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1854: Encyclopedia - 1854
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S.
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1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see l...
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1854 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1854 In Rail Transport - Events
1854 in rail transport - February events.
February 15 - Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, opens for ...
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1854 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1854 In Rail Transport - Births
1854 in rail transport - January births.
January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railwa...
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List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada - 1854
1854 was unique, seeing a new group rise. Some reformers were unhappy with the slow pace of reforms, and began to oppose the reformist go...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia - Republican Party United States
The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for "Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the o...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia - Babri Mosque
The Babri Mosque (also Babri Masjid بابری مسجد) was a mosque constructed by order of the first Mugal emperor of India, Babur, in...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: [ˈsœːɔn ˈkʰiɔ̯g̊əˌg̊ɔːˀ]), May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855), a 19th century Danish philos...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia - Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the...
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History Of New York City 1784-1854: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of New York City 1784-1854 - Economic Development And Immigration
In 1792 a group of merchants made the "Buttonwood Agreement" and began meeting under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street, beginning the New ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Republican Politics 1854-1860
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which expressly repealed the limits on slavery's spread that had been part of the Missouri Compromise of...
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Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - The Opening Of Japan: 1852-1854
Matthew Perry naval officer - Precedents.
Perry's expedition to Japan was preceded by several naval expeditions by American ships:
Fro...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - American Revolution Napoleonic Wars And The Long Peace 1774-1854
The American War of Independence began in 1775 when the Thirteen Colonies rose up against British rule. Many Americans, however, sought t...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Crimea Mutiny Colonial Wars & The Cardwell-childers Reforms 1854-1914
History of the British Army - Organisation.
Due to the Indian Mutiny (1857-58), the Army was extremely overstretched, to such an extent...
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Philadelphia County Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - History
Tribes of Delaware Indians were the original occupants in the area, which would become Philadelphia County. The first European settlers w...
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Philadelphia County Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - Government
Currently Philadelphia County has no government structure, although this has not always been the case. Prior to the Act of Consolidation ...
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Uss San Jacinto 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss San Jacinto 1850 - European Service 1852-1854
No record of San Jacinto's commissioning ceremony has been found, but her first commanding officer, Captain Thomas Crabbe, reported on bo...
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Town Commissioners: Encyclopedia Ii - Town Commissioners - Changes In The 1870s
In 1872 the Local Government Board (Ireland) was formed. One of its duties was to consider applications for the formation of commissioner...
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Town Commissioners: Encyclopedia Ii - Town Commissioners - List Of Towns With Commissioners In 1881
The report of the Municipal Boundaries Commissioners (Ireland) in 1881 listed 102 towns in Ireland with commissioners:
Town Commissioner...
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Town Commissioners: Encyclopedia Ii - Town Commissioners - Town Commissioners In Independent Ireland
In the Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland, town commissioners continued to exist until 2002. The 1854 act was still occas...
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List Of Political Parties In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In The United States - Historical Political Parties
List of political parties in the United States - First Party System before 1824.
Democratic-Republican Party (also known as “Jeffers...
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Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - Fictional Depictions
The story of the opening of Japan was the basis of Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman's Pacific Overtures.
The coming of Perry's ships i...
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Argentine Peso: Encyclopedia Ii - Argentine Peso - History
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Argentine peso was one of the most traded currencies in the world. However, throughout the cent...
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List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada - 1848
By 1848, the Reformers were popular once more in Canada West.
Due to the problems of the last parliament, the Governor General was ordere...
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Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - Early Life And Naval Career
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he was the son of Captain Christopher R. Perry and the younger brother of Oliver Hazard Perry. Matthew Per...
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Matthew Perry Naval Officer: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Perry Naval Officer - Command Assignments 1820s-1840s
Perry commanded Shark from 1821-1825, and from 1826-1827 acted as fleet captain for Commodore Rodgers. Perry returned for shore duty to C...
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List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada - 1844
By 1844, the Family Compact had started calling itself Tories as well. This election also saw the creation of the Liberal Party, made up ...
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Town Commissioners: Encyclopedia Ii - Town Commissioners - Changes In 1899 - 1901
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 created a new type of local authority the urban district governed by an urban district council. A...
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List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Elections In The Province Of Canada - 1863
The final election for the Province of Canada took place in 1863. Conservatives supported a greater confederation, but Liberals opposed i...
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List Of Political Parties In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In The United States - Introduction
The United States has a two-party system, with the two largest political parties holding most of the elected offices. This is largely a c...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Origins 1661-1774
Prior to the English Civil War in 1642, there was no standing army in England or Scotland. Men were raised by the King when required, a d...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - History And Trends
Republican Party United States - Birth: 1854-1860.
The new party was created in 1854 as an act of defiance against what activists denou...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - The Great War 1914-18
History of the British Army - Organisation.
At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the British Army was a small, profes...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - History And Trends
Republican Party United States - Birth: 1854-1860.
