
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President Harry S. Truman Announces the ``Truman Doctrine'' to Counter the Soviet Union, 12 March 1947 |
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285 | (6) |
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President Harry S. Truman Announces Diplomatic Recognition of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948 |
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291 | (1) |
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President Harry S. Truman's ``Whistlestop'' Campaign for Reelection, 11 October 1948 |
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292 | (2) |
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President Harry S. Truman Fires General Douglas MacArthur, 11 April 1951 |
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294 | (3) |
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower Calls for the Interstate Highway System, 22 February 1955 |
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297 | (3) |
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower Calls for ``Open Skies'' to End the Cold War, 21 July 1955 |
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300 | (3) |
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Decision to Send Federal Troops to Integrate Little Rock High School, 24 September 1957 |
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303 | (4) |
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Comments on the ``Military-Industrial Complex,'' 17 January 1961 |
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307 | (4) |
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President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961 |
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311 | (3) |
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President John F. Kennedy Introduces the Peace Corps, 1 March 1961 |
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314 | (4) |
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President John F. Kennedy Confronts the Cuban Missile Crisis, 27 October 1962 |
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318 | (2) |
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President John F. Kennedy Addresses the Nation on Civil Rights, 11 June 1963 |
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320 | (5) |
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President John F. Kennedy Speaks at the Berlin Wall, 26 June 1963 |
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325 | (1) |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's ``Great Society'' Plan, 22 May 1964 |
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326 | (4) |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Bill of 1964, 2 July 1964 |
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330 | (3) |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's Early Foreboding about the War in Vietnam, 11 June 1964 |
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333 | (3) |
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President Richard M. Nixon Announces the Invasion of Cambodia, 28 April 1970 |
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336 | (6) |
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President Richard M. Nixon Speaks on the Desegregation of Southern Schools, 25 May 1971 |
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342 | (2) |
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President Richard M. Nixon and the ``Opening'' of China, 27 February 1972 |
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344 | (2) |
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President Richard M. Nixon Resigns from Office, 9 August 1974 |
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346 | (4) |
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President Gerald R. Ford Pardons Richard M. Nixon, 8 September 1974 |
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350 | (3) |
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President Jimmy Carter Returns the Canal Zone to Panama, 1 February 1978 |
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353 | (7) |
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President Jimmy Carter Presides over the Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, 26 March 1979 |
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360 | (2) |
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President Jimmy Carter Announces the Failure of the Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission, 25 April 1980 |
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362 | (3) |
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President Ronald Reagan Denounces the Soviet Union as an ``Evil Empire,'' 8 March 1983 |
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365 | (3) |
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President Ronald Reagan Announces the ``Star Wars'' Missile Defense Concept, 23 March 1983 |
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368 | (3) |
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President Ronald Reagan Addresses the Nation on the Challenger Tragedy, 28 January 1986 |
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371 | (2) |
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President Ronald Reagan Announces Arms Control Agreement with the Soviet Union, 1 December 1987 |
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373 | (3) |
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President George Bush Announces War in the Persian Gulf, 16 January 1991 |
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376 | (4) |
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President Bill Clinton Proclaims the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, 8 December 1993 |
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380 | (5) |
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President Bill Clinton Denies White House Affair, 26 January 1998 |
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385 | (1) |
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President Bill Clinton's Comments at the End of the Attempt to Remove Him from Office, 12 February 1999 |
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386 | (3) |
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