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would you do this things?
please try to read if not then just tell me some of the things you would like to do
i found it on a website
please star xD

Attend at least one major sporting event: the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the U.S. Open.

Throw a huge party and invite every one of your friends.

Swim with a dolphin.

Skydive.

Have your portrait painted.

Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it.

Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France.

Watch the launch of the space shuttle.

Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty.

Be an extra in a film.

Tell someone the story of your life, sparing no details.

Make love on a forest floor.

Make love on a train.

Learn to rollerblade.

Own a room with a view.

Brew your own beer.

Learn how to take a compliment.

Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack, and run away.

Grow a beard and leave it for at least a month.

Give your mother a dozen red roses and tell her you love her.

Be a member of the audience in a TV show.

Put your name down to be a passenger on the first tourist shuttle to the moon.

Send a message in a bottle.

Ride a camel into the desert.

Get to know your neighbors.

Plant a tree.

Learn not to say yes when you really mean no.

Write a fan letter to your all-time favorite hero or heroine.

Visit the Senate and the House of Representatives to see how Congress really works.

Learn to ballroom dance properly.

Eat jellied eels from a stall in London.

Be the boss.

Fall deeply in love — helplessly and unconditionally.

Ride the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia.

Sit on a jury.

Write the novel you know you have inside you.

Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau while drifting in a canoe.

Stay out all night dancing and go to work the next day without having gone home (just once).

Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.

Be someone’s mentor.

Shower in a waterfall.

Ask for a raise.

Learn to play a musical instrument with some degree of skill.

Teach someone illiterate to read.

Be one of the first to take a flight on the new Airbus A380.

Spend a night in a haunted house — by yourself.

Write down your personal mission statement, follow it, and revise it from time to time.

See a lunar eclipse.

Spend New Year’s in an exotic location.

Get passionate about a cause and spend time helping it, instead of just thinking about it.

Experience weightlessness.

Sing a great song in front of an audience.

Ask someone you’ve only just met to go on a date.

Drive across America from coast to coast.

Make a complete and utter fool of yourself.

Own one very expensive but absolutely wonderful business suit.

Write your will.

Sleep under the stars.

Take a ride on the highest roller coaster in the country.

Learn how to complain effectively — and do it!

Go wild in Rio during Carnival.

Spend a whole day reading a great novel.

Forgive your parents.

Learn to juggle with three balls.

Drive the Autobahn.

Find a job you love.

Spend Christmas on the beach drinking pina coladas.

Overcome your fear of failure.

Raft through the Grand Canyon.

Donate money and put your name on something: a college scholarship, a bench in the park.

Buy your own house and then spend time making it into exactly what you want.

Grow a garden.

Spend three months getting your body into optimum shape.

Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring.

Accept yourself for who you are.

Learn to use a microphone and give a speech in public.

Scuba dive off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Go up in a hot-air balloon.

Attend one really huge rock concert.

Kiss someone you’ve just met on a blind date.

Be able to handle: your tax forms, Jehovah’s Witnesses, your banker, telephone solicitors.

Give to a charity — anonymously.

Lose more money than you can afford at roulette in Vegas.

Let someone feed you peeled, seedless grapes.

Kiss the Blarney stone and develop the gift of gab.

Fart in a crowded space.

Make love on the kitchen floor.

Go deep sea fishing and eat your catch.

Create your own web site.

Visit the Holy Land.

Make yourself spend a half-day at a concentration camp and swear never to forget.

Run to the top of the Statue of Liberty.

Create your Family Tree.

Catch a ball in the stands of a major league baseball stadium.

Make a hole-in-one.

Ski a double-black diamond run.

Learn to bartend.

Run a marathon.

Look into your child’s eyes, see yourself, and smile.

Reflect on your greatest weakness, and realize how it is your greatest strength.

kiss that one person you love in the pouring rain and tell them you love them

This is the sixth time I’ve asked this question. I’ve gotten tins of great answers, some sucky answers, and some where I only recieved two answers total. But this is my lucky number 6, and I hope to get AT LEAST some selection this time. Here’s my list, and if you aren’t in the mood to read it, don’t waste my time and answer ‘Too long, too stupid, blah blah blah.’

Audition for a movie
Write a book
Get my ears pierced three times
Create my own charity and donate the money towards breast cancer
Learn how to knit
Learn how to crochet
Take a tour of the White House
Read a classic novel
Learn how to ride a horse
Visit all 50 states
Go on a Disney cruise
Learn how to ice skate
Be in the audience on a TV show
Learn how to play the piano
Learn how to play the drums
Learn how to play the violin
Learn how to play the guitar
Learn how to play the flute
Learn how to play the cello
Learn how to play the recorder
Learn how to play the trumpet
Learn how to play the clarinet
Learn how to play the harp
Learn how to play the saxophone
Learn how to play the bassoon
Learn how to play the oboe
Learn how to play the piccolo
Learn how to play the French horn
Learn how to play the viola
Take singing lessons
Visit Mt. Rushmore
Visit Niagara Falls
Visit the Lincoln Memorial
Visit the Washington Monument
Attend the Winter Olympics
Attend the Summer Olympics
Attend the Super Bowl
Attend the Stanley Cup
Attend the World Series
Attend the Tour de France
Attend the Daytona 500
Learn how to speak Spanish
Learn how to speak French
Shop in Mall of America
Visit Empire State Building
Learn how to juggle
Watch a solar eclipse
Visit Las Vegas
Visit the Grand Canyon
Visit the Taj Mahal
Visit the Pyramids of Giza
Have my portrait painted
Ride in a blimp
Sleep under the stars
Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Visit the Great Wall of China
Visit the Yosemite National Park
Visit the Eiffel Tower
Buy a lottery ticket
Visit Disneyland in California
Visit Disney World in Florida
Visit Big Sur
Visit Chinatown in New York City
Visit New York City
Get a celebrity’s autograph
Go on a blind date
Attend a funeral
Attend a wedding
Learn how to rollerblade
Fly first class on a plane
Figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop
See the Northern Lights
Visit the Squished Penny Museum
Visit the Toilet Seat Art Museum
Visit the Ice Museum
Visit the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia
Visit the Band-Aid Museum
Visit the Museum of Bad Art
Visit the Plagiarism Museum
Visit the Virtual Toilet Paper Museum
Visit the Toilet Museum
Write a letter to the President
Enter a spelling bee
Visit the Golden Gate Bridge
Visit the Brooklyn Bridge
Go bungee-jumping
Go sky diving
Go hang gliding
Go skiing
Swim with dolphins
Learn how to ballroom dance
Be a model for a catalog
Star in a commercial
Be a contestant on a game show
Go on an archaeological dig
Be an extra in a movie
Go on a hot air balloon ride
Break a world record
Dye my hair a crazy color
Get highlights
Meet a celebrity in person
Write to a famous author
Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Ride an elephant
Go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef
Visit Buckingham Palace
Send a message in a bottle
Visit Navy Pier
Visit the Statue of Liberty
Participate in a marathon
Learn to surf
Ride a gondola in Venice
Give a random homeless person 0
Visit Big Ben
Go skinny dipping at midnight
Visit the Trevi Fountain in Italy
Take skiing lessons
Take snowboarding lessons
Visit Great Britain and call someone from a red telephone booth
Spend two weeks in Las Vegas with ,000
Visit Busch Gardens Africa
Visit Busch Gardens Europe
Visit Cedar Point
Visit Hershey, Pennsylvania
Visit Knott’s Berry Farm
Visit Sea World
Visit Universal Studios Orlando
Spend Christmas in New York City
Visit Mexico
Kiss the stone on Blarney Castle
Visit Ireland
Climb a mountain
Watch a rocket launch
Go white water rafting
Visit the ruins of Pompeii
Invent something and get a patent on it
Visit the Holy Land
Visit Hong Kong
Hike the Swiss Alps
Take a self defense class
Live to see my child graduate
Video tape my will
Go backstage of a concert
Write a cartoon for a newspaper
Write a story for the newspaper
Get my picture in the newspaper
Appear on the front page of a newspaper
Ride a camel in the desert
Shower in a waterfall
Attend Oktoberfest
Catch a ball in the stands of a major league baseball game
See a musical on Broadway
Own something from Prada
Take an etiquette class
Set foot at least four continents
Go to the North Pole
Try out for a reality TV show
See the Love Parade in Berlin, Germany
See the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena
Go parasailing
Have an article of mine in a magazine
See a ballet
Go on a helicopter ride
See the Harlem Globetrotters
Churn my own butter
Milk a cow
Milk a goat
Try c
Liz-
Thanks! To you and everyone else, feel free to ‘borrow’ some of my answers!