The new party was created in 1854 as an act of defiance against what activists said ...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Inter-war Period 1919-1939
In the immediate aftermath of the First World War, Britain faced serious economic woes and heavy defence cuts were consequently imposed b...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - World War Ii 1939-1945
History of the British Army - Organisation.
By the time the British Empire, France and their allies declared war on Germany on 3 Septem...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - End Of Empire And Cold War 1945-1990
History of the British Army - Organisation.
The United Nations (UN) was formed on 24 October 1945, with Britain one of five permanent m...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Age Of Mobility 1990-present
History of the British Army - Organisation.
The collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War, saw a new defence white paper, Optio...
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History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Official Rifle Of The Army 1722-2005
The British army has mixed extreme conservatism, 'penny-pinching', and extraordinarily exacting standards in its rifles. For example the ...
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List Of Political Parties In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In The United States - Historical Political Parties
The following are parties listed by era that are no longer functioning entities.
List of political parties in the United States - First ...
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Argentine Peso: Encyclopedia Ii - Argentine Peso - Circulating Currency
Argentine peso - Coins.
Coins worth one peso and 50, 25, 10 and 5 centavos circulate. 1 centavo coins have been withdawn from circulati...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard On Schopenhauer
Kierkegaard became acquainted with Arthur Schopenhauer's writings quite late in his life. Kierkegaard felt Schopenhauer was an important ...
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Itzig Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Itzig Family - Bella Itzig 1749-1824
Married Levin Jacob Salomon.
Their son Jakob Salomon (1774-1825) converted to Christianity and took the surname Bartholdy. He was for a t...
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List Of Political Parties In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In The United States - Introduction
The United States has a two-party system, with the two largest political parties holding most of the elected offices. This is largely a c...
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List Of Political Parties In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In The United States - Categorizing U.s. Political Parties
Categorizing the political parties can be a bit problematic. When a necessity for categorization is acknowledged at all, the dominant par...
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Uss San Jacinto 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss San Jacinto 1850 - East Indian Squadron 1855-1859
Recommissioned on 4 October 1855, the screw frigate, now commanded by Captain Henry H. Bell, departed New York on the 25th and headed for...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Important Elements Of Kierkegaard's Philosophy
Søren Kierkegaard - Alienation.
Alienation is a term applied to a wide variety of phenomena including: any feeling of separation from,...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Life
Søren Kierkegaard - Early years 1813–1841.
Søren Kierkegaard was born to an affluent family in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. ...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - The Ayodhya Debate
It has been claimed that the mosque stood on an ancient Hindu temple, but some historians have disputed this.
Muslim claims over the site...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Indirect Communication And Pseudonymous Authorship
During Kierkegaard's early authorship, he frequently wrote many of his works under various pseudonyms who represented different ways of t...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Architecture Of The Mosque
The rulers of the Sultanate of Delhi and its successor Mugal Empire were great patrons of art and architecture and constructed many fine ...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - The Journals Of Søren Kierkegaard
One of the key texts in attempting to understand Kierkegaard and his work is his journals. [3] Kierkegaard wrote over 7000 pages in his j...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Babri Masjid Acoustic & Cooling System
"A whisper from the Babri Masjid Mihrab could be heard clearly at the other end 200 feet [60 m] away and through the length and breadth o...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Legend Of The Babri Mosque’s Miraculous Well
The reported medicinal properties of the deep well in the central courtyard have been featured in various news reports such as the BBC re...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard On Schelling
In 1841-1842, Kierkegaard attended the Berlin lectures of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. Schelling was a critic of Georg Hegel a...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard On Hegel
One of Kierkegaard's greatest contributions to philosophy is his critique of Georg Hegel. Most of Kierkegaard's earliest works are in res...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Babur
It is generally thought that the mosque was built by Babur, because an inscription on the mosque records his name. Although we have a det...
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History Of New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of New York City - Lenape And New Netherland: Prehistory:1613-1664
Prehistory in the area began with the geological formation of the peculiar territory of what is today New York City. The area was long in...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard And Christendom
As mentioned in the biography, during the final years of his life, Kierkegaard took up a sustained attack on all of Christendom, Christan...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard In Contemporary Ethical Theory
Many philosophers who initially read Kierkegaard, especially Fear and Trembling, often come to the conclusion that he supports a divine c...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Criticisms Of Kierkegaard
Some of Kierkegaard's famous philosophical critics in the 20th century include Theodor Adorno and Emmanuel Levinas. Atheistic philosphers...
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Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard's Influence
Kierkegaard's works were not widely available in the couple of decades after his death. This is perhaps due to the facts that Kierkegaard...
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History Of New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of New York City - Tammany And Consolidation: 1855-1897
This period started with the inauguration in 1855 of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall, an institution that would domina...
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History Of New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of New York City - Early 20th Century: 1898-1945
This period began with the formation of the consolidated city of the five boroughs in 1898. Manhattan and the Bronx, though still one cou...
