Franklin D.Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great PresidenciesAbraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these two very different men rise to power, run their administrations, and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and places in history. |
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... Davies Part III: Teaching a Legacy 9. The Depression, Eleanor and World War II: What Do Elementary School Social Studies Tell Us About Franklin Roosevelt? ................................................................................
... Davies Part III: Teaching a Legacy 9. The Depression, Eleanor and World War II: What Do Elementary School Social Studies Tell Us About Franklin Roosevelt? ................................................................................
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... Depression and Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt's forces won the Second World War, again preserving America's historic experiment in democratic self-government. The contribution of their leadership style to these victories and how successor ...
... Depression and Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt's forces won the Second World War, again preserving America's historic experiment in democratic self-government. The contribution of their leadership style to these victories and how successor ...
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... Depression, and World War II, potentially insurmountable challenges to the stability of the nation and its democratic foundation. Each clearly understood and heeded Alexander Hamilton's admonition for an activist presidency, as he ...
... Depression, and World War II, potentially insurmountable challenges to the stability of the nation and its democratic foundation. Each clearly understood and heeded Alexander Hamilton's admonition for an activist presidency, as he ...
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... Depression began, the Republican party still claimed to be the party of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's birthday continued to be a Republican feast across the nation. On February 12, 1931, President Herbert Hoover delivered a nationwide ...
... Depression began, the Republican party still claimed to be the party of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's birthday continued to be a Republican feast across the nation. On February 12, 1931, President Herbert Hoover delivered a nationwide ...
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... depression. Federal control would only destroy the "opportunity of every individual to rise to that highest achievement of which he is capable," and would ultimately lead to a "superstate where every man becomes the servant of the State ...
... depression. Federal control would only destroy the "opportunity of every individual to rise to that highest achievement of which he is capable," and would ultimately lead to a "superstate where every man becomes the servant of the State ...
Contents
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Comparative Political Leadership | 153 |
Teaching a Legacy | 213 |
Chronology | 247 |
Biographical Digest | 258 |
Selected Bibliography | 271 |
List of Contributors | 280 |
Index | 281 |
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