OK, I have asked this question a MILLION times, but I’ve decided to just paste the list here so you can see what I’m looking for. And it didn’t paste the numbers for some reason, so there’s 731 things here. Just put down anything you think I would enjoy doing that I should add to my list. Please don’t list anything already here! Thanks y’all!

Audition for a movie
Write a book
Get my ears pierced three times
Create my own charity and donate the money towards breast cancer
Learn how to knit
Learn how to crochet
Take a tour of the White House
Read a classic novel
Learn how to ride a horse
Visit all 50 states
Go on a Disney cruise
Learn how to ice skate
Be in the audience on a TV show
Learn how to play the piano
Learn how to play the drums
Learn how to play the violin
Learn how to play the guitar
Learn how to play the flute
Learn how to play the cello
Learn how to play the recorder
Learn how to play the trumpet
Learn how to play the clarinet
Learn how to play the harp
Learn how to play the saxophone
Learn how to play the bassoon
Learn how to play the oboe
Learn how to play the piccolo
Learn how to play the French horn
Learn how to play the viola
Take singing lessons
Visit Mt. Rushmore
Visit Niagara Falls
Visit the Lincoln Memorial
Visit the Washington Monument
Attend the Winter Olympics
Attend the Summer Olympics
Attend the Super Bowl
Attend the Stanley Cup
Attend the World Series
Attend the Tour de France
Attend the Daytona 500
Learn how to speak Spanish
Learn how to speak French
Shop in Mall of America
Visit Empire State Building
Learn how to juggle
Watch a solar eclipse
Visit Las Vegas
Visit the Grand Canyon
Visit the Taj Mahal
Visit the Pyramids of Giza
Have my portrait painted
Ride in a blimp
Sleep under the stars
Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Visit the Great Wall of China
Visit the Yosemite National Park
Visit the Eiffel Tower
Buy a lottery ticket
Visit Disneyland in California
Visit Disney World in Florida
Visit Big Sur
Visit Chinatown in New York City
Visit New York City
Get a celebrity’s autograph
Go on a blind date
Attend a funeral
Attend a wedding
Learn how to rollerblade
Fly first class on a plane
Figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop
See the Northern Lights
Visit the Squished Penny Museum
Visit the Toilet Seat Art Museum
Visit the Ice Museum
Visit the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia
Visit the Band-Aid Museum
Visit the Museum of Bad Art
Visit the Plagiarism Museum
Visit the Virtual Toilet Paper Museum
Visit the Toilet Museum
Write a letter to the President
Enter a spelling bee
Visit the Golden Gate Bridge
Visit the Brooklyn Bridge
Go bungee-jumping
Go sky diving
Go hang gliding
Go skiing
Swim with dolphins
Learn how to ballroom dance
Be a model for a catalog
Star in a commercial
Be a contestant on a game show
Go on an archaeological dig
Be an extra in a movie
Go on a hot air balloon ride
Break a world record
Dye my hair a crazy color
Get highlights
Meet a celebrity in person
Write to a famous author
Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Ride an elephant
Go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef
Visit Buckingham Palace
Send a message in a bottle
Visit Navy Pier
Visit the Statue of Liberty
Participate in a marathon
Learn to surf
Ride a gondola in Venice
Give a random homeless person 0
Visit Big Ben
Go skinny dipping at midnight
Visit the Trevi Fountain in Italy
Take skiing lessons
Take snowboarding lessons
Visit Great Britain and call someone from a red telephone booth
Spend two weeks in Las Vegas with ,000
Visit Busch Gardens Africa
Visit Busch Gardens Europe
Visit Cedar Point
Visit Hershey, Pennsylvania
Visit Knott’s Berry Farm
Visit Sea World
Visit Universal Studios Orlando
Spend Christmas in New York City
Visit Mexico
Kiss the stone on Blarney Castle
Visit Ireland
Climb a mountain
Watch a rocket launch
Go white water rafting
Visit the ruins of Pompeii
Invent something and get a patent on it
Visit the Holy Land
Visit Hong Kong
Hike the Swiss Alps
Take a self defense class
Live to see my child graduate
Video tape my will
Go backstage of a concert
Write a cartoon for a newspaper
Write a story for the newspaper
Get my picture in the newspaper
Appear on the front page of a newspaper
Ride a camel in the desert
Shower in a waterfall
Attend Oktoberfest
Catch a ball in the stands of a major league baseball game
See a musical on Broadway
Own something from Prada
Take an etiquette class
Set foot at least four continents
Go to the North Pole
Try out for a reality TV show
See the Love Parade in Berlin, Germany
See the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena
Go parasailing
Have an article of mine in a magazine
See a ballet
Go on a helicopter ride
See the Harlem Globetrotters
Churn my own butter
Milk a cow
Mi

A guy singing Shania Twains: Man, I feel like a woman…
A woman singing something like: Human Leagues; Human song with the line: I am just a man…

My husband does this and wish he’d take at least some liberty with changing the gender of the song before he sings it…

lol I must be having a hormone day…
Invis Pink: tests came back negative. But hey, I got fairly psyched for it, so we’re gonna try for real now.

