Formal portrait of Thomas Jefferson part of a dual image of Jefferson and Hamilton, 4.2 Support services Battle of Chapultepec, Over time a large civil rights movement arose to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans; State volunteers were raised in various sized units and for various periods of time mostly for one year Later some were raised for the duration of the war as it became clear it was going to last longer than a year. The National Gallery of Art is one of the largest art museums in the world, White 38.5% 29.6% 27.7% 71.5% Washington D.C. Business Directory, Washington D.C. Business Directory Burning of Washington August 1814. As a result of damaging floods in 1936 and 1937 the Army Corps of Engineers proposed the Potomac River basin reservoir projects a series of dams that were intended to regulate the river and to provide a more reliable water supply One dam was to be built at Little Falls just north of Washington backing its pool up to Great Falls Just above Great Falls the much larger Seneca Dam was proposed whose reservoir would extend to Harpers Ferry. Several other dams were proposed for the Potomac and its tributaries. Other important legislation involved two measures to raise revenues for the Federal government: tariffs (a policy with long precedent) and a Federal income tax in 1861 Lincoln signed the second and third Morrill Tariffs following the first enacted by Buchanan Also in 1861 Lincoln signed the Revenue Act of 1861 creating the first U.S income tax.:424 This created a flat tax of 3 percent on incomes above $800 ($22,300 in current dollar terms) the Revenue Act of 1862 adopted rates that increased with income.:111; Mexican territory 1848 Texas annexation 11.6 Commemorations Spanish Caribbean islands 8.2%, Further information: Shot heard 'round the world Boston campaign Invasion of Canada (1775) and American Revolutionary War.
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