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Delaware is the only state without any kind of national park.
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The constitution was written in Pennsylvania.
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The first game of baseball was played in New Jersey.
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There are 350 bird species in Georgia.
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The first law school in America was in Connecticut.
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The corn muffin is the official state muffin in Massachusetts.
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Babe Ruth was born in Maryland.
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South Carolina produces the most peaches in America.
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The first public library in America was founded in New Hampshire.
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Jamestown in Virginia was the first English settlement in America.
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New York is home to New York City.
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George Washington helped win the Revolutionary war and became the first president in America.
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Pepsi was invented in North Carolina.
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Rhode Island is the smallest state in America.
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Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup in America.
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The Whiskey Rebellion started in 1791, was a protest on the tax of whiskey. This was meant to help reduce the national debt, but of course no one agreed with it. The resistance was made up of farmers and war veterans, who used violence against tax collectors. The tax was later repealed. This rebellion was one of the first after America became a free country, and therefore holds its place in history for that.
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The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continously held horse race in America.
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Elvis Presley once lived in Tennesse.
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Washington's Farewell Address was a letter George Washington wrote near the end of his second term before leaving the office. In his farewell address, Washington warned the nation about the dangers of political factions and splitting America in ways that would likely bring destruction.
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Sojourner Truth was a Women's Rights activist famous for her speech, "Ain't I a Woman" she gave at the Women's Rights Convention. She was born into slavery and escaped to freedom with her daughter. She died in Battle Creek, MI.
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John Adams was the first Vice President in America and established the basic ideas of the U.S. Constitution.
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On June 18, 1798 John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts. These were four laws that increased the minimum residency requierment from five to fourteen years, gave the president power to deport dangerous immigrants, and restricted speech.
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John Marshall is known for shaping the powers of the Supreme Court. Some of his biggest cases include Marbury V. Madison In 1803, Fletcher V. Peck in 1810, and McColluch V. Maryland in 1819.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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William Marbury was Justice of the peace for the District of Columbia. Marbury wanted to have the Supreme Court to have the ultimate power to interpret the constitution. He was against James Madison who thought it was unconstitutional. After the case, Marbury lost and judicial view was made illegal.
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Ohio was the first state to use police cars.
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Thomas Jefferson buys 828,000,000 square miles of Lousiana from France for $15,000,000. This added tons of land to America.
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Lewis and Clark were two explorers who were sent by Thomas Jefferson to find a water route across America. the traveled across the country with the help of Sacagawea, a Native woman.
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James Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers.
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Louisiana has the tallest capital building in America.
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The war of 1812 was the US vs Great Britain over trade rights and other problems. It ended with the Treaty of Ghent and had mixed results.
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The Cardinal is Indiana's state bird.
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James Monroe extended America's borders by buying land from Spain.
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Milk is the state bevverage.
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Frederick Douglass was born a slave, but learned to read, even when banned. He later escaped, and eventually bought his own freedom.He was once nominated as vice president of the US, but never ran. He is famous for his speech, "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?"
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The Sears Tower, Chicago, is one of the tallest building in America.
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Dartmouth College was a private school. in 1816, the New Hampshire legislature wanted to turn it into a state university. They gave the control over the school to the governer. The college filed suit against William H. Woodward to get control back. Dartmouth College won.
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The Transcontinental treaty defined the border of US-Mexico bordor. The Spanish minister signed the treaty so that the US could have Florida.
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In 1816, Maryland tried to impose taxes on the Second Bank of the United States. A cashier in the bank, James McColluch, refused to pay the tax. He did not want Maryland to put tax on the bank. In the end, McColluch won, and it was decided the Maryland could not tax instruments employed by the national government.
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Alabama built the first rocket to land on the moon.
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The Missouri Compromise was a compromise granting Missouri rights as a slave state, as long as the northern part of the Lousiana purchase became slave-free.
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Maine's state animal is the moose.
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The state insect is the honey bee.
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the Monroe Doctrine was a speech given by president James Monroe that warned Europe not to interfere with the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
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Thomas Gibbons, a steamboat owner, challenged Aaron Ogden over the NY state that gave people the right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdictation, because he had to pay a lot to drive between states. Gibbons won the case.
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John Quincy Adams was considered a great Secretary of State.
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Andrew Jackson was the only president to pay off the entire national debt.
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William Lloyd Garrison was a journalist who created an abolitionist paper called 'The Liberator' in 1830. He also founded an antislavery Society, but did not take political action.
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The Abolitionist Movement was a movement that started in the 1830's. The goal of this movement was to abolish slavery from America, and end racial segregation. Some of the leaders of the movement were William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass.
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A rebellion made up of 70 slaves killed 55-65 people in Virginia. Their leader, Nat Turner, hid for a few months but was eventually caught, tried, and hanged.
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The state bird is the Mockingbird
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Horace Mann was a man who had an interest in education. At the time, the education system was suffering, He promoted free public education and became the secretary of America's first board of education.
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Michigan does not have native wolverines.
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Martin Van Buren helped organize the Jacksonian Democratic Party.
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As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, The Cherokee people were forced to leave their lands and migrate to Oklahoma.
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William Henry Harrison gave a nearly two hour speech in freezing weather. He died a month later. I call that accomplishment.
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John Tyler never let the Whigs get their way and supported the state's rights.
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Florida is the flattest state is America.
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James K. Polk bought the Oregon Territory from Britain, as well as buying California and New Mexico.
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Manifest destiny is the term for the attitude of America when they believed it was destiny to expand land. This is what got us lots of land from Mexico after fighting them.
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Texas produces the most wool in America.
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This war started because president James K. Polk believed America could be Britain 2.0 and had a destiny to manifest other lands. Thus, we started fighting over the border between the US and Mexico.Mexico lost 1/3 of it's territory and we won a bunch of land from them.
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The state tree is the Oak tree.
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The barbie was invented in Wisconsin.
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Seneca Falls was where the first Woman's Rights Convention in the US was held. The Declaraaction of the Sentiments was a speach that that called women to petition for their rights. The goal of the convention was to convince women to fight for their rights.
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first Women's Rights Convention in the US. The Convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton was friends with Susan B. Anthony, another Woman's Rights leader, and president of the National American Woman Suffrage Asssociation.
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Harriet Tubman was a abolitionist. She escaped slavery in 1849, and became a 'conductor' and helped hundreds of slaves escape, using the route known as the Underground Railroad. The route went through 14 northern states. Other people who assisted in the escapes wereQuacker Thomas Garret, Jonathan Walker, and William Still.
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Zachary Taylor signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Britain to allow anal canal built to be open to both countries.
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Millard Fillmore opposed France's attempts to annex Hawaii.
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California is the most populated state.
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Franklin Peirce bought territory from Mexico.
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James Buchanan managed to be remembered as one of the worst presidents of America,and angered a lot of people through the start of the civil war.
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Dred Scott was a slave who spent some time living in the free states of Illinois and lousiana He sued the Missouri court for his freedom but failed after saying residency in a free state made him free. He then brought the case to the federal court. Scott lost the case and was still a slave.
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John Brown was a man who believed armed force was the only way to stop slavery in America. He had his own small army of abolitionists who attempted to loot an federal arsenal. Their mission failed, and Brown was captured and hanged. He helped spark the beginning of the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln helped end slavery in America.
