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Which wars were fought on American soil?

The Revolutionary War featured battles fought as far south as Georgia and as far north as New Hampshire. As more lands were added to the United States so were the potential battle sites. The War of 1812 saw battles as far south and west as Louisiana. During the war, the British sacked Washington D.C. and burned down the White House.\nThe Civil War would reach as far west as the Mississippi River; however, the majority of the war took place in the Southern states. The only battle to be waged in a Union state was the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.\nThe Mexican-American War was fought in w..

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How did people try to avoid the Black Death?

One popular trick to avoid the plague was an early form of aromatherapy. People carried flowers with a sweet odor to keep the disease away, and if they couldn't get flowers, they were told to carry herbal packets. This didn't work so well, though.\nCatholics believed that the plague was God's punishment for evil in society, so many of them wandered the highways and whipped one another, begging for mercy. Muslims believed that the disease was the will of God, and their leaders simply told them to accept it.\nSome people moved into sewers, having heard that the plague was airborne..

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What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?

In 1819, Missouri applied for admission to the union as a slave state. At the time, slave states and anti-slave states were evenly balanced, and neither side wanted to cede advantage to the other. Southern slave states argued that new states should be free to choose slavery, while northern anti-slave states insisted that Congress had the power to ban slavery. The Missouri Compromise had two parts. Firstly, Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state, but Maine was admitted as a free state. Also, an imaginary line across the territory of the Louisiana Purchase separated free and slave r..

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When did Connecticut become a state?

The state's name is from the Mohian and Algonquin Native American word "quonehtacut," which means "land on the long tidal river." The Connecticut River traverses the state from north to south and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. One of the smallest states in terms of land area, Connecticut ranks 48th in size. The state is only 110 miles at its greatest width and about 70 miles at its greatest length. The state is densely populated, though, and ranks as the 29th-most-populous state in the United States.

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What is a brief history of Mississippi?

In 1817, Mississippi joined the Union as the 20th state. It quickly grew to be one of the largest producers of cotton in the United States. This important crop made the state wealthy, but the boon was created off the backs of enslaved African-Americans.\nMississippi's reliance on slave labor led it to be the second state to secede from the Union in 1861. A former Mississippi senator, Jefferson Davis, served as the president of the Confederacy. The Civil War took a heavy toll on the state, in both citizens lost and material destroyed. Following the war, the state instituted a series of res..

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What led to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

As a nation that covered more square miles than any other in the world, the former Soviet Union encompassed many smaller republics populated with various ethnic groups. These ethnic groups were not always able to find a way to coexist peacefully, which eventually gave way to a constant state of political unrest that was further agitated by the widespread economic struggles caused by the expenditure of large amounts of money on military and weapons in a competition with the United States to be the world's most powerful nation. The lack of prosperity made it more difficult to convince citiz..

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Where did Christopher Columbus think he landed when he discovered the New World?

Columbus had a strong conviction that the eastern shore of Asia was closer to Europe than it actually was. He had spent years reading the writings of Marco Polo, which were filled with tales of gold, spice and riches that would fuel his quest for a trade route to Asia and China.After receiving funds from the Spanish monarchy and a decree stating that he had permission to claim lands for Spain and to rule in its stead, Columbus and his crew landed in the Bahamas in 1492.Upon arrival, he went ashore to an island that he renamed "San Salvador." On the island, he encountered the Arawak people, a p..

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What are some World War I facts for kids?

The two primary alliances were the Allies, including but not limited to France, Great Britain and Russia. The primary members of the Central Powers were Germany and Austria-Hungary. Italy, once part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, eventually changed sides and fought with the Allied Powers in the war.\nWorld War I combat was unlike any before it. Soldiers for the first time fought primarily in trenches, thus the origin of the term "trench warfare," and were for the first time subject to chemical and weapon attacks. Some new weapons introduced in World War I were the fig..

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When was Kennedy elected?

John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he won the presidency. He was the youngest president elected in American history. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic to serve as president. During his presidency, he was supportive of civil rights, and helped to launch the Peace Corps. President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

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How many inventions did Leonardo Da Vinci create?

Da Vinci was fascinated with the idea of flight, and in addition to laying down the foundations of what would later become the helicopter (called the aerial screw by Da Vinci), he also conceived of a device that could carry a person into the air using wings.While a long way from being an aeroplane, Da Vinci's device placed a person on a long flat frame with wings on either side that could be operated by the pilot. Despite his designs, he was aware that it would be impossible to generate enough power to get off the ground.Da Vinci was also a military engineer, which led to many of his inve..

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