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I Just Can't Imagine This...

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 28 Apr 17

Back in the 1830s in the USA, about one half of all textile workers were younger than 10 years old. They earned about 12 Cents a day for working 10 -12 hours a day. I just can’t imagine this. Yes, with the onset of...

child labor laws

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Is Donald Trump crazy for keeping certain people out of the country?

Daniel @RhoShambo (79) 5 Feb 17

President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The countries are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. This is not...

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Fun Facts: The Year Was 1945

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 7 Apr 16

Did you know that John D. Rockefeller, Jr. donated $8.5 million for the purchase of land along New York City’s East River, in 1945, for the purpose of building the permanent headquarters of the United Nations? Did you know that...

john d rockefeller

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Review: _Hyde Park on Hudson:_ A good slice of film, but there are problems

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 17 Feb 16

I love history. My friends know this, and kindly put up with my yakking on and on about stuff that happened a long time ago. To me, it's one of the many adventures that you can go on by yourself. The other night, in a frenzy of...

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People say Obama is a Socialist. They said the same thing about FDR.

cripfemme @cripfemme (7698) • United States 27 Sep 09

Did you know that? I found it out from watching my news show The History Detectives. At first, people were very glad that FDR got elected because he was a monnied New Yorker but when he started spending more money on social...

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What a beautiful Quote!

jess368 @jess368 (3368) • United States 17 Jun 09

“Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world, at peace”...

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Do you like Obama or Mccain?

albert2412 @albert2412 (1782) • United States 21 Oct 08

Who do you want to see elected president of the United States, Obama or Mccain? Why do you feel that way? Who do you think is best suited to help the US? Our country faces a lot of problems. Personally, I wish that my cousin, FDR,...

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Dang conservatives of UCLA !

redyellowblackdog @redyellowblackdog (10629) • United States 7 Oct 08

Yes, it is true. Some economists, at UCLA of all places, have totally scrutinized FDR's NEW DEAL to determine how it impacted the Great Depression. Did it help or...

the great depression

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Nominate Bush for a Third Term?

Stegeo3 @Stegeo3 (199) • United States 3 Oct 08

Does anyone believe our current president, George W. Bush, could be the next FDR? If he had time, would he be able to save our economy or make things worse?

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Definition of LIberal Irony

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 17 Jun 08

That the Liberals of the United States of America consider FDR one of our greatest presidents, yet they protest almost every project done by the people of his work programs. What would liberals do if the president started a...

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FDR's son-in-law talks about the One-World government

Shannon @visitorinvasion (7709) • United States 22 Jun 07

Curtis Dall, married to Anna Roosevelt, Franklin & Eleanor's daughter comments on his father-in-law's ideas for our country and where they came from. "For a long time I felt that FDR had developed many thoughts and ideas that...

federal reserve

new world order

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