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11 years after the arrival of the English pilgrims, the first white settlement was made on Delaware soil.
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In 1946 Philadelphia became home to the first computer.
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The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey.
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Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.
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The first English settlers of Connecticut arrived in 1636, settling the plantations of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield.
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Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
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In 1830 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company built the first railroad station in Baltimore.
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Stretching 60 miles from Little River to Georgetown, South Carolina's Grand Strand is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States.
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The Mount Washington auto road at Great Glen is New Hampshire's oldest manmade tourist attraction.
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The states of Kentucky & West Virginia were formed from sections of the state of Virginia
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The first daily Yiddish newspaper appeared in 1885 in New York City.
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George Washington is the only president to be unanimously elected.
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The first miniature golf course was built in Fayetteville.
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The Flying Horse Carousel is the nation's oldest carousel. It is located in the resort town of Watch Hill.
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Until 1996, Vermont was the only state without a Wal-Mart.
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Kentucky was the 15th state to join the Union and the first on the western frontier.
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Tennessee has more than 3,800 documented caves.
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George Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by George Washington to "The People of the United States of America"
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John Adams was George Washington's Vice President, but never attended the cabinet meetings.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills that were passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress.
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Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
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Marbury v. Madison was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
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The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, from near St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast.
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The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865.
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James Madison was the founding father of the Bill of Rights.
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Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the United States; the building is 450 feet tall with 34 floors.
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The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies.
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Explorers Lewis and Clark set out from Fort Vincennes on their exploration of the Northwest Territory.
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James was the last person to be a founding father of the United States.
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The world's largest cactus plantation is in Edwards.
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The first Aquarium opened in Chicago, 1893.
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McCulloch v. Maryland was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. 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.
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Transcontinental Treaty was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now Mexico).
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Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
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The Missouri Compromise was a federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country's western territories. //
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Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state.
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The tallest man in documented medical history was Robert Pershing Wadlow from St. Louis. He was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall
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Gibbons v. Ogden was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
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John Quincy Adams only served one term as President before joining the House of Representatives.
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Andrew Jackson is currently on our 20 dollar bill.
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Abolitionism is a movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historical movement to end the African and Indian slave trade and set slaves free.
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The Trail of Tears commonly refers to a series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia.
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John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The apple blossom is the official state flower. It was designated in 1901.
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Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
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Martin was the first President to be born a United States citizen.
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Just one month after being elected President, William died in office from pneumonia.
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John Tyler was the first president to get married while in office.
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Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.
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James led our nation into the Mexican-American war in 1847-1848
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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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Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.
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The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
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Spirit Lake is the largest glacier-made lake in the state.
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Horace Mann was the catalyst for tuition-free public education and established the concept of state-sponsored free sxhools.
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The original Barbie is from Willows. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman".
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The resolution of the Seneca Falls Convention was the Declaration of Sentiments. They say the document was the "grand movement for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women".
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Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made about thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
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Zachary decided what we would do with the land when we won the Mexican war.
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Millard was the last president to not be affiliated with the Democratic or Republican parties.
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The first person to personally receive a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood was actress Joanne Woodward. She received it in 1960.
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Franklin served two terms in the House of Representatives, then left to practice law before coming back and running for President.
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Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.
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James tried to keep peace between everyone who did and didn't believe in slavery but made it even worse.
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The Guthrie Theater is the largest regional playhouse in the country.
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John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.
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Oregon's state flag pictures a beaver on its reverse side. It is the only state flag to carry two separate designs.
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The Emancipation Proclamation that he created in 1863 freed all slaves in the few rebellious states.
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William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
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Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826.
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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.
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In the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement.
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Susan B. 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.
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward was a landmark decision from the United States Supreme Court dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations.
