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The Modern Presidency

1337 minutes

36 Items

Theodore Roosevelt and the Bully Pulpit

Lesson

2 Activities

50 Min

Remember the Maine! Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Essay

2475 Words

Stephen F. Knott: Demagoguery, Restraint, and the American Presidency Part 2 | BRI Scholar Talks

Video

37 Min

The Election of 1912

Essay

2419 Words

Espionage Act and Sedition Act protest Mr. President there can be no real Thanksgiving for American citizens who are in jail for their belief in free speech

Woodrow Wilson and the Espionage Act

Lesson

5 Activities

85 Min

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918

Activity

40 Min

Men sit around a U-shaped table. A group of men sit at a table in the middle and sign some papers. Other men sit around the room and in balconies. Multiple flags are posted at the back of the room.

U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars

Essay

2213 Words

“Silent Cal” Coolidge

Essay

2498 Words

Calvin Coolidge, Reducing the Debt, and Integrity

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Franklin D Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover in Washington DC Transfer of Power

Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Great Depression

Lesson

3 Activities

50 Min

Should Herbert Hoover Be Considered an Activist President?

Activity

40 Min

Franklin Roosevelt, Second Bill of Rights, 1944

Activity

40 Min

Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson

Essay

1922 Words

Lesson

5 Activities

Harry S. Truman, “Truman Doctrine” Address, March 1947

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40 Min

Truman Fires General Douglas MacArthur

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3421 Words

Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Little Rock Crisis

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4 Activities

100 Min

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address, January 1961

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40 Min

Kennedy vs. Nixon: TV and Politics

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John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration

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2413 Words

Lyndon B. Johnson, “Peace Without Conquest,” April 7, 1965

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40 Min

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Decision Not to Run in 1968

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2123 Words

President Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai shake hands in front of an airplane staircase. Nixon's wife, Pat, and Chinese leaders look on.

Richard Nixon Opens Diplomatic Relations with China

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2643 Words

Nixon Tapes: The “Smoking Gun” Tape, 1972

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40 Min

Richard Nixon Departs on Army One after Resignation

The Resignation of Richard Nixon

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2 Activities

50 Min

Jimmy Carter and his wife walk on the street in a parade. Cars follow them. A crowd lines the side of the street.

Jimmy Carter and the “Malaise” Speech

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2568 Words

Jimmy Carter and the Iran Hostage Crisis

Essay

2387 Words

Ronald Reagan stands behind a podium. George H. W. Bush and Tip O'Neill stand behind him and clap. An American flag hangs behind them.

Ronald Reagan and Supply-Side Economics

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2170 Words

“Tear Down This Wall”: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

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2586 Words

George H. W. Bush, Address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 1991

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40 Min

The 1992 Presidential Election and the Rise of Democratic Populism

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2592 Words

The Impeachment of Bill Clinton

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4 Activities

50 Min

New Yorker Covers, 2001–2011 (Reflections on 9/11)

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40 Min

George W Bush Declares War after 9 11

George W. Bush and the War on Terror

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3 Activities

50 Min

Barack Obama, Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2004

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40 Min

Barack Obama, A More Perfect Union, 2008

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