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Presidency

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	Document Name	Date	Document Type
Select praz3d-180-9145-557752	Wallace, George C.	1914 - 1998		Biography
Select elaz2d-156-9267-562464	Wallace, Henry A.	1888 - 1965		Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557753	Wallace, Henry A.	1888 - 1965		Biography
Select praz3d-180-9145-557755	War of 1812	1812 - 1814		Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9145-557757	War on Terrorism	2001		Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9145-557760	War Powers Act of 1973	1973		Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9145-557758	War Powers			Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9145-557761	Warren Commission	1963 - 1964		Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz5d-1395-79005-2487132	Washington Writing Farewell Address			Image
Select praz5d-1395-79002-2486804	Washington's cabinet			Image
Select elaz2d-156-9280-562721	Washington, George, Delivers His First Inaugural Address	1789		Image
Select coaz4d-179-9229-561455	Washington, George, Presiding over the Constitutional Convention	1787		Image
Select praz3d-180-9193-560657	Washington, George, Taking the Oath of Office	Apr. 30, 1789		Image
Select elaz2d-156-9260-562298	Washington, George	1732 - 1799		Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557763	Washington, George	1732 - 1799		Biography
Select praz3d-180-9201-560827	Washington, George	1732 - 1799		Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557765	Washington, Martha	1731 - 1802		Biography
Select coaz4d-179-8954-501487	Watergate Scandal			Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9209-561005	Watergate Subpoena of President Richard Nixon	Jul. 23, 1973		Image
Select praz5d-1395-79018-2487939	Watergate Subpoena			Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557769	Weaver, James B.	1833 - 1912		Biography
Select praz3d-180-9201-560833	Weaver, James B.	1833 - 1912		Image
Select praz5d-1395-79003-2486960	Weddings in the White House			Facts & Figures
Select qwh60605	What are checks and balances?			Q & A
Select qwh60268	What are executive agreements?			Q & A
Select qwh60269	What are executive orders, and how many have various presidents signed?			Q & A
Select qwh60292	What are the requirements for serving as president and vice president?			Q & A
Select qwh60289	What did the Fair Deal propose?			Q & A
Select qwh60290	What did the New Frontier program try to do?			Q & A
Select qwh60394	What does the Agriculture Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60409	What does the attorney general do?			Q & A
Select qwh60395	What does the Commerce Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60396	What does the Defense Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60397	What does the Education Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60398	What does the Energy Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60356	What does the first lady get paid?			Q & A
Select qwh60399	What does the Health and Human Services Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60400	What does the Housing and Urban Development Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60401	What does the Interior Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60402	What does the Justice Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60403	What does the Labor Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60650	What does the Office of Management and Budget do?			Q & A
Select qwh60258	What does the president do?			Q & A
Select qwh60253	What does the president get paid?			Q & A
Select qwh60404	What does the State Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60405	What does the Transportation Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60406	What does the Treasury Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60407	What does the Veterans Affairs Department do?			Q & A
Select qwh60364	What does the vice president do?			Q & A
Select qwh60363	What does the vice president get paid?			Q & A
Select qwh60331	What experience have presidents had before being elected?			Q & A
Select qwh60661	What happened in the Belknap scandal?			Q & A
Select qwh60664	What happened in the Iran-Contra affair?			Q & A
Select qwh60668	What happened in the Watergate scandal?			Q & A
Select qwh60670	What happened in the Whiskey Ring scandal?			Q & A
Select qwh60298	What happens if the president dies after inauguration?			Q & A
Select qwh60299	What happens if the president is incapacitated after inauguration?			Q & A
Select qwh60301	What happens if the president resigns or is removed from office?			Q & A
Select qwh60297	What happens if the president-elect dies or is incapacitated after the electoral college has voted but before inauguration?			Q & A
Select qwh60261	What is a pocket veto?			Q & A
Select qwh60271	What is a presidential commission?			Q & A
Select qwh60277	What is a presidential doctrine?			Q & A
Select qwh60260	What is a veto?			Q & A
Select qwh60270	What is executive privilege?			Q & A
Select qwh60646	What is impoundment?			Q & A
Select qwh60273	What is patronage?			Q & A
Select qwh60604	What is separation of powers?			Q & A
Select qwh60391	What is the cabinet?			Q & A
Select qwh60281	What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?			Q & A
Select qwh60267	What is the line-item veto?			Q & A
Select qwh60278	What is the Monroe Doctrine?			Q & A
Select qwh60257	What is the National Security Council?			Q & A
Select qwh60252	What is the presidential oath of office?			Q & A
Select qwh60279	What is the Roosevelt corollary?			Q & A
