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The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.
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The fact that the Americans who upheld the sovereignty of their states did this in order to keep many of their people more securely in slavery -- the antithesis of individual liberty -- made the conflict grimmer, and the greater.
When he discovered they had received from the Company's Court of Directors no permission to live in India, coupled with the fact that they were Americans who had been sent to Asia to convert `` the heathen '', he became more belligerent than ever.
The formal position of Americans who identify themselves with one or more of the several identities of the Jewish symbol is already clear ; ;
Morgan was ordered to attack the enemy, who had meantime moved to Edge Hill on the left of the Americans.
The Americans lost forty-four men, among them Major Joseph Morris of Morgan's regiment, an officer who was regarded with high esteem and affection, not only by his commander, but by Washington and Lafayette as well.
Finally, colleges and clubs took the line that speakers from England were not wanted any longer, even speakers like S.K., so unlike the novelists and poets who had patronized the Americans for many years.
The contents were highly embarrassing to American spokesmen, who were on hand to promise Latin Americans a 20 billion dollar foreign aid millennium.
If the would-be joiner asks these questions he is not likely to be duped by extremists who are seeking to capitalize on the confusions and the patriotic apprehensions of Americans in a troubled time.
He will be considered not only great among his contemporaries, but as great among all the Americans who have played a part in the country's history since the beginning.
It is the purpose of Armed Forces Day to give Americans an opportunity to honor men of the Armed Forces, those who have made the supreme sacrifice, those who remain to preserve our security.
Almost every official who reflects on it thinks this movement of Americans to canvas dwellings opens one of the most promising of all outdoor markets.
Rather, it is typical of the thousands of quacks who use phony therapeutic devices to fatten themselves on the miseries of hundreds of thousands of Americans by robbing them of millions of dollars and luring them away from legitimate, ethical medical treatment of serious diseases.
I have often searched for a graphic way of impressing our superiority on those Americans who have doubts, and I think Mr. Jameson Campaigne has done it well in his new book American Might And Soviet Myth.
-- President Kennedy today proposed a mammoth new medical care program whereby social security taxes on 70 million American workers would be raised to pay the hospital and some other medical bills of 14.2 million Americans over 65 who are covered by social security or railroad retirement programs.
We trust you are not one of the 70,000,000 Americans who do not attend church, but who feel that various forms of recreation are more important than worshipping the God who made our country great.
He would not be like the `` rich Americans '' who lived in white-columned houses on the other side of the park.
* 1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising.
However, this ambiguity has been the source of controversy, particularly among Latin Americans, who feel that using the term solely for the United States misappropriates it.
Cognate usages may cause cultural friction between U. S. nationals and Latin Americans who object to American English's exclusionary denotations of ' American '.
* 1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong.
African Americans ( also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes ) are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or significant partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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But the fact that 70,524 other Americans gave the same measure of devotion to an opposing concept served Liberty-and-Union in other essential ways.
The lives so many of them gave, to forestall what they believed would be a fatal encroachment by the Union on the powers reserved to their states have continued ever since to safeguard all Americans against freedom's other foe.
In addition, the Polish American Congress gave the series an award for portraying Polish Americans in a good manner.
According to Ellis ( 1979 ) he gave Americans " a secular catechism to the nation-state.
The Americans, introduced to the same drink, at once gave it the far more original name of high-ball.
Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, that gave rights for African Americans to attend public events, to eat in public places, and to stay overnight in public hotels.
The invention of the ice cream soda gave Americans a new treat, adding to ice cream's popularity.
The band records, first marketed simply as a novelty, were a surprise hit, and gave many Americans their first taste of jazz.
While the innovations of the fast food industry gave Americans more and cheaper dining options, it has come at the price of destroying the environment, economy, and small-town communities of rural America while shielding consumers from the real costs of their convenient meal, both in terms of health and the broader impact of large-scale food production and processing on workers, animals, and land.
While early Eurocentric Westerns frequently portray the " Injuns " as dishonorable villains, the later and more culturally neutral Westerns ( notably those directed by John Ford ) gave native Americans a more sympathetic treatment.
Roosevelt gave Stalin a pledge that he had been waiting for since June 1941: that the British and the Americans would open a second front in France in the spring of 1944.
It is during the Rice Run that Jed finds out that Richard gave a copy of the map to Sammy and Zeph when Jed overheard the two Americans talking about the beach to some German travellers.
" David S. Reynolds hails the man who " killed slavery, sparked the civil war, and seeded civil rights " and Richard Owen Boyer emphasizes that Brown was " an American who gave his life that millions of other Americans might be free.
This stalled Brock's momentum, and gave the Americans time to regroup and prepare for an invasion of Canada.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to ban African Americans from Scouting.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to segregate African Americans from white Scouts.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to ban African Americans from Scouting.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to ban African Americans from Scouting.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to ban African Americans from Scouting.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to ban African Americans from Scouting.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to ban African Americans from Scouting.
Located on the Osage River, the land that became the town of Osceola was inhabitied by the tribe of native Americans who gave the river its name.
The Lenape Native Americans called the area " Mechananienk ", a Lenape language word meaning " where two rivers come together ", which gave rise to the area being called " Matovancons " by Dutch settlers, from which derives the name " Matawan ".
Native Americans were relocated to reservations after the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850-5 gave American citizens exclusive ownership of these lands.
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