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2. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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   At the time of the American founding, there were about half a million slaves in the United States, mostly in the five southernmost states, where they made up 40% of the population. Many of the leading American founders – most notably Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison – owned slaves, but many others did not. Benjamin ...

3. Campaign finance in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Thus, if there was any reasonable way to view an advertisement as an "issue ad," it would be exempt from the BCRA's restrictions. Citizens United v. FEC (2010) and SpeechNOW.org v. FEC (2010) Campaign finance law in the United States changed drastically in the wake of two 2010 judicial opinions: the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v.

4. Buy American Act - Wikipedia

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   The Buy American Act (originally 41 U.S.C. §§ 10a – 10d, now 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301 – 8305) passed in 1933 by the Congress and signed by President Hoover on his last full day in office (March 3, 1933), [1] required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its purchases. Other pieces of federal legislation extend similar ...

5. American Express - Wikipedia

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   American Express Company ( Amex) is an American bank holding company and multinational financial services corporation that specializes in payment cards. It is headquartered at 200 Vesey Street, also known as American Express Tower, in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. Amex is the fourth-largest card network globally based ...

6. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

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   The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion ...

7. The American Crisis - Wikipedia

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   The American Crisis. The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, [1] is a pamphlet series by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. [2] Thirteen numbered pamphlets were published between 1776 and 1777, with three additional pamphlets released ...