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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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What is the meaning behind Thomas Nast's political cartoon "Compromise--Indeed!"?
This was relating to what was, debatably, the second most important election in US history, after the election of 1860 that touched off the Civil War. It was nearly as contentious.
In Florida (wit …
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What major historical event opened the door to the passage of a homesteading bill?
Since the founding of the US, there were some who felt that Slavery as an idea was evil. The tough part seemed to be developing a pragmatic political philosohpy around this.
In the mid 1800's one of …
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Which attempts to create or revise states resulted in action?
Assuming we are talking about either failed petitions, or ones that have yet to bear fruit...
Wikipedia has a list of areas which attempted to become states, but failed.
As an Okie, my favorite exam …
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When did hunting from trains stop?
This occurred because there was essentially an active campaign to wipe out the great Bison ("Buffalo") herds that the plains Indians depended on to support their way of life (and thus their pushback a …
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Examples of internment or deportation of enemy aliens in the US after WW2?
There don't really appear to be any.
Let's go through a list of major US conflicts since WWII, and list how their nationals were treated during and after.
Korean War - This was a Civil War where the …
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Is there any evidence that Sally Hemings' relationship with Jefferson was consensual on her ...
The answer has to be no, because there was wasn't solid evidence that it happened at all, until recent genetic tests essentially proved it. There were rumors, and his own suspicious behavior, but that …
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Thomas Jefferson's "misogynistic" views?
I'd guess she's probably referring to his Literary Commonplace Book, which it looks like he compiled while he was 15-29.
Commonplace books were much like modern school journals and notebooks, which …
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How could lower judges ignore the US Supreme Court?
Chiefly I believe because those people were not from Virginia, and had thus never been directly ordered by anyone to comply.
Generally the way these things work is that when the SCOTUS makes a decisi …
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Why was the number of U.S. Representatives limited?
One factor I don't see mentioned, but which has to be seen as a limiting factor, is the size of the physical US Capitol building. It is a historic building, having been built in the early 19th Century …
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Why did United States stop celebrating The Eighth(January 8) as a federal holiday?
An important thing to realize here is that this was effectively a holiday to celebrate Andrew Jackson, the commander of the US forces at the Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson is also remembered by …
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What Was the US Debt-To-GDP Before Jackson Was President
According to The Atlantic, it was nearly 0 when he was elected in 1829, and on a downward trajectory. It had been under 10% since about 1800, and had been trending steadily downward since about 1820.
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Were political parties in the U.S during 1918 as polarized generally as they are now?
1918 was during the Fourth Party System that was in effect from 1896 to 1928. Under this system, the Republican party was principally a party of business interests and skilled workers, along with what …
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What made Missouri the "Show Me" State?
Gerald Cohen, an etymologist at MS&T (Missouri Science & Technology, formerly University of Missouri at Rolla), has investigated this.
The Congressional quote, while genuine, was clearly the kind of …
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What exactly is the US national anthem?
There is no "exactly".
First, one minor clarification: the bill itself actually passed Congress in 1930 (April 21st), but wasn't signed into law until March 1st of 1931. What you linked there was just …
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Can someone help identify this statue?
I'm agreeing with @Spencer in the comments here. I'm not an expert on this (there are I'm certain people at universities nearby the find in Oregon who are), but that doesn't look like a Pacific Northw …
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