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As the nation's second president, Adams had to deal with deteriorating relations between the United States and France. Conflicts between the two countries were evident in the XYZ Affair and the "Quasi War" of 1798 to 1800.
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Georgia governor in 1970, and president in 1976. His progressive racial views reflected an emergent South less concerned with racial distinctions and more concerned with economic development and political power.
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Black student who courageously sought admission into all white University of Mississippi in 1962. His enrollment sparked a riot instigated by a white mob that attacked federal marshals and national guard troops, leaving 2 dead and 375 injured. Meredith attended the university and eventually graduated.
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The Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and a co founder of the Jeffersonian Republican party, Madison served as president during the War of 1812.
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As president of the United States during the Mexican War, Polk increased American territory by a third.
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As Speaker of the House of Representatives, Senator, and unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, he was an advocate of the "American System," which called for a protective tariff, a national bank, and federally funded internal improvements. See American system (of Henry Clay).
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The national security advisor to President Nixon, the Harvard educated German Jewish immigrant was a staunch anti Communist. He was Nixon's closest associate on matters of foreign policy.
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J. Industrialist who epitomized the close relationship between government and industry in the West. His shipyards, financed by government loans and bolstered by cost plus government contracts, employed close to 300,000 Californians.
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A pencil maker, poet, and author of the influential essay "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau sought to realize transcendentalist ideals in his personal life.
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