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2. 1932 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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   Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election.

3. Outline of the history of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The United States sends military advisors to the Republic of Vietnam, February 12, 1955 The United States and the Vietnam People's Army wage covert war in Laos , October 1962 – 1975 The United States begins bombing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam , August 2, 1964

4. College Level Examination Program - Wikipedia

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   They are administered at more than 1,700 sites (colleges, universities, and military installations) across the United States. There are about 2,900 colleges which grant CLEP credit. [ 4 ] Each institution awards credit to students who meet the college's minimum qualifying score for that exam, which is typically 50 to 60 out of a possible 80 ...

5. 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 30 November 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 ...

6. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [363] [371] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...

7. History of the United States government - Wikipedia

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   United States, the court ruled that due to the 1934 law, evidence the FBI obtained by phone tapping was inadmissible in court. [143] After Katz v. United States (1967) overturned Olmstead, Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control Act, allowing public authorities to tap telephones during investigations, as long as they obtained warrants beforehand.

8. United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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   The United States instead uses indirect elections for its president through the Electoral College, and the system is highly decentralized like other elections in the United States. [1] The Electoral College and its procedure are established in the U.S. Constitution by Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 4 ; and the Twelfth Amendment (which ...

9. Historiography of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Trained as a physician, he was a moderate Federalist in politics. Messer (2002) examines the transition in Ramsay's republican perspective from his History of the American Revolution (1789) and his biography of Washington (1807) to his more conservative History of the United States (3 vol. 1816–17), which was part of his 12-volume world ...