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...that the famous Woodstock festival 1969 did not take place in Woodstock? -more - ...who invented the carport? -more- ...that there had been womens suffrage in one US State between 1776 and 1807? -more- ...the history of the Pledge of Allegiance? -more- ...that the largest power provider in the US is a non-profit governmental corporation? -more- ...that Wshington DC looks older than it is? -more- ...what means muckraker? -more- ...how Teddy Bear got its name? -more- ...that Equal Rights for women are not yet guaranteed in the US Constitution? -more- ...that in 1932 units of the US Army attacked US World War I veterans in Washington DC using violence? --more- ...that Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the USA, did visit Germany? -more- ...that for 13 years the USA had no President? -more- ...that the National Prohibition had been part of the American Constitution for 13 years? -more- ...that the oldest still existing European settlement in North America had been founded by the Spanish? -more- ...that there exists a Hermann Monument in the USA? -more- ... that there had been a Russian settlement just north of San Francísco for nearly 30 years? -more- ... what means "spoils system" and who introduced that into the political practice of the USA? -more- ... how the figure Uncle Sam became the personification of the USA? -more- ... how the national anthem of the United States was born? -more- ... that there had been an prussian-jewish chief of the Acoma Pueblo Indians in New Mexico? -more- ... that 42,8 Mill. Americans are of German descent? -more- ... that American historians and political scientists since 1948 regularly set up ranking of the best and worst Presidents of the USA? -more- ... that President Obama had been in office several minutes already before he took the oath? -more- ... that there had been once a US President and his Vice President elected from opposing political parties? -more- ... what has been the shortest term of a US President? -more- ... who was the first Afro-American seriously running for presidential nomination? -more- … who became the very first US Ambassador in Berlin? -more- ... that there 33 places in the USA named Germantown? -more- ... that 9 Americans became President of the USA witout being elected in this office? -more- ... that Monrovia, the Capital of the West African State Liberia, was named after the fifth US President James Monroe? -more- ... what means Manifest Destiny? -more- ... that Coca-Cola had been produced in Germany well into the Second World War? -more- ... how and when Hawaii became 50th State of the USA? - more - ... that a society of aristocrats in Mainz - called the "Mainzer Adelsverein" had something to do with Germans in Texas? - more - ... that the famous Route 66 connected Chicago with Los Angeles "only"? - more - ... that a german revolutionary became US Secretary of the Interior? - more - ... what means the Muehlenberg legend? - more - ... since when the President of the USA can be elected for two terms only? - more - ... that 400 years ago the first permanent English settlement in North America - Jamestown - had been established? - more - ... that the last Indian victory against the White Man dates back 131 years? - more - ... how America got its name? - more - ... that Wyatt Earp never became Sheriff or Marshall in Tombstone? - more - ... that the first crossing of the North American continent was completed just more than 200 years ago? - more - ... that the designer of the world famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York had been born just more than 200 years ago in Mühlhausen, Thüringen, Germany? - more - ... that Benjamin Franklin did sign 1785 a treaty of friendship between the young USA and Frederick the Great? - more - ... that 1914 New York City had been the second largest german city following the german capital Berlin? - more - ... how the first flag of the United States was created? - more - | ||