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Abraham Lincoln successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. |
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| Posted: | August 2, 2010 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. joining the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street", it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests. |
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| Posted: | August 28, 2010 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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What did our presidents do before they were presidents? Discover some of their odd jobs. |
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| Posted: | February 9, 2011 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. |
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| Posted: | August 2, 2010 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. |
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| Posted: | August 28, 2010 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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A U.S. state (abbreviation of United States state) is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. |
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| Posted: | February 2, 2011 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. |
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| Posted: | February 7, 2011 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933). Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic modernization". |
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| Posted: | February 7, 2011 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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The United States Military Academy at West Point (also known as USMA or West Point) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. |
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| Posted: | August 28, 2010 |
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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He is well remembered for his energetic persona, his range of interests and achievements, his leadership of the Progressive Movement, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" image. |
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| Posted: | August 28, 2010 |
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)[2] was the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers, known for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States. |
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| Posted: | February 7, 2011 |
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The American Civil War (1861–1865), also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. |
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| Posted: | August 2, 2010 |
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California (pronounced /kælɨˈfɔrnjə/) is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil. |
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| Posted: | August 2, 2010 |
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Most of us know (or can guess) which time zone governs the largest U.S. cities... But some cities lie closer to time-zone borders, and are tougher to determine. Name the time zones in which these ten major U.S. cities lie. |
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| Posted: | August 28, 2010 |
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974, having formerly been the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. |
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| Posted: | February 7, 2011 |
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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). A New England Yankee, he was deeply read and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. |
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| Posted: | February 7, 2011 |
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The national flag of the United States of America (the "American flag") consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union")... |
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| Posted: | February 9, 2011 |
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General Pershing is the only person to be promoted in his own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army—General of the Armies. |
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| Posted: | August 2, 2010 |
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