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He was a poor president, but he was the general Lincoln needed; he also wrote the greatest political memoir in American history.

Abraham Lincoln, who led the United States through these difficult years, was one of the greatest presidents in American history.

Any balanced view of American history will conclude that this sense of appreciation is well warranted.

The greatest movie lists in American history, it has been a part of American culture and affect several generations.

Revolts against the power of the rich have been a regular feature of American history, going all the way back to Thomas Jefferson.

He was a man of many talents--an architect, an inventor, a scientist, and a collector of books and artifacts of American history.

The incident was one of many in American history in which a president had to decide if he should interfere in private industry.

So I thought he would be the perfect person to go to to ask about a defining moment in American history.

His timing could hardly have been worse: the 1960s was one of the most ideologically charged decades in American history.

HE LEAVES the White House as one of the least popular and most divisive presidents in American history.

This was almost number one, but even at 2, no one can argue that this was one of the most influential books in American history.

After the ruling Woods pointed out that he was the only judge in American history to be removed from a case on the basis of press articles.

Many times, he could give up, but he did not so, it is because he did not give up, just as American history one of the greatest presidents.

The fact that Harvard was founded before the United States of American testifies to its position in the American history.

Nineteen sixty-eight was one of the most tumultuous and heartbreaking years in American history.

This movement in industry, finance, and transportation was one of the most powerful and significant forces in recent American history.

Andrew Jackson's proudest moment was that unique one in American history when he paid off the national debt.

Q: This year's candidates seem to be among the most diverse in American history.

The fact that Harvard was founded before the United States of America testifies to its position in the American history.

Only a year ago, the worst oil spill in American history slathered millions of gallons of oil across Louisiana's coast.

Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest orations ever given in American history.

it was one of the most stunning moments in American history.

If he had been taken into custody, what followed would have been the most complex and wrenching legal proceeding in American history.

At this point in American history, the answer to the first question is beyond challenge. Yes, as far as the U.

It was the blackest day in American history. No doubt about it.

What you are about to read is an unraveling of the most shocking political assassination in American history.

It proves the role of Harvard in American history that this university comes before the United States.

Julia : and he is known as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.

It made him lame duck six months into a presidency won by the second largest plurality in American history.

Mr Madoff is in jail after pleading guilty to one of the biggest incidents of fraud in American history. Andy Gallacher reports.

The concept of maturity has undergone several mutations over the course of American history.

It was not the first time in American history that the aversion of power politics took the form of a moral crusade.

The United States is now in its ninth year of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the longest wars in American history.

My goal was to be published in The Journal of American History; I wound up being excerpted in the July issue of Hustler.

This was one of the most important events in modern American history.

My hope is that this book will serve as a resource for anyone studying this period in American history.

Frequently cited as one of the greatest American presidents who ever lived, he is both a hero and an enigma in American history.

The Bishop's letter was the signal for a campaign of vilification and intimidation unequaled in American history.

It must have been a unique moment in Latin American history.

Kennedy was the first "television president" who won the election through a televised debate in American history.

She was the second female Secretary of State after Madeline Albright in American history. She speaks French, Russian.

We'll also recall how the worst terrorist attack in American history brought out the best in the American people.

But anyone who thinks that this will also close an ugly chapter in American history will be disappointed.

President Barack Obama may turn out to be the most egregious unilateralist in American history.

African American history is an essential thread of the American narrative that traces our Nation's enduring struggle to perfect itself.

This was the saddest period in American history because Americans from the North fought against Americans from the South.

That's eight years of American History, eight minutes of my act, just gone like that.

There have been partial precedents in American history but nothing quite like this.

This was the greatest moment of collective innovation in all of American history.

We have the best get-out-the-vote operation in modern American history.

To see why, consider an example from my own field: American history.

Harper's Magazine would send him to draw pictures of the biggest event, the civil war in American history since independence.

In fact, the only other person in American history ever to inspire as much violent love and rabid hate was her husband.

Their complementary skills, helped Apple (AAPL) engineer one of the most remarkable turnarounds in American history.

There are two presidents in American History who did not earn their salary; Herbert Clark Hoover and John F Kennedy.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi's.

There was a time in American history when dark coloured people faced discrimination.

