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Is Obama black?

For the 2010 U.S. Census, President Obama indicated he is black. His father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. His mother and her parents raised President Obama. However, his identification as black comes largely from how society treated him in his younger life.\nAs a young man, President Obama had trouble hailing cabs and has been mistaken as a valet and waiter. His wife, Michelle, visited a department store after she became First Lady and was mistaken as a store worker.

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What are some characteristics of ancient Aztec warrior drawings?

Warrior art was designed to represent rank and accomplishments. Warriors with higher military rank would be shown wearing more elaborate clothing. The helmets worn by warriors represented their military status. For example, Eagle knights wore helmets with a stylized eagle design. Aztec warrior drawings helped historians interpret the ceremonial war aspects of the Aztec culture.

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What was the last major battle of the French and Indian War?

The French and Indian War is the American name for the Seven Years War that embroiled most of Europe from 1756 to 1763, according to the U.S. Department of State. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was the last major land engagement of the war in North America and resulted in the loss of Canada for the French. The British General James Wolfe died in the final assault on Quebec. His death inspired many American and British novels, songs and paintings. The Seven Years War continued for another three years, but the French and Indian War effectively ended with the capture of Quebec.

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What were Thomas Jefferson's hobbies?

One of Jefferson's passions was designing the University of Virginia. He designed all the buildings on the university campus and also designed the curriculum. Jefferson also enjoyed hosting and entertaining guests at his home. Jefferson loved birds and kept several mockingbirds. He was a master of the violin and had a great passion for music. Jefferson's love of nature led him to create an expansive garden that included hundreds of different types of vegetables and fruit.

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What are some facts about Plymouth Plantation?

Approximately 100 men and women left England in September 1620 in order to establish a settlement in the New World. The Mayflower arrived on the North American coast in December of the same year. Many of the settlers, known as the Pilgrims, were members of the English Separatist Church, a faction of Christians rebelling against the Church of England.\nWhile the male settlers were building the colony, children and the sick stayed aboard the Mayflower. The Pilgrims were somewhat disorganized and unprepared for the harsh New England winter. Of the original 102 passengers, 57 survived the overseas..

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How do you discard a faded American flag?

The American Legion adopted a lengthy official unserviceable flag ceremony in 1937. Held outdoors, it involves very particular placement of Legion officers and a series of formal pronouncements. Each flag is inspected by the Post Commander and then presented to be destroyed. The Chaplain reads a prayer and the Color Guard takes up a position next to the pyre. As the flags burn, a bugler plays the song "To the Colors." The flame is maintained until the materials are completely consumed. No scrap of fabric should be left.\nThe Veterans of Foreign Wars offers a simpler plan that can be carried ou..

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What did gladiators eat?

Gladiators had to eat foods high in protein and carbohydrates because of their demanding profession. Their owners fed them a couple of times a day because gladiators were a valuable and sometimes expensive investment. Most gladiators ate a vegetarian diet composed of nutritious foods that would give them the energy they needed to fight.\nModern-day scientists have studied the bones of gladiators in order to gain a better understanding of what type of food they ate. Many scientists have concluded that even though most gladiators subsisted off a vegetarian diet, there were abnormalities in the p..

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Who was Saint Sophia?

According to the story, when Hadrian heard of the family, he demanded they be brought before him. Putting her faith in God, Sophia went before the emperor's throne and declared herself a Christian, knowing that she and her daughters would likely be killed for their religion. Nevertheless, she instructed her daughters to remain faithful and steadfast in their love of God.As the emperor spoke to the three daughters, he attempted to transfer their worship and loyalty from Christ to himself. First to reject Hadrian's sovereignty was Pistis (meaning faith), who was stripped, beaten and be..

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Where did the Moors come from?

Moor was a European word that mostly referred to the indigenous people of North Africa. The ancient Romans used the term Mauri to describe them. The Arabs invaded Berber territory in the seventh century A.D. and converted the population to Islam. The Moors launched an invasion of Spain in 711 and conquered most parts of the Iberian Peninsula. They called the seized lands Al-Andalus, which were composed of Gibraltar, southern France, Portugal and Spain. They also controlled parts of Sicily and southern Italy. Moorish control over the Iberian Peninsula ended in 1492, after Christian armies regai..

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Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

The Korean War was a limited conflict between the United Nations and a North Korean-Chinese alliance. The immediate war aims were to safeguard the Republic of Korea against Communist aggression, rather than overthrowing the governments of the enemy states or occupying territory. General MacArthur publicly disagreed with the war's limited aims and the President's seeming unwillingness to expand the war. In addition to interfering with official diplomacy by making veiled threats of an invasion, MacArthur opened a line of communication with at least one member of Congress, thus subverti..

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