Im having trouble with these, my teacher asks for such detail that i don’t want to miss anything.

1. Explain how the Allies were able to turn the tide of the war.

2. Describe the changes in American life brought about by the War Industries Board, the National War Labor Board, and other new government agencies.

3. What was the result of news and media coming under government control during the war?

4.In what ways were people’s civil liberties limited during the war?

5.Name some positive effects of the war

6.What was the response of the French and British to Wilson’s peace plan?

7. Briefly describe congressional oppositions to the league of Nations.

8.Describe the postwar adjustment for African Americans.

You know what i mean?

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Something like that but maybe related to aliens ufos and space?

Thanks I really appreciate the help

Ok so I have a sister (17) and quite frankly her behavior is super slutty. She claims she’s not being that way. . But let me explain.
She is 17, she has a son.
Im not judging that nor that’s the reason I call her one. Because ihad kids young too.
But a few months ago she had a one night stand with a cousin of her best friend and caught an std stupid enough she didn’t use protection! A few weeks after she goes to a party meets a guy falls in ‘LOVE" and dates him for a while supposily the relationship was serious (2 months serious?) and they were having sex and she came out "pregnant" (allegedly) and she broke up with the "father" of that "unborn" and like she states she was 2 weeks idk. But she then has a "miscarriage" but never went to the doctor(?) and 2 days after braking up with that "serious bf" she started dating her best friends cousin (a different one) and they have been screwing and effin for a little bit and she claims she is in love……again…… so she smoking pot with this new "individual" apparently she things that idk "JUST BECAUSE" shegraduated h.s she HAS to reward her self with """FUN”” LIBERTIES like this and parties, as well as sex up who ever she wants. . ."JUST BECAUSE"she graduated??!! I understand she did stupendous by graduating and being a teen mom (not a stereotype) but does that mean she can be all willy nilly doing things low lifes do? I confronted her about this but she says "oh I can smoke if I want im not smoking near my son just because you didn’t or don’t do it doesn’t mean I have 2 do the same" she isn’t understanding my point so I say w.Σ î†š you’re life. Im really concered because she thinks she’s all that and more all ivy league and she is just a typical bronx chicken head. It hurts me I love her but how do I tell her? How do I say toher she’s a smut and every one sees her as that and her bf’s are not taking her serious?

Am I wrong?
Guys please answer as well I need you’re opinions too!

(((F.y.I she’s my step sister but I love her like my own blood)))

2. Why did the United States traditionally oppose imperialism?
(Points: 3)
because the U.S. military lacked the power of other nations

because the Monroe Doctrine was against it

because there were plenty of raw materials within U.S. borders, so there was no need to go outside

4. Which place did not play a role in the Spanish-American War?

Mexico City

Manila Bay

San Juan Hill

Havana

8. What proposal did President Woodrow Wilson make for the nations of the world?

They should practice isolationism.

They should sign treaties to help one another.

There should be an association of nations.

There should be no borders.
10. Which U.S. president was responsible for building the Panama Canal?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson
11. What is the best description for Woodrow Wilson’s approach to foreign policy?

Build the army and navy in order to equal the imperialism of other nations.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Promote U.S. investments and increase trade.

Use American influence to promote world freedom, democracy, and peace.
12. What was the effect of Germany’s decision to use unrestricted submarine warfare?
(Points: 3)
The American Navy began systematically destroying German submarines.

Great Britain stepped up its naval actions and stopped Germany.

The British and French prepared to surrender.

It was the final straw leading to the U.S. declaration of war.

13. Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years?

isolationism and neutrality

imperialism and democracy

imperialism and neutrality

the Monroe Doctrine and anti-imperialism

14. What was the ultimate impact of U.S. participation in World War I on Germany and its allies?
(Points: 3)
Germany became more determined than ever, causing an increase in the death rate.

U.S. participation caused a rift between Britain and France that extended the war.

Germany’s allies abandoned it once the United States committed to war.

American forces ended the stalemate on the western front leading to Germany’s defeat.

15. After the United States entered World War I, how was the civilian population able to meet labor demands?
(Points: 3)
Labor shortages plagued the United States throughout the war.

The military had to assign some civilian tasks to soldiers.

Women and minorities filled the jobs that opened up to them for the first time.

High school students were given credits for work-study assignments.

16. What did the federal government do to generate support for America’s role in World War I?
(Points: 3)
formed the Committee on Public Information that eventually created propaganda about the war

sold savings bonds to remind Americans to be patriotic about the war effort

provided tax rebates in exchange for military enlistments

established a special agency within the Department of Defense to respond to questions

17. What was one way that the government reduced dissent over U.S. participation in World War I?
(Points: 3)
formed the National Civil Liberties Bureau

passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts

promoted the Red Scare

prevented the post office from censorship

19. Key points of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas and colonies required Germany to pay for the war. What else did the treaty require?
(Points: 3)
Austria would give territory to France.

Germany would accept blame for the war.

Italy would gain territory from Serbia.

Germany would keep seized Russian territory.

20. What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
(Points: 3)
They believed that Wilson should have gained some territory for the United States.

They objected to the League of Nations, fearing that it would supersede U.S. authority.

They decided that German reparations would not meet the costs of war.

They disapproved of the way the treaty was negotiated.

