George Wallace

(noun)

An American politician and the 45th governor of Alabama, having served four nonconsecutive terms: 1963–1967, 1971–1979, and 1983–1987.

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Examples of George Wallace in the following topics:

  • Federal Intervention

    • Similarly, on June 11, 1963, President Kennedy intervened when Alabama Governor George Wallace blocked the doorway to the University of Alabama to stop two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending.
    • President Kennedy sent a force to make Governor Wallace step aside.
    • Alabama governor George Wallace stands against desegregation at the University of Alabama and is confronted by U.S.

  • The Election of 1968

    • Some members of this group, probably older ones remembering the New Deal's positive impact upon rural areas, supported Vice President Humphrey, but most rallied behind George C.
    • Wallace and the Alabama governor's third-party campaign in the general election.

  • Conclusion: WWII and the U.S.

    • Governors Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama physically blocked school doorways at their respective states' universities.

  • Legislative Change

    • Spurred by this event, and at the initiation of Bevel, on March 7 SCLC and SNCC began the Selma to Montgomery marches in which Selma residents proceeded to march to Alabama's capital, Montgomery, to highlight voting rights issues and present Governor George Wallace with their grievances.

  • Conclusion: Post-War America

    • Governors Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama physically blocked school doorways at their respective states' universities.

  • 1968: The Year of Upheaval

    • Kennedy; and white Southern Democrats, or "Dixiecrats", who rallied behind Alabama governor George C.
    • Wallace.

  • FDR's Third Term

    • George Washington declined to run for a third term in 1796, and both Ulysses S.
    • Wallace, a liberal intellectual who was Secretary of Agriculture.
    • This represented Roosevelt's administration shifting to the left, as Wallace was chosen in place of conservative Texan John Nance Garner.

  • The Election of 1988

    • The 1988 United States presidential election was defined by the victory of Republican George H.W.
    • Reagan's Vice President George H.
    • The result was a third consecutive Republican landslide victory and George H.
    • Bush's victory percentage – 53.4% — has not yet been surpassed in any subsequent presidential election, and he was the last candidate to get a majority of the popular vote until his son George W.
    • Official portrait of George H.

  • Pursuing Both War and Peace

    • In 1775, the colonies proposed the Olive Branch Petition to reconcile with Britain and avert war, but King George III denied the petition.
    • In August 1775, upon learning of the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III issued a Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition.
    • On October 26, 1775, King George III expanded on the Proclamation of Rebellion in his Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament.
    • King George indicated that he intended to deal with the crisis with armed force.
    • The Proclamation of Rebellion was King George III's response to the Olive Branch Petition.

  • The Mood in America

    • The new vice-presidential nominee was Henry Agard Wallace, a liberal intellectual who was Secretary of Agriculture.
    • This represented Roosevelt's administration shifting to the left, as Wallace was chosen in place of conservative Texan John Nance Garner.