George Washington, born in 1732, was the first president under the Constitution of the United States. This volume covers: his military exploits before, during and after the American Revolution; his role during the constitutional convention; foreign affairs; and his legacy on American democracy.

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858. He was elected to the New York state legislature in 1881. Following his first wife's, Alice Roosevelt, death in February 1884, Roosevelt left politics to manage a cattle ranch in the Dakota Territory. In 1886 he returned to New York City, ran unsuccessfully for mayor, and married Edith Kermit Carow. Between 1889 and 1895 Roosevelt headed the U.S. civil service commission. From 1895 to 1897 he served as president of the Police Commission in New York City. In 1897 President William McKinley appointed him assistant secretary of the navy. He...

Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th president of the United States in 1912. This volume of his presidency covers: his reformist-natured domestic policies; World War I, the Fourteen Points and the League of Nations; and the role of Edith Bolling Wilson in the Wilson Presidency.

Harry Truman was born on May 8, 1884. He served with distinction during World War I as a commander of an artillery battery, and ultimately attained the rank of major. In 1922 with the support of political boss Tom Pendergast, Truman was elected as a county judge. He lost reelection, but then won again as presiding judge in 1926 and 1930. In 1934 Truman was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he supported President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies and entry into World War II. When Vice President Henry Wallace alienated Democratic Party leaders, Truman was nominated for vice president. On...

For over forty years, Congress and the Nation has been the signature resource for perspective and analysis of the U.S. Congress. It is the authoritative reference on Congressional trends, actions, and controversies. The eleventh edition in this acclaimed series chronicles the political events during the first four years of the George W. Bush administration, covering the 107th and 108th Congresses. These four years are marked by some of the most significant, landscape changing events in American politics including the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the ensuing U.S. led invasions of...

Each volume in the American Presidents Reference Series covers an individual presidency and gathers a host of biographical, analytical, primary source material that examines the presidency and brings the president, his administration, and his times to life. The series focuses on key moments in U.S. political history as seen through the eyes of the most influential presidents to take the oath of office. Unique headnotes put in context data, tables and excerpted primary source documents.

Understanding Constitutional Issues discusses liberty and justice in contemporary America by exploring eighteen topics of relevance to students and citizens. The reports in this volume include several that won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award in 2002 and touch on issues concerning criminal justice, race, privacy, religion, and politics and power. With the in-depth, accurate, unbiased analysis that is the hallmark of The CQ Researcher, Understanding Constitutional Issues examines specific topics such as: Civil Liberties; Death Penalty; Libraries and the Internet; Presidential...

The second book in a new series from CQ Press presents essential information about U.S. Congress in a manner accessible to high school students. In a unique three-part format, Student's Guide to Congress includes essays, A to Z entries, and primary source documents that help put everything student's need to know at their fingertips. The series is written so that students need no prior knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts presented. Topics include the origins of Congress, the powers of Congress, congressional procedures, leadership, and elections and constituents.

Each volume in this series begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each documents or set of documents begins with an essay that discusses background, history and context of the event covered and the document chosen.

The WID helps users find people and answers in newly reorganised departments, contacts for international disaster and relief organisations, groups to consult about civil liberties, addresses for U.S. representatives and senators, and much more.