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 KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE GREAT MEN. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. GEORGE WASHINGTON. ADAMS' XXXXXXXXXXXXX Did you mean:   FRAMERS AND  FOUNDERS AMERICA Search Results America's Founding Fathers — including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe and Benjamin Franklin — together with several other key players of their time, structured the democratic government of the United States and left a legacy that has shaped the world. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Featured snippet from the web ABRAHAM LINCOLN  16TH PRESIDENT ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. GEORGE WASHINGTON. FIRST PRESIDENT. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Ben Franklin, James Madison, and George Washington.  They  were  called framers  because  they  framed, or wrote, the Constitution. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX COUNTRY/CAPITAL/ CITY/CITIZEN/GOVT/STATES/ AMERICAN FLAG/ CONGRESS/BILL OF RIGHTS/ PRESIDENT/ SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE/ WHITE...

BEST WISHES FOR ALL AMERICANS -HOLIDAYS GALORE

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NEW YEAR'S DAY/ CHRISTMAS/ INDEPENDENCE DAY/ THANKSGIVING DAY/ LABOR DAY/ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX MARTIN LUTHER KING.JR. DAY COLUMBUS DAY/ VETERANS DAY/ MEMORIAL DAY/ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PRESIDENT'S DAY. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX FEDERAL HOLIDAYS ARE OBSERVED ON  MONDAYS. EXCEPT FOR NEWYEAR'S DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, VETERANS DAYS THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Here is a list of our Federal Holidays: New Year's Day Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day A National Holiday is one that every person would be off from work.  After checking out multiple sources, turns out the United States does not have a National Holiday.  The closest holiday that could possibly be seen as a day every person across the United States might celebrate is the 4th of July or Independence Day. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A  Federal Holiday ...
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LONG LIVE  DEMOCRACY LIFE,LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. HEARTY THANKS TO THE FOUNDERS AND FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION. LONG LIVE THE UNITED STATES OF  AMERICA. JULY 4 TH 1776. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx JOHN ADAMS TO HIS WIFE. "" I AM APT TO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE CELEBRATED BY  SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS, AS THE GREAT ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL.""" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx HOW DO AMERICANS CELEBRATE THIS DAY??? WITH PARADES, FIREWORKS, PATRIOTIC SONGS, READINGS OF THE DECLARATION OF  INDEPENDENCE. ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL. THEY ALL HAVE CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. THANKS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON. PEOPLE CREATE THEIR OWN GOVT. AND CONSENT OR AGREE  TO FOLLOW THE LAWS  THEIR GOVT. MAKES. IDEA: CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. COLONIES FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES. THANKS TO THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. VOTING TO ACCEPT  THE DECLARATION ON  JULY 4. 1776. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

NAME OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

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1812 .WAR BRITISH SOLDIERS  INVADED UNITED STATES. SEPT.13. 1814 BRITISH WAR SHIPS BOMBED  FORT. MC HENRY. THIS FORT PROECTED  CITY OF BALTIMORE., MARYLAND. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY AMERICAN  EXPECTED FORT WOULD FALL. BUT FLAG WAS STILL FLYING. AMERICA WON.  HE WROTE  A FEW WORDS TO A POEM  CALLING """DEFENCE OF FORT MC HENRY."" POEM TITLE. ""THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER."". 1931 CONGRESS PASSED THE LAW. AND MADE THIS AS THE  NATIONAL ANTHEM. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " oh,say,can you see ,by the dawn's early light.""" xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

THE AMERICAN FLAG HAS 50 STARS

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EACH STAR  ONE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ONE STAR FOR ONE STATE. STARS STARTED FROM 13  ENDED IN 50. IN 1959. HAWAII WAS THE 50TH STATE. 1777. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS   RESOLUTION. """ THAT THE FLAG OF THEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  BE MADE OF 13 STRIPES ALTERNATE RED AND WHITE THAT THE UNION BE 13 STARS WHITE IN A BLUE FIELD  REPRESENTING A NEW CONSTELLATION.""" xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

SYMBOLS 13 STRIPES

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13 stripes- 13 original colonies. 18 years-after the independence   flag had 13 stripes. 1794. Kentucky and Vermont 2 more stripes. 1818. number to be 13 decided by Congress. To honor the 13 original states which colonies of Britain.  

STATUE OF LIBERTY.

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IN NEW YORK HARBOR. LIBERTY ISLAND. 12 ACRE ISLAND. FRANCE GAVE AS GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP. FRENCH ARTIST: FREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI. SHOWING  A WOMAN ESCAPING  THE CHAINS OF TYRANNY.  AND HOLDING A TORCH SYMBOLISING LIBERTY. DEDICATED ON OCTOBER 28. 1886. PRESIDENT  GROVER  CLEVELAND ACCEPTED.  SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. LOCATED NEXT TO ELLIS ISLAND -FIRST ENTRY OF THE IMMIGRATION. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  

CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

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1789. CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK. NORTH/SOUTH DISCUSSIONS ON CAPITAL. COMPROMISE. 1790  CAPITAL WOULD BE LOCATED IN SOUTH. NORTH DID NOT PAY DEBT OWED.FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. CAPITAL  ALONG POTOMAC RIVER. BETWEEN MARLAND AND VIRGINIA. CAPITAL: PHILDELPHIA ,PENNYSYLVANIA. 1800. CAPITAL MOVED TO CURRENT LOCAION. WASHINGTON.D.C. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA/ WASHINGTON.D.C. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

STATES BORDERING MEXICO.

