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Sunday morning, 24 November 1963
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The Americans controlled the land between the Great Lakes, Ohio River, and Mississippi River
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In George Washington's first term, Jefferson was Sec. of State and Hamilton was Sec of Treasury. Washington and Hamilton saw...
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The national flag of the United States of America (or the American flag) consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red...
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Changes to the Constitution are known as amendments. Currently, there are 27 amendments to the Constitution. The first ten...
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The Pilgrims had been blown off course and arrived miles north of Virginia where they were heading. To keep order, they wrote and...
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It was divided by different lifestyles and people.
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That was the Townshend Acts. :)
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1765
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the triangular trade routes were between europe, america, africa, and the west indies. trade routes were triangle shaped, hence...
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If you will *read* those two essays (I'm sure your teacher has provided you with copies) I'm sure you will find the answer right...
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No. No economists or historians believe Social Security helped end the Great Depression, although some Marxists might believe...
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What American delegates? American delegates to what? Michael Montagne
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The state of Viginia gets its name from Elizabeth I "Virgin Queen" as she never married.. its referred to as the Commonwealth of...
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Historians have recorded that the principal products during the early history of North Carolina were "tar, pitch, and...
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Aside from the effects of actually fighting a major war, some of which were temporary but would affect later culture, gas and...
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America's long-standing policy of isolationism left the United States reluctant to involve itself with what was popularly...
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AnswerThe major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were solved with the adoption of the United States Constitution. The...
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The average day life of a North Carolina colonist was pretty similar to that of any other colonist from another colony.The...
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The Fourth Amendment protects these rights
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federal in nature
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The 22nd Amendment, ratified on February 27, 1951, was primarily designed to establish that no US President can be elected to...
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Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was called the trust buster by some.
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Shays' Rebellion The economy in the period following the American Revolution was extremely precarious. Due to the war, there was...
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It illustrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
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They couldn't. The Great Depression had caused many business to let workers go, because they were losing money. Everyone was...
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the development affected the missions by when junipero serra died the Mexican took over then acceped the rule to have Fr eedom
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None. Even college classes don't matter. All that is needed to get into law school is a decent GPA and a high LSAT score. My...
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muckrakers were people who "exposed the mud" they wrote novels, articles, etc. to expose what some...
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aproximitly 2 years
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The expedition's goal as stated by President Jefferson was "to explore the Missouri River, & such principal stream of it as,...
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JFK's father, Joe influenced him by showing him what politics was and groomed him to become President from his teenage and...
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The candidate for vice president may be very popular in his home state and perhaps throughout the entire region in which his home...
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She is believed to have been 17.
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They agreed to the Washington Naval Treaty, which led to an effective end to building new battleship fleets and those few ships...
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We as Americans should honor every single soldiers that has risked and gave their lives to protect ours and our country. Even the...
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Constitutionally, these rights are primarily conferred in and by the Speech and Debate Clause.
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No. Although actually the Federalist was written after the constitution since it was a series of essays designed to sway support...
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You may be surprised to learn the first uprising was actually in 1800 by Gabriel Prosser. Born circa 1775, near Richmond, VA....
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The New DealDuring the 1920's, American was the richest country in the world and people flocked from all over Europe to live the...
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AnswerThe foundations for the welfare state were laid in the 1930s with Roosevelt's New Deal. The form we see it now largely...
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George Washington.
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AnswerThe Tea Act, passed by Parliament in May of 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The...
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I'm not sure what Johnson did in 1960, but in 1964, having assumed the presidency after the Kennedy assassination in 1963, he...
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The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between the North and the South and passed by Congress in 1820 that allowed Missouri to...
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...and was alledged to be his mistress & the mother of as many as seven children fathered by him.
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To end WWII and the Nazi domination of Europe. It happened on June 6th 1944 inNormandy France. It is also referred to as the...
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2/3 vote from each house
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All of the answers are correct. :)
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Your question is half fact and half fiction. There was an accident at rocky point with a ride disconnecting a couple or people...
