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1 day ago · The history of the United States from 1865 to 1917 was marked by the Reconstruction era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States . This period of rapid economic growth and soaring prosperity in the Northern United States and the Western ...
1 day ago · United States Senate 118th United States Congress Seal of the U.S. Senate Flag of the U.S. Senate Type Type Upper house of the United States Congress Term limits None History New session started January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03) Leadership President of the Senate Kamala Harris (D) since January 20, 2021 President pro tempore Patty Murray (D) since January 3, 2023 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D ...
- 6 years
- November 8, 2022 (35 seats)
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1 day ago · Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.
6 days ago · Background The two pages of the Congressionally-signed original of the Fourteenth Amendment in the National Archives, written with iron gall ink on parchment. It was last publicly displayed in 2013, but as of 2024 is stored in a box in the research wing of the archives, in a book of Acts of Congress from its 39th session. Section 1 of the amendment formally defines United States citizenship ...
1 day ago · The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (in the engrossed version but also the original printing), is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who had convened at the ...
- June–July 1776
- July 4, 1776; 247 years ago
1 day ago · Article One of the Constitution of the United States establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. Under Article One, Congress is a bicameral legislature consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. [1] : 73 Article One grants Congress various enumerated powers and the ability to pass ...
5 days ago · From 1941 to 1950, 1,035,000 people immigrated to the U.S., including 226,000 from Germany, 139,000 from the United Kingdom, 171,000 from Canada, 60,000 from Mexico, and 57,000 from Italy. [76] The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 finally allowed the displaced people of World War II to start immigrating. [77]
