Best of 2021: Favorite Blog Post
I feel like I have written a ton of posts this year, but in reality I am right around my
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Know Your President: The End
As I said last week, it was a fun experience writing these posts each week. Actually, I had this idea
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Know Your President: Week Forty-Five
Here we are…forty-five (okay actually a few more than that since I had a few breaks in there) weeks of
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Know Your President: Week Forty-Four
Party: Whig Fact One: Appointed Brigham Young as the first governor of the Utah Territory. Fact Two: Welcomed the Hungarian revolutionary, Lajos Kossuth,
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Know Your President: Week Forty-Three
Party: Republican Fact One: He passed the Pure Food and Drug Act which established the Food & Drug Administration to help regulate
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Know Your President: Week Forty-Two
Party: Democratic Fact One: The president came into office during one of the worst financial crises of all time. He did what
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Know Your President: Week Forty-One
Party: Republican Fact One: This president had to contend with Napoleon III, who invaded Mexico and set up a puppet state. Fact
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Know Your President: Week Forty
Party: Republican Fact One: This president admitted more states than any before him. He welcomed South Dakota, North Dakota (thanks for those
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Nine
Party: Democratic Fact One: This president would not commit United States forces to Laos to help stop the spread of communism during
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Eight
Party: National Union Fact One: The first president to be impeached by Congress. He was acquitted, but there were rumors (and an
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Seven
Party: Republican Fact One: Increased the deficit by introducing major tax cuts. Fact Two: He took education reform very seriously and worked with
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Know Your President: Standings and List
Many of you have asked for the updated standings and a listing of all the presidents used already. I am
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Six
Party: Republican Fact One: This president nominated a former president to the Supreme Court. He was Chief Justice for almost a decade.
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Five
Party: Democratic-Republican Fact One: Louisiana Purchase. This president purchased the entire Louisiana Territory from Napoleon for $15 million (that would be about
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Four
Party: Republican Fact One: The election of this president was surrounded in controversy over fraud in a few swing states. The president
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Three
Party: Democratic Fact One: He reduced tariffs, but needed a way to raise revenue so he decided to introduce some taxes. He
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-Two
Party: Republican Fact One: Tax cuts! This president loved cutting taxes. He dropped the marginal tax rate from 70% to 50%, the
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Know Your President: Week Thirty-One
Party: Democratic-Republican Fact One: This president continued major improvements to infrastructure, particularly in the Ohio area. These improvements to roads, railroads, and
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Know Your President: Week Thirty
Party: Republican Fact One: This president ordered the withdrawal of troops from a foreign country that we had been at war with
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Know Your President: Week Twenty-Nine
Party: Democratic-Republican Fact One: This president put the United States in control of the western hemisphere by issuing a doctrine that stated
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