Chester Alan Arthur: The President Who Didn't Want to Be President
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American Presidents
George Washington: A General without an Army
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What Made George Washington Great?
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John Adams: American Founder and Second President
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The Genius of Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison: The Great Pragmatist
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James Monroe: The Last Founding Father
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John Quincy Adams: Dedicated to America
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President
5-Minute Videos • Allen Guelzo
Martin Van Buren: Political Magician
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William Henry Harrison: President for 31 Days
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John Tyler: President without a Party
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James K. Polk: Manifest Destiny
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Zachary Taylor: The Man Who Might Have Prevented the Civil War
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Millard Fillmore: The Last Whig President
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Franklin Pierce: A Torn President in a Torn Country
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James Buchanan: A Legacy of Failure
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Young Abe: From Log Cabin to White House
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Abraham Lincoln: The President We Needed
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Andrew Johnson: The President Who Wasn’t Lincoln
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Ulysses S. Grant: The General Who Saved the Union
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Rutherford B. Hayes: The Most Disputed President
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James A. Garfield: The Great President Who Never Was
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Chester Alan Arthur: The President Who Didn't Want to Be President
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Grover Cleveland: The 22nd and 24th President
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Benjamin Harrison: One Term Wonder
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William McKinley: The Man Who Could’ve Been on Rushmore
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Theodore Roosevelt: City Slicker to Cowboy President
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Theodore Roosevelt: The Action Hero President
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William Howard Taft: The Really Big President
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Woodrow Wilson: The Founder of Big Government
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Woodrow Wilson: World War I and the League of Nations
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Warren Harding: The Least Appreciated President
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Calvin Coolidge: The Best President You Don't Know
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Herbert Hoover: Success or Failure?
5-Minute Videos • Kenneth Whyte
Franklin Roosevelt: The Great Depression
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Franklin Roosevelt: Preparing for War
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Understanding Nixon
5-Minute Videos • Hugh Hewitt
Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator
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