21. Which was not an effect of World War I on the U.S. civilian population?
(Points: 3)
resentment over government controls

increased personal income

new rights for women and blacks

reduction in the power of labor unions

22. What did the Selective Service Act authorize the government to do?
(Points: 3)
choose government workers according to scores they received on an entrance test

recruit volunteers to assist with labor shortages

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1.) Both President Truman’s Federal Employee Loyalty Program and Senator Joseph McCarthy’s hearings aimed to
fight disrcrimination in government jobs
defend Americans’ civil liberties
reinvigorate the American economy
expose Communists in the United States

2.) During the postwar years, the Gross National Product of the United States
more than doubled
returned to Depression levels
shrank by half
stayed about the same

3.) The beatniks of the 1950s promoted
traditional social patterns
family values
segregation of African Americans
spontaneity over conformity

4.) How did the gross national product (GNP) and per capita income change in the 1950s?
The GNP increased while per capita income decreased
Both GNP and per capita income fell sharply
Both GNP and per capita income increased dramatically
The GNP decreased while per capita income increased

5.) What major effect did the transistor have on technology?
It made nuclear power possible
It ended the popularity of radio
It reduced the size of electronic appliances
It temporarily slowed the development of new technology

6.) Which of the following best describes the beatniks of the 1950s?
They rebelled against conformity and traditional social patterns
They worked to revive organized religion
They organized campaigns against racial injustice
They valued American middle-class culture above diverse cultural heritages

7.) To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr encouraged a policy of
armed confrontation
nonviolent protest
lawsuits
national strikes

8.) After watching television coverage of the brutal tactics used against protestors by the Birmingham police, even opponents of the civil rights movement were
appalled by the police violence
angry with the peaceful protestors
supportive of the actions of the police
uninterested in the confrontation

9.) The black power movement taught that African Americans should
separate from white society and lead their own communities
strive to end segregation
emigrate to Africa
use nonviolent protest to bring about change

10.) How did the National Urban League help African Americans?
by helping newcomers to large cities to find homes and jobs
by providing legal support to defend them in court
by providing them with good medical care
by helping them integrate lunch counters

I’ve heard that we need to "Change" America…but I’m confused…we have one of the highest standards of living; our government is full of underprivileged minorities with Ivy League educations; our Constitution has provided us for over 200 years with the most liberties and/or freedoms that any nation of people has ever enjoyed since the beginning of formal governments; people from other nations come to America for operations because their own socialized health-care systems have failed them; we have liberated more people and given more to other countries in need than any other country in the history of man; we are the most industrious nation on earth (highest GDP per capital); we are the most powerful nation on earth; we have made huge strides in the area of minority rights, discriminatory practices etc. (first black president) and on and on and on. We did all this in a little over 200 years. So please tell me, in relation to all other countries on earth, why America is so bad?

For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects.
The harmonica is the world’s most popular instrument.
By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television.
The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h).
If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long.
Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar.
The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Los Angeles’s full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" – and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur.
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s "Its A Wonderful Life."
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON’T try this at home!)
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Many hamsters blink one eye at a time.
The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.
The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.
Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world.
Starfish have no brain.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E".
Bulls are color blind.
A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.
"Babe" was played by over 48 pigs.
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
Lip stick contains fish scales.
The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people.
The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms.
Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown.
Women blink twice as many times as men do.
The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs.
A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down.
The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957.
Beaver Cleaver’s locker number is 9.
The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver.
Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A.
The life span of a taste bud is ten days.
Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits.
The billionth digit in Pi is 9.
The first 100 numbers of Pi are:
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884…
58209749445923078164062862089986280348…
Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi!
A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long.
An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
Emus can’t walk backwards.
A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A group of whales is called a pod.
A group of geese is called a gaggle.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A group of bears is called a sleuth.
12 or more cows is called a flink.
A baby oyster is called a spat.
Chickens can’t swallow while they are upside down.
In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too!
The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
Pinocchio was made of pine.
The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs.
A mule won’t sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.
Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery.
There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo.
The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.
A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe.
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.
There was once a town in West Virginia called "6".
Singapore only has one train station.
The parking meter was invented in North Dakota.
Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox.
Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.
The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll.
If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange.
Pluto’s orbit crosses Neptune’s making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999.
The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT.
Popeye was 5′6".
Howdy Doody had 48 freckles.
The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay".
Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year.
Hilary Clinton once said We are the President.
The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%.
The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%.
There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.
The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it.
"Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.
On an average work day, a typist’s fingers travel 12.6 miles.
The average American eats 2 donuts a day.
The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz.
The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years.
Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17.
It takes the Where’s Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing.
2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties.
A baby is born every 7 seconds.
10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday.
On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day.
Blue and white are the most common school colors.
Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year.
The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?.
The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you.
The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb
The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum.
A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd… His middle name is George James.
It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat.
A new book is published every 13 minutes in America.
America’s best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla.
American’s eat 18 billion hot dogs a year.
American’s eat 134 pounds of sugar a year.
Every year the sun loses 360 million tons.
Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe.
You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray.
Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool.
Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.
India has 50 million monkeys.
By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.
Americans spend around billion for cat and dog food a year.
Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
You breathe about 10 million times a year.
The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you’ll have a bad dream.
The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.
Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018.
The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour.
The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground.
The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects.
The most common time for a wake up call is 7am.
The doorbell was invented in 1831.
The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board.
The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.
There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream.
The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke.
Japan is the largest exporter of frog’s legs.
There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty’s crown.
There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow.
The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.
The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg’s weight.
A squid has 10 tentacles.
A snail’s reproductive organs are in its head.
A cow’s only sweat glands are in its nose.
The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible.
The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn".
The telephone’s U.S. patent number is 174,465.
The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.
There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme’s apartment.
When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it’s eyes.
Napoleon was terrified of cats.
The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.
The typical American eats 263 eggs a year.
The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro.
The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935.
In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits.
The human body weighs forty times more than the brain.
After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.
A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.
The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.
The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.
The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel.
France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.
The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.
4000 people are injured by teapots each year.
The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year.
The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback.
The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine.
The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.
The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger.
George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.
Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913.
A scallop has 35 blue eyes.
The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.
The only dog that doesn’t have a pink tongue is the chow.
Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.
The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.
Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.
Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine.
The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.
An Oscar weighs seven pounds.
It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep.
Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer.
The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.
The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.
Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.
A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.
Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.
A jellyfish is 95 percent water.
The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.
The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly.
America once issued a 5-cent bill.
Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
You blink about 84,000,000 times a year.
In England, in the 1880’s, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.
A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.
Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
A cockroach will live nine days without it’s head, before it starves to death.
The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used.
Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed… or is that pawed?
The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women.
Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions.
Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador’s waving cape no matter what color it is — be it red or neon yellow.
Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.
Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight.
After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!
When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce’s per capita.
Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work.
28 percent of Africa is wilderness.
38 percent of America is wilderness.
A duck’s quack does not echo and no one knows why.
It costs 00 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11.
Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000.
70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World.
Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable."
Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases.
When opossums are playing ‘possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down – hence the expression "to get fired."
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader’s lines, and didn’t know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.
The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have .19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A cat’s urine glows under a blacklight.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca Cola was originally green.
The Ten Commandments contain 297 words.
The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contains 266 words.
A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words.
There are more collect calls made on Father’s Day than on any other day.
Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men.
Barbie’s measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
The world’s youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910.
Honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey…). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies…"). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down").
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
Mosquito repellents don’t repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito’s sensors so they don’t know you’re there.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.
American Airlines saved ,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s "Born in the USA."
The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes
The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start
A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