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  STATES BORDERING MEXICO  TEXAS. NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA.  ARIZONA. BORDER" 1900 METERS LONG GADSDEN PURCHASE 1853.  EXPANDED SOUTHERN RAILROAD. PURCHASED PRICE. U.S.DOLLARS, 10 MILLION. LAND BOUGHT  NOW PART OF ARIZONA  AND NEW MEXICO.  THIS BORDER IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST ONES. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

STATES BORDERING CANADA

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ALASKA/IDAHO/ MAINE/MICHIGAN/MONTANA/MINNESOTA/ NEW YORK/ NORTH DAKOTA/ NEW YORK/ NEW HAMPSHIRE/ OHIO/VERMONT/WASHINGTON/ NORTHERN BORDER-STRETCHES-5000 MILES FROM MAINE IN THE EAST TO ALASKA IN THE WEST. THE TREATY OF PARIS OF 1783 -OFFICIAL BOUNDARY-BETWEEN  CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION TWO COMMISSIONERS  ONE AMERICAN AND ONE CANADIAN.  

FIVE MAJOR TERRITORIES.

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PUERTO RICO U.S.VIRGIN ISLANDS. AMERICAN SAMOA NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS GUAM. THESE ARE NOT STATES. BUT THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. THEY CAN SEND A DELEGATE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AMERICAN SAMOA-U.S.NATIONALS. OTHER TERRITORIES  U.S. CITIZENS. VOTING RIGHTS: CAN VOTE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT. CANNOT VOTE  IN THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.  

OCEAN ON THE EAST COAST-ATLANTIC

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THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. NAMING AFTER: GIANT ATLAS FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY. SECOND LARGEST OCEAN. MAJOR SEA ROUTE FOR SHIPS. SOURCE OF MANY NATURAL RESOURCES COVERS I/5 TH OF THE EARTH SURFACE. MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. IMMENSE UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGE. SOURCE OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. BORDERING STATES: CONNECTICUT/DELAWARE/ FLORIDA/ GEORGIA/ MAINE/ MARYLAND/ MASSACHUSETTS/ NEW HAMPSHIRE/ NEW JERSEY/ NEW YORK/ NORTH CAROLINA/ RHODE ISLAND/ SOUTH CAROLINA/ VIRGINIA.  

OCEANS ON WEST COAST AND EAST COAST.

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PACFIC OCEAN- WEST COAST. LARGEST OCEAN ON EARTH. IMPORTANT FOR U.S. ECONOMY. MANY NATURAL RESOURCES. FISH ETC., 16TH CENTURY EUROPEANS LEARNED ABOUT THIS. SPANISH EXPLORER 1514 CROSSED ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. VASCO NUNEZ. FERDINAND MAGELLEN SAILED IN SEARCH FOR SPICES. NAMED THIS OCEAN AS  PEACEFUL SEA. NO STORMS FROM SPAIN TO SPICE WORLD.  BORDERING STATES: ALASKA, WASHINGTON, OREGON, CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII. https://www.shutterstock.com/search/united+states+map+pacific+ocean  

TWO LONGEST RIVERS.

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Missouri River - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org  › wiki › Missouri_River The  Missouri  River is the longest river  in  North America.  Rising  in  the Rocky Mountains of ...  From there it flows west then north;  runs  first  in  Hell Roaring Creek then west  into  the ...  The  Missouri  River officially starts at the confluence of the Jefferson and Madison  in Missouri  Headwaters  State  Park near Three Forks, Montana, UNITED STATES Missouri: 2,540 miles. Mississippi: 2,340 miles. Yukon: 1,980 miles. Rio Grande: 1,900 miles. St. Lawrence: 1,900 miles. Arkansas: 1,460 miles. Colorado: 1,450 miles. Atchafalaya: 1,420 miles. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MISSISSIPPI RIVER" MAJOR SHIPING ROUTE. TOUCHES 10 STATES. NICK NAME: FATHER OF WATERS. MISSOURI LONGER THAN MISSISSIPPI. STARTS  IN MONTANA  FLOWS INTO MISSISSIPPI.  1673. FRENCH EXPLORERS. JOLLIET AND MARQUETTE. FOUND...

AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES

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500 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, BELIEFS, STORIES, MUSIC, AND FOODS. THEY WERE FARMERS AND THEY  TAUGHT THE COLONISTS TOO THE FARMING.  SOME HUNTED AND GATHERED  FOOD AND RESOURCES. THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED TO RESERVATIONS AND RECOGNIZED AS DOMESTIC DEPENDENT   NATIONS . xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx NAVAJO,CHROKEE, SIOUX, PUEBLO, APACHE, CREEK, CHEYENNE, ARAWAK, HURON, LAKOTA, CROW, TETON, HOPI, INUIT,ONEIDA,SHAWNEE, SEMINOLE,BLACKFEET, CHOCTAW, CHIPPEWA.MOHEGON,IROQUOIS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

SEPT11,2001 TERRORISTS ATTACK.

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SEPT 11, 2001. 4 AIRPLANES FLEW OUT OF U.S. AIRPORTS WERE TAKEN OVER BY TERRORISTS FROM THE AL QUEDA NETWORK OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS. 2 PLANES CRASHED  INTO WORLD TRADE CENTER'S TWIN TOWERS IN NEWYORK CITY. DESTROYED BOTH BUILDINGS.  ONE PLANE CRASHEDD INTO PENTAGON IN ARLINGTON,VIRGINIA. 4TH PLANE  CRASHED IN A FIELD IN PENNYSYLVANIA. 3000 PEOPLE DIED. MOSTLY CIVILIANS. WORST ATTACK IN AMERICAN HISTORY. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

MARTIN LUTHER KING ,,JR.

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BAPTIST MINISTER, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. MAIN LEADER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTOF THE 1950 AND 1960S. 1963. DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS SPEECH "I HAVE A DREAM". IMAGINING PEOPLE OF ALL RACES EXIXT TOGETHER EQUALLY. RECD. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WHEN HE WAS 35 YEARS OLD IN 1964. KING WAS KILLED ON APRIL 4. 1968.  

CIVIL RIGHTS 1964/ VOTING RIGHTS 1965

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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964;SUPREME COURT 1954 RULED  THAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WANTED TO END  RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS.  AND TO GAIN FULL AND EQUAL RIGHTS  FOR AMERICANS OF ALL RACES. STRATEGIES USED BUS BOY COTTS ,SIT- INS MARCHES ETC. PEOPLE DEMANDED SOCIAL CHANGE. THIS ACT MADE SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC FACILITIES AND RACIAL DISCRIMNATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION ILLEGAL. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 1965. THIS ACT BANNED LITERACY TESTS AND OTHER SPECIAL REQUIRMENTS  TO STOP AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

COLD WAR- COMMUNISM

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MAIN CONCERN: SPREADING OF COMMUNISM. U..S.S.R.(RUSSIA) POWERFUL NATION OPERATED WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNISM. THE UNITED STATES AND ALLIED NATIONS FELT DEMOCRATIC GOVT, CAPITALIST ECONOMY BETTER WITH INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM. CONTINUATION AFTER WORLD WAR II. FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. ENDING: FALL OF BERLIN WALL 1989. REUNIFICATON OF EAST AND WEST GERMANY 1990. BREAK UP OF RUSSIA U.S.S.R. IN 1991. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

ALL ABOUT PRESIDENT DWIGHT..D. EISEN HOWER

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  MAJOR GENERAL IN WORLD WAR II. D.DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY FRANCE. ON JUNE 4 1944. 1952. RETIRED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE MILITARY. 1953. 34TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ESTABLISHED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 1953. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. TWO TERMS PRESIDENT. 1953/57, 1957/1961. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1961.

WORLD WAR II THE UNITED STATES ENTRY

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DECEMBER 7 TH,1941 JAPAN  BOMBED U.S. NAVAL BASE PEARL HARBOR  HAWAII. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT  DECLARED WAR. JAPAN'S PARTNERS: IN THE AXIS, ITALY AND GERMANY. ALLIES " FOUGHT AGT. GERMAN NAZIZS, ITALIAN FASCISTS, JAPAN'S MILITARY EMPIRE. REAL WORLD WAR. FOUGHT IN EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA,'AND PACIFIC OCEAN.  

PRESIDENTS DURING WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II

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  WOODROW WILSON,'28TH PRESIDENT,1913/1921 TWO TERMS. FIRST TERM ABLE TO KEEP THE UNITED STATES OUT OF WORLD WAR.I. 1917.DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY. 14 POINTS  SPEECH  JANUARY 8.1918. AFTER WAR ENDED WENT TO PARIS TO WORK OUT  DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER BY GERMANY. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1933-1945.WORLD WAR II PRESIDENT; FDR FRANKLIN.D. ROOSEVELT. STOCK MARKET CRASH: 1929 THE NEW DEAL. PROGRAM TO CREATE JOBS  FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY.FOR WORKERS. 1935. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. JAPAN ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 1941. FDR WAS ELECTED https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt,_third_and_fourth_terms    1933-1937 1937-1944. HE DIEDIN 1945. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT  HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER THROUGHOUT  HER LIFE TIME. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX