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the four freedoms wiki u s president franklin delano roosevelt articulated the four freedoms describing modern american liberalism in the 1941 state of the union speech eight months before the u s was forced into the war against fascism norman rockwell ' the four freedoms ' were painted in arlington, vt in bennington county using local people as models back to liberals grow
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dow Jones industrial average 2007-2017 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/djia-and-jobs-trend/dow-jones-industrial-average-last-10-years-2017-08-05-macrotrends /
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Lizzy Borden Took a Tax Dear Bangor Daily News: The late actor Jack Lord was born 22 days before the World Almanac says Republicans acquired Congress and the presidency from 1921 to 1933. Ntu.org says Republicans lowered the top marginal tax rate in stages from 73% in 1921 to 24% in 1929, the year we first shattered the world economy. Democrats raised it to 92% in 1952 and 1953, the years bls.gov says unemployment fell to 3.0% and 2.9%. It stayed at 91% from 1954 through 1963 while unemployment averaged 5.4% / year, nyse.tv says the Dow grew 17.2% / year and treasurydirect.gov says national debt rose 1.27% / year. Except spiking 1968 - 1970 (Apollo 11 launched 7/16/69), it was lowered by Democrats to 70% between 1964 - 1980, while unemployment averaged 5.5% / year, the Dow rose 2.6% / year, and national debt rose 11.2% / year. Republicans lowered the top rate in st
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fdr's liberal 1933 new deal created the greatest economic expansion in world history   after the largest tax cuts in history created the great depression history of top tax bracket   t h e dow according to trump supporters   dow Jones industrial average 2007-2017  : trump tariffs on solar and steel came in january and march ( the dow april 28 , 2018 ) obama's recovery.gov enacted february 2009 obama is ranked the 12 th greatest president unemployment rate fell from 9.8% to 3.9% due to recovery act #liberalsgrow fdr ranked 3rd greatest u s president - dime (united states coin ) wiki - march of dimes wiki cpi ( inflation ) from 1913 - 2018  ( arab oil embargo 1973 and formation of opec 1960 ) the great depression followed the largest tax cuts in history: lizzy borden took a tax Dear Bangor Daily News : The late actor Jack L
Citizenship and limited suffrage Edit " In his second term as president, on April 11, 1865, Lincoln gave a speech in which he promoted voting rights for blacks. [90]   John Wilkes Booth , a Southerner and outspoken Confederate sympathizer attended the speech and became determined to kill Lincoln for supporting citizenship for blacks. [91]  On April 14, 1865, three days later, Lincoln was  assassinated  by Booth and died the next day. " https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_slavery
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" Republicans have a hard time reconciling the thought that President Abraham Lincoln, the founder of their party, espoused core liberal values.  The real truth is that Lincoln wouldn’t fit in all that well in today’s Grand Old Party. In fact, despite legend of his vampire hunting skills, Lincoln’s liberalism was so pronounced that modern day conservatives either ignore his quotes or they invent things he never said. " #mountrushmoreabunchofliberals fb liberal lincoln https://mrlafclass.weebly.com/fun-fact.html abraham lincoln signed into law liberal reforms such as the  first homestead act,  which gave away public land to individuals, including blacks, as long as they didn't take up arms against America,  the morrill act,  which provided public land grants for the creation of state colleges and universities,  the  pacific railroad act  , which created the federally financed trans-continental railroad, and the  national banking act , whic
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" As a dominant leader of his party, he built the  New Deal Coalition , realigning American politics into the  Fifth Party System  and defining  American liberalism  throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by  World War II . He is often rated by scholars as one of the three  greatest U.S. Presidents , along with  George Washington  and  Abraham Lincoln . [3]  " https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt http://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/30/A-Few-Facts-You-May-Not-Know-About-Franklin-D-Roosevelt /
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" As mankind become more liberal they will be more apt to allow, that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the Community are equally entitled to the protection of civil Government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality. And I presume that your fellow-citizens will not forget the patriotic part which you took in the accomplishment of their Revolution, and the establishment of their Government: or the important assistance which they received from a nation in which the Roman Catholic faith is professed. " https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0193 https://www.google.com/amp/wtffunfact.com/post/164031367412/george-washington-wtf-fun-facts/amp whiskey paid for the creation of America ' The  Whiskey Rebellion  (also known as the  Whiskey Insurrection ) was a  tax protest  in the United States beginning in 1791 during the  presidency of George Washington . The so-c