The president's first year : none were prepared, some never learned--why the only school for presidents is the presidency / / Douglas Cohn

• Autore: Cohn Douglas
• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut : , : LP, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.09/9
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - History; Presidents - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: NOTES ON THE TEXT; INTRODUCTION THE FRESHMAN PRESIDENT; CHAPTER 1 THE MODEL OTHERS FAILED TO FOLLOW; GEORGE WASHINGTON-PRECEDENTS 1789-1797; CHAPTER 2 WITCH HUNTERS: SEDITION AND MCCARTHYISM; JOHN ADAMS (1797) AND DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1953); JOHN ADAMS-SEDITION 1797-1801; Timeline: XYZ Affair, Sedition Act, Quasi War, and Louisiana Purchase; DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER-MCCARTHYISM 1953-1961; Well-Known Names from the Hollywood Blacklists; CHAPTER 3 THE LONERS; THOMAS JEFFERSON (1801), JIMMY CARTER (1977), AND BARACK OBAMA (2009); THOMAS JEFFERSON-LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1801-1809 ; Louisiana Purchase, Mexican Cession, and Oregon TerritoryJIMMY CARTER-STAGFLATION 1977-1981; Prime Rate 1955-2014; BARACK OBAMA-OBAMACARE 2009-2017; CHAPTER 4 CONFLICTS THEY MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED, AVOIDED, OR WON: 1812, VIETNAM, 9/11, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRAQ; JAMES MADISON (1809), LYNDON B. JOHNSON (1963), AND GEORGE W. BUSH (2001); JAMES MADISON-THE WAR OF 1812 1809-1817; LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON-THE VIETNAM WAR 1963-1969; GEORGE W. BUSH-9/11, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRAQ 2001-2009; 9/11 Comparative Time Sequence; Is the Vice Presidency the Best Preparation for the Presidency? ; CHAPTER 5 AMERICA'S ORIGINAL SIN: SLAVERYJAMES MONROE (1817), ZACHARY TAYLOR (1849) AND MILLARD FILLMORE (1850), FRANKLIN PIERCE (1853), JAMES BUCHANAN (1857), AND ANDREW JOHNSON (1865); The Twelve Slaveholding Presidents; JAMES MONROE-MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820 1817-1825; ZACHARY TAYLOR AND MILLARD FILLMORE-COMPROMISE OF 1850; ZACHARY TAYLOR 1849-1850; MILLARD FILLMORE 1850-1853; FRANKLIN PIERCE-KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854 1853-1857; JAMES BUCHANAN-SECESSION 1857-1861; Slavery, Census, and Secession; Slave Population by Year; ANDREW JOHNSON-RECONSTRUCTION 1865-1869 ; CHAPTER 6 PROFESSIONAL GENERALS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: COUNTERWEIGHTS OF THE WESTANDREW JACKSON (1829), WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1841), ULYSSES S. GRANT (1869) (SEE ALSO ZACHARY TAYLOR, CHAPTER 5); ANDREW JACKSON-TRAIL OF TEARS 1829-1837; WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON-HEALTH OF THE PRESIDENT 1841; ULYSSES S. GRANT-TRUST AND DISTRUST 1869-1877; None of the Twelve General/Presidents Took the Country into a Major War; CHAPTER 7 TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION: TARIFFS TO INCOME TAXES ; JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1825), BENJAMIN HARRISON (1889), WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1913), RONALD REAGAN (1981), AND GEORGE H. W. BUSH (1989)JOHN QUINCY ADAMS-TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS 1825-1829; BENJAMIN HARRISON-1890 MCKINLEY TARIFF AND THE PANIC OF 1893 1889-1893; WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT-INCOME TAX AND SUFFRAGE 1909-1913; RONALD REAGAN-FLAT TAX 1981-1989; Income Tax as a Percentage of Gross Income 1913-2013; Why Social Security Benefits Should Be Paid Out of General Revenue and Not from a Regressive Social Security Tax; GEORGE H. W. BUSH-"NO NEW TAXES" 1989-1993; Ex-Presidents ; CHAPTER 8 PANIC, LAISSEZ FAIRE, AND DEPRESSION
• Titolo autorizzato: The president's first year
• ISBN: 1-4930-2395-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809663203321
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