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The first state ever admitted to the union.
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In 1946, Pennsylvania became the home to the first computer in America.
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The first Native American reservation was in New Jersey.
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Georgia's state fish is the largemouth bass.
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The first hamburger was made in Connecticut.
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There was a house built in Rockport built out of newspaper.
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Almost 50% of Maryland is forest.
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There is a local legend involving a 'cousin of the Loch Ness monster' that lives in Lake Murray.
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The first potato planted in the U.S. was planted in New Hampshire.
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The first U.S. settlement, Jamestown, is in Virginia.
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New York has 722 miles of subway track.
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Pepsi was invented in North Carolina.
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Rhode Island is the smallest state.
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Whiskey, a very popular drink during the foundation of America, was taxed along with a few other objects. Many people were outraged and there were many small outbursts until the rebellion came to a climax when 500 armed militia men tried to attack a tax collector at his home. The tax was then repealed to appease the rebels.
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Montpelier is the smallest state capital.
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Mammoth Cave is the worlds longest cave.
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Country music was first made in Tennessee
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Washington's book announcing his retirement and warnings to America to avoid political parties and too much military power.
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Four bills passed that made it munch harder for foreigners (aliens) to vote and made it far easier to deport them. This was a result of French threats.
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Manifest Destiny was the term used for the desire to expand from the Eastern coast to the Western coast.
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Chief Justice for the longest period, John Marshall had one of the biggest impacts on the American legal system. With major cases in 1803, 1810, two in 1819, 1821, and 1824. Some notable cases are Marbury v. Madison, McCullouch v. Maryland, Dartmouth v. Woodward, and Gibbons v. Ogden.
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7 presidents were born in Ohio
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An expedition funded by president Thomas Jefferson shortly after the Louisiana purchase to discover new routes of travel and trade. The leader of this expedition was Captain Meriwether Lewis who asked his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark to be his right hand man on the trip.
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Louisiana is the frog and crawfish capital of the world
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The U.S. declares war on The British and their allies because of their ally France's trade restrictions, Britain's support for the Native Americans during the U.S.'s expeditions to expand.
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The first pro game of baseball was played in Indiana in 1871.
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The first heart and lung transplants were performed in Mississippi.
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The worlds first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885
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The case arose when the president of Dartmouth College was deposed by its trustees, leading to the New Hampshire legislature attempting to force the college to become a public institution and thereby place the ability to appoint trustees in the hands of the governor of New Hampshire.The decision, handed down on February 2, 1819, ruled in favor of the College and invalidated the act of the New Hampshire Legislature, which in turn allowed Dartmouth to continue as a private institution.
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A treaty between the U.S. and the Spanish that gave the Florida to the U.S. and made the boundary between New Spain(Mexico) and the U.S.
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The two involved parties were James McCulloch v. The State of Maryland. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland.This case established two important principles in constitutional law. First, the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government. Second, state action
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There was a skeleton of a prehistoric man found in Russell Cave
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The Missouri Compromise was a federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country's western territories. The compromise, made by Henry Clay, was agreed to by the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress and passed as a law in 1820.
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About 90% of the nations lobster supply is caught of the coast of Maine.
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The worlds tallest man (8 feet and 11 inches) lived in St. Louis
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The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
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A New York state law gave to individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction. Laws like this one were duplicated elsewhere which led to friction as some states would require foreign (out-of-state) boats to pay substantial fees for navigation privileges. In this case Thomas Gibbons -- a steamboat owner who did business between New York and New Jersey under a federal coastal license -- challenged the monopoly license granted by New York to Aaron Ogden.
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The goal of the abolitionist movement was the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation. Abolitionist ideas became increasingly prominent in Northern churches and politics beginning in the 1830s, which contributed to the tension between North and South leading up to the Civil War.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South.
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Detroit is the car capital of the world.
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Arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn the nation's unruly children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens, Mann won widespread approval from modernizers for building public schools.
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During Andrew Jackson's presidency, Cherokees east of the Mississippi River were forced to give up their land and move west. Many died on the way.
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Harriet Tubman was a free abolitionist black who was a spy for the union and helped many run away slaves reach safety in the north. Tubman was born into slavery but escaped and later saved more than seventy slaves.
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After giving the longest inauguration speech of all time (~1hr45min) William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia at age 68.
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Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She went to court to recover her son from her slaver and became the first black woman in history to win such a case and beat a white man.
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All of Americas space launches are done in Florida.
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Texas belonged to 6 different nations. Spain, France, Mexico, The Republic of Texas, the Confederate States, and the U.S.
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The war over the land between Calinfornia and Texas, which the U.S, won.
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Iowa is the only state that begins with 2 vowels.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States.
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There are over 15,000 miles of snowmobile tracks in Wisonsin.
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The first women's rights convention. The meeting had six sessions, included a lecture on law, a humorous presentation, and multiple discussions about the role of women in society.
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California is the most populated state.
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Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He performed his "What, To The American Slave, is Your Fourth Of July?" speech on July 5, 1852.
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In Dred Scott v. Sandford (argued 1856 -- decided 1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. Finally, the Court declared that the rights of slaveowners were constitutionally protected by the Fifth Amendment because slaves were categorized as property.
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Minnesota has ~90,000 miles of shoreline
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Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state
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John Brown was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He led an armed slave insurrection, killing five slavery supporters. He was tried and hanged for his actions. His insurrection helped the beginning of the Civil War.
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Susan Brownell Anthony was an American social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1863, she began the women's loyal national league and got the largest amount of signatures on a petition to date.