His positions:

Abortion and stem cell research

Jindal has a 100% pro-life voting record according to the National Right to Life Committee.[33] He does not condemn medical procedures meant to save the life of a pregnant woman that would indirectly cause the termination of the pregnancy.[34][35] In 2003 Jindal was reported to have stated that he did not object to the use of emergency contraception in the case of rape if the victim requests it.[35] He opposes embryonic stem cell research[36] and voted against increasing federal funding to expand embryonic stem cell lines.[33]

Same-sex marriage

Jindal opposes the legalization of same-sex marriage, and has voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment to restrict marriage to a union between one man and one woman.[37] In December 2008, Jindal announced the formation of the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family, including individuals representing organizations that oppose same-sex marriage, including Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, Gene Mills, the executive director of the Louisiana Family Forum and Mike Johnson, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund.[38]

Tax policy

As a private citizen, Jindal voted for the "Stelly Tax plan",[39] a referendum named for former state Representative Vic Stelly of Lake Charles, which swapped some sales taxes for higher income taxes. Whether or not the "Stelly Plan" is giving the desired results is still hotly debated statewide. Early Republican challenger Steve Scalise challenged Jindal on his vote for this tax plan before Scalise dropped out of the congressional race in 2004. As Governor, Jindal initially opposed reforms to the Stelly plan that would result in over 0 million in tax cuts. He later agreed to the tax cut after the legislature appeared headed to eliminating the entire personal income tax which Jindal also opposed.[40] Talk show host Moon Griffon subsequently refused to air radio ads paid for by the organization Believe in Louisiana crediting Jindal for Stelly reforms saying "Now, they are taking credit for the biggest income tax cut in the history of Louisiana and I felt like it was a lie. To be real blunt, very misleading and it was an outright lie because he had fought hard against it".[40]

Civil liberties

Jindal voted yes on making the PATRIOT Act permanent, voted in favor of the 2006 Military Commissions Act, supported a constitutional amendment banning flag burning,[41] and voted for the Real ID Act of 2005.[42] Jindal has an "A" rating from Gun Owners of America.[43]

Health care

Jindal also supports co-payments in Medicaid.[44]

Offshore drilling

In 2006, Jindal sponsored the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act (H.R. 4761), a bill to eliminate the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling over the U.S. outer continental shelf, which prompted the watchdog group Republicans for Environmental Protection to issue him "an environmental harm demerit".[45] Jindal’s 2006 rating from that organization was -4, among the lowest in Congress. The nonpartisan League of Conservation Voters also censured Jindal for securing passage of H.R. 4761 in the House of Representatives; the group rated his environmental performance that year at seven percent, citing anti-environment votes on 11 out of 12 critical issues. Jindal’s lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters is seven percent.[46] Despite claims that Jindal’s bill was successful,[47] H.R. 4761 was replaced by S 3711 (known as the Domenici-Landrieu Fair Share Plan). The original Senate version was passed by both houses of Congress and signed by President Bush.[48]

Earmarks

In 2007, Jindal led the Louisiana delegation in Congressional earmark funding. According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, in 2007, Jindal’s earmark funding was 14th among all Congressmen.[49] As Governor in 2008, Jindal used his line item veto to strike million in earmarks from the state budget while allowing million in legislator added spending.[50]

Intelligent design

Jindal supports the teaching of "intelligent design" in public schools.[51] Despite calls for a veto from groups as diverse as the the Roman Catholic Church, the ACLU, the National Review, and Jindal’s own biology professors at Brown University.[52] Jindal signed the Louisiana Academic Freedom Act in 2008.

Crime and punishment

On June 25, 2008, Jindal signed the "Sex Offender Chemical Castration Bill", authorizing the chemical castration of those convicted of certain sex offenses.[53]

Jindal has also voted against giving the federal government jurisdiction to help local law enforcement with hate violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender and disability.[54]

16. What was one of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony’s goals?
(Points: 5)
Gain immediate women’s suffrage.

Allow men to advocate for women’s suffrage.

Achieve voting rights in selected states.

Gain voting rights in exchange for restricting some employment opportunities for women.

17. Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
(Points: 5)
19th

18th

17th

16th

18. What was one argument against nineteenth-century American imperialism?
(Points: 5)
Traditional American principles traditionally opposed colonization.

Social Darwinism meant that America would be superior without imperialism.

America had sufficient sources of raw materials so there was no need for imperialism.

The U.S. Army was too small to be effective overseas.

19. The explosion on the USS Maine and yellow journalism contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain in 1898. What was another factor?
(Points: 5)
preventing Spain from attacking the United States

a treaty agreement with England

protecting U.S. investments in Cuba

stopping Cuba from nationalizing U.S. businesses

20. What was one provision of the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War?
(Points: 5)
The island of Hispaniola became a U.S. territory.

Spain agreed to pay reparations to the United States.

The Philippines became a U.S. territory.

Panama gave permission for the United States to build a canal there.

21. What was one of Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy goals?
(Points: 5)
to establish undisputed borders so wars would be less likely

to restore an isolationist philosophy to U.S. foreign policy

to gain additional territory through purchases and land agreements in southeast Asia

to have the nations of the world form an association

22. What was one effect of unrestricted German submarine attacks on shipping in World War I?
(Points: 5)
British and French supplies never reached their troops.

The United States led the Berlin Airlift.

The German navy became the most powerful naval force in the world.

The United States entered the war.

23. How did policies of isolationism and neutrality influence U.S. participation in World War I?
(Points: 5)
The United States missed communications that helped provide effective defense strategies.

The United States considered joining Germany in World War I.

The United States entered the war much later than other nations.

The United States entered the war much earlier than most other nations.

24. What was one effect of U.S. participation in World War I on civilians?
(Points: 5)
Jobs became available for women and minorities as men were drafted to serve in the military.

Food shortages contributed to an increase in vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition.

As the size of the military increased, civilians could not provide sufficient supplies.

Children had to enter the workforce because there was a labor shortage.

25. What was the purpose of the Espionage and Sedition Acts that were passed during World War I?
(Points: 5)
to prevent spies from gaining information about U.S. submarines

to eliminate communists from the United States

to protect civil liberties

to reduce debate and dissent over U.S. participation in the war

26. Which was not one of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
(Points: 5)
open diplomacy

reparations for France and England

freedom of the seas

an end to economic barriers between countries

27. What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
(Points: 5)
They believed that Germany was obligated to pay too much in reparations.

