How did the Louisiana Purchase change the size of the US?
In 1803 the US bought the Louisiana Territory from France for about $15 million. The deal roughly doubled the size of the country.
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- What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
“Rosa Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted 381 days.”
Reference: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks?
Nine months before Rosa Parks, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat.
What was the Magna Carta?
The Magna Carta, sealed by King John of England in 1215, established the idea that even the king had to obey the law.