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Franklin D. Roosevelt until he died in 1945, then it was Harry Truman when the last concentration camps were liberated.
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It was a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers
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President Bill Clinton gave a radio address discussing economic security.
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The US Supreme Court first met at the Royal Exchange Building (sometimes called the Merchant's Exchange) on the corner of Broad...
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they were not being treated equaly,taxation with out representation,etc.
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McCarthy claimed that there were known communists in the State Department. He held investigations and hearings and which ruined...
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A hatter. not to be confused with the mad hatter from Alice in wonderland. i did a report on hatters and trust me it is hard to...
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It depends on who you ask and it depends on who you ask if it is a positive thing. Pure democracy is in essence mob rule, it...
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I personally don't like Christopher Columbus because of the way he treated the Native Americans
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Because it reminds me of the troops and the way they fought for us.
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Neither, is the best answer.The questions of the era were different and the tools of the time were different.You could stretch...
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Jeff Davis was all for state rights! I mean, that's the WHOLE REASON the CSA broke off from the Union. Although afterwards, as...
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No one person. What is now West Virginina was originally the western third of of Virginia. In 1861 the people of Virginia were...
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A bicameral legislature, bill of rights and separation of powers.
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There were only two presidents who signed the constitution. George Washington and James Madison.
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James Madison was considered the "Father of the Constitution" because he made a major contribution to the ratification of the...
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Penn was the best. Most English colonies used force to remove them and extirpated local populations. New Jersey was neutral but...
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When Texas was part of Mexico it was part of the state Coahuila y Tejas. The flag of this state had two stars on it, so when...
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No. A combination of British and Canadians forces had invaded the United States during the War of 1812.
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The effects of even the largest nuclear devices and the most virulent and persistent chemical weapons are containable and finite....
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South Dakota was admitted as either the 39th or the 40th state on 2 November 1889. President Harrison signed the law that made...
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The Supreme Court first asserted the power of judicial review by declaring an act of Congress, the Judiciary Act of 1789,...
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in French similarities are spelled "similarités / ressemblances / points communs"
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The Crittenden Compromise. The newly-inaugurated Lincoln rejected it because it would have allowed for new slave-states.
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The Public Works Administration was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933. It was created to spend large sums...
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Alexander Hamilton defended the constitution in the federalist papers
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The Articles of Confederation (full name: Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union), drafted in June 1776, allowed the...
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Thomas Jefferson
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The Declaration of Independence was published/posted.
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The Americans won against the native Americans because the natives attacked the forts around Michigan but in the end the natives...
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Seperatists wanted to leave England.
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The three branches check and balance each other, thus none of them can grow so powerful as to threaten the liberties of the...
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The successes of Reconstruction were few but important. The passing of three constitutional amendments, the 13th, 14th, and 15th...
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Traditionally, the "American dream" often referred to home ownership. Also freedom, and rights of men and women, and having a...
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I highly doubt it because it's a competative world out there and business is cut-throat. If you are successful these days it's...
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According to this article, in 1847, please read the related link below for more information.
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Little is known of the pre-Columbian history of Vermont. The western part of the state was originally home to a small population...
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Religions in the southern colonies were the bases of life. The reasons the colonies were founded were to procure religious...
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New York's Founding The Dutch, including Peter Minuit (who bought the Manhattan Islands from the Indians), started it all. He...
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AnswerI can not answer the question but I can offer a little bit of information about the Milford Plaza. It was once called the...
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The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the U.S.A., with lyrics written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. It was...
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Rhode Island (The Providence Plantations of Rhode Island). The State's leaders refused to participate in the Constitutional...
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Answer6'4"-6'5"This answer is wrong.The song says "Daniel Boone was a man, yes a big man." And yes, for his day, he was a big...
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During the era the trials occurred during, sporting was used to mean fun. In reference to the trials, it was used by the...
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The height of WTC 1 was 1,368 ft (417 meters) and WTC 2 was 1,362 ft (415 meters)
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William Penn is most famously associated with being a member of The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers....
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they traded with animals and crops
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Jane Addams lost her mother at only age 2, and the negative sides of this followed her for the rest of her life. She therefore...
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The Morant Bay rebellion of 1865 was caused by the conditions in which ex-slaves lived. There were food shortage, crown land laid...
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they stack blocks of wood on u and continue to add more until u confess.That only occurred in a single case: Giles Corey's. The...
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The central agency that conducts monetary policy in the United States is the Federal Reserve System (the Fed).
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Because they wanted to expand slavery and the plantations making them bigger, creating possiblity of more money and more dlminant...
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You seem to be confused. The Federalist Papers were a series of essays written in 1787 and 1788 in support of the ratification of...
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Over the years the exact wording has changed. President Lincoln stated that the North was fighting to preserve the Union. In...
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Weaponry used by the Texans was widely varied. The Kentucky or Jaeger flintlock was surely present including some that had been...
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European (or Western) Theater is the part of WWII that was fought in Europe with Nazis (Germans), some Italians, and some battles...
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Of course it can- it already is. The United States is a secular nation with a secular government in spite of all the little...
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Slaves were treated as property instead of people. They were cruelly and harshly punished if they misbehaved, even killed if...
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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills that wanted to resolve the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the...
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The Soo canal was used during the civil war by sending war supplies through the canal to be sent to different states.
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There are actually 13 stripes, seven red and six white. Each stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that rebelled...
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9/11 here are two websites that list many events; http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001251.html (for the...
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The American Historic Society belongs to the National Consumer Marketing (NCM). AHS seems to have gotten themselves in trouble...
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The Cherokee as most of the American Indians were hunters and gatherers. Game such as deer, turkey, racoon, bison and other wild...
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North Carolina was located east and the summers are very warm, winters can be up to 20 degrees
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Various factors go into calculating the probability. How you drive,proper tire and car maintenance ,tire rotations and road...
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The Germans had attempted to purchase the Islands from the Spanish, but pparently did not offer enough to interest the Spanish...
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Alabama means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language.
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To ensure the Pilgrims would follow a democratic government instead of a monarchy, like England. They wanted equal representation...
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Plessy vs. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case which stated that racial segregation was constitutional. According to this ruling,...
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cause they New Jersey was included in the grant of Charles II to his brother James, the Duke of York, in 1664. The same year...
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Because, it was then when the blacks were starting to get rights.
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He was a firm believer in states rights. He declined to attend the Constitutional Convention of 1787 saying he "smelt a rat in...
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They were not regular Army soldiers - they were farmers, mostly, but if the call came to fight, they could grab their rifle and...
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The Fifth Amendment guarantees the right to due process.
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Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton held their duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, on July 11, 1804; Hamilton was mortally wounded and...
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Prophecy club- Exposing the illuminati look this up on youtube, its an ex-high up mason/satanist who is now a preacher and is...
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The question assumes a modern context of "small government" and "low taxes", neither of which are pertinent to the time period...
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popular sovereignty
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Yes, there have been 111 people exonerated (freed) while waiting, and a dozen or so found innocent after execution....
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Rhode Island did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 because it opposed any revision of the Articles of...
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The following is quoted from the site indicated, Marine Corps Uniform...
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nurses, bookkeepers, cashiers, store clerks, teachers, librarians, dietitians in hospitals, administrators of schools and...
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AnswerThe Battle of Saratoga was fought on: October 17, 1777.The Battles of Saratoga on October 1777 were decisive American...
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The $2 note was intended to "fill in the blanks" between $1 and $5 notes. $1 bills make up over half of the bills printed, so...
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he got money from selling navy ships and other materials. He tried his best but not good enough on his 2nd term he printed money...
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