Kate is an American history teacher engaged to a Canadian doctor Charlie who loves traveling. But Kate is afraid of traveling by air.

Lincoln was considered one of the greatest presidents in American history.

It was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the twentieth century.

Can you think of another time in American history when there was another financial panic?

The significance of the declaration's fundamental principles came to be understood only as American history unfolded.

Who shall have that right has been a persistent question in American history.

The National Archives is the U. S. Government's collection of documents that records important events in American history.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was a distinguished general in American history , who made outstanding contributions to the victory of World War II.

For much of American history, race has been the greatest barrier to a common vision of community.

It is agreed that Lincoln is one of the greatest president in American history.

For instance, your teacher is giving you some background material on American history. Your mind is with him at first.

For seventeen more days we would both be in office, the first couple to serve in the White House and the Senate in American history.

American history could offer no guide. After all, the country had never before had a civil war.

CORINNE: There was a time in American history when alcohol was even illegal.

For much of American history, Treasury Secretaries were nondescript, and their powers circumscribed.

This autograph is worth a lot because he's such a memorable figure in baseball and African-American history.

Now Walter Nugent, of Notre Dame University, has produced a comprehensive history of how the thrust of empire shaped American history.

This started a gold rush unlike any other in American history in the Golden State .

The report is by no means the first to sound an alarm about nationwide weaknesses in the teaching of American history.

Mr Bush's foreign policy has turned its author into one of the most polarising presidents in American history.

Read the following text to get a clear picture of this vast and beautiful land that has played an important role in American history.

For the first half of American history, the main job of the vice president was serving as president of the Senate.

The period prior to the day his crew first spotted land is known as pre- Columbian American history.

Many visitors said they liked the new looks of the National Museum of American History, including Scott Cook from Burke, Virginia.

William: And possibly the biggest scandal in American history was the Watergate scandal.

Lincoln was an inspiring leader in American history.

Native Americans in the Eastern Continental United States developed and share mound-building cultures early in North American History.

First, as the chart below shows, for most of American history housing prices grew at a relatively slow rate.

The 2000 census is said to have been the largest peacetime mobilisation in American history.

Tax rates during the Clinton-era were among the lowest in modern American history.

It wasn't just the light bulb; the Wizard of Menlo Park was the most prolific inventor in American history.

I have this, uh, American history paper due monday. So you know, I'll be writing all night.

That, at least, is what American history suggests.

Mr Obama has repeatedly signalled that he will fulfil his campaign promise to turn the page on a dark chapter in American history.

Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION -- an American history series in VOA Special English.

Later on, I read so much about American history that I started to harbor white guilt.

The museum staff has assembled more than 150 pieces for a specially exhibited called Treasure of American History.

Other chroniclers of American history talk of "ages" (Reform, Gilded, Jazz etc) that lasted no more than a decade or so.

One of the most consequential battles in North American history occurred 175 years ago on a field just east of current-day Houston, Texas.

Its main primer movers are the Museum of American History of the Smithsonian, the Deutsches Museum Munich and the Science Museum London.

All this turns American history on its head.

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: The second exhibit at the National Museum of American History is part of the museum's Archives Center.

His time was brief as a gentleman farmer. But he did leave an astounding mark on American history and culture.

DECADE ago it would have been unthinkable, but on June 12th, Congress passed the toughest anti-tobacco bill in American history.

Ever since modern times, Jews have been immigrating to America. Four waves of immigration of Jews have occurred in American history.

It was a critical moment in American history and global history where one felt they didn't have access to accurate information.

And lest this was dismissed as typical woman's stuff, she also oversaw the biggest prison-building programme in American history.

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.

Each statue is of a person who has made a difference in American history.

HARRY MONROE: The nineteen twenties also produced the greatest writer of theater plays in American history, Eugene O'Neill.

and their culture is recognized as an important part of American history .

Thomas Edison was a great inventor in the American history.

The Cardiff Giant is one of the most famous hoaxes in American history.

Not in American history has a change of administration taken place amid conditions more justifying the term "emergency. "

The article has first analyzed the black Americans and the social position in the American history evolution developing process.

It is taken simultaneously with the American history course. It shows what the Framers' goals were for the Constitution: limited government.

The growth of industry and a wave of immigrants marked this period in American history.

