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• Directory:Netherlands
  ...23 January 1579 (the northern provinces of the Low Countries conclude the Union of Utrecht breaking with Spain; on 26 July 1581 they formally declared thei ...Socialist Party 25, VVD 22, Party for Freedom 9, Green Party 7, Christian Union 6, other 7
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• Directory:Virginia
  ...in June, George Washington was made commander in chief of the Continental Army. ...mbia. In 1792, Kentucky, a Virginia county since 1776, was admitted to the Union as a separate state. After Madison and Jefferson raised an opposition to th
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• Directory:West Virginia
  ...Native American forces. After the American conquest of the Northwest by an army (consisting mostly of western Virginians) under George Rogers Clark, the Br ...of secession (Apr. 17, 1861). Unable to halt Virginia's secession from the Union, westerners in the state were quick to take advantage of a long-awaited opp
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• Directory:Finland
  ...capita income is now on par with Western Europe. A member of the European Union since 1995, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at it ...lace in 2008 and 2009, and the matter is now being handled by the European Union.
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• Directory:Josip Broz Tito
  ...g as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army. ...581 mass graves</ref> The killings were executed by the Yugoslav Partisan Army.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZK2WE_2H3UEC&pg=PA168&dq=Bleiburg
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• Directory:Franklin Pierce
  ...nated the 1st Brigade in the newly created 3rd Division and joined Scott's army in time for the [[Battle of Contreras]]. During the battle he was seriously ...othings]], the [[Constitutional Union Party (United States)|Constitutional Union Party]], and the newly formed [[United States Republican Party|Republicans]
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• Directory:Illinois
  ...of the United States two years later. Six southern states seceded from the Union and the Civil War (1861-1865) began after Lincoln's inauguration. Ulysses S. Grant, general of the Union Army, and 250,000 soldiers fought from Illinois during the war.
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• Directory:Ohio
  ...02 a state convention drafted a constitution, and in 1803 Ohio entered the Union, with Chillicothe as its capital. Columbus became the permanent capital in ...etic with the Union in the Civil War, and many Ohioans served in the Union army. Native sons such as Joshua R. Giddings, Salmon P. Chase, and Edwin M. Stan
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• Directory:South Africa
  ...ween Afrikaners and English -speaking "Whites", but split in 1939 over the Union's entry into World War II as an ally of the United Kingdom, a move which th
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• Directory:Dwight D. Eisenhower
  |rank=[[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] |branch=United States Army
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• Directory:John Adams
  ...s, 58-60</ref> that one of the soldiers, Captain [[Thomas Preston (British army officer)|Thomas Preston]] gave Adams a symbolic "single [[Guinea (British c ...e Washington]] of Virginia as commander-in-chief of the [[Continental Army|army]] then assembled around Boston. His influence in Congress was great, and al
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• Directory:Texas
  ...gave huge land tracts to individual settlers. Americans from all over the Union, but particularly from the South, poured into Texas, and within a decade a ...ded his huge force to cover as much territory as possible. The small Texas army, commanded by Samuel Houston, protected their rear, retreating strategicall
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• Directory:Iraq
  ...Council [Harith Sulayman al-Dari]; National Democratic Movement; Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) [Jalal Talabani]; Al-Risalyun [Muqtada al-Sadr]; Al-Sadr ...military structure in the Middle East, with more than 70 divisions in its army and an air force of over 700 modern aircraft. Losses during the 1990 invasi
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• Directory:James Monroe
  ...aduating from William and Mary in 1776, Monroe fought in the [[Continental Army]], serving with distinction at the [[Battle of Trenton]], where he was shot === States admitted to the Union ===
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• Directory:Andrew Johnson
  ...ice President in 1864 on a [[National Union Party (United States)|National Union]] ticket; no party affiliation 1865–1869 ...dent]] slot in 1864 on the [[National Union Party (United States)|National Union Party]] ticket. He and Lincoln were [[United States presidential election,
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• Directory:Iowa
  ...Clark Expedition sent out to explore the new territory. In 1808, the U.S. Army built Fort Madison, Iowa's first fort. ...Iowa during the Civil War (1861-1865), about 70,000 Iowans fought for the Union. After the war, Iowa's economy grew rapidly. By 1870, four railroads crosse
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• Directory:William McKinley
  ...61, at the start of the [[American Civil War]], he enlisted in the [[Union Army]], as a private in the [http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw23.html Twenty-third ...secured safety legislation for transportation workers and restricted anti-union practices of employers.
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• Directory:Utah
  ...oung was removed from his post, and President James Buchanan directed U.S. army troops to proceed against the Mormons. The Mormons prepared for warfare, ca ...ely ended by the development of mining as well as by the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad, which in 1869 joined the Central Pacific Railroad northwe
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• Directory:Norway
  ...but agreed to let Norway keep its constitution in return for accepting the union under a Swedish king. Rising nationalism throughout the 19th century led to ...ith Sweden dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union)
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• Directory:North Carolina
  ...lony in 1729. North Carolina seceded in May 1861 and was readmitted to the Union in [[Year Admitted:=1868|1868]]. The state has long been a center of tobacc ...adopted the constitution, becoming the twelfth state to enter the federal union.
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