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13 Cards in this Set
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Pardon
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Legal release from imposed punishment
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Reprieve
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Postpones punishment that has been legally imposed
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Amnesty
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General Pardon to all members of the group
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Thomas Jefferson
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early framer of the Constitution and through the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the US
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Andrew Jackson
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He established what he called "kitchen cabinet" which became known as the white house staff
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Woodrow Wilson
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Organized the League of Nations which focused on settling differences by talking rather than fighting
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Developed a New Deal program which supported welfare and social security programs
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Harry Truman
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Established the Fair Deal program which focused on civil rights and national healthcare
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Marshall Plan
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Post WWII economic plan
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John F. Kennedy
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created a new frontier which focused on social and economic problems
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Declared a war on poverty and was a strong supporter of national healthcare
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Richard Nixon
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improved relations with communist countries and resigned due to Watergate scandal
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Jimmy Carter
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former governor of Georgia who is blamed for high inflation poor foreign relations and unemployment during his term
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