He was an important figure in American history.

Running through American history, and therefore through American literature, is a double consciousness .

Such serendipity is anomalous in American history, and unlikely to be repeated.

The 2000 census is said to have been the largest peacetime mobilisation in American history. The 2010 census will be larger.

Rick: Oh, right. We studied Native American history in seventh grade. My class came here for a field trip?

A long-hidden message was discovered inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch, the National Museum of American History announced recently.

Tague's themes are protest, American history and, of course, money.

The old professor gave a lecture on American history and was well received.

In this alarming chapter of American history, they might wind up fueling the best public debate yet.

It was the worst offshore oil spill in American history.

The president had spent hisfirst year in office overseeing the biggest government bailout of the financialindustry in American history.

This week on our program, we visit Washington's new Capitol Visitor Center and the newly reopened National Museum of American History.

Coca-Cola is one of the most iconic brands in American history.

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.

it's really one of the truly inspiring stories in American history.

This is not so much because he is leaving, but because of what he is leaving behind: the biggest economic imbalances in American history.

Chinese restaurants have played an important role in American history, as a matter of fact.

Throughout American history the same families keep popping up: the Roosevelts and Tafts, Rockefellers and La Follettes, Bayhs and Kennedys.

So rather than a 'culture war, ' I call this a 'truth war. ' The side that can actually tell the truth about American history will win.

The director weaves a mythic, self-contained universe that riffs on biology, cinema, architecture and American history.

the Wizard of Menlo Park was the most prolific inventor in American history.

We shall encounter this notion throughout American history and note its baneful effects.

Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier in American history.

Vietnam War leaves a traumatic memory in American history. However, it is a very excellent manifestation of news media.

It was the biggest heist in American history.

THE MAKING OF A NATION answers questions about American history.

But for most of American history, dollars have been convertible into gold or silver.

S1: The cowboy's reign in the Wild West was quite short, about 30 years, why are they such a big part of American history?

TYPICAL USE: After reading about the lives of several great Americans, John became an ardent student of American history.

Yesterday, while doing research for my term paper, I discovered something new about American history.

The Muslim experience may be new to American history, but it is an integral one.

E. B. Du Bois was a distinguished thinker and activist in African-American history.

testifies to its position in American history.

It pointed out the myths of American history and then explained what really happened.

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History.

It's a form of protest that echoes throughout American history.

In the election of 1860, the political system broke down, and the Civil War, the worst disaster in American history, resulted.

Overview: This was a significant period of reform in American history.

Thomas Jefferson is a great statesman and philosopher in American history.

Writer of the Declaration of Independence, he played a crucial role in early American history.

After Redding about the lives of several great Americans, John became an ardent student of American history.

Western movies are mostly about Westward expansion in the American history.

It could safely be said of Katherine Graham that few women had a greater influence on 20th-century American history.

The earthquake which shook the city in 1906 was the biggest in American history.

When doing researches_ for my term paper. I discovered something new about American history.

I am so sorry that I won't be able to attend tomorrow's lecture on American history.

The Interstate Highway becomes the biggest engineering project in American history.

Star wars is the greatest scientific research plan in American history.

The collapse of the Twin Towers became the biggest terrorist attack in American history.

We're honored to have Peter give us a lecture on American history of literature.

Underlying Mr. Wapshott's analysis are vital questions for this moment in American history: What kind of society do we want?

THE MAKING OF A NATION answers these and other questions about American history.

Some windows have flower designs. Others have images from Christian stories or from American history.

The professor will give a brief introduction of the American history.

What we need to deal with is one of the most serious natural calamity in American history.

This guidebook points out the main facts of early American history.

Such frameworks would serve to integrate the data of American history into one story.

The American History Museum expects to welcome more than 100, 000 visitors over the holiday weekend.

A 50-dollar coin from 1851 on display at the National Museum of American History in a new exhibit called "Stories on Money. "

The first immigrants in the American history cane from England and Netherlands.

I was looking up American history in the encyclopedia when I got sidetracked by a fascinating article on chess.

Who do you think has been the best president in American history?

Q & A: Queer in Asian America (Asian American History and Culture). Introduction and your choice.

That white gown is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington.