Select qwh60280	What is the Truman Doctrine?			Q & A
Select qwh60655	What is the War Powers Act?			Q & A
Select qwh60332	What profession is most common for presidents?			Q & A
Select qwh60283	What summit conferences with the Soviets did U.S. presidents attend during the cold war?			Q & A
Select qwh60285	What was the Era of Good Feelings?			Q & A
Select qwh60320	What was the first presidential appointment ever made?			Q & A
Select qwh60291	What was the Great Society?			Q & A
Select qwh60393	What was the kitchen cabinet?			Q & A
Select qwh60666	What was the Lewinsky scandal about?			Q & A
Select qwh60282	What was the Marshall Plan?			Q & A
Select qwh60288	What was the New Deal?			Q & A
Select qwh60667	What was the Teapot Dome scandal?			Q & A
Select qwh60671	What was the Whitewater scandal about?			Q & A
Select praz3d-180-9145-557771	Wheeler, William A.	1819 - 1887		Biography
Select qwh60296	When did live television coverage of the president's inaugural address begin?			Q & A
Select qwh60417	When did the post office become a government-run corporation?			Q & A
Select qwh60368	When did the practice of including the vice president in cabinet meetings become firmly established?			Q & A
Select qwh60408	When did the Social Security Administration become an independent agency?			Q & A
Select qwh60376	When has the country been without a vice president?			Q & A
Select qwh60582	When has the same party controlled the White House and both houses of Congress?			Q & A
Select qwh60294	When is inauguration day?			Q & A
Select qwh60312	When was the first attempt to impeach a president?			Q & A
Select qwh60416	When was the post office founded?			Q & A
Select qwh60618	When was the White House built?			Q & A
Select qwh60343	When were most former presidents alive?			Q & A
Select qwh60287	When were the "First Hundred Days"?			Q & A
Select qwh60392	When were the departments represented in the cabinet created?			Q & A
Select qwh60621	When were the modern conveniences added to the White House?			Q & A
Select qwh60276	Where can presidential papers and speeches be found?			Q & A
Select qwh60284	Where is the president's hotline to Moscow located?			Q & A
Select qwh60673	Which cabinet members have been convicted of crimes?			Q & A
Select qwh60672	Which cabinet members have taken the Fifth Amendment?			Q & A
Select qwh60327	Which colleges have produced the most presidents?			Q & A
Select qwh60360	Which first lady had the most children?			Q & A
Select qwh60355	Which first lady had the most influence over national affairs?			Q & A
Select qwh60357	Which first lady was first to hire her own press agent?			Q & A
Select qwh60358	Which first lady was first to hire her own staff to answer mail and press questions?			Q & A
Select qwh60342	Which former president was elected to the Confederate Congress?			Q & A
Select qwh60300	Which president had successful cancer surgery while in office and managed to keep it a secret?			Q & A
Select qwh60352	Which president lived the longest?			Q & A
Select qwh60329	Which president never attended a school of any type?			Q & A
Select qwh60314	Which president resigned?			Q & A
Select qwh60341	Which president served in the House after leaving office?			Q & A
Select qwh60340	Which president served in the Senate after leaving the White House?			Q & A
Select qwh60308	Which president served the shortest time in office?			Q & A
Select qwh60295	Which president started the tradition of taking the oath of office with one hand on the Bible?			Q & A
Select qwh60351	Which president supported an illegitimate child?			Q & A
Select qwh60345	Which president's grandfather was also president?			Q & A
Select qwh60250	Which presidents and vice presidents served when?			Q & A
Select qwh60338	Which presidents changed their names?			Q & A
Select qwh60302	Which presidents died in office of natural causes?			Q & A
Select qwh60353	Which presidents died on the Fourth of July?			Q & A
Select qwh60334	Which presidents fought in which wars?			Q & A
Select qwh60349	Which presidents got married while in office?			Q & A
Select qwh60333	Which presidents have been generals?			Q & A
Select qwh60259	Which presidents have not delivered State of the Union addresses to Congress in person?			Q & A
Select qwh60328	Which presidents never went to college?			Q & A
Select qwh60414	Which presidents once served in the cabinet?			Q & A
Select qwh60304	Which presidents survived assassination attempts?			Q & A
Select qwh60303	Which presidents were assassinated?			Q & A
Select qwh60348	Which presidents were bachelors when elected?			Q & A
Select qwh60335	Which presidents were delegates to the Continental Congress?			Q & A
Select qwh60346	Which presidents were distant cousins?			Q & A
Select qwh60313	Which presidents were impeached?			Q & A
Select qwh60326	Which state has produced the most presidents?			Q & A
Select qwh60385	Which state has produced the most vice presidents?			Q & A
Select qwh60386	Which vice president held no other elective office?			Q & A
Select qwh60382	Which vice president killed a man while in office?			Q & A
Select qwh60384	Which vice president lived the longest?			Q & A
Select qwh60389	Which vice president served longest in Congress?			Q & A
Select qwh60379	Which vice president served the longest?			Q & A
Select qwh60380	Which vice president served the shortest term?			Q & A
Select qwh60367	Which vice president was the first to serve as acting president?			Q & A
Select qwh60383	Which vice president was tried for treason?			Q & A
Select qwh60374	Which vice presidents died in office?			Q & A
Select qwh60387	Which vice presidents have also been senators?			Q & A
