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The USA HIGHER EDUCATION Alyona Garkusha Group 201 Institute of Social Pedagogics and Corrective Educaton Berdyansk, 2011
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The Presidents of the USA
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George Washington 1789-1797 George Washington - first president of the United States. He led the liberation struggle against the British for American independence. He was among those who wrote the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence. Washington has laid and built the White House. When he had finished his second term of George Washington as president of the United States, to him were endless delegation to agree to an exception to be elected for a third term, but Washington refused. The American people honor its first president. The capital of the United States named in his honor. In addition, there is Washington, the monument to Washington, his name is given to streets, squares and ships.
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John Adams 1797-1801
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Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson - Third President of the United States, a prominent figure in the War of Independence, the author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). He was widely known as one of the main founders of the doctrine of separation of church and state. Jefferson spent by Congress several very important laws - banning the slave trade and the exploitation of slave labor, to teach American Indian tribes to civilization, holding impeachment (disbelief) to the highest office in the U.S., etc. He managed to raise the prestige of America throughout the world by refusing to wars of aggression, refusal to pay tribute to other nations for unimpeded navigation and commerce in the Mediterranean
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James Madison 1809-1817
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James Monroe 1817-1825
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John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
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Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
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Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
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William Harrison 1841-1841
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John Tyler 1841-1845
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James K. Polk 1845-1849
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Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
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Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
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Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
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James Buchanan 1857-1861
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Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln. His presidency was about the Civil War (1861-1865). The great humanist, he struggled all his life for the freedom of the individual against oppression andenslavement of other nations, against slavery and the slave trade. His ruthless war has made America a symbol of freedom for all mankind. In America, people flocked to thepursuit of happiness and freedom on Capitol Hill is the Lincoln Memorial, which built 1914-1922, respectively. Composite building symbolizes the Union. President Lincoln called the city, ships, streets, etc. Quotations from his speeches are engraved on the pediment of many buildings, monuments and stone slabs on the streets ofWashington and other U.S. cities
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Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
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Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877
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Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881
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James Garfield 1881-1881
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Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
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Grover Cleveland 1885-18891893-1897
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Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
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William McKinley 1897-1901
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Teddy Roosevelt 1901-1909
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William Howard Taft 1909-1913
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Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
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Warren G. Harding 1921-1923
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Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
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Herbert Hoover 1929-1933
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945 The only U.S. president who was elected four times president of America, was FranklinDelano Roosevelt. Thanks to the reforms of Roosevelt ended the Great Depression. Hewas the initiator of the anti- Hitler coalition. He remained in the memory of many generations of Americans as the greatest president. Franklin Roosevelt was a champion of democracy. In Washington on Capitol Hill created a wonderful unique memorial to Roosevelt. Memorialconsists of four parts, which displays all the years of Roosevelt
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Harry Truman 1945-1953
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Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961
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John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 He was the first president of the Catholic. He is a participant of the war, was seriously wounded. John Kennedy has taken many steps to make America could really help many less developed countries: created the Peace Corps, the organization of the Alliance for Progress, etc. He imitated Abraham Lincoln advocated the equal rights of African Americans, supported Martin Luther King. John Kennedy was assassinated November 22, 1963 in Dallas (Texas). He is the most popular U.S. president in the second half of XX century.
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Writer's Box|LinksURLs|Fractals|3Bs|Note|Freedom|Search|CatInHat Writer's BoxLinksURLsFractals3BsNoteFreedomSearchCatInHat Kennedy - Lincoln Similarities Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both were shot in the head. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners. Both successors were named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939. Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names are comprised of fifteen letters Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
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Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969
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Richard Nixon 1969-1974
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Gerald Ford 1974-1977
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Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
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Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
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George H. Bush 1989-1993
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Bill Clinton 1993-2001
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George W. Bush 2001 -2009
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Barack H. Obama 2009-
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The End
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