Search results for "U.S. state" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in 1846, and went to trial in 1847, in a state courthouse in St. Louis, ... owner could purchase slaves in a slave state and then bring his slaves ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:39, 30 January 2024
- racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal ... effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. Born in South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 04:05, 3 August 2022
- within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. There were many ... and wanted it admitted to the Union as a slave state. There were eleven ...9 KB (1,362 words) - 19:18, 9 November 2022
- Laws have been enacted on both federal and state levels that support the conservation ... Both federal and state laws have been enacted to conserve fish, wildlife ...19 KB (2,928 words) - 01:50, 10 April 2023
- refuge to an alien in a foreign, sovereign state or its territory. Asylum ... This is not an automatic right of an individual, nor is any state ...14 KB (2,186 words) - 00:16, 12 April 2023
- of the Philippines, and Secretary of State. He was a conservative Republican ... a future secretary of war and secretary of state, became a major influence ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- After his death, Ashe's body lay in state at the governor's mansion in his home state of Virginia. The last time this was done was ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 11:06, 16 August 2023
- figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D ... Robert Lansing had served as Secretary of State. After attending Princeton ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- taking a break from splitting, Lincoln as a state legislator in front of the ... ==Official state holidays== [[File:Carson Pirie Scott Building on Lincoln ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- States. There, Pakenham and the U.S. secretary of state, James Buchanan, drew up a formal treaty, known as the Oregon Treaty, which was ratified by ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- to Indian Territory in what would be the state of Oklahoma, resulting in ... tribal lands of various states. While state governments did not want ...16 KB (2,520 words) - 04:56, 1 May 2023
- Tilden was born in New Lebanon in New York State. He studied at New ... slavery faction for Attorney General of New York State. ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 20:20, 1 December 2023
- as a Southern colony and later as a state, based on customs, economy ... as the largest automobile manufacturing state in North America. Georgia ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 08:36, 15 January 2023
- (1897-1898) before becoming Secretary of State, remaining in that office ... In August 1898, Hay was named Secretary of State and helped negotiate ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- expresses the prevailing view that the state does not have the right to ... Lawrence v. Texas (2003) struck down a Texas state law that prohibited ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 05:50, 25 February 2023
- a confession for "crimes against the state." His trial began on ... not believe in a separation of church and state and fought fiercely against ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 16:42, 14 May 2024
- and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the Truman Administration ... Acheson was a prominent defender of State Department employees accused ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- jurisdictions. In Australia, although the State of Victoria maintains provisions ... this requirement does not pertain to the state courts via the Fourteenth ...14 KB (2,232 words) - 19:17, 24 May 2024
- humanitarian organization as a non-state actor in monitoring the treatment ... with changed circumstances, in which non-state actors do not follow the ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
