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Washington D.C.

In July 1790, the Residence Act was voted for so that United States government could find a city to call its capital. The territory where the Potomac River splits was…

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Victory Day!

Germany was run by Nazis. Nazis believed that their race was better than every other race, and to keep it pure, they killed Jews, Romani, and the disabled. The United…

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Women's Suffrage

On May 1, 1915 in Netherlands, the International Congress of Women agreed on its bill on world peace and women's right to vote. This congress came about because a Dutch…

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The Manhattan Project

What was the Manhattan Project? It was a secret project that had started in 1939 with President Franklin Roosevelt's support. Scientists were trying to make the first atomic bomb that…

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Civil Rights and Voting

Even though African Americans had been given the right to vote in 1869, discrimination still ran strong in some states, like Alabama. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, 600 demonstrators marched…

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