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I am assuming that "freedom of association" means that you can choose your friends and workmates however you please. There are...
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The East Louisiana Railroad Conductor who punched Homer Plessy's ticket asked if he was "white or colored." Plessy responded that...
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This would have to be the House of Burgesses. This is because the House of Burgesses started in Virginia, one of the original...
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The progressives which were middle class men and women formed various groups to initate reform movements during the presidency of...
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This is a funny question......I do not mean that in an insulting manner. Since the beginning of time people have disliked...
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If you try joining, maybe you'll be initiated and find out first hand.
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They were both established by men who had been banished from Boston.
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During the American Revolutionary War, the British did most of the work of turning Loyalists into Patriots. The City of...
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Japan's attack on the US Fleet at Pearl Harbor left them with little room to turn the other cheek. Already indirectly aiding...
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the first one declared loyalty to the king and boycotted British goods and also called for each state to start armies also they...
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Two Philadelphia foundry workers named John Pass and John Stow were given the cracked bell to be melted down and recast. They...
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Not sure about what Lincoln said but Thomas Jefferson said "slavery was like holding a wolf by the ears"
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the Great Wagon Road traveled the Appalachian Valley from Pennsylvania to North Carolina where some colonist continued on to...
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what different political stances in various eras. The history of American conservatism has been marked by tensions and outright...
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People not being able to vote or register in federal elections.
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Attack aircraft headed for North Vietnam were generally armed with 500lb, 750lb, and 1,000lb general purpose HE (High Explosive)...
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ren is short for nothing it is it's own word
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A strike is a slowdown or outright refusal to work. A boycott is the withdrawal of patronage of a product or service, and may be...
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Permanent English settlement began with William Sayle in 1671. 200 colonists on the Ashley river claimed a home in this region.
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Well during the late '40s and '50s there were the increased tensions with the Soviet Union over what would happen to Germany and...
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they grew corn,tobacco,sugar cane,cotton,rice,indigo, and more
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One argument used in favor of the repeal was that bringing back the liquor industry would create jobs.
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He had several accomplices: David Herald, Lewis Payne (AKA: Lewis Powell), George Atzerodt, and perhaps Mary Surratt, who's trial...
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The Under Secretary of Defense
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The executive branch; through its State Department.
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The new Quartering Act allowed the army to quarter soldiers among civilians, if necessary. It basically gave soldiers the right...
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The Yokuts of the San Joaquin Valley and part of the Sierra Nevada lived in an area rich in animals and plants. Their dress (or...
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The South had only to avoid losing the war. The North had to conquer as much of the South as was necessary to put down the...
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There were TWO catagories of Frontier fighting during the westward movement days of America's westward expansion. The East and...
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No... corn or maize was already in America, the Columbian Exchange brought corn to the "Old World."
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1965---Regular .289 Hi-test .309
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July 4 1776 is what many people think, but we actually offically became independent on july 8 1776. Many people thought that the...
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Most for greater economic advantage and employment.
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld, by Herbert Asbury A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith Subway...
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The European Wars.
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Nothing like as effective as the Missouri Compromise, which had kept the peace for thirty years, but whose terms could not...
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I believe that Sam Houston was shot on the left leg.
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July 4th The Declaration of Independence was actually sent by the colonist on July 2, but everyone heard the news that it got...
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14 February 2010 Don't trust TY3GR6. The real answer is February 14, 1912.
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18th Century 1. George Washington2. John Adams 19th Century 3. Thomas Jefferson15. James Buchanan4. James Madison16....
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The Pawnee are a Plains people, traditionally living in what is now Nebraska and northern Kansas. They were a sedentary people...
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The roads were very dangerous to travel, there was dangerous wild animals, and many Native American tribes attacked travelers on...
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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
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The poster reflected how women had entered into the workforce and often did the work normally assigned to men .
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Two notable achievements of Jefferson's administration were the purchase of the Louisianna Territory from France and the ending...
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If you mean Custer; the American general and cavalry officer, who fought for the Union in the Civil War, and later died in the...
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the best answer is the civilian government
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Nevada became the 36th state admitted to the Union on October 31st of 1864. It was admitted to the union on October 31, 1864.
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James C. Calhoun was born on August 24, 1845.
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The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the...
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In the South, the effect of the cotton-gin on the production of short-staple cotton, so profitable that Southerners felt they...
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He wanted to relieve the country of national debt, which is where the Economic Plan came out. He wanted to create a national...
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See http://www.usflag.org/history/historicflags.html - according to this web site there was never an official US flag with stars...
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Although we lost the war, many men fought valiently, and many lost their lives. They risked everything to help another country...
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The treaty was the legal document drafted at the end of the Pequot War in 1638 in Hartford, CT. The document's points included...
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There were 55 delegates, including George Washington (whom the delegates unanimously elected to chair the convention), Ben...
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The names of the 50 states of the United States of America are : Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut...
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the downfall of the christians
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ckirihki is the Pawnee word for coyote or wolf.
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im trying to figure it out also
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The Legislative Branch has to the power to enact (pass) laws, while the Executive Branch enforces such laws. Thus, should the...
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To avoid many of the problems we have now. The State's unable to make their own choices as dictated by it's own residents. The...
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The union, which is the north. the south were gray.
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They didn't.The whole point of Robber Baron was to consume the marketplace for a commodity like Tea or Steel or Cotton with...
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The I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World)
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The US bougth the US VIirgin islands with 25 million dollars worth of gold
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, White Southerners interpreted the events in a religious framework which had wide-ranging...
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He fought many battles. Among them: Battle of Cedar Mountain; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Chantilly; Battle of Royal...
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they consecutively had intense breakdance battles until a member of the opposite party broke his neck and thus, allowing...
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The Census Bureau's Regional Fun Facts page for the Chicago region notes the unemployment rate for each year from 1900 to 1999....
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Willie Francis. Having survived his first encounter with capital punishment, Willie was soon informed that the state would try to...
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Hoover, primarily, but also Coolidge.
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No.They would have helped the Confederates, if the British were to do the same. (It was "We will, if you will")The French wanted...
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Lennon's song "Imagine" speaks to the possibilities of the human race when prejudices are discarded, allowing for a more peaceful...
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rice was important because it was used for trade and survival. It was only Gr owed in south Carolina. this is because it was...
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Because I'll say they used it for transportation.This use was the effect on increasing population near the years of the time of...
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Virtually all schools public and private have what is called a "moral clause" in teacher and employee contracts. Whether or not...
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twenty five cents.
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The discovery of Maize.
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Bourbon redeemers or simply redeemers, were a political coalition during the Reconstruction era of the United States. Basically,...
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the alllied forces had to re-enter Europe in order to defeat Germany. the did so at Normandy France on 6 June...
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This is an important issue! Since most of them were from the North, they generally didn't care for it. Before Madison went...
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They didn't expect to have a a representative government in the colonies... but they did want one.
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The advantage of prohibition is that it tended to reduce the consumption of alcohol. It was harder to get liquor, it cost more...
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Hawaii was annexed as a territory in June of 1898 by an Act of Congress, and became a state on 21 August 1959.Hawaii was the 50th...
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After Alaska's purchase it was named a Department and placed under the control of the US Army until 1877. The US Department of...
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Detroit is 581 feet above sea level at the Detroit river according to this website: detroit
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No, it is the largest city but Santa Fe is the capital.
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The U.S. House of Representatives, which must pass an impeachment resolution by a simple majority.
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The Federalist Papers are important because they convinced the State of New York (and by extension, other states) to ratify the...
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Physical education was officially recognized in the United States in the early 1800's. Colleges and Universities began to offer...
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