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Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France without having authority to do so.
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Thomas Jefferson didn’t spend the money Congress put aside for gunboats because he thought they didn’t need them.
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FDR took over as president during the Great Depression. He helped the country get through the crisis.
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He used an executive order to racially integrate the armed forces.
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Supreme Court declared Truman’s actions in taking over the steel mills, unconstitutional.
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The public was dissatisfied with Lyndon Johnson’s conduct of the Vietnam War. It made him not want to run again for president.
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Gerald Ford granted Richard Nixon a full pardon before he could be indicted on charges that had to do with watergate.
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After 9/11, President Bush declared a “war on terrorism” and substantially expanded powers to fight terrorism.