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  2. Confederate States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The Confederate States dollar was first issued just before the outbreak of the American Civil War by the newly formed Confederacy. It was not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after the war, on the prospect of Southern victory and independence. As the Civil War progressed and victory for the South seemed less and ...

  3. Mexican–American War - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican–American War, [ a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [ b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because it refused to recognize ...

  4. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

  5. Bit (money) - Wikipedia

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    United States. Banknote for "Twelve and a Half Cents" = $ 1⁄8, Alabama, 1838. In the US, the bit is equal to ¢, a designation which dates from the colonial period, when the most common unit of currency used was the Spanish dollar, also known as "piece of eight", which was worth 8 Spanish silver reales. $ or 1 silver real was 1 "bit".

  6. Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago. /  41.88194°N 87.62778°W  / 41.88194; -87.62778. Chicago[ a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [ 9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

  7. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...

  8. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [ e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery ...

  9. French franc - Wikipedia

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    1 € =. 6.55957 F. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The franc ( / fræŋk /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr ), [ n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc ( FF ), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre ...