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Where is the Yellow River
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In Northeast China, the mouth is a bit south of Beijing. It is the 7th largest river in the world, running west to east, and draining into the Bohai Sea.
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What is the 1st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government.
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What is the 2nd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Right to keep and bear arms.
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Where is the Yellow River
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In Northeast China, the mouth is a bit south of Beijing. It is the 7th largest river in the world, running west to east, and draining into the Bohai Sea.
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What is the 3rd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection from quartering of troops.
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What is the 1st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government.
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What is the 4th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
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What is the 2nd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Right to keep and bear arms.
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What is the 5th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, private property.
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What is the 3rd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection from quartering of troops.
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What is the 6th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Trial by jury, speedy trial, and other rights of the accused.
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What is the 4th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
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What is the 7th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Civil trial by jury.
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What is the 8th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Prohibition of excessive bail, as well as cruel or unusual punishment.
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What is the 5th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, private property.
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What is the 9th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
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What is the 6th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Trial by jury, speedy trial, and other rights of the accused.
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What is the 10th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Powers of states and people. Anything not in the constitution is left to the states.
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What is the 7th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Civil trial by jury.
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What is the 11th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1795): Clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals, and limits ability of citizens to sue states in federal courts and under federal law.
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What is the 8th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Prohibition of excessive bail, as well as cruel or unusual punishment.
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What is the 9th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
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What is the 12th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1804): Changes the method of presidential elections so that members of the electoral college cast separate ballots for president and vice president.
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What is the 10th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Powers of states and people. Anything not in the constitution is left to the states.
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What is the 13th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1865): Abolishes slavery and grants Congress power to enforce abolition.
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What is the 11th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1795): Clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals, and limits ability of citizens to sue states in federal courts and under federal law.
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What is the 14th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1868): Defines United States citizenship; prohibits states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities and right to due process and the equal protection of the law; repeals the three-fifths compromise.
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What is the 15th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1870): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting.
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What is the 12th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1804): Changes the method of presidential elections so that members of the electoral college cast separate ballots for president and vice president.
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What is the 13th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1865): Abolishes slavery and grants Congress power to enforce abolition.
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What is the 16th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1913): Authorizes unapportioned federal taxes on income.
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What is the 17th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1913): Establishes direct election of senators.
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Where is the Yellow River
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In Northeast China, the mouth is a bit south of Beijing. It is the 7th largest river in the world, running west to east, and draining into the Bohai Sea.
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What is the 18th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1919): Prohibited the manufacturing, importing, and exporting of beverage alcohol. Repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment.
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What is the 14th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1868): Defines United States citizenship; prohibits states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities and right to due process and the equal protection of the law; repeals the three-fifths compromise.
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What is the 1st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government.
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What is the 15th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1870): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting.
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What is the 16th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1913): Authorizes unapportioned federal taxes on income.
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What is the 2nd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Right to keep and bear arms.
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What is the 17th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1913): Establishes direct election of senators.
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What is the 18th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1919): Prohibited the manufacturing, importing, and exporting of beverage alcohol. Repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment.
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What is the 3rd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection from quartering of troops.
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What is the 19th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1920): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's sex as a qualification for voting.
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What is the 4th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
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What is the 20th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1933): Changes details of Congressional and presidential terms and of presidential succession. (lame duck ammendment)
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What is the 19th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1920): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's sex as a qualification for voting.
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What is the 5th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, private property.
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What is the 21st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1933): Repeals Eighteenth Amendment but permits states to retain prohibition and ban the importation of alcohol.
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What is the 20th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1933): Changes details of Congressional and presidential terms and of presidential succession. (lame duck ammendment)
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What is the 6th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Trial by jury, speedy trial, and other rights of the accused.
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What is the 21st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1933): Repeals Eighteenth Amendment but permits states to retain prohibition and ban the importation of alcohol.
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What is the 7th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Civil trial by jury.
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What is the 22nd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1951): Limits president to two terms.
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What is the 8th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Prohibition of excessive bail, as well as cruel or unusual punishment.
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What is the 22nd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1951): Limits president to two terms.
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What is the 23rd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1961): Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia.
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What is the 9th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
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What is the 23rd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1961): Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia.
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What is the 24th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1964): Prohibits the federal government and the states from requiring the payment of a tax as a qualification for voting for federal officials. (poll taxes)
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What is the 10th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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Powers of states and people. Anything not in the constitution is left to the states.
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What is the 24th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1964): Prohibits the federal government and the states from requiring the payment of a tax as a qualification for voting for federal officials. (poll taxes)
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What is the 11th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1795): Clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals, and limits ability of citizens to sue states in federal courts and under federal law.
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What is the 25th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1967): Changes details of presidential succession, provides for temporary removal of president, and provides for replacement of the vice president.
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What is the 12th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1804): Changes the method of presidential elections so that members of the electoral college cast separate ballots for president and vice president.
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What is the 25th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1967): Changes details of presidential succession, provides for temporary removal of president, and provides for replacement of the vice president.
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What is the 26th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1971): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using an age greater than 18 as a qualification to vote.
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What is the 27th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1992): Limits congressional pay raises. Was one of original 12 bill of rights.
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What is the 26th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1971): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using an age greater than 18 as a qualification to vote.
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What is the 13th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1865): Abolishes slavery and grants Congress power to enforce abolition.
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What does Article 1 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Legislative Power
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What is the 27th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1992): Limits congressional pay raises. Was one of original 12 bill of rights.
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What is the 14th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1868): Defines United States citizenship; prohibits states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities and right to due process and the equal protection of the law; repeals the three-fifths compromise.
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What is the 15th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1870): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting.
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What does Article 1 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Legislative Power
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What is the 16th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1913): Authorizes unapportioned federal taxes on income.
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What does Article 2 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Executive Power
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What does Article 2 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Executive Power
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What is the 17th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1913): Establishes direct election of senators.
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What does Article 3 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Judicial Power
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What does Article 3 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Judicial Power
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four
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What does Article 4 of the US Constitution Cover?
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States Powers & Limits
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What does Article 4 of the US Constitution Cover?
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States Powers & Limits
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What does Article 5 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Process of Ammendment
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What is the 18th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1919): Prohibited the manufacturing, importing, and exporting of beverage alcohol. Repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment.
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What does Article 5 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Process of Ammendment
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What is the 19th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1920): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's sex as a qualification for voting.
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What does Article 6 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Federal Power
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What is the 20th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1933): Changes details of Congressional and presidential terms and of presidential succession. (lame duck ammendment)
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What does Article 6 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Federal Power
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What does Article 7 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Process of Ratification
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What does Article 7 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Process of Ratification
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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(1620): First governing document of Plymoth Colony.
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What is the 21st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1933): Repeals Eighteenth Amendment but permits states to retain prohibition and ban the importation of alcohol.
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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(1620): First governing document of Plymoth Colony.
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What was the Massachussets Body of Liberties?
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(1641): First established legal code in New England. Compiled by the Puritan minister Nathaniel Ward.
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What is the 22nd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1951): Limits president to two terms.
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What was the English Bill of Rights?
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(1689): It is one of the basic documents of English constitutional law, alongside Magna Carta, the Act of Settlement and the Parliament Acts.
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What is the 23rd Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1961): Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia.
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Who Wrote "Common Sense" ?
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Thomas Paine. In 1776, it advocated reasons for splitting from Britain.
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What was the Massachussets Body of Liberties?
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(1641): First established legal code in New England. Compiled by the Puritan minister Nathaniel Ward.
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What is the 24th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1964): Prohibits the federal government and the states from requiring the payment of a tax as a qualification for voting for federal officials. (poll taxes)
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What was "The Rights of Man"?
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Thomas Paine wrote the Rights of Man in 1791, it is a work glorifying the French Revolution.
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What is the 25th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1967): Changes details of presidential succession, provides for temporary removal of president, and provides for replacement of the vice president.
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What was the English Bill of Rights?
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(1689): It is one of the basic documents of English constitutional law, alongside Magna Carta, the Act of Settlement and the Parliament Acts.
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What is the 26th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1971): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using an age greater than 18 as a qualification to vote.
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What are "The Federalist Papers"?
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A series of 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. They were first published serially in New York City newspapers. A compilation, called The Federalist, was published in 1788. The Federalist Papers serve as a primary source for interpretation of the Constitution, as they outline the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. The articles were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.
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Who Wrote "Common Sense" ?
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Thomas Paine. In 1776, it advocated reasons for splitting from Britain.
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What is the 27th Ammendment of the US Constitution?
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(1992): Limits congressional pay raises. Was one of original 12 bill of rights.
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What political party did Alexander Hamilton start?
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The Federalist party in 1792, which advocated strong national government. It was opposed by Thomas Jefferson & James Madison's Republican party.
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What was "The Rights of Man"?
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Thomas Paine wrote the Rights of Man in 1791, it is a work glorifying the French Revolution.
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What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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With war looming against a major power, France, Federalists in Congress in 1798 passed the laws to protect national security. These 4 laws limited freedom of speech, made it possible to kick out foreign nationals, and changed citizenship to be gained after 14 years of residence, instead of 5. Never tested in court, but is generally accepted to be unconstitutional.
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What does Article 1 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Legislative Power
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What are "The Federalist Papers"?
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A series of 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. They were first published serially in New York City newspapers. A compilation, called The Federalist, was published in 1788. The Federalist Papers serve as a primary source for interpretation of the Constitution, as they outline the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. The articles were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.
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What political party did Alexander Hamilton start?
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The Federalist party in 1792, which advocated strong national government. It was opposed by Thomas Jefferson & James Madison's Republican party.
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What does Article 2 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Executive Power
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What was the Alien Registration Act?
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AKA - Smith Act of 1940 made it a criminal offense for anyone to conspire to overthrow the government. It also required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government. The Act is best known for its use against political organizations and figures, mostly on the left. A series of United States Supreme Court decisions in 1957 threw out numerous convictions under the Smith Act as unconstitutional.
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What does Article 3 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Judicial Power
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What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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With war looming against a major power, France, Federalists in Congress in 1798 passed the laws to protect national security. These 4 laws limited freedom of speech, made it possible to kick out foreign nationals, and changed citizenship to be gained after 14 years of residence, instead of 5. Never tested in court, but is generally accepted to be unconstitutional.
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Name the countries that feed into the Nile River.
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Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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What was the Alien Registration Act?
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AKA - Smith Act of 1940 made it a criminal offense for anyone to conspire to overthrow the government. It also required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government. The Act is best known for its use against political organizations and figures, mostly on the left. A series of United States Supreme Court decisions in 1957 threw out numerous convictions under the Smith Act as unconstitutional.
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What does Article 4 of the US Constitution Cover?
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States Powers & Limits
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Name the countries that feed into the Amazon River.
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Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Name the countries that feed into the Nile River.
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Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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What countries feed into the Congo River?
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
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What does Article 5 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Process of Ammendment
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Name the countries that feed into the Amazon River.
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Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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What does Article 6 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Federal Power
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What countries feed into the Niger River?
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Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Algeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Chad
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What does Article 7 of the US Constitution Cover?
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Process of Ratification
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What body of water does the Danube drain into?
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The Black Sea.
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What countries feed into the Danube River?
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Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia and Montenegro (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.8%), Croatia (4.5%), Ukraine (3.8%), Czech Republic (2.6%), Slovenia (2.2%), Moldova (1.7%), Switzerland (0.32%), Italy (0.15%), Poland (0.09%), Albania (0.03%)
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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(1620): First governing document of Plymoth Colony.
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What countries feed into the Congo River?
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
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What was the Massachussets Body of Liberties?
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(1641): First established legal code in New England. Compiled by the Puritan minister Nathaniel Ward.
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What countries feed into the Brahmaputra River?
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India (58.0%), P.R. China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/P.R. China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
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What countries feed into the Niger River?
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Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Algeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Chad
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What was the English Bill of Rights?
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(1689): It is one of the basic documents of English constitutional law, alongside Magna Carta, the Act of Settlement and the Parliament Acts.
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What river expels the most water / second?
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The Amazon
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What body of water does the Danube drain into?
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The Black Sea.
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Who Wrote "Common Sense" ?
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Thomas Paine. In 1776, it advocated reasons for splitting from Britain.
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What countries feed into the Danube River?
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Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia and Montenegro (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.8%), Croatia (4.5%), Ukraine (3.8%), Czech Republic (2.6%), Slovenia (2.2%), Moldova (1.7%), Switzerland (0.32%), Italy (0.15%), Poland (0.09%), Albania (0.03%)
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What countries feed into the Mekong River?
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Laos, Thailand, P.R. China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar
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What countries feed into the Brahmaputra River?
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India (58.0%), P.R. China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/P.R. China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
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What was The Berlin Conference?
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It regulated European colonisation and trade in Africa. Its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, is often seen as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa.
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What was "The Rights of Man"?
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Thomas Paine wrote the Rights of Man in 1791, it is a work glorifying the French Revolution.
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What are "The Federalist Papers"?
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A series of 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. They were first published serially in New York City newspapers. A compilation, called The Federalist, was published in 1788. The Federalist Papers serve as a primary source for interpretation of the Constitution, as they outline the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. The articles were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.
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What river expels the most water / second?
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The Amazon
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What African countries were never colonized?
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Ethiopia and Liberia.
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What countries feed into the Mekong River?
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Laos, Thailand, P.R. China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar
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What political party did Alexander Hamilton start?
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The Federalist party in 1792, which advocated strong national government. It was opposed by Thomas Jefferson & James Madison's Republican party.
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What is the world's largest desert?
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Antartica. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in North Africa, which is the size of the U.S.
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What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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With war looming against a major power, France, Federalists in Congress in 1798 passed the laws to protect national security. These 4 laws limited freedom of speech, made it possible to kick out foreign nationals, and changed citizenship to be gained after 14 years of residence, instead of 5. Never tested in court, but is generally accepted to be unconstitutional.
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Name the 3 deserts of Africa from north to south.
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Sahara, Namib, Kalahari
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What was The Berlin Conference?
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It regulated European colonisation and trade in Africa. Its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, is often seen as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa.
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What was the Alien Registration Act?
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AKA - Smith Act of 1940 made it a criminal offense for anyone to conspire to overthrow the government. It also required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government. The Act is best known for its use against political organizations and figures, mostly on the left. A series of United States Supreme Court decisions in 1957 threw out numerous convictions under the Smith Act as unconstitutional.
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What African countries were never colonized?
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Ethiopia and Liberia.
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What natural features border the Gobi Desert?
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The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altay Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southeast.
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Name the countries that feed into the Nile River.
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Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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What countries have access to the Dead Sea?
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It is on the border between the West Bank, Israel, and Jordan.
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What is the world's largest desert?
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Antartica. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in North Africa, which is the size of the U.S.
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What countries have access to the Black Sea?
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Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine
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Name the countries that feed into the Amazon River.
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Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Name the 3 deserts of Africa from north to south.
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Sahara, Namib, Kalahari
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What natural features border the Gobi Desert?
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The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altay Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southeast.
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What countries have access to the Caspian Sea?
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Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan. Russia's Volga river and a canal system links it to the Black Sea.
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What countries feed into the Congo River?
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
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What countries feed into the Niger River?
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Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Algeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Chad
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Where are the Ural Mountains?
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Western Russia.
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What countries have access to the Dead Sea?
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It is on the border between the West Bank, Israel, and Jordan.
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What body of water does the Danube drain into?
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The Black Sea.
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What killed more people: the Black Plague or colonization of America?
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Colonization of America.
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What countries have access to the Black Sea?
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Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine
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What countries have access to the Caspian Sea?
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Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan. Russia's Volga river and a canal system links it to the Black Sea.
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Which side did native americans fight on in the American Revolution?
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Both, but mainly supported the British.
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What countries feed into the Danube River?
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Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia and Montenegro (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.8%), Croatia (4.5%), Ukraine (3.8%), Czech Republic (2.6%), Slovenia (2.2%), Moldova (1.7%), Switzerland (0.32%), Italy (0.15%), Poland (0.09%), Albania (0.03%)
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What was the Indian Removal Act?
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(1830): A law passed by Congress in order to facilitate the relocation of American Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands further west. It authorized President Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living within the boundaries of existing U.S. states. Resulted in the forcable movement of tens of thousands of native americans. The most well known was the Trail of Tears (1838), when 4,000 cherokees were killed during their forced relocation.
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What countries feed into the Brahmaputra River?
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India (58.0%), P.R. China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/P.R. China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
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Where are the Ural Mountains?
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Western Russia.
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What were the "Five Civilized Tribes"
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The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes, all located in the southeast. They were considered civilized by whites because they followed many of their practices, such as slavery.
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What river expels the most water / second?
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The Amazon
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What killed more people: the Black Plague or colonization of America?
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Colonization of America.
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What was the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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(1876): Also called Custer's Last Stand, it was the most famous incident of the Indian Wars. Cheyenne and Sioux indians killed Custer and all of his men.
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What countries feed into the Mekong River?
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Laos, Thailand, P.R. China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar
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Which side did native americans fight on in the American Revolution?
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Both, but mainly supported the British.
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What was Jamestown?
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The first successful English colony, established in 1607 on a small river near Chesapeake Bay. It was headed by John Smith, who befriended Pocahontas. It was all male.
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What was the Indian Removal Act?
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(1830): A law passed by Congress in order to facilitate the relocation of American Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands further west. It authorized President Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living within the boundaries of existing U.S. states. Resulted in the forcable movement of tens of thousands of native americans. The most well known was the Trail of Tears (1838), when 4,000 cherokees were killed during their forced relocation.
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What was The Berlin Conference?
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It regulated European colonisation and trade in Africa. Its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, is often seen as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa.
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What were the "Five Civilized Tribes"
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The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes, all located in the southeast. They were considered civilized by whites because they followed many of their practices, such as slavery.
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Where did the pilgrims settle?
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In Massachussetts, established Plymouth in 1620.
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What was the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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(1876): Also called Custer's Last Stand, it was the most famous incident of the Indian Wars. Cheyenne and Sioux indians killed Custer and all of his men.
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Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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The puritans in 1629.
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What was Jamestown?
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The first successful English colony, established in 1607 on a small river near Chesapeake Bay. It was headed by John Smith, who befriended Pocahontas. It was all male.
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What year did the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty take effect? What countries had nues then and now?
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1970. U.S., U.K., China, Russia, France had them then. Today Israel, Pakistan, and India do also.
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What African countries were never colonized?
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Ethiopia and Liberia.
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What was the Agricultural Revolution?
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Period from the early 1700s until the mid-1800s during which machines and improved technology replaced manual labor and traditional methods in farming.
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What were the Allied Powers?
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The countries of Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France that formed an alliance during World War II.
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Where did the pilgrims settle?
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In Massachussetts, established Plymouth in 1620.
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What is the world's largest desert?
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Antartica. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in North Africa, which is the size of the U.S.
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What were the Articles of Confederation?
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The compact that was first made by the original thirteen states of the United States and was adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March 1789.
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Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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The puritans in 1629.
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Name the 3 deserts of Africa from north to south.
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Sahara, Namib, Kalahari
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What year did the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty take effect? What countries had nues then and now?
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1970. U.S., U.K., China, Russia, France had them then. Today Israel, Pakistan, and India do also.
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What natural features border the Gobi Desert?
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The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altay Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southeast.
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What were the Axis Powers?
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A group of countries that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II, including Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
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What countries have access to the Dead Sea?
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It is on the border between the West Bank, Israel, and Jordan.
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What was the Agricultural Revolution?
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Period from the early 1700s until the mid-1800s during which machines and improved technology replaced manual labor and traditional methods in farming.
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What countries have access to the Black Sea?
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Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine
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What group controlled Mexico when Spanish settlers arrived in the 16th century?
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The Aztecs.
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What were the Allied Powers?
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The countries of Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France that formed an alliance during World War II.
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What countries have access to the Caspian Sea?
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Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan. Russia's Volga river and a canal system links it to the Black Sea.
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
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Airlift by U.S. in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin.
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What were the Articles of Confederation?
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The compact that was first made by the original thirteen states of the United States and was adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March 1789.
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Where are the Ural Mountains?
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Western Russia.
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When did the Berlin Wall exist?
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1961 to 1989.
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What was the Boston Massacre?
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March 5, 1770, a brawl between American colonists and British soldiers where the colonists hit the British soldiers with snowballs and the British soldiers shot into the crowd killing 5 of the colonists.
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Who were the "Buffalo Soldiers"?
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Members of one of the African American regiments within the U.S. Army after the Civil War, serving primarily in the Indian wars of the late 1860s.
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What killed more people: the Black Plague or colonization of America?
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Colonization of America.
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What were the Axis Powers?
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A group of countries that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II, including Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
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What were the Camp David Accords?
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Started by President Carter in 1978, a framework for peace negotiations concerning Israeli-occupied Arab territories—Jordan’s West Bank, and Egypt’s Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula.
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What group controlled Mexico when Spanish settlers arrived in the 16th century?
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The Aztecs.
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Which side did native americans fight on in the American Revolution?
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Both, but mainly supported the British.
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What was the Declaration of Independance?
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The document recording the announcement of the second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain.
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What was the Indian Removal Act?
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(1830): A law passed by Congress in order to facilitate the relocation of American Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands further west. It authorized President Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living within the boundaries of existing U.S. states. Resulted in the forcable movement of tens of thousands of native americans. The most well known was the Trail of Tears (1838), when 4,000 cherokees were killed during their forced relocation.
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
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Airlift by U.S. in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin.
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What is the difference between de facto segregation and de jure segregation?
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De facto segregation is segregation of races that actually exists, though not by law. De jure segregation is segregation of races by law.
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When did the Berlin Wall exist?
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1961 to 1989.
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What were the "Five Civilized Tribes"
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The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes, all located in the southeast. They were considered civilized by whites because they followed many of their practices, such as slavery.
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What was the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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(1876): Also called Custer's Last Stand, it was the most famous incident of the Indian Wars. Cheyenne and Sioux indians killed Custer and all of his men.
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Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
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Early political party that was unopposed in national politics through the Era of Good Feeling; split in 1828. They advocated states powers and strict constructionism of the constitution. Opposed Alexander Hamilton's Federalist party.
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What was the Boston Massacre?
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March 5, 1770, a brawl between American colonists and British soldiers where the colonists hit the British soldiers with snowballs and the British soldiers shot into the crowd killing 5 of the colonists.
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What was Jamestown?
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The first successful English colony, established in 1607 on a small river near Chesapeake Bay. It was headed by John Smith, who befriended Pocahontas. It was all male.
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Who were the "Buffalo Soldiers"?
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Members of one of the African American regiments within the U.S. Army after the Civil War, serving primarily in the Indian wars of the late 1860s.
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What was the importance of Dred Scott v. Sanford?
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In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that even free Africans could not sue in a federal court, since they were not citizens of the United States and that slaves brought into free territory remained slaves because they were a form of property.
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What is the elastic clause?
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Part of Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress authority to pass laws in addition to those specified.
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What were the Camp David Accords?
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Started by President Carter in 1978, a framework for peace negotiations concerning Israeli-occupied Arab territories—Jordan’s West Bank, and Egypt’s Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula.
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What was the Emancipation Proclimation?
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Declaration issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still rebelling against the Union.
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Where did the pilgrims settle?
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In Massachussetts, established Plymouth in 1620.
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What was the Declaration of Independance?
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The document recording the announcement of the second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain.
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What is the difference between de facto segregation and de jure segregation?
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De facto segregation is segregation of races that actually exists, though not by law. De jure segregation is segregation of races by law.
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Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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The puritans in 1629.
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What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
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It prohibited all international exports from American ports. It represented President Thomas Jefferson's response to the United Kingdom's Orders in Council (1807) and France's Continental System, which were severely hurting America's merchant marines. Although it was designed to force the British and French to change their commercial systems, neither country did, and the Act was repealed in 1808. The Act failed to prevent the War of 1812.
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Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
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Early political party that was unopposed in national politics through the Era of Good Feeling; split in 1828. They advocated states powers and strict constructionism of the constitution. Opposed Alexander Hamilton's Federalist party.
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What year did the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty take effect? What countries had nues then and now?
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1970. U.S., U.K., China, Russia, France had them then. Today Israel, Pakistan, and India do also.
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What was the Age of Enlightenment?
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It was 18th century european philosophical movement (part of Age of Reason). Leading thinkers believed that the future could be shaped and directed by reason. They believed that society was based on natural laws. Thus, these thinkers challenged the power of absolute monarchs or kings and the idea that a monarch or king ruled by divine right.
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What was the Era of Good Feelings?
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Period from 1815 to 1821 that followed the War of 1812 where the last Federalist candidate was defeated and the issues of slavery were emerging as a result of the Missouri Compromise. James Monroe defeated the last Federalist candidate in 1816, and won unopposed in 1820.
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What was the Agricultural Revolution?
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Period from the early 1700s until the mid-1800s during which machines and improved technology replaced manual labor and traditional methods in farming.
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What was the importance of Dred Scott v. Sanford?
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In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that even free Africans could not sue in a federal court, since they were not citizens of the United States and that slaves brought into free territory remained slaves because they were a form of property.
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What was the Espionage Act of 1917?
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Passed by Congress in 1917 after the United States entered World War I; set a $10,000 fine and 20 years’ imprisonment for interfering with the recruiting of troops or the disclosure of information dealing with national defense.
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What were the Allied Powers?
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The countries of Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France that formed an alliance during World War II.
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What is the definition of Fascism?
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Form of government characterized by militarism, extreme nationalism, and a oneparty dictatorship.
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What is the elastic clause?
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Part of Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress authority to pass laws in addition to those specified.
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What was the Emancipation Proclimation?
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Declaration issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still rebelling against the Union.
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Describe the Federal Reserve System.
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The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-charted commercial banks and some trust companies. It was was created in 1913 by the Federal Reserve Act. The main tasks of the Federal Reserve are:
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What were the Articles of Confederation?
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The compact that was first made by the original thirteen states of the United States and was adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March 1789.
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What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
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It prohibited all international exports from American ports. It represented President Thomas Jefferson's response to the United Kingdom's Orders in Council (1807) and France's Continental System, which were severely hurting America's merchant marines. Although it was designed to force the British and French to change their commercial systems, neither country did, and the Act was repealed in 1808. The Act failed to prevent the War of 1812.
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Who is Alan Greenspan?
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Was chairman of the Fed from 1987-2006. His replacement is Ben Bernanke.
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What were the Axis Powers?
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A group of countries that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II, including Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
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What was the Age of Enlightenment?
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It was 18th century european philosophical movement (part of Age of Reason). Leading thinkers believed that the future could be shaped and directed by reason. They believed that society was based on natural laws. Thus, these thinkers challenged the power of absolute monarchs or kings and the idea that a monarch or king ruled by divine right.
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What happened at Fort Sumter?
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In 1861 Confederates attacked the fort, which led to its surrender and was the opening engagement of the Civil War. It is located in Charleston, South Carolina.
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What group controlled Mexico when Spanish settlers arrived in the 16th century?
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The Aztecs.
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What was the Era of Good Feelings?
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Period from 1815 to 1821 that followed the War of 1812 where the last Federalist candidate was defeated and the issues of slavery were emerging as a result of the Missouri Compromise. James Monroe defeated the last Federalist candidate in 1816, and won unopposed in 1820.
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
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Airlift by U.S. in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin.
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What was the French and Indian War?
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The war that raged in North America through the late 1750's and early 1760's was but one part of the larger struggle between England and France for dominance in world trade and naval power. The British victory in that struggle, known in Europe as the Seven Years' War , ended the long struggle among the three principal powers in northeastern North America: The English, the French, and the Iroquois Confederacy, it confirmed England's commercial supremacy and cemented its control of the settled regions of North America.
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What was the Espionage Act of 1917?
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Passed by Congress in 1917 after the United States entered World War I; set a $10,000 fine and 20 years’ imprisonment for interfering with the recruiting of troops or the disclosure of information dealing with national defense.
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When did the Berlin Wall exist?
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1961 to 1989.
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What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
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In 1850, the law stated that in the future any federal marshal who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave could be fined $1000, people suspected of being a runaway slave could be arrested without warrant and turned over to a claimant on nothing more than his or her sworn testimony of ownership, and any person aiding a runaway slave by providing shelter, food or any other form of assistance was liable to six months’ imprisonment and a $1000 fine.
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What is the definition of Fascism?
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Form of government characterized by militarism, extreme nationalism, and a oneparty dictatorship.
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What was the Gilded Age?
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The Gilded Age (c.1876–1914) was a period of intense economic development and wealth transfer in the United States. Following the generation of the American Civil War and Reconstruction of the South, this period corresponded with the Second Industrial Revolution and the greatest economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion in American history. The explosion of commerce and heavy industry, supported by mercantilist economic policies and federal railway subsidies, the innovation of new techniques in steel production and the use of electric power, and the continued development of the American West catalyzed dramatic social changes, created a number of immensely wealthy businessmen, the "Robber Barons", and also galvanized the American Labor Movement.
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What was the Boston Massacre?
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March 5, 1770, a brawl between American colonists and British soldiers where the colonists hit the British soldiers with snowballs and the British soldiers shot into the crowd killing 5 of the colonists.
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What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
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The "Good Neighbor" policy was the policy of the United States Administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in relation to Latin America during 1933-45, when the active U.S. intervention of previous decades was moderated in pursuit of hemispheric solidarity against external threats.
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Describe the Federal Reserve System.
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The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-charted commercial banks and some trust companies. It was was created in 1913 by the Federal Reserve Act. The main tasks of the Federal Reserve are:
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Who were the "Buffalo Soldiers"?
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Members of one of the African American regiments within the U.S. Army after the Civil War, serving primarily in the Indian wars of the late 1860s.
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Who is Alan Greenspan?
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Was chairman of the Fed from 1987-2006. His replacement is Ben Bernanke.
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What were the Camp David Accords?
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Started by President Carter in 1978, a framework for peace negotiations concerning Israeli-occupied Arab territories—Jordan’s West Bank, and Egypt’s Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula.
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What happened at Fort Sumter?
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In 1861 Confederates attacked the fort, which led to its surrender and was the opening engagement of the Civil War. It is located in Charleston, South Carolina.
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What was The Roosevelt Corollary?
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (from 1901 to 1909) was a substantial alteration (called an "amendment") of the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The U.S. would now consider Latin America as an agency for expanding U.S. commercial interests in the region, along with its original stated purpose of keeping European hegemony from the hemisphere. In essence, Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine would be the basis for a use of economic
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What was the Declaration of Independance?
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The document recording the announcement of the second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain.
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What was the French and Indian War?
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The war that raged in North America through the late 1750's and early 1760's was but one part of the larger struggle between England and France for dominance in world trade and naval power. The British victory in that struggle, known in Europe as the Seven Years' War , ended the long struggle among the three principal powers in northeastern North America: The English, the French, and the Iroquois Confederacy, it confirmed England's commercial supremacy and cemented its control of the settled regions of North America.
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What is a graduated income tax?
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An income tax that takes proportionately more from higher wage earners.
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What is the difference between de facto segregation and de jure segregation?
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De facto segregation is segregation of races that actually exists, though not by law. De jure segregation is segregation of races by law.
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What was the Great Compromise of 1787?
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Created a bicameral legislature in the Constitution; it established that representation in one house was to be proportional to population in one house and equal among states in the other.
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Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
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Early political party that was unopposed in national politics through the Era of Good Feeling; split in 1828. They advocated states powers and strict constructionism of the constitution. Opposed Alexander Hamilton's Federalist party.
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What was the Haymarket Riot?
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Began in 1886 with a riot at the McCormick Harvester plant in Chicago where unionized workers were striking for shorter work days and then a few days later moved to Haymarket Square where a protest meeting was called to denounce the events of the previous day; resulted in several deaths.
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What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
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In 1850, the law stated that in the future any federal marshal who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave could be fined $1000, people suspected of being a runaway slave could be arrested without warrant and turned over to a claimant on nothing more than his or her sworn testimony of ownership, and any person aiding a runaway slave by providing shelter, food or any other form of assistance was liable to six months’ imprisonment and a $1000 fine.
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What was the importance of Dred Scott v. Sanford?
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In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that even free Africans could not sue in a federal court, since they were not citizens of the United States and that slaves brought into free territory remained slaves because they were a form of property.
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What is a holding company?
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Business owning a majority of stock in member companies and therefore able to dictate common policy. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is one of the largest publicly traded holding companies; it owns numerous insurance companies, manufacturing businesses, retailers, and other companies.
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What was the Gilded Age?
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The Gilded Age (c.1876–1914) was a period of intense economic development and wealth transfer in the United States. Following the generation of the American Civil War and Reconstruction of the South, this period corresponded with the Second Industrial Revolution and the greatest economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion in American history. The explosion of commerce and heavy industry, supported by mercantilist economic policies and federal railway subsidies, the innovation of new techniques in steel production and the use of electric power, and the continued development of the American West catalyzed dramatic social changes, created a number of immensely wealthy businessmen, the "Robber Barons", and also galvanized the American Labor Movement.
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What is the elastic clause?
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Part of Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress authority to pass laws in addition to those specified.
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What was the U.S. Homestead Act?
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Law passed in 1862 that offered certain settlers 160 acres of land if they built a house and farmed for five years.
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What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
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The "Good Neighbor" policy was the policy of the United States Administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in relation to Latin America during 1933-45, when the active U.S. intervention of previous decades was moderated in pursuit of hemispheric solidarity against external threats.
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What was the Emancipation Proclimation?
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Declaration issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still rebelling against the Union.
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What are Implied powers, in relation to the U.S. Constitution?
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Powers not specifically given to the Federal Government of the United States. Implied powers are derived from an enumerated power and the Necessary-and-proper clause, which can also be recognized as the elastic clause. These powers are not stated specifically but are considered to be "reasonably" implied through the exercise of delegated powers.
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What was The Roosevelt Corollary?
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (from 1901 to 1909) was a substantial alteration (called an "amendment") of the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The U.S. would now consider Latin America as an agency for expanding U.S. commercial interests in the region, along with its original stated purpose of keeping European hegemony from the hemisphere. In essence, Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine would be the basis for a use of economic
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What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
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It prohibited all international exports from American ports. It represented President Thomas Jefferson's response to the United Kingdom's Orders in Council (1807) and France's Continental System, which were severely hurting America's merchant marines. Although it was designed to force the British and French to change their commercial systems, neither country did, and the Act was repealed in 1808. The Act failed to prevent the War of 1812.
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What was the Age of Enlightenment?
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It was 18th century european philosophical movement (part of Age of Reason). Leading thinkers believed that the future could be shaped and directed by reason. They believed that society was based on natural laws. Thus, these thinkers challenged the power of absolute monarchs or kings and the idea that a monarch or king ruled by divine right.
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Who were the Incas?
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An empire centered in what is now Peru from AD 1438 to AD 1533. Over that period, the Inca used conquest and peaceful assimilation to incorporate in their empire a large portion of western South America, centred on the Andean mountain ranges, and including parts of Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. The Spanish conquered them in 1533.
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What was the Era of Good Feelings?
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Period from 1815 to 1821 that followed the War of 1812 where the last Federalist candidate was defeated and the issues of slavery were emerging as a result of the Missouri Compromise. James Monroe defeated the last Federalist candidate in 1816, and won unopposed in 1820.
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What was the Espionage Act of 1917?
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Passed by Congress in 1917 after the United States entered World War I; set a $10,000 fine and 20 years’ imprisonment for interfering with the recruiting of troops or the disclosure of information dealing with national defense.
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When did the industrial revolution begin?
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In Britain in the mid 1700s. It used steam from coal to power machines.
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What were the intolerable acts?
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A series of laws passed by the British in 1774 in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party; also called Coercive Acts or Punitive Acts.
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What is the definition of Fascism?
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Form of government characterized by militarism, extreme nationalism, and a oneparty dictatorship.
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What is the signifigance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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In 1854, it established that the people of a territory should decide whether slavery would be allowed there. Opponents saw it as the triumph of the Slave Power and formed the Republican Party to defeat it. The Act was a key step on the way to the American Civil War.
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Describe the Federal Reserve System.
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The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-charted commercial banks and some trust companies. It was was created in 1913 by the Federal Reserve Act. The main tasks of the Federal Reserve are:
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When did the KKK form?
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1866 in Tennessee.
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Who is Alan Greenspan?
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Was chairman of the Fed from 1987-2006. His replacement is Ben Bernanke.
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When were the Lincoln - Douglas Debates?
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These debates were held between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln held during the 1858 campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois. Lincoln opposed extending slavery to new western states.
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What happened at Fort Sumter?
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In 1861 Confederates attacked the fort, which led to its surrender and was the opening engagement of the Civil War. It is located in Charleston, South Carolina.
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When was the Louisiana Purchase?
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Purchased under Jefferson from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. If adjusted for the relative share of GDP, this amount would equal approximately $390 billion in 2003. The land included in the Purchase comprises 22.3 percent of the territory of the modern United States.
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What was the French and Indian War?
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The war that raged in North America through the late 1750's and early 1760's was but one part of the larger struggle between England and France for dominance in world trade and naval power. The British victory in that struggle, known in Europe as the Seven Years' War , ended the long struggle among the three principal powers in northeastern North America: The English, the French, and the Iroquois Confederacy, it confirmed England's commercial supremacy and cemented its control of the settled regions of North America.
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What was the Magna Carta?
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Great Charter forced upon King
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What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
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In 1850, the law stated that in the future any federal marshal who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave could be fined $1000, people suspected of being a runaway slave could be arrested without warrant and turned over to a claimant on nothing more than his or her sworn testimony of ownership, and any person aiding a runaway slave by providing shelter, food or any other form of assistance was liable to six months’ imprisonment and a $1000 fine.
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When was work on the Manhattan Project finished?
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1945 the bomb was tested in New Mexico.
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What was the Gilded Age?
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The Gilded Age (c.1876–1914) was a period of intense economic development and wealth transfer in the United States. Following the generation of the American Civil War and Reconstruction of the South, this period corresponded with the Second Industrial Revolution and the greatest economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion in American history. The explosion of commerce and heavy industry, supported by mercantilist economic policies and federal railway subsidies, the innovation of new techniques in steel production and the use of electric power, and the continued development of the American West catalyzed dramatic social changes, created a number of immensely wealthy businessmen, the "Robber Barons", and also galvanized the American Labor Movement.
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What is the importance of Marbury v. Madison?
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(1803) landmark case in United States law wherein the U.S. Supreme Court established judicial review as a legitimate power of the Court on constitutional grounds.
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What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
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The "Good Neighbor" policy was the policy of the United States Administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in relation to Latin America during 1933-45, when the active U.S. intervention of previous decades was moderated in pursuit of hemispheric solidarity against external threats.
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Who was Jackson Pollack?
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1912-1956 An influential American artist and a major force in the abstract expressionism movement. Pollock's style changed dramatically beginning in 1947. He began painting with his (usually large) canvases placed on the floor, and developed what was called his "drip" technique, or the more preferred term, his "pour" technique. He used his brushes as sticks to drip paint, and the brush never touched the canvas. This was an origination of action painting. In this process he moved away from figurative art, and changed the Western tradition of using an easel and brush, as well as moving away from use only of the hand and wrist - as he used his whole body to paint. Pollock was dubbed "Jack the Dripper" due to his painting style. Died of car crash in 1956.
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What was The Roosevelt Corollary?
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (from 1901 to 1909) was a substantial alteration (called an "amendment") of the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The U.S. would now consider Latin America as an agency for expanding U.S. commercial interests in the region, along with its original stated purpose of keeping European hegemony from the hemisphere. In essence, Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine would be the basis for a use of economic
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Who was John Singer Sargent?
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1856-1925 A painter known for his portraits. He is usually thought of as an American artist, although he lived most of his life in Europe. Sargent's portraits subtly capture the individuality and personality of the sitters. In a time when the art world was focused on impressionism and emphasizing artistic individuality, Sargent emphasized his own form of Realism and regularly did commissioned portraits of the wealthy.
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Who was Mary Cassat?
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Lived 1844-1926. American impressionist artist who worked in Paris. After experimenting with different printmaking techniques like etching and aquatint she finally discovered drypoint combined with aquatint as her favorite intaglio process. Between 1889 and 1890 she created a set of twelve wonderful drypoints. From 1890 to 1891 she made a series of ten color prints, known as The Ten. This series is considered as a landmark in Impressionist printmaking.
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Who was Mark Rothko?
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1903-1970 Russian-born American Jewish painter who is often classified as an abstract expressionist. Among the founders of the New York School, his work concentrated on basic emotions, often filling the canvas with very few, but intense colours, using little immediately-apparent detail. He killed himself.
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Who was James Whistler?
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1834-1903 American-born, British based painter and etcher. Most famous work is Whistler's Mother. Whistler's belief that art should concentrate on the arrangement of colors led many critics to see his work as a precursor of abstract art.
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Who was Winslow Homer?
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1836-1910 an American landscape painter. By 1857 his freelance illustration career was underway and he contributed to magazines such as Ballou's Pictorial and Harper's Weekly. His works, mostly engravings, are characterized by clean outlines, simplified forms, dramatic contrast of light and dark, and lively figure groupings.
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Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne?
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1804-1864 a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature. Hawthorne is best-known today for his many short stories and The Scarlet Letter. Much of Hawthorne's work is set in colonial New England, and many of his short stories have been read as moral allegories influenced by his Puritan background.
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Who was Robert Maplethorpe?
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1946-1989 an American photographer, famous for his large-scale, highly-stylized black & white portraits, photos of flowers and male nudes. The frank, erotic nature of some of the work of his middle period triggered a more general controversy about the public funding of artworks. His most common themes were portraits of (now) famous people (including Andy Warhol, Deborah Harry, Richard Gere, and Patti Smith)
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Who was Herman Melville?
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1819-1891 an American novelist, essayist, and poet. During his lifetime his early novels were popular, but his popularity declined later in his life. By the time of his death he had nearly been forgotten, but his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, was "rediscovered" in the 20th century. His short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" is among his most important pieces because It has been considered a precursor to Existentialist and Absurdist literature.
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Who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
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1807-1882 an American poet who wrote many works that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha, Paul Revere's Ride and Evangeline. He also wrote the first American translation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. His poetry is based on familiar and easily understood themes with simple, clear, and flowing language. His poetry created an audience in America and contributed to creating American mythology.
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Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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1803-1882 a famous American essayist and one of America's most influential thinkers and writers. First expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his essay Nature. Emerson made a living as a popular lecturer in New England and the rest of the country outside of the south.
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Who was Henry David Thoreau?
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1817-1862 an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden, on simple living amongst nature, and Civil Disobedience, on resistance to civil government and among 22 other books that Thoreau published. He was a lifelong abolitionist.
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Who was Frederick Douglass?
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1818-1895 an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Among the most prominent African Americans of his time, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Most well-known work is his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Later became the publisher of a series of newspapers.
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Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
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1805-1879 A prominent white abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. After the abolition of slavery, he continued working on other reform movements, especially temperance and women's suffrage.
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Who was John Brown?
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1800-1859 One of the first white abolitionists to advocate, and to practice, guerrilla warfare as a means to the abolition of slavery. He first gained national notoriety when he led a company of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis, in which he fought two major battles with pro-slavery terrorists, directed the Pottawatomie massacre on the night of May 24th, 1856, and liberated 11 slaves from slaveholders in neighboring Missouri. Brown's most famous deed was the raid he led on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (in modern-day West Virginia). Brown's subsequent capture by federal forces commanded by Robert E. Lee, his trial, and his execution by hanging are generally considered an important part of the origins of the American Civil War.
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Who was Horace Greeley?
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1811-1872 an American newspaper editor, reformer and politician. His New York Tribune was the most influential newspaper of the period 1840-1870. Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties. “Go West, Young Man!†he advised ambitious youth. Champion of the workingman, he attacked monopolies of all sorts and rejected land grants to railroads. Fought the extension of slavery.
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What was Bleeding Kansas?
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Sometimes referred to as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a sequence of violent events involving abolitionists (anti-slavery) and pro-slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory and the western frontier towns of the U.S. state of Missouri between roughly 1854 and 1856. It led up to the civil war.
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Who was Henry Ward Beecher?
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1813-1887 Theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman and reformer, and author. One of his elder sisters was Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. An advocate of women's suffrage and for temperance, and a foe of slavery, he bought guns to support Bleeding Kansas.
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Who was Stephen A. Douglas?
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American politician from Illinois, was one of the Democratic Party nominees for President in 1860. Lost to Lincoln. Was an expansonist. As senator, supported the Missouri Compromise.
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Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
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1811-1896 an abolitionist, and writer of more than 10 books, the most famous being Uncle Tom's Cabin which describes life in slavery.
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What is the importance of Marbury v. Madison?
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(1803) landmark case in United States law wherein the U.S. Supreme Court established judicial review as a legitimate power of the Court on constitutional grounds.
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Who was Jackson Pollack?
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1912-1956 An influential American artist and a major force in the abstract expressionism movement. Pollock's style changed dramatically beginning in 1947. He began painting with his (usually large) canvases placed on the floor, and developed what was called his "drip" technique, or the more preferred term, his "pour" technique. He used his brushes as sticks to drip paint, and the brush never touched the canvas. This was an origination of action painting. In this process he moved away from figurative art, and changed the Western tradition of using an easel and brush, as well as moving away from use only of the hand and wrist - as he used his whole body to paint. Pollock was dubbed "Jack the Dripper" due to his painting style. Died of car crash in 1956.
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Who was John Singer Sargent?
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1856-1925 A painter known for his portraits. He is usually thought of as an American artist, although he lived most of his life in Europe. Sargent's portraits subtly capture the individuality and personality of the sitters. In a time when the art world was focused on impressionism and emphasizing artistic individuality, Sargent emphasized his own form of Realism and regularly did commissioned portraits of the wealthy.
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Who was Mary Cassat?
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Lived 1844-1926. American impressionist artist who worked in Paris. After experimenting with different printmaking techniques like etching and aquatint she finally discovered drypoint combined with aquatint as her favorite intaglio process. Between 1889 and 1890 she created a set of twelve wonderful drypoints. From 1890 to 1891 she made a series of ten color prints, known as The Ten. This series is considered as a landmark in Impressionist printmaking.
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Who was Mark Rothko?
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1903-1970 Russian-born American Jewish painter who is often classified as an abstract expressionist. Among the founders of the New York School, his work concentrated on basic emotions, often filling the canvas with very few, but intense colours, using little immediately-apparent detail. He killed himself.
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Who was James Whistler?
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1834-1903 American-born, British based painter and etcher. Most famous work is Whistler's Mother. Whistler's belief that art should concentrate on the arrangement of colors led many critics to see his work as a precursor of abstract art.
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Who was Winslow Homer?
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1836-1910 an American landscape painter. By 1857 his freelance illustration career was underway and he contributed to magazines such as Ballou's Pictorial and Harper's Weekly. His works, mostly engravings, are characterized by clean outlines, simplified forms, dramatic contrast of light and dark, and lively figure groupings.
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Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne?
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1804-1864 a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature. Hawthorne is best-known today for his many short stories and The Scarlet Letter. Much of Hawthorne's work is set in colonial New England, and many of his short stories have been read as moral allegories influenced by his Puritan background.
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Who was Robert Maplethorpe?
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1946-1989 an American photographer, famous for his large-scale, highly-stylized black & white portraits, photos of flowers and male nudes. The frank, erotic nature of some of the work of his middle period triggered a more general controversy about the public funding of artworks. His most common themes were portraits of (now) famous people (including Andy Warhol, Deborah Harry, Richard Gere, and Patti Smith)
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Who was Herman Melville?
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1819-1891 an American novelist, essayist, and poet. During his lifetime his early novels were popular, but his popularity declined later in his life. By the time of his death he had nearly been forgotten, but his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, was "rediscovered" in the 20th century. His short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" is among his most important pieces because It has been considered a precursor to Existentialist and Absurdist literature.
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Who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
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1807-1882 an American poet who wrote many works that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha, Paul Revere's Ride and Evangeline. He also wrote the first American translation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. His poetry is based on familiar and easily understood themes with simple, clear, and flowing language. His poetry created an audience in America and contributed to creating American mythology.
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Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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1803-1882 a famous American essayist and one of America's most influential thinkers and writers. First expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his essay Nature. Emerson made a living as a popular lecturer in New England and the rest of the country outside of the south.
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Who was Henry David Thoreau?
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1817-1862 an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden, on simple living amongst nature, and Civil Disobedience, on resistance to civil government and among 22 other books that Thoreau published. He was a lifelong abolitionist.
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Who was Frederick Douglass?
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1818-1895 an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Among the most prominent African Americans of his time, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Most well-known work is his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Later became the publisher of a series of newspapers.
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Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
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1805-1879 A prominent white abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. After the abolition of slavery, he continued working on other reform movements, especially temperance and women's suffrage.
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Who was John Jay?
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1745-1829 was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat and jurist. Considered one of the "founding fathers" of the United States, Jay served in the Continental Congress, and was elected President of that body in 1778. During and after the difficult and dangerous years of the American Revolutionary War, he was an ambassador to Spain and France, helping to fashion American foreign policy and to secure favorable peace terms from the British and French. He cowrote the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. Jay also served on the U.S. Supreme Court as the first, as well as the youngest, Chief Justice of the United States from 1789 to 1794. Perhaps the most controversial of the Supreme Court's early decisions under him was Chisholm v. Georgia, in which it held that the federal judiciary could hear lawsuits against states. Soon thereafter, responding to the concerns of several states, Congress proposed the Eleventh Amendment, which granted states immunity from certain types of lawsuits in federal courts. The Amendment was ratified in 1795.
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Who was Oliver Ellsworth?
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1745-1807 an American lawyer and politician, was a revolutionary against British rule, a drafter of the United States Constitution, and third Chief Justice of the United States.
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Who was John Marshall?
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1755-1835 US Supreme Court Chief Justice nominated by John Adams in 1801. In the landmark case Marbury v. Madison (1803), Marshall held that the Supreme Court could overturn a law passed by Congress if it violated the Constitution, legally cementing the power of judicial review. The Marshall Court also made several important decisions relating to federalism. Marshall took a broad view of the powers of the federal government—in particular, the interstate commerce clause and the necessary and proper clause. For instance, in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Court ruled that the interstate commerce clause and other clauses permitted Congress to create a national bank, even though the power to create a bank is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution. Similarly, in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Court found that the interstate commerce clause permitted Congress to regulate interstate navigation.
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Who was Roger B. Taney?
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1777 - 1864 Supreme Court Chief justice nominated in 1836 by Andrew Jackson. At a time when sectional tensions between the North and South were high, many of the Supreme Court's decisions—particularly those relating to slavery—met with controversy and contention. Most controversial was the Taney Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). Dred Scott, a slave from Missouri, sued for his freedom on the grounds that his master had taken him into Illinois and the territory of Wisconsin, both of which prohibited slavery, for extended periods of time. Taney, however, ruled that members of the African race, "beings of an inferior order," were not and could never become citizens of the United States. Consequently, he ruled that Scott therefore had no standing to file the lawsuit. Moreover, he held that the Missouri Compromise, under which Congress prohibited slavery in certain territories that formed part of the Louisiana Purchase, was unconstitutional. The controversial decision met with vigorous opposition from abolitionists, and contributed to the tensions that led to the Civil War during the next decade.
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Who was Salmon P. Chase?
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1808-1873 Lincoln appointed him to be Chief Justice in 1864. Chase had strong anti-slavery credentials and had previously served Lincoln as Secretary of the Treasury. His post-Civil War tenure featured several key decisions affirming the indestructibility of the Union. Chase continued to serve as Chief Justice until his death in 1873. Many cases that came before the Court in the post–Civil War era involved interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Who was Morrison Waite?
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1816-1888 Supreme court chief justice nominated by Ulysses S. Grant in 1874. In the Civil Rights Cases (1883), the Court under Chief Justice Morrison Waite held that Congress could not prohibit racial discrimination by private individuals (as opposed to governments) on the grounds of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Who was Melville Fuller?
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Chief Justice of Supreme Court nominated by Grover Cleveland in 1888. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Court determined that the equal protection clause did not prohibit racial segregation in public facilities, as long as the facilities were equal (giving rise to the famous term "separate but equal"). He declared the income tax law unconstitutional. In Western Union Telegraph Company vs. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania he ruled that states could not tax interstate telegraph messages. He struck a blow against government antitrust legislation with the 1895 case United States v. E. C. Knight Co.. In Fuller's majority decision, he found that the refining of sugar by a company within the boundries of one state could not be held to be in restraint of interstate commerce under the terms of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act, regardless of the product's final market share.
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Who was Edward Douglass White?
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US Supreme Court Justice nominated in 1910 by William Howard Taft. In the early twentieth century, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment protected the "liberty of contract." On the grounds of the Fourteenth Amendment and other provisions of the Constitution, it controversially overturned many state and federal laws designed to protect employees. The first important decision of the era was Lochner v. New York (1905), in which the Court overturned a New York law limiting the number of hours bakers could work each week. In Adair v. United States (1908), the Court overruled a federal law which forbade "yellow dog contracts" (contracts that prohibited workers from joining unions). Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923) involved a decision that a District of Columbia minimum wage law was unconstitutional. White was generally seen as one of the more conservative members of the court.
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Who was William Howard Taft?
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US President 1909-1913 and supreme court justice nominated by Warren G. Harding in 1921. He remains the only person in the history of the United States to have led both the Executive and Judicial branches of the United States government, and is also the last President to hold a public office after his Presidential term ended. Was a Republican. Among other things, his administration is characterized for trust-busting, strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission, expanding the civil service, and establishing a better postal system. Two constitutional amendments were passed during his term: the 16th Amendment, authorizing a federal income tax, and the 17th Amendment, mandating the direct popular election of senators instead of by the state legislatures. New Mexico and Airzona became states under him in 1912. As chief justice, made a landmark ruling in Gitlow v. New York, establishing the doctrine of incorporation, under which provisions of the Bill of Rights were deemed to restrict the states.
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Who was Charles Evans Hughes?
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Chief Justice of U.S. nominated in 1930 by Herbert Hoover. Under him the Supreme Court continued to enforce a Federal laissez-faire approach, overturning many of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs, which were designed to combat the Great Depression, by 5–4 margins. Most notably, the National Industrial Recovery Act was overturned in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935), and the Agricultural Adjustment Act was struck down in United States v. Butler (1936). In response, President Roosevelt proposed the Judiciary Reorganization (court packing) Bill.
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Who was Harlan Stone?
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Supreme Court Chief justice nominated in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Liberal justice who supported new deal programs.
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Who was Frederick Moore Vinson?
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Supreme Court Chief justice nominated in 1946 by Harry S. Truman. On racial segration, he wrote that states practicing the separate but equal doctrine must provide facilities that were truly equal, in Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents. The case of Brown v. Board of Education was before the Court at the time of his death. Vinson, not wanting a 5-4 decision, had ordered a second hearing of the case. He died before the case could be reheard, at which time Earl Warren was appointed to the Court and the case was heard again.
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Who was Earl Warren
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Chief Justice of Supreme Court nominated by Grover Cleveland in 1888. In Plessy v.Ferguson (1896), the Court determined that the equal protection clause did not prohibit racial segregation in public facilities, as long as the facilities were equal (giving rise to the famous term "separate but equal"). He declared the income tax law unconstitutional. In Western Union Telegraph Company vs. The
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Who was Warren Burger?
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US Supreme Court Justice nominated in 1969 by Richard Nixon. The Burger Court is best remembered for its ruling in Roe v. Wade (1973), which held that there is a constitutionally protected right to have an abortion in some circumstances. The Court also made important decisions relating to the First Amendment. In Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), it established the "Lemon test" for determining if legislation violates the establishment clause. Similarly, it established the "Miller test" for laws banning obscenity in Miller v. California (1973). In United States v. Nixon the court ruled that the courts have the final voice in determining constitutional questions and that no person, not even the President of the United States, is completely above law.
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Who was William Rehnquist?
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US Supreme Court Justice nominated in 1972 by Richard Nixon and elevated in 1986 by Ronald Regan to chief justice. The Rehnquist Court generally took a limited view of Congress's powers under the commerce clause, as exemplified by United States v. Lopez (1995). The Court made numerous controversial decisions, including Texas v. Johnson (1989), which declared that flag burning was a form of speech protected by the First Amendment; Lee v. Weisman (1992), which declared officially-sanctioned, student-led school prayers unconstitutional; Stenberg v. Carhart (2000), which voided laws prohibiting late-term abortions; and Lawrence v. Texas (2003), which struck down laws prohibiting sodomy. (Some commentators see these decisions as part of the "culture wars.") Another controversial decision of the Rehnquist court in 2003 was Gratz v. Bollinger which upheld affirmative action. Perhaps the most controversial decision made by the Court came in Bush v. Gore (2000), which ended election recounts in Florida following the presidential election of 2000, allowing George W. Bush to become the forty-third U.S. President.
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What is the capital of Afghanistan?
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Kabul
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Name the capital and countries that border Albania.
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Tirana. Adriatic Sea, Serbia & Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece.
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Name the capital and countries that border Algeria.
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Algiers. Mediterranean Sea, Tunesia, Libya, Niger,Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of American Samoa.
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Pago Pago. South Pacific Ocean. Near Samoa.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Andorra.
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Andorra La Vella. Spain, France.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Angola.
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Luanda. South Atlantic Ocean. Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Namibia.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Argentina.
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Buenos Aires. Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, South Atlantic Ocean. Contains the Rio Parana.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Armenia.
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Yerevan. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Australia.
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Canberra. Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, Near East Timor, Papa New Guinea, Indonesia.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Austria.
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Vienna (on the Danube river). Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzedrland, Liechtenstein.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Azerbaijan.
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Baku (on the Caspian Sea). Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Russia.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of The Bahamas.
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Nassau. In North Atlantic ocean near US (florida) and Cuba.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Bahrain.
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Manama. In the Gulf of Bahrain (Persian Gulf) near Saudi Aurabia, Qatar.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Bangladesh.
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Dhaka. India, Burma, and Bay of bengal (Indian Ocean). Contains Ganges , Meghna, and Jamuna Rivers.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Belarus.
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Minsk. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Belgium.
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Brussels. North Sea, Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Belize.
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Belmopan. Mexico, Guatemala, Caribbean sea.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Benin.
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Porto Novo. Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Atlantic Ocean.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Bhutan.
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Thimphu. China, India.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Bolivia.
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La Paz. Chile, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Sarajevo. Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Adriatic Sea.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Botswana.
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Gaborone. Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Brazil.
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Brazilia. Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, North Atlantic Ocean. Contains Amazon and Parana rivers.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Burkina Faso.
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Ouagadougou. Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivorie, Mali. Contains the Black Volta River.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Bulgaria.
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Sofia. Romania (seperated by the Danube river), The Black Sea, Greece, Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Burma.
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Rangoon. India, China, Laos, Thailand, Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean)
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Burundi.
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Bujumbura. Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh. Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Gulf of Thailand (Indian Ocean). Contains the Mekong river.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Cameroon.
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Yaounde. Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Equitorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean).
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What rivers drain into the gulf of Guinea?
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Volta, Congo, and Niger.
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What rivers drain into the gulf of Guinea?
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Volta, Congo, and Niger.
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Name the capital and bordering countries / oceans of Canada.
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Ottowa. North Pacific Ocean, Artic Ocean, Greenland (Denmark), Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, Atlantic, U.S.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Central African Republic.
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Bangui. Chad, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Republic of Congo.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Chad.
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N'Djamena. Libya, C.A.R, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan. Contains Lake Chad.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of Chile.
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Santiago. South Pacific Ocean, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean via Straight of Magellan.
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Name the capital and bordering countries of China.
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Beijing. Mongolia, Russsia, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan. Contains, Yellow, Mekong, Pearl, and Yangtze rivers.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Colombia.
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Bogota. Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Pacific Ocean. Amazon River forms part of the border with Peru.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Kinshasa. Republic of the Congo (Congo River makes a large part of the border), Angola, Tanzania (across lake Tanganyika), Rwanda, Brundi, C.A.R., Uganda, Sudan, Zambia. Contains Lualaba river.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Republic of the Congo.
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Brazzaville. South Atlantic Ocean, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (most of border is Congo River), Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea, C.A.R.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Costa Rica.
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San Jose. Nicaragua, Panama, Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Cote d'Ivorie.
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Yamoussoukro. Ghana, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Atlantic Ocean, Guinea, Mali.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Croatia.
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Zagreb. Slovenia, Adriatic Sea, Sebia and Montenegro (Danube river forms the border), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Czech Republic.
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Prague. Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Austria. Contains the Elbe river.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Denmark.
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Copenhagen. North Sea, Baltic Sea, Germany, cose to Sweden.
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What was the Marshall Plan?
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Program of European economic recovery after World War II, financed by the United States. Britain, France, West Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy were main recipients. Named for United States Secretary of State George Marshall and supported by President Truman.
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Who were the Mayans?
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An American Indian people of Yucatán and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; noted for their architecture and city planning, their mathematics and calendar, and their hieroglyphic writing system. They existed at least as early as 1000 BC, and were in decline by the time of Spanish arrival in 1500s. Their society was arranged around kindoms and large cities.
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What was the Mexican War?
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(1846–1848) A war between the United States and Mexico, resulting in the cession by Mexico of lands now constituting all or most of the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
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What year was the NAACP founded?
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1910
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What year did NAFTA take effect?
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1994
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What year was NATO created?
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1949
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When did the Nuremburg Trials take place?
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1945-1946. They were the first international war crimes trials.
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What was the "open door policy"?
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United States efforts to develop a trade relationship with China in the late 1800s to early 1900s; urged European nations with spheres of influence in China to not restrict trade in those areas.
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When was the Oregon territory dispute settled?
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The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of 1846, which set the boundary at the 49th parallel, where it is today.
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What was the Pinckney Treaty?
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Also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the U.S. with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed U.S. navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
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Who were the Populists?
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The People’s Party of 1892 that sought radical reforms in United States economic and social policies; supported a silver standard, increased money supply, and a graduated income tax.
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What was the Immigration Act of 1924?
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Set immigration quotas of 2 percent of the number of foreign-born persons from a given nation, based on the Census of 1890. Drastically cut immigration from south and east europe, as well as asia.
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How long did Reconstruction last?
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1865 to 1877 the states of the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government before being readmitted to the Union. First were occupied by Union armies, then readmitted to the union after elections which saw many former slaves vote, and blacks even win positions of power.