They thought the League of Nations could supersede U.S. authority.

They wanted the League of Nations to have more power than the treaty provided.

They thought that the German government should be run by a coalition of other nations.

28. Which is an accurate description of the 1920s?
(Points: 5)
as an era of restraint

as the "depression decade"

as a period of chaos

as an "age of prosperity"

29. Which grew significantly during the 1920s?
(Points: 5)
the influence of the automobile

the impact of television

the frequency of air travel

the popularity of the telegraph

30. What 1920s movement renewed African American culture in art, music, literature, drama, and dance?
(Points: 5)
the Harlem Renaissance

the Broadway Revival

the Ellington Explosion

the Armstrong Genesis
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16- B
17- A
18- B
19 – D
20- C
21- A
22- C
23- B
24- A
25- A
26- B
27- D
28- have no idea
29- C
30- C

those are what i think they are but im really not sure please please help thanks

11. What is the best description for Woodrow Wilson’s approach to foreign policy?

Build the army and navy in order to equal the imperialism of other nations.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Promote U.S. investments and increase trade.

Use American influence to promote world freedom, democracy, and peace.
12. What was the effect of Germany’s decision to use unrestricted submarine warfare?

The American Navy began systematically destroying German submarines.

Great Britain stepped up its naval actions and stopped Germany.

The British and French prepared to surrender.

It was the final straw leading to the U.S. declaration of war.

13. Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years?

isolationism and neutrality

imperialism and democracy

imperialism and neutrality

the Monroe Doctrine and anti-imperialism

14. What was the ultimate impact of U.S. participation in World War I on Germany and its allies?

Germany became more determined than ever, causing an increase in the death rate.

U.S. participation caused a rift between Britain and France that extended the war.

Germany’s allies abandoned it once the United States committed to war.

American forces ended the stalemate on the western front leading to Germany’s defeat.

15. After the United States entered World War I, how was the civilian population able to meet labor demands?

Labor shortages plagued the United States throughout the war.

The military had to assign some civilian tasks to soldiers.

Women and minorities filled the jobs that opened up to them for the first time.

High school students were given credits for work-study assignments.

16. What did the federal government do to generate support for America’s role in World War I?

formed the Committee on Public Information that eventually created propaganda about the war

sold savings bonds to remind Americans to be patriotic about the war effort

provided tax rebates in exchange for military enlistments

established a special agency within the Department of Defense to respond to questions

17. What was one way that the government reduced dissent over U.S. participation in World War I?

formed the National Civil Liberties Bureau

passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts

promoted the Red Scare

prevented the post office from censorship

19. Key points of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas and colonies required Germany to pay for the war. What else did the treaty require?

Austria would give territory to France.

Germany would accept blame for the war.

Italy would gain territory from Serbia.

Germany would keep seized Russian territory.

20. What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

They believed that Wilson should have gained some territory for the United States.

They objected to the League of Nations, fearing that it would supersede U.S. authority.

They decided that German reparations would not meet the costs of war.

They disapproved of the way the treaty was negotiated.

21. Which was not an effect of World War I on the U.S. civilian population?

resentment over government controls

increased personal income

new rights for women and blacks

reduction in the power of labor unions

13: After World War II, what organization was formed on the basis of promoting world peace?
the Yalta Alliance
the United Nations
the League of Nations
the Warsaw Alliance

14: What prevented Americans from spending the high wages they earned in wartime jobs?
shortages in consumer items
fear of going into debt
desire to save money
inflated prices

15: Which of the following best describes "code talkers"?
aides to Roosevelt and Churchill who relayed messages between the two leaders
German-Americans who served as translators for the Allies
women who worked as airfield control tower operators
Navajo radio operators who helped secure communications in the Pacific

16: During World War II, many Japanese Americans
went back to Japan
were interned in camps in isolated areas
were elected to political office
moved to the Northeast

17: Which of the following best described satellite nations?
nations in debt to the World Bank
nations who belonged to NATO
nations west of the Iron Curtain
nations dominated by the Soviet Union

18: The Berlin airlift was President Truman’s respose to the
reunification os East and West Germany
German development of the atomic bomb
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin Wall

19: What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
He encouraged a widespread fear of Communism
He strengthened the United States Army
He encouraged Americans to stand up for their civil rights
He created opposition to United States involvement in Latin American affairs

20: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
free trade
collective security
appeasement
isolationism

21: Both President Truman’s Federal Employee Loyalty Program and Senator Joseph McCarthy’s hearings aimed to
fight disrcrimination in government jobs
defend Americans’ civil liberties
reinvigorate the American economy
expose Communists in the United States

22: During the postwar years, the Gross National Product of the United States
more than doubled
returned to Depression levels
shrank by half
stayed about the same

23: The beatniks of the 1950s promoted
traditional social patterns
family values
segregation of African Americans
spontaneity over conformity

24: How did the gross national product (GNP) and per capita income change in the 1950s?
The GNP increased while per capita income decreased
Both GNP and per capita income fell sharply
Both GNP and per capita income increased dramatically
The GNP decreased while per capita income increased

25: What major effect did the transistor have on technology?
It made nuclear power possible
It ended the popularity of radio
It reduced the size of electronic appliances
It temporarily slowed the development of new technology

26: Which of the following best describes the beatniks of the 1950s?
They rebelled against conformity and traditional social patterns
They worked to revive organized religion
They organized campaigns against racial injustice
They valued American middle-class culture above diverse cultural heritages

27: To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr encouraged a policy of
armed confrontation
nonviolent protest
lawsuits
national strikes

28: After watching television coverage of the brutal tactics used against protestors by the Birmingham police, even opponents of the civil rights movement were
appalled by the police violence
angry with the peaceful protestors
supportive of the actions of the police
uninterested in the confrontation

29: The black power movement taught that African Americans should
separate from white society and lead their own communities
strive to end segregation
emigrate to Africa
use nonviolent protest to bring about change

30: How did the National Urban League help African Americans?
by helping newcomers to large cities to find homes and jobs
by providing legal support to defend them in court
by providing them with good medical care
by helping them integrate lunch counters

11. What is the best description for Woodrow Wilson’s approach to foreign policy?

Build the army and navy in order to equal the imperialism of other nations.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Promote U.S. investments and increase trade.

Use American influence to promote world freedom, democracy, and peace.
12. What was the effect of Germany’s decision to use unrestricted submarine warfare?

The American Navy began systematically destroying German submarines.

