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In 1492 Cokmbus tried to sail to Spain but ended up in the Bahamas on Augest 3, when he found america.
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On June 24th 1498, Cabot came to Labrador, which he claimed for England. He had wanted to get to the Far East, but like Columbus, Cabot found the America instead on the way.
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Jacques Cartier became the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River on June 9, 1534, present-day Quebec, Canada.
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The Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island in Dare County, in present-day North Carolinais were Walter Raleigh exstaablished Roanoke Colony.
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He was an English adventurer and soldier, and one of the founders of the Jamestown settlement. He found it on May 24,1607.
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Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves imported nto Britain’s North American colonies. Like indentured servants, they were probably freed after
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The Compact was an assocsiation and agreement. The original was destroyed but they have compies of it.
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This was the first public School ever established in the United States.
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It was the first institute for higher education in north America colony, established at Cambridge in Massachusettes.
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Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first merican slave carrier,Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts.
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The English Bill of Rights was to make sure the King couldn't control the colonies and choose their religions for the people. It was officially a document in 1689.
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This man chased thunder storms on horse back with a key in his hand and eventually he discovered the lightning rod, and brought electricity to an everyday use to our lives.
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This war lasted seven years. It was against the British.
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The Proclamation declared where the people who were controlled by the King could go. It was the Boundries he set for the people in the 13 colonies.
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The Stamp Act was to help pay the cost of defending and protecting America.
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Santa the fat man we know in a red suite today used to be a man in a green suite and he went around giving presents to all the children on Christmas.
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The Revolution or the Revolutionary war was the colinies against the British to gain their freedom. On July 4th 1784 America became independent from the British.
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The Declaration of independence declared that the original 13 colonies during the war would now be considered official independent states.
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Vermont was the first conlony to free all of their salves in 1777.
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The Articles of Confederation were used from 1781- 1787 because they weren't very succesful and were weak. So they later made the constution.
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The Constitution was born in Pennsylvania and was the replacment for the Articles of Confederation. It explains the branches of the national government and is the second oldest document still used in America.
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Delaware was the 1st state in the USA
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The State Dog is the Great Dane.
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The State insect is the Honey Bee.
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Georgia was the 4th state in the USA
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the State Insect is European mantis
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The state incect is the Lady bug
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Maryland was the 7th state in the USA
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The State spider is the Carolina Wolf Spider
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The State fruit is the Pumpkin.
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State Shell is the Oyster
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The state fruit is the Apple.
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George was the first presdent for the United States. He was born February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia and he died on December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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The State Bird is the Cardinal.
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1790 - 4 million
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The State flower is the Violet.
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The state flower is the Red Clover.
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The Bill of rights was sort of like the United State's ten commandments. It was used to pretect peoples rights, and their freedom to believe what they want to.
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The state wild animal is the gray squiral
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In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin. The Cotton Grin removes seeds from cotton, making it easier to use cotton for clothing and other substances.
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The 11th Amendment was to overrule the U.S, Supremes Court desicions for people dealing with the law issues in the court. It was the first Amendment for the Constitution after the Bill of Rights.
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The State wild flower is the Iris.
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He was the second presedent and was a lawyer before he became the present of the USA. He was on congress for 4 years.
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1800 - 5.3 million
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Tomas was the 3rd president and his nickname was Man of the People. His mothers name was Jane Randolph Jefferson and his dad was Peter Jefferson.
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The state tree is the Buckeye.
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The 12th Amendment explains what the procedure for the president elections and vice president elections was. It basically was explained how the citizens would have to vote.
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James also known as "Father of the Constitution" was our 4th president of the united states. He graduated from the collage of New Jersey which is now know as Princeton University.
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1810 - 7.2 million
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The state incect is thew honey bee
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This war was fought between the British and the Americans over British violations
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the state bird is the cardinal
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James Monroe also known as Era-of-Good-Feeling President was the 5th president of the United States. He was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia and he died July 4, 1831.
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The state animal is the white tailed deer :)
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Illinois was the 21st state in the USA
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The State Butterfly and State Mascot is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
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1820 - 9.6 million
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The state cat is the Maine coon cat
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The state bird is the blue bird.
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John graduated from Harvard Collegein 1787. He was the 6th president of the USA.
