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The United States of America is a sovereign state stretching across North America between Canada and Mexico, Alaska in the continent's northwest, the mid-Pacific archipelago of Hawaii and several territories in the Pacific & Caribbean. Founded by European émigrés rebelling from British control in the 1700s, the US spread across the continent by conquest and land-purchase to become the most powerful country on the planet after the Cold War in the 1900s.

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Can someone help explain this floor plan of a mid 20th century apartment?

It was likely a conversion from 3 19th century tenement rooms to an apartment compliant with later NYC building codes. NYC had city-specific building codes until 2008. That interior window may have be …
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Has there ever been a serious effort to reform the US Electoral College system?

There is an effort underway now called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. These reform efforts wax and wane as demographics meet the various political parties interests. Right now, "progre …
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How did New York become the financial hub of America?

New York was a natural trade center for a few key reasons. Access to Upstate NY Upstate NY was very important place in commercial history. The settlement of New York was driven by access to beaver and …
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What were the reasons for making Prohibition a constitutional amendment?

Prohibition required a constitutional amendment, because the Federal government does not have the power to regulate intra-state commerce. The majority of states and many localities had already banned …
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