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"This biography introduces readers to John F. Kennedy including his military service, early political career, and key events from Kennedy's administration including the Cold War, space race, Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban missile crisis, and his assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.

This biography introduces readers to Ronald Reagan including his early political career and key events from Reagan's administration including the Reagan Revolution, ending the Cold War, and the Iran-Contra Affair. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

This book provides a brief biography of the seventeenth president of the United States and includes a special section about the branches of government, the Electoral College, the qualifications for office, the line of succession, and more.

A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and election of Donald Trump, forty-fifth president of the United States. Includes a table of contents, time line, phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and detailed captions and sidebars to aid in comprehension.

Presents the childhood, education, employment, and political career of the youngest man ever elected president of the United States.

A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States.

"Several presidential elections in United States history have had contested or delayed results. Some have been decided by the House of Representatives, special commissions, and the Supreme Court. In Election 2020: A Lesson in Civics, readers will learn about the charges of voter fraud, foreign interference, recounts, legislative hearings, lawsuits, and the final vote of the electoral college" --

This biography introduces readers to the life of Lyndon B. Johnson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including the Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam War, and the Voting Rights Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...

This biography introduces readers to Zachary Taylor including his early political career and key events from Taylor's administration including the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the Compromise of 1850. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...

Presents the life of John Tyler, including his childhood, education, employment, and political career.