Great Britain stepped up its naval actions and stopped Germany.

The British and French prepared to surrender.

It was the final straw leading to the U.S. declaration of war.

13. Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years?

isolationism and neutrality

imperialism and democracy

imperialism and neutrality

the Monroe Doctrine and anti-imperialism

14. What was the ultimate impact of U.S. participation in World War I on Germany and its allies?

Germany became more determined than ever, causing an increase in the death rate.

U.S. participation caused a rift between Britain and France that extended the war.

Germany’s allies abandoned it once the United States committed to war.

American forces ended the stalemate on the western front leading to Germany’s defeat.

15. After the United States entered World War I, how was the civilian population able to meet labor demands?

Labor shortages plagued the United States throughout the war.

The military had to assign some civilian tasks to soldiers.

Women and minorities filled the jobs that opened up to them for the first time.

High school students were given credits for work-study assignments.

16. What did the federal government do to generate support for America’s role in World War I?

formed the Committee on Public Information that eventually created propaganda about the war

sold savings bonds to remind Americans to be patriotic about the war effort

provided tax rebates in exchange for military enlistments

established a special agency within the Department of Defense to respond to questions

17. What was one way that the government reduced dissent over U.S. participation in World War I?

formed the National Civil Liberties Bureau

passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts

promoted the Red Scare

prevented the post office from censorship

19. Key points of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas and colonies required Germany to pay for the war. What else did the treaty require?

Austria would give territory to France.

Germany would accept blame for the war.

Italy would gain territory from Serbia.

Germany would keep seized Russian territory.

20. What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

They believed that Wilson should have gained some territory for the United States.

They objected to the League of Nations, fearing that it would supersede U.S. authority.

They decided that German reparations would not meet the costs of war.

They disapproved of the way the treaty was negotiated.

21. Which was not an effect of World War I on the U.S. civilian population?

resentment over government controls

increased personal income

new rights for women and blacks

reduction in the power of labor unions

our Constitution?

October 21st, 2009 6:46 pm
Obama and the Constitution; He Has His Doubts

Michael Ledeen

I missed this first time around. Brian Lancaster at Jumping in Pools reported on Obama’s college thesis, written when he was at Columbia. The paper was called “Aristocracy Reborn,” and in the first ten pages (which were all that reporter Joe Klein–who wrote about it for Time–was permitted to see), the young Obama wrote:

“… the Constitution allows for many things, but what it does not allow is the most revealing. The so-called Founders did not allow for economic freedom. While political freedom is supposedly a cornerstone of the document, the distribution of wealth is not even mentioned. While many believed that the new Constitution gave them liberty, it instead fitted them with the shackles of hypocrisy.”

That’s quite an indictment, even for an Ivy League undergraduate. I wonder if the prof–and I’d like to know who the prof was–made an appropriate marginal comment, something about historical context, about the Constitution’s revolutionary status in the history of freedom, and about the separation of powers in order to make the creation of any “shackles” as difficult as possible.

Maybe instead of fuming about words that Rush Limbaugh never uttered, the paladins of the free press might ask the president about words that he did write. Maybe he’d like to parse “the so-called Founders,” for example. I’d like to know what he thinks of those words today. And what about the rest of the thesis?

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/10/21/obama-and-the-constitution-he-has-his-doubts/

1.Consider what you have learned about the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Why do you think that these historical events are popular with the authors who use them as the context for their stories and plays?

2.As you know, the motto of the French Revolution was “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité,” which translates to “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.” Based on the events of the first several chapters of the novel, how does Baroness Orczy show the men of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel to be the true embodiment of this motto?

3.At the conclusion of Chapter 9, Chauvelin comes into possession of a note that indicates that Armand St. Just is working against the French government. How do you think Chauvelin will try to use this information to influence Lady Blakeney? Do you think his efforts will work? Why?

4.Did Lady Blakeney make the right choice in helping Chauvelin to save her brother? Why or why not?

Note: Please help the only reason i need help is because i didnt get the book in time and this is due tommrow please help i’d greatly appericiate it.10points

The recent escalation in the ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has lead to demands that the US send even more military aid to Israel (this is shocking when you think that Israel has already received 91 BILLION from the US since 1947) and even that the US intervene directly in the conflict on the side of Israel.

These calls have made me examine our relationship with Israel to see just what we, the American taxpayers, are getting in return for this investment. Disturbingly, it seems as though all Israel has done for us is to spy on us, attack our ships, and treat the US like an enemy, instead of its only friend.

Some examples of Israeli attacks on the United States include;

June 8, 1967-Israeli war planes fired on the USS Liberty despite the fact that she was clearly flying a US flag. Latter, when the USS Liberty failed to sink, Israel sent torpedo boats back to fire on the burning American Naval Vessel in an attempt to sink her. Fortunately, they failed and the Liberty was able to limp back to port. 34 of her crewmen-US Navy sailors-DIED and 170 were injured…Israel has never appoligized.

1954-Israel plants hidden microphones in the US embassy in Tel Aviv

1954-In what has become known as the ‘Lavon Affair’, Israel attempted to bomb US and British targets in Egypt and then blame Egyptians, in an attempt to harm US-Egyptian relations.

1956-Israel taps the phones of the US Military attaché in Tel Aviv

1970-Richard Perle, a member of Senator Henry Jackson’s staff gives classified information to Israel and, when caught, is smuggled into Israel, where he remains today…

1985-Richard Smyth smuggles nuclear timers (a component of an atomic bomb) from the US into Israel-Israel refuses to turn him over for trial in the US.

1993-The Anti-Deformation League is caught illegally spying on critics of Israel living in the US…no legal action has yet to be taken against them…

Since 2004-The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has been under investigation by the FBI and is suspected of having run an elaborate spy ring inside the US on the behalf of Israel. Despite the fact that warrants have been issued for many AIPAC members, Israel refuses to turn them over to the FBI after they fled the US.

