The eighth grade trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is actually happening; good bye parents, good bye school, good bye homework. ... She walked the cobbled streets that Benjamin Franklin had once strolled on himself, she perused Independence Hall in astonishment, and got to run up the Philadelphia Museum of Arts stairs like Rocky (yes, this had nothing to do with Revolutionary America, it was just fun). ... After the war, America was free from British rule and spirits were high. ... Americans had just fought a war with Britain to gain independence from a monarchy. ... Revolutionary American...

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He studied at the Santa Cruz Seminary, the only secondary school in Oaxaca. ... As Governor of his home state (1847), Juárez sought to establish a balanced economy and carried out numerous public works: roads, the reconstruction of the Government Palace, the foundation of high schools; he commissioned a geographic chart and a map of the city of Oaxaca; he reorganized the National Guard and left the Treasury with a surplus. ... In July 1859, and with the support of the liberals, he issued the Reform Laws which declared the independence of the State from the Church; the law on civil ma...

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While Wilson was at Princeton University, he was the prime minister and as a leader he wants "to attract more high school students of slender means to Princeton and to make the sons of the wealthy as unlike their fathers as possible.... Pastor illustrates how "A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike....

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The Philippines, after having promised its independence in1946, still had high economic dependence on United States' markets. ... The Bell Trade Act was approved by the legislature July 2, 1946, just two days before the proclamation of independence. ... Economic development was then to be achieved by constructing a number of infrastructures like bridges, roads, schools, health care centers, and beautification projects. ...

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They were included in the Constitution because the citizens didn't want their government to resemble that of England's, the country from which they had just gained their hard-earned, well-deserved, independence from. ... Powers reserved to the states: create corporation laws, regulate trade within state, establish and maintain schools, establish local governments, make laws about marriage and divorce, conduct elections, and provide for public safety. ... The duties of the Legislative Branch: Passes laws, can override President's veto, approves treaties and presidential appoint...

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National security is a theme that includes foreign policy, domestic security and energy independence. ... Kerry tries to show that every person's health care is just as important as any other person's care, including that of high political officials. ... And to make sure that every child is covered, "the Federal government will pick up the cost of Medicaid coverage for children in exchange for automatic enrollment of all school children eligible for the Children's Health Insurance Program." ...

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The American spirit of "Manifest Destiny" which had remained unbroken since the founding of the Republic reached one of its peaks at the end of the nineteenth century. The years following the Civil War had seen a steady preparation for this. In 1867, for example, William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. His successors used the new American foothold in the North to declare that the Bering Sea was to be an area in which American authority was absolute. ...

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Also, area military radar facilities in the surrounding area were ordered not to report any unusual sightings of high performance aircrafts (Wallace 1997). ... From 1962 until 1968 Area 51 was used to test these high performance All military planes. ...

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Channel One was a great source and I watched everyday that it aired from sixth grade up until I graduated high school. ... This has been the basis for the United States government since the country declared its independence from Britain. ...

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His independence also threatened our interests in the Panama Canal. ... The fact was that at exactly the moment it invaded Panama because of its outrage over Noriega's abuses of human rights, the Bush administration announced new high-technology sales to China, noting that $300 million in business for US firms was at stake and that contacts had secretly resumed a few weeks after the Tiananmen Square massacre. ...

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Theodore hardly ever went to school because of his sickly nature, and was instructed by his Aunt Annie that lived with the family. ... Left in charge of the Navy for a day while his boss, Secretary of the Navy John Long, was away because of his health, the hawkish Assistant Secretary telegraphed all squadron commanders in the Pacific and put them on high alert against Spain's Pacific fleet--a brazen usurpation of power. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following yea...

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Theodore hardly ever went to school because of his sickly nature, and was instructed by his Aunt Annie that lived with the family. ... Left in charge of the Navy for a day while his boss, Secretary of the Navy John Long, was away because of his health, the hawkish Assistant Secretary telegraphed all squadron commanders in the Pacific and put them on high alert against Spain's Pacific fleet--a brazen usurpation of power. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following yea...

• Word Count: 4612
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• Grade Level: High School