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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 5. James Monroe

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography highlighting the professional career of President James Monroe. Find details regarding the era of his term, his domestic policies, foreign affairs, and his presidential politics.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 6. John Quincy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography featuring the professional life of President John Quincy Adams. Find details of the era, domestic policy, foreign affairs, and his presidential politics.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 9. William Henry Harrison

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography featuring the professional life of President William Henry Harrison. Find details of the era of his administration, his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 10. John Tyler

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography featuring the professional life of President John Tyler. Find details of the eraduring his administration, his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 12. Zachary Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography highlighting the professional life of President Zachary Taylor. Discover details about his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics as well as what was going on during his term.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 13. Millard Fillmore

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography featuring the professional life of President Millard Fillmore. Discover the details of his domestic policy, foreign affairs, presidential politics, and understand the era during his administration.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 15. James Buchanan

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of President James Buchanan highlighting his professional life. Find details on his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics as well as events going on during his administration.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 17. Andrew Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
The professional life of President Andrew Johnson is featured in this brief biography. Identify details of the era during his term, his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and his presidential politics.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 18. Ulysses S. Grant

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography featuring the professional life of President Ulysses S. Grant. Identify details of his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics as well as events during the era of Grant's administration.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 21. Chester Alan Arthur

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography featuring the professional life of President Chester Alan Arthur. Identify the events during his administration, his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 22/24. Grover Cleveland

For Students 9th - 10th
A professional profile of President Grover Cleveland. Note Cleveland's domestic policy, foreign affairs, presidential politics, and what was going on in the nation during his administrations.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 23. Benjamin Harrison

For Students 9th - 10th
A professional profile of President Benjamin Harrison. Harrison's domestic policy, foreign affairs, presidential politics and a list of events occurring during his administration are featured.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 1. George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a brief biography highlighting the professional life of George Washington. Sections feature his domestic policy, foreign affairs, the era, and his presidential politics.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Presidents Biography: 8. Martin Van Buren

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of President Martin Van Buren featuring his professional life. Find details of the era and his domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Early Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read about the tremendous growing pains faced by the new republic of the United States from the presidency of George Washington up to the election of Thomas Jefferson. Find out about the domestic...
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Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: The Kennedy Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief overview of the Kennedy Administration mentions the achievements of the administration, especially in domestic affairs, and the setbacks, especially in foreign policy.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Woodrow Wilson: A Life in Brief

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Woodrow Wilson contends he was one of the five most important presidents in history. Read about his progressive legislation, foreign policy, and his attempt to bring about world peace.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
Track the accomplishments of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945 CE) through his four terms in office. He is considered to be one of our greatest presidents. This president "Guided America through its greatest foreign crisis, and, with...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Presidency of George W. Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
September 11, 2001 occurred in the early days of George W. Bush's administration and set the tone for his presidency. Study his domestic and foreign policy by reading the following summary, answering critical thinking questions, and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Eisenhower Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Eisenhower's domestic and foreign policies.
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National Park Service: Biographical Sketches: Warren Harding

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise article about Warren G. Harding gives information about his early life, how he got into politics, and his election as 29th president. There is brief mention of his domestic and foreign policies.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Carter Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of the domestic and foreign policy challenges and accomplishments of the Carter administration.
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New York Times

New York Times: On This Day: Harry S. Truman: Decisive President

For Students 9th - 10th
A New York Times obituary of Harry S. Truman, which outlines his life as a Senator, Vice-President, and President. Read about his domestic and foreign policy decisions.
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Gerald R. Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief, easy-to-understand biography of Gerald Ford which includes an overview of his domestic and foreign policy.

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