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presidential transitions: the torch is passed
a. the inauguration of thomas jefferson: first political party transition
b. lbj ascends to the presidency: the aftermath of jfk assassination
c. watergate, gerald ford and the nixon pardon
d. jimmy carter and the iranian hostage crisis
president as visionary: others ask why not
a. thomas jefferson and the louisiana territory
b. john f. kennedy and the space race
president and war powers: lincoln and the civil war
a. the great cause of union
b. thence forward, and forever free
president and public pressure: for a redress of grievances
a. fdr, a. philip randolph, and the desegregation of the defense industries
b. truman, a. philip randolph, and the desegregation of the armed forces
c. jfk, a. philip randolph, and the march on washington



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