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Timeline of U.S. History

Benjamin Franklin 1776-1783: Diplomacy of the American Revolution      
      George Washington 1784-1800: Diplomacy of the New Republic
Thomas Jefferson 1801-1829:
Jeffersonian Diplomacy		      
      James Polk 1830-1860:
Diplomacy and Westward Expansion
Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865: Diplomacy of
the Civil War		      
      Theodore Roosevelt 1866-1913:
Diplomacy and the Rise to Global Power
Wilson Photo 1914-1920: Diplomacy of World War I      
      Harding Photo 1921-1936: Diplomacy and Isolationism
FDR Photo 1937-1945: Diplomacy of World War II      
      Dwight Eisenhower 1946-1968: Diplomacy of the Cold War
Richard Nixon 1969-1989:
Diplomacy and Detente		      
      George Bush 1990-Present:
Diplomacy in a Multipolar World

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