Given how Israel treats the US as an enemy and insists on committing countless acts of war against the US, ranging from murdering US servicemen to stealing classified information, why do we still consider this nation our friends and give them billions of dollars worth of “aid”…

21.) Both President Truman’s Federal Employee Loyalty Program and Senator Joseph McCarthy’s hearings aimed to
fight disrcrimination in government jobs
defend Americans’ civil liberties
reinvigorate the American economy
expose Communists in the United States

22.) During the postwar years, the Gross National Product of the United States
more than doubled
returned to Depression levels
shrank by half
stayed about the same

23.) The beatniks of the 1950s promoted
traditional social patterns
family values
segregation of African Americans
spontaneity over conformity

24.) How did the gross national product (GNP) and per capita income change in the 1950s?
The GNP increased while per capita income decreased
Both GNP and per capita income fell sharply
Both GNP and per capita income increased dramatically
The GNP decreased while per capita income increased

25.) What major effect did the transistor have on technology?
It made nuclear power possible
It ended the popularity of radio
It reduced the size of electronic appliances
It temporarily slowed the development of new technology

26.) Which of the following best describes the beatniks of the 1950s?
They rebelled against conformity and traditional social patterns
They worked to revive organized religion
They organized campaigns against racial injustice
They valued American middle-class culture above diverse cultural
heritages

27.) To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr encouraged a policy of
armed confrontation
nonviolent protest
lawsuits
national strikes

28.) After watching television coverage of the brutal tactics used against protestors by the Birmingham police, even opponents of the civil rights movement were
appalled by the police violence
angry with the peaceful protestors
supportive of the actions of the police
uninterested in the confrontation

29.) The black power movement taught that African Americans should
separate from white society and lead their own communities
strive to end segregation
emigrate to Africa
use nonviolent protest to bring about change

30.) How did the National Urban League help African Americans?
by helping newcomers to large cities to find homes and jobs
by providing legal support to defend them in court
by providing them with good medical care
by helping them integrate lunch counters

B. League of Nation
C. Allied powers.
D. Paris Peace Conference

2) When Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted hi raids, his fear was that
A. communist workers were holding positions in the State Department
B. a radical movement was attempting to take over the United States
C. a few fanatic anarchists were about to be elected officer.
D. the communist party was predicted to win the next election

3) Whuch organizatuin was formed to fight anti-semitism after the lynching of Leo Frank?
A. American Civil Liberties Union
B. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
C. National Socialist Party.
D. Anti-Defamation League

I am from Pennsylvania and a junior in high school and I have been looking ahead to my future a lot so far, and I have chosen that I would like nothing else than to go to one of these colleges and major in journalism, criminal justice, or double major in both of them. Then become a criminalist or sports journalist. Back to the college though, I am going to list all of my grades so far and extra-curricular activities, and I was hoping if you could tell me if I would have a good chance at getting into any of these colleges.

1. Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA)
2. St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN)
3. University of Miami (Miami, FL)
4. New York University
5. Boston University
6. Miami University (Miami, OH)
7. Penn State University
8. Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
9. Columbia University (stretch – Ivy League) (NYC, NY)
10. Liberty University (VA)

My current grades during junior year (this year):

Phys. Ed. 11 = 100
Health 11 = 107
English 11 = 89
Environmental Science (lab) = 85
Global Studies = 100
Algebra II = 100
Crafts = 99
Journalism II = 89

My past grades during freshman and sophomore year:

English 9 = 86
English 10 = 84
Physical Science (lab) = 79
General Biology (lab) = 82
U.S. History I = 92
U.S. History II Honors = 76
Algebra I = 79
Geometry = 82
German I = 80
German II = 73
Phys. Ed. 9 = 87
Phys. Ed. 10 = 94
Family and Consumer Science 9 = 85
Family and Consumer Science 10 = 86
Chorus 9 = 90
Chorus 10 = 95
Health 9 = 76
Health 10 = 87
Journalism I = 96
Desktop Publishing = 93
Career Skills (required for graduation) = 94

Overall Percentage = 90.7375
GPA = 3.3028
Class Rank = 165/328

The classes I will probably be taking my senior year are: College History, College English, Basic Chemistry, Trigonometry, Journalism III, Criminal Justice, and more electives.

The extra-curricular activities I am involved in are German Club, SADD Club, Chorus, Wrestling Team Manager, Wrestling Team Student Athletic Trainer, Baseball Team Student Athletic Trainer, Church Softball Team, Youth Group, Youth Group Teen Ensemble, Youth Group Puppets Team, Youth Group Bible Quiz Team, and Church Choir.

Also I am a sports reporter for my high school’s newspaper, The Rocket Star. I also have my own sports column called Player of the Month.

Finally, this year, and probably my senior year I have a Student Internship with WOYK, a sports radio broadcasting network. I will go to sporting events, collect stats, call in stats, and broadcast the game I reviewed on live radio.

I am from Pennsylvania and a junior in high school and I have been looking ahead to my future a lot so far, and I have chosen that I would like nothing else than to go to one of these colleges and major in journalism, criminal justice, or double major in both of them. Then become a criminalist or sports journalist. Back to the college though, I am going to list all of my grades so far and extra-curricular activities, and I was hoping if you could tell me if I would have a good chance at getting into any of these colleges.

1. Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA)
2. St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN)
3. University of Miami (Miami, FL)
4. New York University
5. Boston University
6. Miami University (Miami, OH)
7. Penn State University
8. Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
9. Columbia University (stretch – Ivy League) (NYC, NY)
10. Liberty University (VA)

My current grades during junior year (this year):

Phys. Ed. 11 = 100
Health 11 = 107
English 11 = 89
Environmental Science (lab) = 85
Global Studies = 100
Algebra II = 100
Crafts = 99
Journalism II = 89

My past grades during freshman and sophomore year:

English 9 = 86
English 10 = 84
Physical Science (lab) = 79
General Biology (lab) = 82
U.S. History I = 92
U.S. History II Honors = 76
Algebra I = 79
Geometry = 82
German I = 80
German II = 73
Phys. Ed. 9 = 87
Phys. Ed. 10 = 94
Family and Consumer Science 9 = 85
Family and Consumer Science 10 = 86
Chorus 9 = 90
Chorus 10 = 95
Health 9 = 76
Health 10 = 87
Journalism I = 96
Desktop Publishing = 93
Career Skills (required for graduation) = 94

Overall Percentage = 90.7375
GPA = 3.3028
Class Rank = 165/328

The classes I will probably be taking my senior year are: College History, College English, Basic Chemistry, Trigonometry, Journalism III, Criminal Justice, and more electives.

The extra-curricular activities I am involved in are German Club, SADD Club, Chorus, Wrestling Team Manager, Wrestling Team Student Athletic Trainer, Baseball Team Student Athletic Trainer, Church Softball Team, Youth Group, Youth Group Teen Ensemble, Youth Group Puppets Team, Youth Group Bible Quiz Team, and Church Choir.

Also I am a sports reporter for my high school’s newspaper, The Rocket Star. I also have my own sports column called Player of the Month.

Finally, this year, and probably my senior year I have a Student Internship with WOYK, a sports radio broadcasting network. I will go to sporting events, collect stats, call in stats, and broadcast the game I reviewed on live radio.

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