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The Graham Cracker was invented by a man named Sylvester Graham. It is a cracker sort of like a cookie with a sweet and salty taste.
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Andrews nickname was Old Hickory. He was our president but had no formal education! Now days we would not see this happening.
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1830 - 12.8 million
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This Act made by the president of the United States which was Andrew Jackson in 1830 forced all of the Native Amercians living east of the Mississippi River to move west of the river. It was eventually turned into a law in 1831.
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This was the first college in the United States to accept Women.
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In the 1835 this college that had already accepted women, accepted African Americans.
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They Texas Revolution lasted a year, and it is when we battled to get Texas from Mexico.
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The state incect is the honey bee
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The University of Michigan was founded in 1817 that was in Detroit Michigan moved to Ann Arbor in 1837.
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Michigan is home of the Great Lakes.
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His nickname was The Little Magician. His politcal views were democrat and his religon was dutch reformed.
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This rubber was invented in 1839 by Charles Goodyear. This is the rubber that we use on our tires present time. It was to make rubber materials less sticky because it is much stickier then other rubbers and has a much more stable and strong hold then other rubbers.
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1840 - 17 million
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He gave the longest inaugural address on March 4. It was an very cold day and Harrison did not wear a hat while giving the 105 minute speech. He caught pneumonia and died in the White House a month later.
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He had a nickname of Accidental President. His politcal party was Whig. He was a laywer before he was the president.
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Alex helped form the rules of the game of baseball and was an amazing player himself. He is in the hall of fame.
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Florida was the 27th state in the USA
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His nickname was Young Hickory. Hickory seemed to be a common word in nicknames back then.
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The state insect is the Monarch Butterfly
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The Americans attacked Mexico city to get Texas, all to themselves along with other states.
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the State Flower ia the Wild rose
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Hansen Gregory invented the doughnut in 1847. It was originally a pasrty brought over by dutch settlers but eventually Hansen Gregory made it more fancy.
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The state animal is the Badger
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his nickname was Old Rough and Ready. He was also the 12th president of the untied states.
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1850 - 23 million
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Millard Fillmore had no formal education and he lead our country for 3 years! Congress passed the Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act in September when he was president.
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The state mamal is the grizzly bear.
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he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1824. Franklin also was a democrat.
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Michigan State University was establsihed in 1855 in East Lansing, Michigan.
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James's nickname was Old Buck. He never married anyone so his house hostess was his neice.
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The Pencil Eraser was made to make it easy to erase mistakes made by the pencil. It was invented by Hymen Lipman in 1858 march 30.
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minnesota was the 32nd state in the untied states
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The state tree is the Douglas Fir.
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1860 - 31.4 million
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This rifle was the first rifle to shoot multiple shots without changing ammunitions inbetween. It was invented by Benjamin Tyler Henry.
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This War was faught from the North and South batteling eachother for slavery. The north who had Abraham Lincon at the time didnt want slavery. South did. The North eventually won.
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The Machine Gun or Gatlin Gun has the ability to fire many bursts at a time instead of reloding again and again.
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In 1861 William Schrafft invented a yummy little candy called the Jelly Bean. It is also known as the Turkish Delight. During the American Civil war William Schrafft told people to sent the candy to the soldiers.
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Kansas was the 34th state in the USA
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Honest Abe was a very memerable president for our country, He freed all the salves in our country!
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James Caleb Jackson was the one who invented the Original Breakfast cereal who later other companies and names claimed including Kellogs. It is a great breakfast food with milk.
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The state tree is the Sugar Maple
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The state rock is Sandstone.
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On this day salvery was illegal.
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Andrew was born on December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina and he died on July 31, 1875, in Carter's Station, Tennessee.
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The state song is "Beautiful Nebraska"
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The 14th Amendment is considered one of the Reconstruction Amendments of America. This amendment was to make sure every citizen in the United States had equal protection no matter where they came from. Accept Native Americans, who lives on the west of the river.
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Walter attended Yale and was a football player there he devloped the rules of football for how we know it today from rugby and soccer .
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He was a solider and he graduated from the milatary.
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They played the first offical game of Soccer on Nov. 6 1869. The game was played with 2 teams and 25 men on each team like the game of rugby.
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1870 - 38.6 million
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In this year african americans began to have the right to vote on our presidental elections.
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The 15th Amendment made it so that every citizen could vote and their race, would not be held against them. African Americans could now vote.
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Levi Strauss invented the Jeans in the year 1873. Working as a dryed good person, Levi combined her knowledge with a taylors and made Jeans.
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Seth Wheeler invented the Toilet paper in 1877. Toilet paper was invented to maintain personal hygeine after.........well ya kno.
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His nick name was the Dark- Horse President. He was a Repulican.
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Thomas Edison invented the Light Bulb in 1879 after over 1,000's way firguring out how not to make it work but one way to make it work,
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1880 - 50.1 million
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On July 2nd James was shot Grfield died of blood poisoning on September 19. He was shot by Charles Julius Guiteau.
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Chester was the 21st president of the united states of america. His nickname was The Gentleman Boss.
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He was the 22nd and the 24th president of the USA. His nickname was Veto President.
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In 1886 John S. Pemberton invented the soft drink coca cola. It was oiginally used as a medicine but now people drink it all the time just for a drink
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In 1887, George Hancock, a reporter for Chicago Board of Trade, created the game of softball. He icame up with theidea of the game as a form of indoor baseball on a cold winter day inside Farragut Boat Club.
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23th President of the United States. First President to have electrical lights and Christmas tree in white house.
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The State flower is the Wild Prairie Rose.
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The state mammal is the Coyote.
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The state animal is the grizzly bear.
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The state vegetable is the Walla Walla Sweet Onion
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1890 - 62.9 million
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The Stop Sign was to make traffic safer and more easy and calm. We still use them today.
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TheState Horse is the Appaloosa
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The state Gemstone is the Jade.
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Central Michigan Universiry is a college that was established in 1892 that is located in Mount Pleasant Michigan.
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24th President of the United States. First and only president to serve 2 consecutive terms.
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Nikota Tesla invented the radio, for a better connection and radio satelites.
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This cereal started the Kellogs cereal company. It was the first cereal there. This is a better version of the breakfast cereal.
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William Morgan invented volleyball at the YMCA. The name came from the fact that people have to volley so much in the game so they named it volleyball. Real creative.
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The state fossil is the Allosaurus
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25th President of the United States. He was the first president to use campaign buttons.
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1900 - 76.2 million
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This was the first automobile made by this company. The first official car of this style.
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26th President of the United States. Youngest to be the president.
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Henry Ford started the Assembly Line for the Ford Company in the ear 1901.
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The Teddy Bear was invented my Morris Michtom and is named after President Teddy Rosevelt, because of his refusal to kill a bear.
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The Banana Split was inveted by a man who enjoyed making sundaes and other ice cream delights at his shop.
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The State animal is the Buffalo
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27th President of the United States. Fattest President weighing 332 pounds.
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1910 - 92.2 million
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The State flower is the Tucca.
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The State Flower is the Saguaro Cactus Blossom
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The 16th Amendment was passed July 2, 1909 by congress.
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28th President of the United States. Before he was president he was the president of Princton university.
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The 17th Amendment was passed May 13, 1912 and it was so the selection of Senators not by the people but by the state legislatures.
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This was the first world war.
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The 18th Amendment was passed January 17,1920. It states "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."
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This is a very important Amendment to me because it womens right to vote. Without this out country wouldnt be hearing all the opioins of the people in our country.
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1920 - 106 million
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29th President of the United States. He gambled away a set of White house China.
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30th President of the United States. He is the only president born on the 4th of July
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The Television or TV was invented in 1927 by Philo T. Farnworth. It is still used today and also it is still being improved like flat screen and etc.
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Kool Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in his mothers kitchen just as an experiment which later turned into one of the most famous powdered drinks.
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Mickey mouse was created by walt disney. Now disney has many popualr shows for younger kids and is a widely watched channel throughout the country.
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Bubblegum was invented by Frank Henry Fleer in 1906, but it was too sticky so ,in 1928, Walter E. Diemer invented a new kind of gum which he called " Double Bubble."
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31st President of the United States. He spoke chinese to his wife to keep their conversations private.
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1930 - 123 million
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This type of guitar was manufactured beginning in 1931 by Electro String Instrument Corporation by Adolph Rickenbacher and George Beauchamp. Their first idea was built by Harry Watson, a man who worked for Electro String. This new guitar which the company called "Rickenbackers" was the first eletric guitar made.
