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Give me liberty or give me death
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Sgt Boston Corbett who was part of the 16th New York Cavalry that cornered Booth in a barn on the Garrett Farm.
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De pa NJ ga ct ma MD sc nh VA ny nc ri vt KY tn oh la in ms il al me mo ar mi fl tx ia wi ca mn or ks wv nv ne co nd sd mt WA id...
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Challenger was the first shuttle to be destroyed on January 28, 1986. It was destroyed not by crashing, but because of an...
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The rulings in Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137 (1803) are related to the three questions posed to the Court: Has the applicant a...
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Stradbally Hall, Queens County, Ireland.
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A good example is the United States. The Federal level is composed of the President, the Congress, and the Supreme Court. While...
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As the author of the query, let me add that the politican made a run at a presidential nomination and I believe came from the...
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End to secret agreements among nations Freedom of the seas Free trade Limits on arms Self-determination League of Nations These...
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Mount Rushmore depicts four United States Presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt,...
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He went by the nickname "M.L."
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President McKinley first pursued diplomatic channels to achieve Cuban independence, but Spain balked, fearing that a failure to...
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For the Democrats, it was 1948; for the Republicans, 1952. In all subsequent elections, the candidate was selected on the first...
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England - The name refers to Queen Elizabeth the First - the Virgin Queen
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President James Knox Polk was the 17th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (Dec. 7, 1835 - March 4, 1839) and...
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Because either they have no evidence they exist, or if they do, then they keep if from the public because people would freak out...
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A union territory is an administrative division of India. Unlike states, which have their own local governments, union...
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There isn't any one main reason that the balance between the slave states and free states lasted as long as it did. The main...
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This phrase was used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a radio broadcast in December 1940 in which he pledged to supply...
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The major cause of the Great War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in June, 1914,...
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Vice-President Aaron Burr killed his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, NJ, resulting from a published...
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The quote, "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away" was part of General Douglas MacArthur's farewell address to a joint...
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At the northern tip of Cape Cod.
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Beverly, MA.
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Isabela, in the Dominican Republic.
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President Washington originally had 4 top officials in his appointed cabinet : Secretary of Foreign Affairs (renamed Secretary...
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they traded tobacco and many more
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They said that the slaves were much better off in America than they would have been in Africa. As the tensions mounted in the...
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John Nicolay was President Lincoln's Private Secretary; John Hay was President Lincoln's Assistant Private Secretary.
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The most important result of Marbury v. Madison, (1803), is that it affirmed the Supreme Court's right of judicial review and set...
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Slang from the roaring 20's: beef=probelm; blow=leave; cheaters=sunglasses; duck...
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The United States has a God-given right to occupy all of North America. The United States has more of a right to rule the West...
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The Europeans started to use the Native Americans as slaves.
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I think a good example wod relatively made would be 2pac. He came from relatively nothing, and made so much money and gained huge...
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When a country does not join a war, as the war does not effect them.(They've got nothing to do with it) e.g America joined WW1 in...
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If you don't like these working conditions.. quit. The factory owner would be able to get someone with an hour to take his job.
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To augur is to predict the future or presage. Augurs (priests) in ancient Rome predicted the outcome of various undertakings by...
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florida`s statehood is march 3,1845
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Carlos Coy, aka South Park Mexican, is a rapper from Houston, TX. He started out doing Christian rap, but felt that he was...
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Although bureaucracy is often criticised and disliked for its tendency to rigidly follow rules whether they are useful or not, it...
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Slavery. See related questions.
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name four nation that participated of the pacific northwest
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for religious freedom and rich farmland=cashcrops
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Haiti.
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Chief, Red-Man, Custer-Killer,squaw
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In Shay's rebellion, he went around with an 'army' of people and burned houses. This proved the government needed more financial...
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Depends on how far back you are looking to go and if you are looking for one in particular. Check out the archives at...
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it is a apple because they are famous for there famouse apple pie
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Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137 (1803) Marbury v. Madison was heard by the six-member US Supreme Court lead by Chief Justice John...
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The Lt. Gov. presides over the Senate, and takes the place of the Gov. if Gov. is unable to serve.
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Twiggy changed history in a number of ways, including bringing a new look to the fashion industry, which was the short-haired,...
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The Hamiltonian Federalist party was the party of the ruling classes, merchants and bankers that their own mini-England for...
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1.75 litre = 1750 millilitres
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representatives are elected by the people to make and enforce laws and policies.
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The framers were intent on stressing the central role of the legislative branch in the new government because it is the branch...
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As an actor, he spent most of his time on the road in major American cities, but could most often be found in Baltimore, Maryland...
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Freed the slaves.
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Which one is it??? A. shifting the strength of the Democratic Party to New England. B. politicizing slavery as a national and a...
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They did not know how the nation would change, but they knew that the nation would change and the Constitution would have to...
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Tecumseh of the Iroquois, as translated in a letter to President Richard Nixon by Trevor Mcwanda in 1642, vouched for a Native...
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14th Ammendment
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Harry hopkins
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The Pilgrims landed there in a ship called the Mayflower.
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Mason refused to sign the Constitution because he believed a central govt. would not represent the states well enough. He...
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Hayes from Ohio and served as its Governor as well as representing a Ohio district in Congress.
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1619 to 1865 when the thirteenth amendment was signed.
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After the Revolutionary War, and at age 54, Francis Marion married a 49-year old cousin, Mary Esther Videau.
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The same way the US Civil War (American Civil War) wasn't technically a war. Neither were declared.
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People in both places were introduced to new crops and animals.
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So the government could contract with other countries and convert the America to the United States Corporation for the purpose of...
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Nope, the US Constitution clearly states the freedom of belief.
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Women are the mothers of the world - that in itself conveys the concept.
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the women got the right to vote, proabahbition, the great deprission
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On April 27, 1861, Virginia Governor John Letcher ordered Colonel Jackson to take command at Harpers Ferry, where he would...
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They survived by getting along with the native Americans. They traded with them and tought them tricks and tips to survive. At...
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Because they were fighting for independence from the United States just as the colonies that became the United States fought for...
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This was caused by long periods of drought combined with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, leaving fallow...
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liberty/equality
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Well, South Carolina broke out in many fights and wars for land.
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because itb was tree less and wasted
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Shays's rebellion consisted of poor white farmers from Massachusetts who were, ironically, angry with the way SAM ADAMS was...
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The Monroe Doctrine reflected growing U.S. power by establishing it's sphere of influence.
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Slavery made the southern economy great and made life in the south easier for the rich slave owners
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The Virginia Plan and The New Jersey Plan were combined to create our government.
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New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
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Along the east coast of America. The colonies were in parts of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania,...
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It's basically saying that someone cannot search your property without probably cause. Which means that they have a legitimate...
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Movies were very popular,As was the radio.People loved to dance, especially the Charleston, Fox-trot, and the shimmy. Dance...
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A management VLAN is any VLAN that is configured to access management features of the switch.After the initial boot of an...
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LMGTFY.... February 4, 2006 (aged 85) in Washington DC
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It was trying to manage the sectionalism, so as to avoid war.
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