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Grant graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, in 1843. At that time the Military Academy did not grant...
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Hinckley is on the border of leicestershire near the west midlands. it is about five-eight miles from market bosworth where the...
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U of U. University of Utah Answer Gordon B. Hinckley graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In...
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Cuz ur moms hot
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One party may feel like the government is "disregarding the rights of another or the good of the whole" (Madison). Therefore...
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The only term I have ever heard for this is "one-term president".
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He was a Federalist. He had played a major role in shaping the Constitution and worked hard for its ratification. He believed...
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colored people were not allowed going to schools where white people were they had to go to different and poor ones
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L.E. Waterman of New York designed the first workable fountain pen in 1884. Lazlo Biro patented the first ballpoint pen in 1938....
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It has not ended in America nor has it ended in the rest of the known world. Answer From a legal standpoint, racism (and...
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Unless something changes, disaster will surely ensue .
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The Battle of Asomante in Puerto Rico.
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Quin t us....sin see nat us
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most of welsh like to go shopping but the other half like to cook or relax i know i do beacuse im am welsh
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Yes. The questions is not quite as simple as it sounds, though. The Mason-Dixon Line was the agreed-upon boundary between...
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She proceeded to claim a land grant, and engaged in numerous business ventures, trading in tobacco, indentured servants, and...
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The Dutch Settled in New Jersey around the 1600's. But then the English came and booted them out later on in the 1700's.
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John L. O'Sullivan
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they had a duty to improve society.
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Carry Nation worked for the cause of the prohibition of alcohol and succeeded, in 1920, in getting a constitutional amendment...
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GRAVY. THATS ALL TO SAY. GRAVY.oh...! and mai pet unicorn has oposable thumbs and his name is Phillip, lol
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Ecuador and chile, both of those countries suck
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The Bill of Rights
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he has 2 children, a daughter, Tyla Rose and a son, Jake
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Crown colonies were ruled by a governor appointed by the King.
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Great Britain.
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Because the Klan is why to powerful that's becase when they would march in streets or have rallys the natinal guard couldn't stop...
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Guiliano eh? -Jr.
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Funny I learned this in school a few weeks ago. It was actually her and the king who approved his voyage. They first said no....
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The Colony of New York was founded in 1664. New Netherland was founded in 1624. The Duke of York took it from the founders and...
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The Japanese were trying to capture the island for use as an air base supporting operations against Hawaii. They also hoped to...
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Michigan became a state in the year 1837 during Andrew jacksons presidency January 26 1837 Michigan became a state on January...
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The "Midnight Judges" were 42 Federalist justices of the peace President John Adams appointed immediately before his...
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yep, but they have only been able to since 1964
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Manifest Destiny was the term used to describe the idea in the United States, beginning in the 1840s, that the US was destined to...
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Absolutely not. The liberties were written in to our basic constitution to protect them from the 'needs of the moment'. When we...
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Before leaving for Texas, he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in one of the Tennessee militias. When he traveled to Texas and...
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Old North Church
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Yes , that is what the Constitution says. However, you must realize that the VP is not a senator and can not vote except to break...
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When a lot of consumers want the same product, the supplier will raise the price of the product as it becomes scarce, or the...
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The Miranda Rights were established in 1966. The Miranda Rights are that you have to be informed of all of your rights before...
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B. Frank and Sallye E. Davis
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Southern employers depended totally on slavery for their workforce. Most Northern employers (increasingly industrial) would not...
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Pennsylvania. When the Germans came over from Duetschland, they mainly settled in and around PA. When asked where they were from...
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"Patriots" was the term used to for those who supported resistance to the policies of King George and his ministers and, later,...
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Officially the following are commonwealths, not states:KentuckyMassachusettsPennsylvaniaVirg...
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The Confederacy had an agrarian economic base, as compared to the industrial base of the North; they could produce more cotton,...
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In the Dred Scott decision a slave was taken up north to a "free state," according to the Missouri Compromise, and then brought...
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Idaho is famous for it's exports of Potatoes and Natural Gases. Idaho also exports electronic goods such as computer microchips.
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I believe this is a mix up of the phrase 'boom times' meaning a period of prosperity and the word 'boon' meaning a blessing or...
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The implied power of judicial review. Explanation It validated Article III of the US Constitution, which granted the Supreme...
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Prices for crops decreased, and costs for farmers increased
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He was a tailor who went to the gold fields of CA to find riches and ended up inventing a new form of pants. He came up with the...
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Williams felt that people should not be persecuted for their religious pratices. In his view the government should not force...
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Just that. Give me freedom or I will fight/die for it.
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Unless the person specifically states that he is a member of the Freemasons, it is hard to know for sure.
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It allowed people to move from one place to another allot quicker. The automobile put people on wheels and that changed...
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Roger williams started rhode island because he was kicked out of the massachusetts bay colony because of his beliefs
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if its like any other US president lies and bull$h!t
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The constitution was signed in 1787.
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The American homefront was impacted in several key areas by the Cold War. Politically: Perhaps most famously, Americans...
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There are 2 ways to amend the U.S. Constitution. The first way is for both houses of Congress (the House of Representatives and...
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Ben Franklin, although born in Massachusetts, lived in Pennsylvania for most of his life and as such represented Pennsylvania at...
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a person named P.T. Barnum of Barnum and Bailey's Circus it was not Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
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A vaquero argentino is commonly named as "gaucho".
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it returned on April 13 1945
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not sure why because the state is very small but maybe because of all of the married couples
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California's Name Origin Named by Spaniards after Califia, a mythical paradise in a Spanish romance novel that was written by...
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Of the 13 colonies, only Rhode Island did not send delegates to the Constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787.
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The Asiatic people are decendents of Moroccan born here in American.
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It was a legal dispute about the status of a slave who had lived on free soil for a time and then returned to slave country.The...
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He made the first giant step by winning independence for Texas.
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President Grover Cleveland signed into law the bill that made Labor Day an official national holiday in 1894.
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The death of JFK , landing on the moon, the war in Vietnam, the murders at the Munich Olympics....
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The Populist party
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The climate affected what could be grown there, with many plantations popping and fewer cities.
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Shay's rebellion provided one of the reasons for the Constitutional Convention. Since Congress had not been meeting, there had...
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The Anti-Federalists opposed the new U.S. Constitution for numerous reasons. They distrusted large, powerful national governments...
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The French, more specifically Tallyrand upon approval of Napoleon. It was settled for a sum of 15 million dollars.
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Because the French wanted peace.
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His full name was John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States."Jack" was his nickname, one that is common for...
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Yes, they both supported it because it would strengthen the federal government and provide another way for the United States to...
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania for two reasons. To make money and to provide the Quakers a safe haven in the American...
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in Their language (LAKOTA) the word for grandfather is tunkashilah. In the Lakota dialect the word for grandmother is Unci.
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The Baja California peninsula (meaning Lower California) is part of Mexico and has always been since its independence in 1821. ...
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William Henry Harrison, 9th President ,who died in office on April 4, 1841.served the shortest term of any president: March 4 -...
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The total flight time is about 5.5 hours, but depending on what airports you select, there may be layovers or longer fly times.
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It didn't. Most black people were on the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder making due with very little. A change in the...
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They were on the border between the two sections. Their choice of allegiance was crucial to the outcome of the war.That is why...
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beethoven lived
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it blew up
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