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  • was a United States army general, economist, and educator. He was famous for ... particularly regarding the issue of immigration. He feared that new immigrants ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law :This article is ... is known as a permanent resident. Aliens and permanent residents often ...
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  • regions of Korea (today's Manchuria and Mongolia) had been inhabited ... mid-1860s, mainly into the Russian Far East and Northeast China; those emigrants ...
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  • the first culture in Japan to cultivate rice and to manufacture and use metal ... of a sedentary agricultural society and the eventual establishment ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations 039;s most popular daily paper after The Sun and arguably the most right-wing ...
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  • Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. All were among ... non-conformists (later called Pilgrims) and Puritans from England seeking ...
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  • 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the first and third prime minister of Israel ... Ben-Gurion was a man with high moral standards, wisdom, and flexibility ...
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  • American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer. He is known ... in using his photographic skill to educate and inform, leading those such ...
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  • 3, 1956) was a psychologist, ethologist, and primatologist, best known ... typical farm boy, spent in work on the farm and playing with animals. Although ...
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  • established several colonies in Greenland and one short-lived settlement ... changes to its landscape, population, and plant and animal life. In ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics payment, in effect it becomes a poll tax (and vice versa, if a poll tax ...
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  • known for its significant artistic, social, and political transformations ... Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization from China ...
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  • people in Palestine (Eretz-Yisra'el) and continues primarily in support ... Liberal Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, and Religious Zionism. ...
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  • the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated ... finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... on the site of Pylos in modern-day Greece and Troy in modern-day Turkey ...
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  • evolution, or distinctive political and religious institutions. greatly depending on the historical period and the political context. However ...
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  • which also includes several smaller islands and a small section of the mainland ... A commercial, financial, and cultural center of the city, Manhattan ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Social work ... students within impoverished areas to live and work alongside local people ...
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  • and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ... The order gives millions of dollars annually to charities and its ...
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  • involving anti-slavery (“free-staters”) and pro-slavery "border ruffians ... The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territory and provided ...
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  • born American writer of both short stories and novels. He wrote in Yiddish ... 21, 1902. (This would concur with the date and month he admitted in private ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology [[File:Human migrations and mitochondrial haplogroups.PNG|400px|right ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... [[Image:Rumrunner_cargo.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rum runner sloop Kirk ...
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  • of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC ... In each area, overseas Chinese have retained their languages and cultural ...
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  • Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. A 2006 Census Bureau ... states (essentially the Great Lakes states); and the West North Central states ...
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  • strategically located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans with strong ... Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ...
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  • the southern tip of the African continent and borders the nations of Namibia ... a result of two factors: higher European immigration rates and the strategic ...
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  • Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... soon settled in the territory. Rhode Island and Connecticut were the only ...
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  • 43.5 miles (70 km) from Jerusalem and Beer Sheba. Ashdod is an important ... Israelites, Byzantines, Crusaders and Arabs. O. Kolani, B.Raanan, ...
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  • , Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister ... Robert Gordon Menzies was born to James Menzies and Kate Menzies ...
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  • is Australia's largest financial center and is home to the Australian ... tourist destination notable for its beaches and twin landmarks: the Sydney ...
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  • by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River. Broad, ... wide, and it runs to the southeast growing to 220|km|mi|0 ...
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  • Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Indian Ocean, between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique. The territory ...
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  • surrounded by water, above high tide, and isolated from other significant ... There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic ...
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  • Russia (around Volgograd), the Caucasus, and southern Ukraine also exist ... mainland, which consist mostly of immigrants from the late 1800s and ...
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  • part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest (after Quebec ... Along with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, Ontario is one of ...
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  • American political economist, sociologist, and historian, one of the pioneers ... performance he managed to graduate (1888) and continue with his graduate ...
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  • also one of the twenty-six regions of France and an integral part of the Republic ... is the oldest of the existing islands, and was created 8-10 million years ...
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  • It is the second largest city in California and the eighth largest city in ... been the preferred location for illegal immigration from Mexico into the U ...
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  • *Led league in batting average 1939 (.381) and 1940 (.352) *Led league in slugging percentage 1937 (.673) and 1950 (.585) ...
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  • Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and the Third Reich (1933-1945 ...
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  • , d. 154 B.C.E.) was a Chinese political adviser and official of the ... Chao Cuo was born in Yuzhou, Henan and served the imperial courts ...
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  • Born to French immigrants in New York City, Cousy first demonstrated ... He was elected to 13 NBA All-Star teams and 12 All-NBA First and Second ...
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  • a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged ... of the coups common to many of its neighbors and has a long history of democracy ...
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  • bordered by the Gulf of Mexico on its west and the Atlantic Ocean on its east. United States, following California, Texas, and New York. This rise in population ...
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  • of water; 90 percent of the U.S. supply and 20 percent of the world's ... *Lake Superior (the largest by volume, area, and depth; larger than ...
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  • Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... government, commerce, business, politics, and culture. Its wealth and influence ...
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  • southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...
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  • the most populous county in New York State, and the second most densely populated ... art scene, distinct neighborhoods, and a unique architectural heritage. ...
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  • House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. Before ... She is also the first Italian-American and first Californian to serve ...
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