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http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2002/233/9925_1030044652.jpg
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In the 1810 decision of the Marshall Court, Fletcher v. Peck, the Supreme Court ruled that a state law was unconstitutional. This...
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The Indian and the Atlantic.
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Thomas Alva Edison invented or improved the telegraph the phonograph (for playing music recordings) the electric motor the light...
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The composer was Francis Scott Key. Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that was set to the music written by John Stafford...
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Colonists settled in the Middle Colonies because of the fertile soil, long growing season, religious freedom and equality to all....
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A single police officer was killed during the overthrow of the Monarchy but no deaths are attributed to the annexation.
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Profit from printing money is called seigniorage. It refers to the difference between the costs of printing money and its face...
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Bail money should not be too high that it is unpayable with no fines and no cruel punishments
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- money - slaves - goods - exploration - power - spread of Christianity - revolution
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There are 2 types of informal amendment processes one is Judicial and the other is Changing Political Practice or better know as...
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"Yet another constitution went into effect in 1795. The constitution restricted voting to property owners, most of whom were...
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Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin of the Wham-O company reinvented the Hula Hoop in 1958 after hearing how much children in...
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The Philippine Government Act set up the government in the Philippines to mirror that of the US. The Philippines would be able to...
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Mexican civilians ate their usual fare during the Mexican War. On December 27, 1846, during the hostilities in California, Edwin...
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No, but many confuse memorial day ( was decoration day ) with versans day 11/11 . Poppies are sold this time of the year in...
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The name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" was introduced in 1927 by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act...
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Britain, Spain, United States
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A muckraker is someone who searches out and publishes scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way. I'm not...
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights...
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We began fighting. We were not going to sit back and let 2,403 lives lost go unanswered
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From 1934 to 1936, Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota held a series of Senate investigations into the munitions industry and how...
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Seward survived the attempt on his life because of a wire instrument that he had to help relieve pain of previous injuries. The...
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Benedict Arnold betrayed America because his british wife wanted him home, he also wanted the money. Which he received little of...
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More clearly than any earlier act, the Truman Doctrine proclaimed that the United States had embarked on a new foreign policy....
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The original 13 colonies were the united states at one time, they loosely joined together under the Articles of Confederation.
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AnswerThe Vietnam war began as a war of nationalism, with the Vietnamese their French colonial powers for independence following...
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There isn't a clear answer on this. Records show that the last land given away in the Georgia land lottery was in 1832. The...
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The Pearl Harbor Naval Station, across Quarry Loch, was authorized in 1908. Dredging of the Pearl Harbor channel entrance began...
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Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820 through the Missouri Compromise. This compromise allowed admitting both Maine and...
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http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/
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Alabama means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language and "plant cutters" in Choctaw. The French recorded the Alabama River as...
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Before entering the war, the US was declaring itself neutral during the fighting and serving only as a goods provider for both...
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Obviously, "qwerty" is the first six letters on the regular American keyboard. It's easy to type, but I odn't know if "qwerty"...
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AnswerNo. The Army issue was a breech loading single shot .45 caliber rifle. The spent cartridge had to be ejected manually. The...
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Sort of - The US has nuclear arms and Puerto Rico is a US territory.
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The McKinley administration was known for economic prosperity and the growth and influence of business in American politics. The...
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AnswerDo you possibly mean Leif Erikson? A Viking explorer who lead an expedition to the Western Hemisphere 500 years before...
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they couldn't get any workers During the span of 1880-1900 farmers began to feel as if their ways of life were being threatened....
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Actually, Containment didn't begin until after WWII, because during WWII the U.S and U.S.S.R were allies, after WWII though, both...
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The year was 1868. It was widely observed in that year.
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On June 7, 1971, an Allegheny Airlines prop jet Convair 340/440 (Flight #485) crashed while making a VOR (non-precision) approach...
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Sacramento, CA The state capital of California is Sacramento, and Sacramento County county is the county seat.
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Do you have Mr. Bosha? Who is that? ANSWER: The philosophy of natural rights and classical republicanism are essential...
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