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Maryland.gov: The Secretary of States Kids Pages: Famous Marylanders
This page lists famous people from Maryland, with brief biographical notes and the years they lived.
US Department of State
U.s. Dept of State: Country Reports on Terrorism
The U.S. Department of State provides an annual report on "developments in countries in which acts of terrorism occurred, countries that are state sponsors of terrorism, and countries determined by the Secretary to be of particular...
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Central Banking in the United States
This essay gives a background to understand the controversy surrounding the creation of a central bank in the United States.
University of Richmond
American Panorama: The Executive Abroad 1905 2016
The Executive Abroad maps the international trips of presidents and secretaries of state. Interactive allows the user to select a President or Secretary of State to map their travels and see the frequency of visits to each geopolitical...
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Maine.gov: Maine Kids: Famous People From Maine
This resource from the Maine Department of the Secretary of State contains famous people, historic and recent, from Maine. Included are political figures, people in arts and literature, sports, entertainment, and entrepreneurs.
Mount Holyoke College
Memo. Within State Dept. Regarding the Bay of Pigs
This is a request from then Under Secretary of State Bowles to reconsider the covert action resulting in the Bay of Pigs invasion.
US Department of the Treasury
Secretaries of the Treasury: C. Douglas Dillon
A brief biography of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury under President John F. Kennedy.
A&E Television
History.com: Deb Haaland, Us Interior Secretary, on How She's Influenced by History
In early 2021, Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, making her the first Native American cabinet secretary in the history of the United States. A tribal member of the Laguna Pueblo, she was...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nato: Us Mission to Nato by Secretary Albright
Resource presents former Secretary Madeleine Albright's speech on the United States mission to NATO.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Founding of the Second Navy
By 1837, the Texas needed new ships, as the first ships were either "wrecked, captured, or seized by creditors." Learn how the second navy was formed by reading primary texts from this time in Texas' history: "S. Rhodes Fisher, the...
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New American Nation: Internationalism and Interwar Isolationism
This essay by two foreign policy scholars gives background to the concept that the United States did not really become isolationist after World War I.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Panama the 1903 Treaty and Qualified Independence
A canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had been the dream of several countires for years. Read about how the United States supported Panama's breakaway from Colombia in order to gain access to the isthmus of Panama, the final...
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Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: Open Door Policy
Find an extensive, seven-part discussion of the Open Door Policy, with which the United States attempted to gain a foothold in trade with China. Read about the origin of the policy, and find out whether it was a success.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Post War Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 1960: The Cold War
Examines the causes of the Cold War, America's efforts to oppose the spread of Communism, and the hunt for Communist sympathizers within the United States.
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Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Limited Partnership Information
A complete checklist of the requirements for forming a partnership in the state of Massachusetts.
US Department of State
U.s. Dept. Of State: Bureau of Counterterrorism
The Bureau of Counterterrorism's mission is to promote U.S. national security by taking a leading role in developing coordinated strategies and approaches to defeat terrorism abroad and securing the counterterrorism cooperation of...
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Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: William H. Seward
Short biography of the man who served as secretary of state under President Lincoln and Johnson.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Kerry, John Forbes 1943
Summary of the political career of John Kerry, former Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, former Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, and Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2004.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Clinton, Hillary Rodham 1947
Biographical sketch of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic Senator from New York, former First Lady and Secretary of State, and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2016.
Library of Congress
Loc: John Milton Hay
This site from the Library of Congress provides a very brief biography of U.S. Secretary of State from 1898-1905, John Milton Hay. Includes some photographs.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Edmund Randolph
Ushistory.org provides this biography of Edmund Randolph includes highlights of his political career and his role during the Constitutional Convention. Randolph went on to serve as Secretary of State.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: John Foster Dulles
Provides the text to the address given by U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles before the Associated Press on April 22, 1957.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Warren G. Harding: Foreign Affairs
Find out about the Harding presidency's approach to foreign policy through the ideas of Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, and Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.
A&E Television
History.com: American Presidents: John Quincy Adams
This easy-to-navigate site has John Quincy Adams' biography detailing his early career, his work as Secretary of State, and his presidency. There is an image gallery and video clips.