He was president when the United States purchased Alaska.
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Considering history taught today; do you think it is more fact or fiction?
Considering history taught today; do you think it is more fact or fiction?
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Daily Quiz for October 20, 2010
This former slave opened a home for Indigent Aged Negroes in Auburn, New York.
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What was the greatest tragedy that occurred on US soil during World War ll?
What was the greatest tragedy that occurred on US soil during World War ll?
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Daily Quiz for October 19, 2010
This First Lady originated the White House Easter Egg Roll.
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Ia Drang – The Battle That Convinced Ho Chi Minh He Could Win
Joe Galloway takes a hard look at the assessments of Ia Drang by the war’s architects in Washington, Saigon and Hanoi: McNamara, Westmoreland, Ho and Giap
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Daily Quiz for October 18, 2010
During the mummification process of ancient Egypt, this was the only organ intentionally left within the deceased’s body.
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Daily Quiz for October 17, 2010
Susan B. Anthony was arrested in her Rochester, New York, home in 1872 for doing this.
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Daily Quiz for October 16, 2010
President Abraham Lincoln’s wife and sons Eddie, Willie, and Tad are buried with him in Springfield. His son Robert Todd Lincoln is buried here.
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Daily Quiz for October 15, 2010
In 1929, Dorothy Eustis introduced this concept to the United States.