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What was the outcome of the Scopes trial?

In response to Tennessee's passing of the Butler Act, the American Civil Liberties Union offered to defend anyone charged with teaching evolution in school. On April 5, 1925, a coal company manager named George Rappleyea, the country school superintendent Walter White and attorney Sue K. Hicks met to discuss the possibility of staging such a case to draw attention to their small town, since the textbooks their state required teachers to use contained references to the banned scientific theory. They chose a local teacher who couldn't recall whether or not he'd actually taught evo..

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What are the eligibility requirements for Golden Buckeye discounts?

Administered by the Ohio Department of Aging, the program also takes applications for those who do not receive cards automatically. Age and disability claims must be verified, so people must apply in person, either at the department, at public libraries or at senior centers. If a Buckeye card is lost or stolen, a new one may be requested by phone. All Golden Buckeye cards are free.\nPerks associated with the card include participation in the Ohio's Best Rx drug discount program as well as discounts at local shops and restaurants. Most merchants who join the program display the Golden Buck..

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How do people come up with invention ideas?

Some inventors say that the best way to create many inventions is to be observant, to have a lot of ideas and to be persistent. An observant person may discover that something needs improvement in her everyday life. If that person has a lot of ideas, she is able to find unorthodox solutions more easily. If that person is confident and persistent, she is able to endure the failures that come from the bad ideas until she comes up with an idea that works.\nAspiring inventors write down their ideas as they arise and constantly work on their thinking abilities by inspecting the world around them. S..

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What was the shelter of the Mound Builders?

In the beginning of the era, Mound Builders were hunter and gatherers, so they were capable of building shelter out of what was available and easy to transport. Once they discovered agriculture, which allowed them to plant fields of crops and raise livestock, they became more stationary and built cities and temples using clay, dirt and stone. Their civilizations were found from the Great Lake regions in North America down to the Gulf of Mexico.

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What is Hammurabi famous for?

The Code of Hammurabi consists of 282 specific laws detailing offenses against the law and the punishments appropriate to each offense. Hammurabi had these laws inscribed on a stone stele and placed them in a public area that was visible to all of his subjects. The laws also specified the type of justice appropriate to the different classes of people in ancient Babylon. For example, the punishment for harming a member of the propertied class was much harsher than the punishment for hurting a slave.

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What did many white reformers believe Native Americans should do?

White reformers disagreed with earlier U.S. government policies regarding Native Americans. Before the Civil War, most government policy supported either killing Native Americans or forcing them onto isolated reservations. Even though reformers believed Native Americans were savage and uncivilized, they thought these choices were too harsh, so they pushed for what they thought was a kinder plan focusing on assimilation. Reformers believed that forcing Native Americans to give up their cultures, traditions and religious beliefs would allow them to become civilized and live happier lives.\nAltho..

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Who was the first black president of the United States?

Obama was born in Hawaii on Aug. 4, 1961 to Ann Dunham and Kenyan exchange student Barack Hussein Obama. His childhood was spent in Hawaii and Indonesia. After an education at Occidental College and Harvard Law School, Obama worked as a part-time constitutional law professor and a community organizer in Chicago. He entered politics in 1996, running for and winning a seat in the Illinois State Senate. In 2004, a speech given at the Democratic National Convention brought Obama to a national audience, providing the initial support that led to his 2008 presidential campaign.

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Why was Winston Churchill important?

After the beginning of World War II, Churchill campaigned for Britain to re-arm and protect itself from the German Nazi troops that invaded its neighbors. He was serving as chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee before being elected as prime minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain. Churchill allied with Russian leader Josef Stalin and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to fight the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy and Japan.\nAfter Britain's shared victory in World War II, Churchill was briefly replaced as prime minister while he campaigned in the United States against hi..

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Why is the Renaissance important today?

Before the Renaissance, artists and authors generally focused on religious topics only and wrote for the nobility and the clergy. Starting during the Renaissance, authors began to write about topics that the common person would both enjoy and understand. Authors such as Giovanni Boccaccio, who wrote "The Decameron," set the stage for literary realism with characters and settings that were easier for readers to understand and connect with. This style of writing is still popular in common society.\nOne of the most important contributors to the Renaissance was Leonardo da Vinci. He pioneered the ..

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What are some of Eleanor Roosevelt's achievements?

The Reform movement predated Eleanor Roosevelt's husband's championing of the New Deal, a political platform Eleanor helped to construct. She lobbied hard with fellow members of high society, ignoring the life of leisure and limp-wristed charity she might easily have led in order to secure funding and support to effect change.The Settlement Housing movement was a concerted effort to provide homes for those who could not afford their own or who for other reasons had no access to shelter. This movement sought to repurpose abandoned and vacant buildings for use by former convicts, the h..

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