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  2. Emancipation Proclamation - Wikipedia

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    Horatio Seymour, while running for governor of New York, cast the Emancipation Proclamation as a call for slaves to commit extreme acts of violence on all white southerners, saying it was "a proposal for the butchery of women and children, for scenes of lust and rapine, and of arson and murder, which would invoke the interference of civilized ...

  3. Monty Hall problem - Wikipedia

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    In search of a new car, the player chooses a door, say 1. The game host then opens one of the other doors, say 3 , to reveal a goat and offers to let the player switch from door 1 to door 2 . The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser , in the form of a probability puzzle, based nominally on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal and ...

  4. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...

  5. Rochester, New York - Wikipedia

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    Rochester (/ ˈ r ɒ tʃ ɛ s t ər,-ɪ s-/ ROTCH-ess-tər, -⁠iss-) is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Monroe County.It is the fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality [3] in New York, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 census. [4]

  6. 2020 Mississippi elections - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on March 10, 2020, with runoffs taking place on June 23. [1]In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Mississippi voters elected the Class II U.S. senator from Mississippi, all of Mississippi's seats to the House of Representatives, and four of nine seats on the Mississippi Supreme Court.

  7. Preamble to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, [note 1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

  8. Le Morte d'Arthur - Wikipedia

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    Le Morte d'Arthur (originally written as le morte Darthur; Anglo-Norman French for "The Death of Arthur") [1] is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table, along with their respective folklore.

  9. California - Wikipedia

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    California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.