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History Of New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of New York City - Modern Period: 1978-2001
The 1980s saw a rebirth of Wall Street, and the city reclaimed its role at the center of the world-wide financial industry. In the 1990s,...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Architecture Of The Mosque
The rulers of the Sultanate of Delhi and its successor Mugal Empire were great patrons of art and architecture and constructed many fine ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Election Of 1860
Lincoln was chosen as the Republican presidential candidate for the 1860 election for several reasons: because his views on slavery were ...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Babri Masjid Acoustic & Cooling System
"A whisper from the Babri Masjid Mihrab could be heard clearly at the other end 200 feet [60 m] away and through the length and breadth o...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Secession Winter 1860-61
As Lincoln's election became more and more probable secessionists made it clear that their states would leave the Union. South Carolina t...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Emancipation Proclamation
Congess in July 1862 moved to free the slaves by passing the Second Confiscation Act. It provided:
That if any person shall hereafter inc...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Legend Of The Babri Mosque’s Miraculous Well
The reported medicinal properties of the deep well in the central courtyard have been featured in various news reports such as the BBC re...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Homefront
Lincoln was more successful in giving the war meaning to Northern civilians through his oratorical skills. Despite his meager education a...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - Babur
It is generally thought that the mosque was built by Babur, because an inscription on the mosque records his name. Although we have a det...
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Babri Mosque: Encyclopedia Ii - Babri Mosque - The Ayodhya Debate
It was commonly believed that the mosque stood on an ancient Hindu temple, but since the early 1990s some historians have disputed this. ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Reconstruction
The reconstruction of the Union weighed heavy on the President's mind throughout the war effort. He was determined to take a course that ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Assassination
Lincoln had met frequently with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant as the war drew to a close. The two men planned matters of reconstruction, and ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Illinois Politics
In 1846 Lincoln was elected to one term in the House of Representatives as a member of the United States Whig Party. A staunch Whig, Linc...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Prairie Lawyer
By the mid-1850s, Lincoln had competing transportation interests — both the river barges and the railroads. In 1849, he received a pate...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Current Structure And Composition
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is responsible for promoting presidential goals (when the party controls the White House) or arti...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Other Nationally Prominent Republicans
Republican Party United States - Present-day: active.
George Allen, Senator from Virginia, possible presidential candidate in 2008
Hal...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Current Structure And Composition
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is responsible for promoting presidential goals (when the party controls the White House) or arti...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Future Trends Realignment?
Republicans have controlled the White House for 26 of the previous 38 years, and both houses of Congress since 1994 (except for over a ye...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Other Noted Republicans
Republican Party United States - Present-day: active.
George Allen, Senator from Virginia.
Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi and ...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Reagan Era 1980-1992
The trends Phillips described, however, could be seen in the 1980 and 1984 elections of Ronald Reagan - the latter being a landslide in w...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Capture The House 1994
House Republican Minority Whip Newt Gingrich-led "Republican Revolution" of 1994 and its Contract With America. It was the first time sin...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - 2000 To Present
With the controversial victory of George W. Bush in the closely contested 2000 election, the Republican party gained control of the Presi...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Reagan Era 1980-1992
The trends Phillips described, however, could be seen in the 1980 and 1984 elections of Ronald Reagan - the latter being a landslide in w...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Capture The House 1994
House Republican Minority Whip Newt Gingrich-led "Republican Revolution" of 1994 and its Contract With America. It was the first time sin...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - 2000 To Present
With the victory of George W. Bush in the closely contested 2000 election, the Republican party gained control of the Presidency and both...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Current Structure And Composition
Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American Political Parties
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Early Life
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin on a 348 acre (1.4 km²) Sinking Spring Farm in the Southeast part...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Future Trends Realignment?
Republicans have controlled the White House for 26 of the previous 38 years, and both houses of Congress since 1994 (except for over a ye...
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Republican Party United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Republican Party United States - Other Nationally Prominent Republicans
Republican Party United States - Present-day: active.
George Allen, Senator from Virginia, possible presidential candidate in 2008
Hal...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Important Domestic Measures Of Lincoln's First Term
Lincoln believed in the Whig theory of the presidency, which left Congress to write the laws. He signed them, vetoing only bills that thr...
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Japan-united States Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan-united States Relations - Political Relations
Japan-United States relations - Post-war occupation period.
Main article: Occupied Japan
Japan-United States relations - 1950s: After ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - 1864 Election And Second Inauguration
After Union victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Chattanooga in 1863, many in the North believed that victory was soon to come after Li...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Conducting The War Effort
The war was a source of constant frustration for the president, and it occupied nearly all of his time. Lincoln had a contentious relatio...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Legacy And Memorials
Lincoln's death made the President a martyr to many. Today he is perhaps America's second most famous and beloved President after George ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Early Career
Lincoln began his political career in 1832 at the age of 23 with a campaign for the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Par...
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Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Marriage
On November 4, 1842, at the age of 33, Lincoln married Mary Todd. The couple had four sons.
Robert Todd Lincoln: b. August 1, 1843, in S...
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Japan-united States Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan-united States Relations - Early Historical Relations
Numerous exchanges occurred between Japan and the Northern American continent during Japan's Nanban trade period in the early 17th centur...
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