305 Answered Questions for the topic United States

05/04/19

Diverse ways of admitting new states to the Union?
Admission of new states into the United States must be consistent with Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, but that leaves some discretion to Congress in a number of matters. What were the... more
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05/04/19

Can infrastructure building be sped up?
I was watching road construction and it seemed to me like adding more trucks wouldnt help the problem. The trucks were just backed up because only one could work on each lane. Adding more trucks in... more
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05/04/19

Did the United States colonize California?
Upper California was a province of Mexico from the 1820s to the 1840s (sometimes unified with Lower California). Near the end of this period it was overrun with Anglo-American men that lived apart... more
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United States American History President

05/03/19

Who was the last US president who did not start a war?
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05/03/19

Why is there such a disconnect between congressional approval rating and re-election rate?
According to a Gallup poll, Congressional approval rating is at a mere 20% (it use to be much lower in the past years) as of Sept.... more
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05/03/19

Why does it take such a long time to count votes in US elections?
Why does it generally take days or weeks to all the count votes in the elections in the USA? If this is because they have very few people counting the votes, why don't they put more people to that... more
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05/02/19

Is it possible to call an Early Election in the US?
In the hypothetical case that every member of the government (president and vice president included) wanted to call an early election, replacing the sitting president and vice president, would they... more
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05/02/19

Why are US cabinet ministers called secretaries?
The members of the US cabinet are called secretaries. Why it is so? In what other countries besides the US and pre-WWII USSR ministers were called by a different word (in the USSR they were... more
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05/01/19

How do I know that my vote was counted?
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04/30/19

Why is a coin an asset whereas a note is a liability on the Federal Reserve's balance sheet?
Can someone explain me why coins are assets and notes are liabilities for the U.S. Federal Reserve? I know coins are made from "precious" metals, but even notes are made from various materials... more
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04/29/19

Why America waged war against Vietnam?
First of all I am non American so I am novice in American History ( thats why raising very basic Question ). I am looking to google for it but everything is too descriptive. If anybody know very... more
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04/26/19

Are Running Mates Constitutional (US President/VP)?
I was reading over the US Constitution and Amendments when Amendment 12 jumped out at me. I've always thought that Amendment 12 specifically said that Presidential Candidates and Vice Presidential... more
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United States American History Law Research

04/25/19

Earlier U.S. law enforcement raids on lawyers' communications?
The office of the personal lawyer of the U.S. President has been raided by the FBI. I couldn't think of another time investigators raided an attorney's office, so I tried a few searches without any... more
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04/24/19

Voter registration fraud: how is citizenship checked?
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04/24/19

How can the Senate remove the majority leader?
If the senate majority leader is refusing to do his job, can the other Senators vote to expel him or force a vote for new leadership?
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04/24/19

Why is voter registration necessary in the US voting system?
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04/24/19

How do I hire a campaign manager?
How do people running for office hire campaign managers? For many campaign-related professional positions it's easy to reach out to a firm specializing in that field (campaign law,... more
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04/23/19

Did the USSR invite other astronauts of Apollo 11 besides Armstrong?
Sometime after the return of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong visited the USSR. I wonder why he was alone? Weren't the other astronauts invited or they refused to visit? Was it because Armstrong was an... more
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04/23/19

Has Nursing Always Been Female Dominated Like Today (90+%)?
In the United States, 92% of nurses are female, but I can't seem to find any data about male nursing 100 years ago, or even 50 years ago, even though nursing has been around a while. Is there any... more
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04/23/19

Were discrepancies from the 45th parallel in the US-Canadian border ratified?
I surmise that the discrepancy resulted from the inability of 18th-century land surveyors to be more precise than that. But my question is: Did later treaties ratify the details of 18th-century... more
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04/22/19

Has there been any court cases regarding the Third Amendment to the United States Constitution?
I just read a comment that implied that a law that hadn’t been used in a while was no longer relevant. Which made me curious as to what was the oldest unused US law that could still be considered... more
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04/21/19

How were interracial relationships between African-Americans and Latinos treated in Southern states before the Loving decision?
There are two states in the American south that historically had large numbers of both African-Americans and Latinos, as well as laws banning marriage between black people and white people: Texas... more
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04/20/19

Why is counting election totals more difficult than lottery administration?
This *may* seem like a rant. But I will show a few point of similarity which will show that it is an actual question. First, states administer lotteries. Just as states administer both state and... more
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04/20/19

Can a United States President nominate a blood relative as Vice President?
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04/19/19

Anti-deceptive electioneering law?
In light of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections and clandestine Democratic efforts to use deceptive tactics in the recent Alabama senate race, it is clear that social media as a... more
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