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What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
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1890 federal antitrust law intended to control or prohibit monopolies by forbidding certain practices that restrain competition. In the early 1900s, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the act applied only to unreasonable restraints of trade and thus could be used only against severe monopolies.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Djibouti.
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Djibouti. Eritrea, Somolia, Ethiopia, Red Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of the Dominican Republic.
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Santo Domingo. Haiti, North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of East Timor.
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Dili. Indonesia, Timor Sea, Banda Sea (south Pacific Ocean).
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Ecuador.
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Quito. Columbia, Peru, Pacific Ocean.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Egypt.
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Cairo. Israel, Gaza Strip, Saudi Arabia (across red sea), Jordan, Sudan, Libya, Mediterranean sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of El Salvador.
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San Salvador. Honduras, Guatemala, Pacific Ocean.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Equatorial Guinea.
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Malabo. Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Eritrea.
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Asmara. Red Sea, Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Estonia.
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Tallinn. Baltic Sea, Latvia, Russia, Finland (across gulf of Finland).
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa. Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somolia, Kenya. Contains source of the Blue Nile & the great rift valley.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Fiji.
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Suva. South Pacific Ocean.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Finland.
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Helinski. Russia, North Sea, Sweden, Norway, Estonia (across gulf of Finland), Baltic Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of France.
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Paris (on the Seine river). Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany (Rhine river forms part of the border), Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Andorra, English Channel (North Atlantic), Mediterranean Sea. Also contains the Rhone river.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of French Guiana.
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Cayenne. North Atlantic Ocean, Suriname, Brazil. The only non-independant state in South America.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of French Polynesia.
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Papeete. South Pacific Ocean. France conducted nuclear tests here as recently as 1996.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Gabon.
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Libreville. Atlantic Ocean, Equitorial Guiana, Cameroon, Republic of the congo.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Gabon.
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Libreville. Atlantic Ocean, Equitorial Guiana, Cameroon, Republic of the congo.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of The Gambia.
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Banjul. Senegal, Atlantic Ocean. Contains the Gambia river delta.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Georgia.
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Tblisi (on the Mlkvari River). Russia (across the caucas mountains), Black Sea, Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Germany.
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Berlin (on the Elbe river). Poland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Neatherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, North Sea, Baltic Sea. Also contains the Danube and Rhine rivers.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Ghana.
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Accra. Togo, Cote d'Ivorie, Burkina Faso, Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic). Contains Lake Volta.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Greece.
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Athens. Macedonia, Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Guatemala.
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Guatemala City. Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Guinea.
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Conakry. Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivorie, Atlantic Ocean. Contains the Niger River.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Guinea-Bissau.
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Bissau. Senegal, Guinea, Atlantic Ocean.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Guyana.
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Georgetown. Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean.
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When was the Social Security Act enacted?
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1935 by FDR's New Deal platform.
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What was the Spanish American war?
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A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independant in 1902.
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What year was Sputnik Launched?
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1957
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What was Tammany Hall?
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The democratic political machine controlling New York City politics from the 1854 to the 1934.
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Who were the Tories?
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The majority party in the British Parliament during the American Revolution; also the name for American colonists still loyal to the crown.
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
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(1947) Cold-War policy, established by President Harry S. Truman, pledging United States support for “free peoples†resisting communism.
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When was the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed?
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1948
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What was the Wagner Act?
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National Labor Relations Act of 1935; legalized union practices such as collective bargaining and the closed shop and outlawed certain antiunion practices such as blacklisting. Part of FDR's programs.
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How long is a US senator's term?
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6 years. It seems more often because elections are staggered.
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How is a president impeached?
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There are two steps: First the House of Reps passes the articles of impeachment, which are the formal allegations, by a simple majority. Next, the Senate votes, by two-thirds majority to convict.
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What is 11th amendment "immunity"?
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Generally, a state is immune from suit by an individual. However, a state can consent to be sued, or Congress can abrogate a state's immunity, as long as it is within Congress' authority to do so (i.e. constitutional authority).
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How is the vacancy of the office of the Vice President filled?
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The president nominates a person, who then must be confirmed by a majoirty vote of both houses of Congress. This is embodied in the 25th Amendment.
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What is "fast track" authority in the context of trade agreements?
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In various acts, Congress delegated the authority to negotiate trade agreements (treaties) to the president. The Senate then can vote the agreement up or down. Not really provided for by the constitution, but is in practice. Other countries like dealing with only the president, rather than the entire US senate. See Article II Section 2, Clause 2.
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Does the President have "line item veto" power?
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No. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court's ruling finding the line item veto to be unconstitutional, as the constitution lays out how the president may veto a bill, but is silent as to amending it. This leaves open the question if the constitution can be amended to allow for such a procedure.
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Can US states create their own foreign policy?
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Generally no. US treaties and federal law are said to preempt any state or local law that can be said to be in the area of foreign relations. There is some wiggle room here, however if the effect of the local statute or ordinance is minimal. Courts upheld south african apartheid legislation, wherein cities forced pension funds to divest themselves of any South African investments.
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Who may suspend the writ of habeas corpus and when?
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Who: Good question. Traditionally it was thought that only congress could do so as the power to suspend HC was found in article I of the constitution, wherein the legislature's powers are defined. Lincoln did it, and though it was found to be unconstitutional, he merely ignored the ruling. PResident Grant also did it.
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Why is the Supreme Court case "West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish" important?
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The Supreme Court struck down many of the FDR's New Deal reforms because they found they interfered with an individual's right to contract, implicit in the due process clause of the 14th amendmnet. This case, however, was when the supreme court basically overruled itself and started upholding many of FDRs laws, such as minimum wage, and laws limiting the number of working hours, etc. Effectively, one member of the court switched sides after FDR threatened to go to congress to ask to expand the number of supreme court justices so that he could attain a majority. The Judge's change of heart is known as the "switch in time that saved nine."
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What is an ex-post facto law?
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It is a law that punishes conduct that was not previously proscribed. So for instance, a gov't cannot outlaw being a Seahawks fan tomorrow and punish all of those seahawk fans at the superbowl yesterday. This is explictly prohibited by the constitution in Article I, Sectin 9, clause 3 of the constitution. A more common example is when a legislature increases the punishment for a crime. So say a person is convicted of burglary and the maximum sentence, which he receives, is 10 years. The legislature cannot then say that all burglars should get 30 years in prison and make that retroactive to a person already convicted.
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What top-level domain is assigned to government organizations in the US?
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.gov
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What top-level domain is assigned to colleges and universities in the US?
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.edu
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What top-level domain is assigned to most Canadian companies and organizations?
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.ca
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What top-level domain is assigned to most French companies and organizations?
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.fr
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What top-level domain is assigned to non-profit organizations?
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.org
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What top-level domain is assigned to the Department of Army?
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.mil
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A .xls extension indicates what kind of file?
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spreadsheet
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What is a program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes?
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virus
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Files that are sent along with an email message are called?
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attachments
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What function do you use to automatically insert data from an xcel file to a word document?
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Mail merge wizard
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What top-level domain is assigned to most British companies and organizations?
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.uk
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Is www.whitehouse.com a government site?
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No, it's a porn site.
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The line below the "TO:" line is called what?
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Subject
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In Xcel, what function allows you to automatically list data in alphabetical order?
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Data: Sort
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An element in an electronic document that links to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document is called what?
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hyperlink
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What does it mean to backup your files regularly?
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To copy files to a second medium (a disk or tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails.
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What top-level domain is assigned to network organizaitons?
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.net
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What is a domain name?
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A name that identifies one or more IP addresses.
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Why is broadcasting a useful feature in e-mail systems?
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It allows you to simultaneously send the same message to multiple recipients.
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In order to protect your Word file so that no one can change the content when shared, you must save the file as what?
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read-only
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Haiti?
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Port-au-Prince. Domincan republic, Atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea, near Cuba.
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Honduras?
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Tegucigalpa. Pacific ocean, mediterranean sea, nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador.
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Hungary?
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Budapest. Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia and montenegro, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine. Contains Danube and Tisza rivers.
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of India?
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New Delhi. Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal and Arabian sea (Indian Ocean). Contains Ganges and Indus rivers.
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Indonesia.
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Jakarta. Malaysia, East Timor, Indian Ocean, Pacific ocean, Papua New Guinea, near Brunei, Australia and Phillipines.
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Iran.
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Tehran. Pakistan, Iraq, Persian Gulf,(Indian Ocean), Caspian Sea, Afghanistan, Turkistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia. Near Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE.
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Iraq.
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Baghdad. Jordan, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Syria, Persian Gulf. Contains Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Ireland.
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Dublin. North Ireland (UK), North Atlantic ocean. Near Whales (across irish sea)
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What is the Capital and neighboring countries of Israel.
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Israel says Jerusalem, most of the world says Tel Aviv. Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Red Sea.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Italy.
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Rome. Monaco, France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Mediterranean Sea. Contains Po river.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Jamaica.
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Kingston. Carribean sea.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Japan.
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Tokyo. Pacific ocean, near korea, russia, china.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Jordan.
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Amman. Israel, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Contains Dead Sea and Jordan River.
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Name the Capital and neighboring countries of Kazakhstan.
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Astana. Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgystan, Russia, China, Caspian Sea. Contains Aral sea, Ertis river.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Kenya.
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Nairobi. Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somolia, Sudan, Uganda, Indian ocean, lake Victoria.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of North Korea.
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Pyongyang. Russia, China, South Korea, Sea of Japan (Pacific Ocean). Near Japan.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of South Korea.
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Seoul. North Korea, Sea of Japan (Pacific Ocean). Near Japan, China, Russia.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Kuwait.
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Kuwait. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Persian Gulf. Near Iran.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Kyrgystan.
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Bishkek. Uzbekistan, China, Khazakstan, Tajikistan. Contains Naryn River.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Laos.
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Vientiane. Thailand (border is Mekong river), China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Latvia.
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Riga. Estonia, Lituania, Baltic Sea, Russia, Belarus.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Lebanon.
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Beirut. Mediterranean Sea, Syria, Israel.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Lebanon.
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Beirut. Mediterranean Sea, Syria, Israel.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Lesotho.
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Maseru. South Africa.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Liberia.
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Monrovia. Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivorie, Guniea, Atlantic Ocean.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Libya.
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Tripoli. Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Tunesia, Algeria, Niger, Mediterranean Sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Liechtenstein.
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Vaduz. Switzerland, Austria.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Lithuania.
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Vilnius. Russia, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Baltic Sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Luxembourg.
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Luxembourg. Belgium, Germany, France.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Macedonia.
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Skopje. Serbia and Montenegro, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria. Contains Vardar river.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Madagascar.
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Antananarivo. Near Comoros in Indian ocean.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Malawi.
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Lilongwe. Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Lake Nyasa. Contains Shire river.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Malaysia.
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Kuala Lumpur. Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore. Near Vietnam and Philippines in South China Sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Maldives.
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Male. Near India in Indian Ocean.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Mali.
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Bamako. Guinea, Senegal, Algeria, Niger, Mauritania, Cote d'Ivorie, Burkina Faso. Contains Niger river.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Malta.
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Valletta. Mediterranean sea. Former UK colony, now EU member.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Mauritania.
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Nouakchott. Western Sahara, Mali, Algeria, Senegal (border is Senegal river), North Atlantic.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Mexico.
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Mexico City. United States, Guatemala, Belize, Pacific ocean, mediterranean sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Moldova.
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Chisinau. Romania, Ukraine.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Mongolia.
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Ulaanbaatar. China, Russia. Contains part of Gobi Desert.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Morocco.
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Casablanca. Western Sahara, Algeria, Spain, Atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Mozambique.
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Maputo. Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa, Indian Ocean, Lake Nyasa. Contains Zambezi River.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Namibia.
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Windhoek. Botswana, South Africa, Angola, Zambia, South Atlantic Ocean. Contains Kalahari and Namib Deserts.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Nepal.
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Kathmandu. China, India. Contains Mt. Everest.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Netherlands.
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Amsterdam. Belgium, Germany, North Sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of New Zealand.
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Wellington. South Pacific Ocean near Australia.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Nicaragua.
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Managua. Costa Rica, Honduras, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Niger.
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Niamey. Nigeria, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Contains Niger River And part of sahara desert.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Nigeria.
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Abuja. Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Benin, Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean). Contains Benue and Niger Rivers. Former English Colony. Member of OPEC.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Norway.
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Oslo. Sweden, Finland, Russia, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Oman.
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Muscat. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Pakistan.
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Islamabad. Afghanistan, India, China, Iran, Arabian Sea (Indian Ocean), Contains Indus River.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Panama.
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Panama City. Colombia, Costa Rica, mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean. Contains Panama Canal.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Papua New Guinea.
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Port Moresby. Indonesia, Coral Sea (Pacific Ocean). Near Australia.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Paraguay.