Select qwh60365	Which vice presidents have cast the deciding vote in the Senate?			Q & A
Select qwh60373	Which vice presidents resigned from office?			Q & A
Select qwh60390	Which vice presidents served in the Continental Congress?			Q & A
Select qwh60388	Which vice presidents served in the House?			Q & A
Select qwh60381	Which vice presidents served under more than one president?			Q & A
Select qwh60372	Which vice presidents succeeded to the presidency?			Q & A
Select praz3d-180-9145-557772	Whiskey Rebellion	1792		Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9145-557773	Whiskey Ring Scandal			Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9201-560839	White House Architectural Drawing	1792		Image
Select praz5d-1395-79002-2486938	White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and Karen Hughes			Image
Select praz3d-180-9201-560840	White House Cutaway Diagram			Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557775	White House			Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9145-557774	White, Hugh Lawson	1773 - 1840		Biography
Select praz3d-180-9145-557779	Whitewater Investigation	1994 - 2000		Encyclopedia Entry
Select qwh60251	Who are considered the greatest presidents?			Q & A
Select qwh60256	Who are the Joint Chiefs of Staff?			Q & A
Select qwh60337	Who became president after being elected to only one other office—the vice presidency?			Q & A
Select qwh60311	Who became president without having been elected to that office or to the vice presidency?			Q & A
Select qwh60606	Who can appoint and remove officials in the executive branch?			Q & A
Select qwh60415	Who failed to be confirmed by the Senate for a cabinet post?			Q & A
Select qwh60266	Who had the most vetoes overridden?			Q & A
Select qwh60274	Who have presidents pardoned?			Q & A
Select qwh60412	Who held the most cabinet posts?			Q & A
Select qwh60614	Who must agree to treaties between the United States and other countries?			Q & A
Select qwh60619	Who named the White House?			Q & A
Select qwh60336	Who never held elective office before reaching the White House?			Q & A
Select qwh60418	Who originated the Monroe Doctrine?			Q & A
Select qwh60362	Who originated the term veep for vice president?			Q & A
Select qwh60263	Who pocket vetoed the most bills?			Q & A
Select qwh60413	Who served in the cabinet of the most presidents?			Q & A
Select qwh60411	Who served longest in the cabinet?			Q & A
Select qwh60249	Who thought of the names president and vice president?			Q & A
Select qwh60318	Who was the first Catholic president?			Q & A
Select qwh60315	Who was the first Democratic president? The others?			Q & A
Select qwh60350	Who was the first divorced president?			Q & A
Select qwh60323	Who was the first president heard on radio? Seen on TV?			Q & A
Select qwh60319	Who was the first president to ask Congress to declare war?			Q & A
Select qwh60307	Who was the first president to die in office?			Q & A
Select qwh60325	Who was the first president to get a pension?			Q & A
Select qwh60322	Who was the first president to have a press secretary?			Q & A
Select qwh60321	Who was the first president to hold a press conference?			Q & A
Select qwh60324	Who was the first president to travel abroad while in office?			Q & A
Select qwh60354	Who was the first president's wife to be called "first lady"?			Q & A
Select qwh60317	Who was the first Republican president? The others?			Q & A
Select qwh60370	Who was the first vice president to head a presidential commission?			Q & A
Select qwh60369	Who was the first vice president to make an official trip abroad?			Q & A
Select qwh60371	Who was the first vice president to succeed to the presidency during his term?			Q & A
Select qwh60316	Who was the first Whig president? The others?			Q & A
Select qwh60306	Who was the oldest president?			Q & A
Select qwh60378	Who was the oldest vice president elected?			Q & A
Select qwh60347	Who was the only president never to have married?			Q & A
Select qwh60330	Who was the only president to have a Ph.D.?			Q & A
Select qwh60309	Who was the only president to have served nonconsecutive terms?			Q & A
Select qwh60310	Who was the only president to serve more than two terms?			Q & A
Select qwh60339	Who was the only president to serve on the Supreme Court after leaving the White House?			Q & A
Select qwh60620	Who was the only president who did not live in the White House?			Q & A
Select qwh60305	Who was the youngest person to be president?			Q & A
Select qwh60377	Who was the youngest vice president elected?			Q & A
Select qwh60410	Who were the first female, black, and Hispanic members of the cabinet?			Q & A
Select qwh60344	Who were the presidents whose sons also became president?			Q & A
Select praz5d-1395-79003-2486977	William Henry Harrison Memorial Armband			Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557780	Willkie, Wendell L.	1892 - 1944		Biography
Select praz5d-1395-79019-2488054	Wilson Depicted as a Pharoah			Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557781	Wilson, Edith	1872 - 1961		Biography
Select praz3d-180-9201-560845	Wilson, Edith	1872 - 1961		Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557783	Wilson, Henry	1812 - 1875		Biography
Select praz3d-180-9201-560850	Wilson, Woodrow, in League of Nations Cartoon			Image
Select coaz4d-179-9211-561069	Wilson, Woodrow, Signing Legislation	1916		Image
Select praz3d-180-9201-560848	Wilson, Woodrow	1856 - 1924		Image
Select praz3d-180-9145-557784	Wilson, Woodrow	1856 - 1924		Biography
Select praz3d-180-9145-557786	World War I	1914 - 1918		Encyclopedia Entry
Select praz3d-180-9145-557788	World War II	1939 - 1945		Encyclopedia Entry

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