S. ambassador to China, the first Chinese American to hold the post in American history.

"American History X, " a violent film dealing with brutal racism, and "Notebook, " a love story.

But we can assure you that neither of them will come close to matching the greatest job creator in American history.

The American History Museum has special areas for children.

There have been many great presidents in American history.

You've studied business leaders spanning most of American history.

Carrie Nation, leader of the old temperance movement (and wielder of American history's most famous hatchet); and, most important, Alfred E.

But among them was Washington Mutual, the biggest bank collapse in American history.

This course covers every aspect of American history since World War.

For the first time in American history, Congress would try to remove the President from office.

To date, Star Wars has grossed nearly $461 million in the United States, making it the third-biggest film in American history.

But, for the gripping story of an extraordinary figure in American history, this is a good place to start.

He is taken as the greatest president in American history.

After reading my American History book for too long, I tend to waste about half an hour by taking a nap.

THE MAKING OF A NATION explores the good and the bad in American history.

We each bought a new book. Yours is about management and mine is about the American history.

AMERICAN history is in vogue, if not well understood.

There will be a lecture on American history this afternoon. We do attend it.

Mr Smith was a famous person in American history .

The longest-serving senator in American history was first elected to the Senate to represent West Virginia in 1958.

By measuring time in this formal, archaic fashion, Lincoln raises American history to the same level as sacred history.

Abraham Lincoln is a great figure in American history.

You may be right, but they do depict a dramatic era in American history.

The book A Reliable Wife is a slice of American history.

The museum does not shy from harsher times in Chinese-American history, such as the violence around the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

The largest civil works project in American history is underway to build a fortified levee system.

It's all Pensacola's way of drawing attention to a largely forgotten chapter in American history.

Now, my friends, we really are at a crucial point in American history.

A dominant theme in American history is the importance of economic opportunity for the individual.

Labor organizations won a larger degree of recognition than ever before in American history.

Two streams of development run through American history.

In the same way, Mr Reynolds's book provides an entertaining and fair-minded introduction to American history.

Yours is about management and mine is about the American history.

The Second World War brought the greatest boom in American history.

Concentration of control of mass media has congealed at a tenuous time in American history.

Now, she teaches an American History class at the University.

Glickman, Lawrence, ed. Consumer Society in American History: A Reader. 1999. Hale, Grace.

Today, that pack of gum is on display at the National Museum of American History.

A 200-year-old building is very old in terms of American history.

30: School starts. First class: American History. President Truman came to office in the year. . .

Billy Wolfe, for example, deserves to open his American history textbook and not find anti-Billy sentiments scrawled across the pages.

Works on American history swept the nonfiction awards.

The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands.

The nineteen thirties was named the "Jazz Age" in American history.

So here it is, just to present both sides of American history, good &bad.

We don't teach American history in Britain. (Laughter) We suppress it.

This is in the "Book of Jin mind set" and "North-American History 4 Biography" was embodied particularly prominent.

Mrs Pelosi is arguably the most powerful woman in American history.

He almost knows nothing about American history.

I must take two trimesters of American history this year.

A bibliography of Latin American history.

I didn't have the background in American history to comprehend many of the underlying demons that were at work there.

You will be examined on your knowledge of American history.

We obtained much knowledge of American history from the lecture.

This month Americans are remembering these brave men and women for their influence on American history.

Nor does any living crime writer so unflinchingly chronicle the darkest aspects of American history.

For my term paper I worked over 30 volumes of American history.

With this event, a new era in Native American history began.

Throughout American history, women who took care of their families also have felt the urge to create art.

Mrs. O'Leary's cow may well be the most infamous cow in American history!

Yesterday he bought two books, one of which is about American history.

She learned some American history in high school.

To the American history, the 200-year-old building is too old.

Ain't no defining moment in American history for me.

The Civil War is the bloodiest in American history.

Hello, how are you, Mr. Ma? I am Hua Li. I'm sorry to say that I may not be attending tomorrow's lecture on American history.

American history paper due Monday.

Would you recommend a book on American history?

They learn about them when they study American history.

On June 1st 2009 General Motors applied for Chapter 11 protection, triggering the largest industrial bankruptcy in American history.

There is more than a grain of truth to this version of American history.

4th July is an important date in American history.