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32nd President of the United States, only president to serve more the 2 terms.
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Section one states "The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."
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The 21st amendment is a repeal of the 18th amendment and its about. Section 2 stated "The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited."
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The first commercial offering of soft serve ice cream was in Soft serve ice cream was invented 1938 by J.F. "Grandpa" McCullough and his son Alex McCullough, were the the co-founders of the Dairy Queen chain of soft serve and fast food restaurants.
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This war was a huge global conflict. This was a holocost for the world.
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1940 - 132 million
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33rd President of the United States. He read every book in his hometown library.
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It was started by John Walson and Margaret Walson in the spring of 1948 in Pennsylvania.
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It was inspired by the missle finder from world war II.
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1950 - 151 million
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This war was a conflict of noncommunist's and communists. North Korea being the Communist and South Korea being the non communists.
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The 22nd amendment made a law that when a person runs for president they can can only run for 2 terms. It was passed after Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a record four terms as president. He broke the two-term precedent set by George Washington.
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The bar code is a way to track items and it usually has 12 digits. They are easliy scanned.
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34th President of the United States. He was the commander of Allied forces in world war II.
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The first use of Videotape in Television was the Ampex VRX-1000 video recorder. The broadcast was Douglas Edwards with The News on CBS.
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The state fish is the King Salmon
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the State Marine Mammal is the Humpback whale
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1960 - 179.3 million
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This war was America's longest war that we have ever been involved in. The United States joined the war to prevent communism.
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35th President of the United States. He won a Pulitzer prize for his collection of essays on couage.
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This was an Amendment to make people who lived on DOC have to pay taxes. Although this Amendment does not make DOC a state it makes it a part of our coutry in a way,
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It was invented Douglas Engelbartas. At the time, Douglas was experimenting with better ways to point and click on a display screen and he made the mouse out of that.
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36th President of the United States. Before he was president he was a teacher for a small school.
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The 24th Amendment was to get rid of all of the taxes blacks had to pay to gain the right to vote and this Amendment was trying to get ride of it
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They were created by Teressa Bellissimo who way trying to feed her children a late night snack and then came across the Buffalo Wing.
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CD's were invented in 1965 by a man named James Russell. He owns most of the patents for CD technology.
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The Amendment is the Amendment for a Vice Presedent in case of a presdent dying they need a "back up plan."
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37th President of the United States. He was either going to deal with politics or be a representative for a little leauge baseball team.
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1970 - 203 million
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Computer engineer, Ray Tomlinson invented internet based email in late 1971. It became very popular ans lots of people enjoyed using it.
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This Admendment was passed so that when a person turns 18 they have to right to vote and be apart of the presidental elections. anyone under 18 can not.
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Motorola stared the first cell phone and they only worked in certain areas. Like with areas with really good service.
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38th President of the United States. He held his daughters high school prom in the White House.
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The State Fish is Greenback Cutthroat Trout
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30th President of the United States. Before he was president he was a smart farmer.
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1980 - 226.5 million
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The Laptop is a computer for use on your lap. When they first came out they were very expensive,
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40th President of the United States
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The video game crash was very important for this time period.
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41st President of the United States. He played on the Yale University first base. and his son was a president also.
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1990 - 248.7 million
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The War was against the United Nations, and Iraq for the possesion of Kuwait.
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To get this Amendment it took a very long time to get it to be radified. It sat for hundreds of years without being touched.
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42nd President of the United States. He played the saxophone on national television. and he loves music!!! Same here
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2000 - 281.4 million
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The ipod was invented by apple and its an envanced mp3 player
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43rd President of the United States. He has a collection of 250 signed baseballs, obviously he likes baseball.
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This year on October 7 was the 10th anniversary that we have been invlolved with this invasion. We still have US military there on this present day. This was to attack the leaders who attacked America's twin towers and many more conflicts with their leaders.
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This invasion is still present today and our US military toupes are still there. It was to capture Siddam Hussein an evil leader. He was eventually captured and killed. After he was killed our troupes still stayed there.
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44th President of the United States. He is the first African American president of the United States, and has two daughters.
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2010 - 308.7 million
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The Revolution was the Colonists against the British. The Americans won.
