Completed in 1885 after nearly 40 years of toil, the 555-foot, 5 and 1/8-inch Washington Monument was the world's tallest structure for five years, when it was surpassed by Paris' Eiffel Tower. ... Notes: The Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco with Marin County in absolute splendor. ... Notes: "The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986. The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the United States over one hundred years ago in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution. ... Th...

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When the soldiers returned to the United States after World War 1. ... But perhaps the most important effect was the chaos in the banking system, as banks tried to collect on loans made to stock market investors whose holding were now worth little or noting at all. ... The monetary police tightened the gold outflow, mainly from the U.S. to France. ... The American depression produced severe effects overseas, especially in Europe were many countries had not fully recovered from World War 1. ... The world had been in shock and also it financial distress of there own from the effect of World War...

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Afghanistan has one in service SS-1 SCUD B missile in its arsenal. ... The Russian SS-1 SCUD B is prohibited along with three other domestic (Iraq) missiles, "Al Hussein", "Al Hijarah", and "BADR 2000". ... France does not want the U.S to have more power and Germany does not want a confrontation between the U.S and Russia. ...

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Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the signing the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England's King George III. There was growing unrest in the colonies concerning the taxes that had to be paid to England. This was commonly referred to as "Taxation without Representation" as the colonists did not have any representation in the English Parliament and had no say in what went on. As the unr...

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The Emancipation Proclamation: A look at emancipation and the motives behind it Table of Contents Cover Page 1 Contents ... .2 Preface ..3 Introduction ..4 Main Text .4 Conclusion . 14 Appendix ....16 Bibliography ...20 Preface When I first selected a topic I had planned a compare and contrast paper looking at the Governments of the North and South during the Civil War. ... I think it also important to note that Lincoln and McClellan met at Antietam on October 4 1862. ...

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