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Jackson (Wyoming, United States). Jackson Lake (also called Jackson Hole), southern end of the Teton Range (the Grand Tetons), Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

7 Wonders of America

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

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Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Washington DC.,USA, April 26, 1989. Supporters for and against legal abortion face off during a protest outside the United States Supreme Court Building during Webster V Health Services

Pro and Con: Abortion

United States electoral college map showing number of electoral votes by state.

How Does the Electoral College Work?

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Breakfast-Table

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In Oliver Wendell Holmes
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