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Asuncion. Brazil (Rio Parana forms part of border), Argentina, Bolivia.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Peru.
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Lima. Pacific Ocean. Equador, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil. Contains source of Amazon River and Lake Titicaca.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Philippines.
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Manila. South Pacific Ocean. Near Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Poland.
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Warsaw. Baltic Sea, Russia, Belarus, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Lithuania. Contains Vistula and Oder Rivers.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Portugal.
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Lisbon. Spain, Atlantic Ocean.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Puerto Rico.
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San Juan. Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Spanish colony ceded to US after spanish-american war.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Qatar.
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Doha. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Persian Gulf.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Romania.
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Bucharest. Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Black Sea, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro (across Danube River).
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Russia.
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Moscow. China, Mongolia, Ukraine, Kazakistan, Belarus, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Georgia, Azerbaijan. Near Japan.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Rwanda.
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Kigali. Uganda, Brundi, DPR Congo, Tanzania, lake Kivu.
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What is the world's oldest republic?
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San Marino (301 AD)
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Sao Tome and Principe.
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Sao Tome. Gulf of Guinea near Equitorial Guinea.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Saudi Arabia.
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Riyadh. Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Persian Gulf, Red Sea. Near Israel, Egypt, Iran, Eritrea, Sudan.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Senegal.
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Dakar. The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Atlantic Ocean. Former French Colony liberated 1960.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Serbia and Montenegro.
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Belgrade. Bosnia and Hertzegovina, Croatia, Albania, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Adriatic Sea. Part of former Yugoslavia, contains Kosovo and the Danube, Save, and Drina Rivers.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Seychelles.
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Victoria. In Indian ocean near Comoros, Madagascar. Independant from UK in 1976.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Sierra Leone.
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Freetown. Liberia, Guinea, Atlantic Ocean. Former UK Colony freed in 1961.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Singapore.
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Singpore. Malaysia, Indian Ocean, Indonesia (across Singapore Strait). Freed from UK in 1963.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Slovakia.
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Bratislava. Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Hungary (Danube river forms partial border), Contains Vah river.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Slovenia.
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Ljubljana. Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Gulf of Venice (Adriatic Sea).
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Somalia.
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Mogadishu. Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Red Sea, Indian Ocean.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of South Africa.
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Pretoria. Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. Free from UK in 1910, republic in 1961.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Spain.
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Madrid. Portugal, France, Andorra, Morocco, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar (UK outpost), contains Tagus River.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Sri Lanka.
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Colombo. Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean)near India and Maldives.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Sri Lanka.
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Colombo. Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean)near India and Maldives.
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Sudan.
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Khartoum. Egypt, Libya, Chad, CAR, DPR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Eritria, Ethiopia, Red Sea. Contains Nile River (White and Blue forks).
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Name the Capital and bordering countries of Suriname.
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Paramaribo. French Guiana, Brazil, Guyana, North Atlantic Ocean.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Sweden.
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Stockholm. Norway, Finland, Baltic Sea, Near Denmark.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Switzerland.
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Bern. Italy, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria. Contains the Rhine river.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Syria.
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Damascus. Lebanon, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Mediterranean Sea. Contains Euphrates river, small bit of Tigris river.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Tajikistan.
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Dushanbe. Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Tanzania.
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Dar es Salaam. Kenya, Burundi, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, DPR Congo, Lake Victoria, Indian Ocean, Lake Nyasa.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Thailand.
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Bangkok. Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Gulf of Thailand (South China Sea), Strait of Malacca, contains Mekong River.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Togo.
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Lome. Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean).
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Tunisia.
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Tunis. Libya, Algeria, Mediterranean Sea. Independent from france in 1956. Best arab nation on womens rights.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Turkey.
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Ankara. Greece, Bulgaria, Syria, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Bosporus Strait, Dardanelles, contains source of Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Turkmenistan.
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Ashgabat. Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea, Amu Darya River.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Uganda.
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Kampala. DPR Congo, Rwanda, Lake Victoria, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, Victoria branch of the Nile River. Independant from the UK in 1962.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Ukraine.
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Kiev. Romania, Russia, Moldova, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Belarus, the Black Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of the United Arab Emirates.
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Abu Dhabi. Saudi Arabia, Oman, Persian Gulf, near Qatar.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Uruguay.
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Montevideo. Brazil, Argentina, Atlantic Ocean, Rio Negro.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Uzbekistan.
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Tashkent. Kazakistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Aral Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Venezuela.
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Caracas. Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Mediterranean Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Grenada, Barbados.
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What year did the US invade Grenada?
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1983
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Vietnam.
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Hanoi. China, Laos, Cambodia, South China Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of the US Virgin Islands.
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Charlotte Amalie. North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Western Sahara.
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Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Atlantic Ocean. It is currently claimed by Morocco and has no capital.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Yemen.
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Sanaa. Saudi Arabia, Oman, Red Sea, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somolia, Arabian Sea (Indian Ocean).
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Zambia.
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Lusaka. DPR Congo, Malawi, Angola, Botswana, Nambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, contains Zambezi river. Independant from UK in 1964.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Zimbabwe.
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Harare. Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa. Independant from UK circa 1961.
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Name the capital and neighboring countries of Zimbabwe.
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Harare. Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa. Independant from UK circa 1961.
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What year was pakistan partitioned?
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1947, immediately fought war with india overt kashmir.
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When did the second war between india and pakistan begin?
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1965
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What year did Bangladesh become independant?
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1971, resulting in the third india - pakistan war.
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During the cold war, who was pakistan mainly allied with?
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The US.
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During the cold war, who was India mainly allied with?
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The USSR.
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What year did India and Pakistan become nuclear powers?
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1998, nearly resulting in a war in 1999.
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What was France's Vietnam?
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The Algerian war, starting in 1954. Harsh crackdown on Algerian militants lead to independance for Algeria in 1962.
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When was the US Army desegregated?
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After WWII, 1945-1950 by decree of president Truman.
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Who championed the New Deal Policies?
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FDR.
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Who championed the Fair Deal Policies?
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Truman
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Who championed the Great Society Policies?
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LBJ
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Who did Libya side with during the cold war?
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The US
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What were the 4 original African members of the UN?
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Liberia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt.
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What is the War Powers Resolution?
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1973. It requires the president to consult with congress before sending troops into battle and requires them to withdraw after 60-90 days if congress does not approve. No president has accepted the constitutionality of this act.
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What ethnic group was accepted as immigrants in large numbers from the USSR during the cold war?
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The Jews.
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Which ammendments deal with due process?
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The 5th and the 14th.
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What was shay's rebellion?
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1786-1787. Massachusetts farmers revolt over high taxes. Under the articles of confederacy, the new US is powerless to stop them due to no money or troops.
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What was Bacon's rebellion?
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1676 rebellion in the Virginia colony pitting poor farmers against indians.
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What natural resource does Azerbaijan mainly export?
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OIL.
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What is the European Investment Bank?
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It is the EU's financing institution, founded in 1957. Located in Luxembourg, its goal is to further the economic goals and carry out the agreements of the EU within, and with other nations.
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What is the Asian Development Bank?
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. It was founded in 1966 with 31 members states and has now grown to include 64, including the US, many europen nations, and all asian nations, including the stans. Headquartered in Philippines.
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What is Freddie Mac?
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The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") NYSE: FRE is a stockholder-owned, publicly-traded company chartered by the United States federal government in 1970 to purchase mortgages and related securities, and then issue securities and bonds in financial markets backed by those mortgages in secondary markets. Freddie Mac, like its competitor Fannie Mae is regulated by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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What is Fannie Mae?
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Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, created in 1938 to establish a secondary market for mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Fannie Mae buys mortgages on the secondary market, pools them and sells them as mortgage-backed securities to investors on the open market. This secondary mortgage market helps to replenish the supply of lendable money for mortgages and ensures that money continues to be available for new home purchases.
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What is a duration gap?
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The duration gap is an accounting term for the difference between the duration of assets and liabilites. The duration gap measures how well cash flows for assets and liabilities are matched. When the duration of assets exceeds the duration of liabilities the duration gap is positive. A positive duration gap means greater exposure to rising interest rates; if interest rates go up then the price of assets fall more than the price of liabilities.
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What is Ginnie Mae?
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The Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) was created by the United States Federal Government through a 1968 partition of the Federal National Mortgage Association. The GNMA is a wholly owned corporation within the United States' Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Its main purpose is to provide financial assistance to low- to moderate-income homebuyers, by promoting mortgage credit. They also have the undesirable attribute of being callable every month, meaning that, unlike other bonds, all or part of a GNMA bond might suddenly "mature" next month, if all the homeowners decided to pay off or refinance their mortgages. This does not involve a risk of loss to the investor, but rather a premature payment of the principal, and now the investor has to go look for another investment for his money. This is called prepayment risk.
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What is the term of most bonds?
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1 to 30 years. Under 1 year, they are usually referred to as money market instruments.
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What is LIBOR?
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LIBOR stands for the London Interbank Offered Rate and is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the London wholesale (or "interbank") money market. LIBOR rates are widely used as a reference rate for :- forward rate agreements, short term interest rate futures contracts, interest rate swaps, floating rate notes, syndicated loans, etc, for a number of currencies, especially the US dollar (see also Eurodollar). They thus provide the basis for some of the world's most liquid and active interest rate markets.
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What is Euribor?
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Euribor (Euro Interbank Offered Rate) is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the euro wholesale (or "interbank") money market. The Euro reference rates are based on this.
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What is the relationship between the yield and the price of a bond?
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They are inverse.
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What is a "callable" bond?
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A bond that can be paid back early, thus forcing the buyer to find another place to put his money.
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What is Standard & Poor's ?
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A subsidiary of McGraw-Hill that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is one of the top three players in this business, along with Moody's and Fitch Ratings. As a credit rating agency, Standard & Poor's issues credit ratings for the debt of companies. As such, it is designated a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It issues both short-term and long-term credit ratings. Also compiles the S&P 500.
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What is Moody's ?
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It performs financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities. The company also ranks the credit-worthiness of borrowers using a standardized ratings scale. The company has a 40% share in the world credit rating market. Moody's was founded in 1909 by John Moody.
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What is Fitch Ratings?
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An international credit rating agency dual-headquartered in New York City and London. It is one of the three Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSRO) designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975, together with Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
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What is the Bureau of the Public Debt?
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An agency in the Treasury department that issues US Bonds.
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What are the maturities of US Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds? What is the face value?
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Treasury Bills have maturities of one year or less. Treasury Notes have maturities of two to ten years. Treasury Bonds have maturities greater than ten years. Treasury Bonds are known as T-Bonds, Treasury Notes are called T-Notes, and
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How often do treasury bills pay interest?
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Never. Only T-notes and T-bonds pay interest twice a year. T-bills are simply sold at a discounted price.
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What is a zero-coupn bond?
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A bond that sells at an ititial discount, instead of paying out interest twice a year. A T-bill is an example.
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What is the benefit of municipal bonds?
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They are always free from federal tax, and usually free from state and local tax. Because of this, their yields can be lower.
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What tend to be the riskiest type of bonds?
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Corporate bonds.
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What are "junk" bonds?
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Companies with less-than-investment-grade (Ba and below) ratings issue bonds. These securities, known as high-yield, or "junk," bonds, are generally too speculative for the average investor, but they can provide spectacular returns.
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What are agency bonds?
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In addition to the U.S. Treasury and local municipalities, other government agencies
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What are convertible bonds?
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They carry a provision that the bond can be converted into shares of common stock under certain circumstances. Convertible bonds can be more attractive that bonds with no conversion provision, depending on the price of the underlying stock.
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What options do corporations have for raising capital?
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Generally speaking, companies have three choices when they want to raise cash. They can issue shares of stock, they can borrow from the bank, or they can borrow from investors by issuing bonds.
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What was the major reason the US declared war on germany in 1917?
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WWI was disrupting US trade with France and Britain.
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What was Wilson's stated reason the US declared war on germany in 1917?
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The resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in the atlantic.
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How often is the presidential veto overriden?
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Less than 5% of the time.
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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act applies to individuals over what age? What year did it begin?
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40. It was written in 1967. The ADEA includes a broad ban against age discrimination and also specifically prohibits: Discrimination in hiring, promotions, wages, or firing/layoffs. Statements or specifications in job notices or advertisements of age preference and limitations. Denial of benefits to older employees. An employer may reduce benefits based on age only if the cost of providing the reduced benefits to older workers is the same as the cost of providing full benefits to younger workers. Since 1978 it has prohibited mandatory retirement in most sectors, with phased elimination of mandatory retirement for tenured workers, such as college professors, in 1993. The ADEA was later amended in 1986 and again in 1991 by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (Pub. L. 101-433) and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-166). The ADEA differs from the Civil Rights Act in that the ADEA applies to firms of 20 or more workers (see 29 U.S.C. § 630(b)) rather than 15 or more workers, thus providing less protection.
