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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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76 |
The Secretary of State is fourth in the line of presidential succession. |
History > United States |
08/03/08 |
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77 |
The Secretary of the Treasury is fifth in the line of presidential succession. |
History > United States |
08/01/08 |
|
78 |
The Vice President is first in the line of presidential succession. |
History > United States |
08/01/08 |
|
79 |
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is second in the line of presidential succession. |
History > United States |
07/30/08 |
|
80 |
The President pro tempore of the Senate is third in the line of presidential succession. |
History > United States |
07/26/08 |
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81 |
The principle of judicial review was established in the United States Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison. |
History > United States |
06/17/08 |
|
82 |
The two front-runners (top two contenders) in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. |
History > United States |
06/17/08 |
|
83 |
The Underground Railroad was a system of escape routes to the north. |
History > United States |
06/16/08 |
|
84 |
Thomas Jefferson was the first secretary of state. |
History > United States |
06/13/08 |
|
85 |
George Washington was the President of the Constitutional Convention. |
History > United States |
06/09/08 |
|
86 |
In the United States Supreme Court case Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, the Court ruled that "fighting words" are not protected by the free speech clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
History > United States |
05/27/08 |
|
87 |
Gold was first discovered in California in 1848. |
History > United States |
05/22/08 |
|
88 |
The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. |
History > United States |
05/19/08 |
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89 |
The capital of the USA is Washington D.C. |
History > United States |
05/19/08 |
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