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What is Vroom's expectancy theory?
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This theory deals with motivation and management. It assumes that people wish to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. It says that people will be motivated to perform well if good performance will result in outcomes they value. Vroom introduces three variables which he calls Valence, Expectancy and Instrumentality. Valence is the importance that the individual places upon the expected outcome of a situation. Expectancy is the belief that output from the individual and the success of the situation are linked, e.g. if I work harder then this will be better. Instrumentality is the belief that the success of the situation is linked to the expected outcome of the situation, e.g. it's gone really well, so I'd expect praise
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What is "poisoning the well"?
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Poisoning the well is a logical fallacy where adverse information about someone is pre-emptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything that person is about to say. This "argument" has the following form: 1. Unfavorable information (be it true or false) about person A is presented. 2. Therefore any claims person A makes will be false.
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When were the first women allowed to vote in the world?
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1893 in New Zealand.
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What is an aspect of procedural justice theory in management?
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If you are giving negative feedback on job performance, you must make it clear why negative feedback is being given.
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What is the relationship between a nation's capital and current accounts?
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Inverse if a neutral balance of payments is to be obtained.
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What is the Balance of Payments (BOP)?
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A measure of how much money is going into or out of a country. If it is coming in, it is a positive balance. The BOP consists of the current, capital, and reserve accounts.
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What currency does OPEC price oil in?
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US Dollars. This is one factor that helps keep the US dollar as a major reserve currency for many nations.
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What is the Talmud?
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One of the Jewish Holy Books. It is a compilation of oral tradition.
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When did Christianity get it's big break?
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In 313, Roman emporer constantine I adopted it as his and the empire's religion, resulting of its spread westward from palestine.
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How did Zoroastrianism influence Judaism and Christianity?
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It introduced the concepts of angels, satan, ressurection, and afterlife.
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What is the oldest branch of Christianity?
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Catholicism.
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What are The Gospels?
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Part of the new testament, 4 books recording jesus' life and teachings, often in his own words.
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Revalations is found in what part of the bible?
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New Testament.
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What book is the prophet Mohammed responsible for?
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The Quran.
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What are the 5 pillars of islam?
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The Haaj (pilgrimmage to mecca), Alms of 2.5% for the needy, 5 daily prayers, Fasting during ramadan, and belief in one god.
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Are the majority of muslims sunni or shiite?
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About 90% are sunni. Shiites live mainly in Iran and Iraq.
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What are Islam's three holy books?
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The Quran, Hadith, and Sunna. Respectively Go'ds words to Muhammed, Muhammed's sayings, and Muhammed's deeds.
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How does Osama bin Laden translate?
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Osama, son of Laden.
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Is islamic society patriarchal, or matriarchal?
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patriarchal.
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What excuses do Jewish and Islamic men need to divorce their wives?
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None. They can divorce with no explanation. Women can only divorce in a few circumstances.
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When did the U.S. Constitution go into effect?
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1789
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Who can receive foreign ambassadors?
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Only the president.
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Who does the General Accounting Office (GAO) report to?
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Congress, on government expenditures and other assignments.
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Who must the president inform before conducting a covert military operation?
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The Congressional intelligence committees. For the CIA, it is the senate foreign relations committe as well.
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What is proxemics in psychology?
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The term proxemics was introduced by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1963 to describe the measureable distances between people as they interacted. Hall pointed out that social distance between people is reliably correlated with physical distance, and described four distances: intimate distance for embracing, touching or whispering (15-45 cm, 6-18 inches) personal distance for interactions among good friends (45-120 cm, 1.5-4 feet) social distance for interactions among acquaintances (1.2-3.5 m, 4-12 ft) public distance used for public speaking (over 3.5 m, 12 ft)
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What does fiscal policy deal with?
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Tax rates and federal job creation.
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What does monetary policy deal with?
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The base interest rate.
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What happens if the FED interest rate goes too low?
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Inflation.
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What happens if the FED interest rate goes too high?
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Unemployment and low economic growth.
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What does eugenics deal with?
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Breeding people with better genes.
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Who won the Scopes Monkey Trial?
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In 1925, the creationist side won.
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Who was Charlemagne?
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Also known as Charles the Great, he was king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. He was crowned Imperator Augustus in Rome on Christmas Day, 800 by Pope Leo III and is therefore regarded as the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, a reincarnation of the ancient Western Roman Empire. Through military conquest and defence, he solidified and expanded his realm to cover most of Western Europe and is today regarded as the founding father of both France and Germany and sometimes as the Father of Europe. His was the first truly imperial power in the West since the fall of Rome.
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When did the French Revolution occur?
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1789 - 1799
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What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
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One of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights and collective rights of the people.
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What was the age of enlightenment?
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A trend in the 18th century in European philosophy, often thought of as part of a larger period which includes the Age of Reason. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement, "The Enlightenment." This movement advocated rationality as a means to establish an authoritative system of ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge. The intellectual leaders of this movement regarded themselves as courageous and elite, and regarded their purpose as leading the world toward progress and out of a long period of doubtful tradition, full of irrationality, superstition, and tyranny (which they believed began during a historical period they called the "Dark Ages"). This movement also provided a framework for the American and French Revolutions, the Latin American independence movement, and the Polish Constitution of May 3, and also led to the rise of capitalism and the birth of socialism.
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What was the 30 years war?
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It was fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers. It occurred for a number of reasons. Although it was from its outset a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics, the self-preservation of the Habsburg dynasty was also a central motive.
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What 4 freedoms did Rooseveldt mention in his 1941 speech?
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Freedom of speech and expression, Freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, Freedom from want - individual economic security, Freedom from fear - world disarmament to the point that wars of aggression are impossible.
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What was The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act?
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Established the United States Civil Service Commission, which placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called "spoils system." Drafted during the Chester A. Arthur administration, the Pendleton Act served as a response to President James Garfield's assassination by Charles J. Guiteau (a "disappointed office seeker"). The Act was passed into law on January 16, 1883.
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Who was John Dewey?
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An American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. He is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism, a pioneer in functional psychology, and a leading representative of the progressive movement in U.S. education during the first half of the 20th century.
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Does the presiden't cabinet deal more with foreign or domestic issues?
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Domestic.
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Who was John Kenneth Galbraith?
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A widely read twentieth-century economist, from the American Institutional economics school. On the faculty of Harvard University from 1934 to 1975. He served in the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. In 1961, Kennedy appointed him ambassador to India, where he served until 1963. Although he is a former president of the American Economic Association, Galbraith is considered something of an iconoclast by many economists because he eschews mathematical modeling in favor of non-technical political economy. Additionally certain economists have alleged that he does not base his conclusions on solid research. His work includes several books on economic topics (some of which were bestsellers in the late 1950s and during the 1960s) in which he describes ways in which economic theory does not always mesh with real life. He said unions and governement regulations would automatically check the power of corporations over time. In his most famous work, The Affluent Society (1958), which became a bestseller, Galbraith outlined his view that to be successful the United States would need to make large investments in items such as highways and education using funds from general taxation.
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What is Institutional Economics?
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A school of heterodox economics, with a focus going beyond economics' usual concentration on markets to the exclusion of all else. Instead it looks more closely at human-made institutions and views markets as a result of the complex interaction of these various insitutions. Institutional economics was once the dominant school of economics in the United States, including such famous but diverse economists as Thorstein Veblen, Wesley Mitchell, and John R. Commons. While some institutionalists see Karl Marx as belonging to the institutionalist tradition because he described capitalism as a historically bounded social system; other institutionalist economists disagree with Marx's definition of capitalism, instead seeing defining features such as markets, money and the private ownership of production as naturally arising over time, as a result of the purposive actions of individuals.
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What is the Austrian school of economics?
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It is is a school of economic thought that rejects opposing economists' reliance on methods used in natural science for the study of human action, and instead bases its formalism of economics on relationships through logic or introspection called "praxeology". It is a subset of classical liberal school of economics. Friedrich Hayek was a famous member.
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Who was Carl Menger?
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Founder of Austrian school of economics. Started the neoclassical revolution.
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What is the importance of Schenck v. United States (1919)?
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It established the "clear and present danger" doctrine, in establishing that the right ro free speech can be curtailed in wartime. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the opinion.
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How is GDP measured?
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Consumption + Investments + Government Spending + Exports - Imports. (C+I+G + Net Exports) It is a portion of the expenditure method of measuring GDP.
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What is Greenfield investment?
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This is foreign direct investment that builds new factories or infastructure. It is the type of FDI most sought by host countries because it leads to infastructure and knowledge transfers.
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What was the UN Earth Summit?
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In 1992, a meeting of 172 nations in Rio de Janeiro. It was unprecedented for a United Nations conference, in terms of both its size and the scope of its concerns. The issues addressed included: systematic scrutiny of patterns of production — particularly the production of toxic components, such as lead in gasoline, or poisonous waste alternative sources of energy to replace the use of fossil fuels which are linked to global climate change new reliance on public transportation systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems caused by polluted air and smog the growing scarcity of water An important achievement was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol.
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What is the OECD?
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An international organisation of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. It originated in 1948 as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), to help administer the Marshall Plan for the re-construction of Europe after World War II. Later its membership was extended to non-European states, and in 1961 it was reformed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Members include most of rich european nations, Japan, South Korea, Australia, NAFTA members, and Turkey. It is based in Paris.
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What year was the UN founded?
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1945 in San Francisco.
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What was the Congress of Vienna?
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A conference between ambassadors from the major powers in Europe that was chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich and held in Vienna, Austria, from September 1, 1814, to June 9, 1815. Its purpose was to redraw the continent's political map after the defeat of Napoleonic France the previous spring.
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What were the Wye River Accords?
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A political agreement negotiated to implement the earlier Interim Agreement of 28 September, 1995 brokered by the United States between Israel and the Palestine Authority completed on October 23, 1998. It was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. It was negotiated at Wye River, MD (at the Wye River Conference Center) and signed at the White House with President Bill Clinton playing a key role as the official witness. On November 17, 1998, Israel's 120 member parliament, the Knesset, approved the Wye River Memorandum by a vote of 75-19. With the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in September of 2000, and the counter-attacks by the Israel Defense Forces, the Wye River's understandings and goals remain un-implemented.
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Who is Costa-Gavras?
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A Greek-French filmmaker best known for films with overt political themes. He has made movies mostly in French but also several in English.
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Who was Aaron Copland?
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(November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging a uniquely American style of composition, he was widely known as "the dean of American composers." Copland's music achieved a difficult balance between modern music and American folk styles, and the open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are said to evoke the vast American landscape.
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Who was Carl Sandberg?
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(January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. He was born in Galesburg, Illinois of Swedish parents and died at his home, which he named Connemara, in Flat Rock, North Carolina. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."He was a successful journalist, poet, historian, biographer, and autobiographer.During the course of his career, Sandburg won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for hisbiography of Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln: The War Years) and one for hiscollection The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg.
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Who was Agnes de Mille?
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(September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer. She was white. In 1939 she was invited to join the American Ballet Theatre. There she created Black Ritual, the first ballet to use an all-black cast. After that, she worked as choreographer on many major musicals and a number of films, including: Rodeo (1942) Oklahoma! (1943) Carousel (1945) Brigadoon (1947) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) Paint Your Wagon (1951) Juno (1959)
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Who was Leonard Bernstein?
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(August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. He was the first conductor born in the United States of America to receive world-wide acclaim, and is known for both his conducting of the New York Philharmonic, including the acclaimed Young People's Concerts series, and his multiple compositions, including West Side Story and Candide.
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Who is Ingmar Bergman?
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A Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the second half of the twentieth century. His films usually deal with existential questions about mortality, loneliness, and faith; they are also usually direct and not overtly stylized. Persona, one of Bergman's most famous films, is unusual among Bergman's work for being both existentialist and avant-garde.
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Who is Jean-Luc Godard?
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A Franco-Swiss filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or "French New Wave". Known for stylistic implementations that challenged, at their focus, the conventions of Hollywood cinema, he became universally recognized as the most audacious and most radical of the New Wave filmmakers. He adopted a position in filmmaking that was unambiguously political. His work reflected a fervent knowledge of film history, a comprehensive understanding of existential and Marxist philosophy, and a scholarly disposition that placed him as the lone filmmaker among the public intellectuals of the Rive Gauche.
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what are some of the complications associated with bacterial endocartitis (give 2)
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chordae rupture, glomerulonephritis, supportive pericarditis, emboli
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111
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333
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Question without side 3
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Answer without side 3
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