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Amendments. The General Mining Act of 1872 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public lands. This law, approved on May 10, 1872, codified the informal system of acquiring and protecting mining claims on public land, formed by ...
Annualized, nominal GDP reached $20.1 trillion in Q1 2018, the first time it exceeded $20 trillion. About 70% of U.S. GDP is personal consumption, with business investment 18%, government 17% (federal, state and local but excluding transfer payments such as Social Security, which is in consumption) and net exports a negative 3% due to the U.S ...
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, [ 1] also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, [ 2][ 3] is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. [ 4] The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season, it left between 6,000 and 12,000 ...
Pritzker was born in Palo Alto, California, on January 19, 1965.He is the son of Donald Pritzker and Sue Pritzker (née Sandel). [10] [2] A member of the Pritzker family, a Jewish family of Ukrainian descent [11] prominent in business and philanthropy during the late 20th century, [12] [13] Pritzker is named after both of his paternal uncles, Jay Pritzker and Robert Pritzker. [14]
The top 20% of Americans owned 86% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 14%. In 2011, financial inequality was greater than inequality in total wealth, with the top 1% of the population owning 43%, the next 19% of Americans owning 50%, and the bottom 80% owning 7%. [ 15]
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.
Under the provisions of the anti-polygamy Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887 which were upheld in the 1890 Supreme Court ruling Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United States , the U.S. government had confiscated church property, including tithing money donated by members (real estate such as churches and temples ...
Dallas County, Texas. / 32.77°N 96.78°W / 32.77; -96.78. Dallas County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census count of 2,613,539, [ 1] making it the ninth-most populous county in the country. Dallas County is included in the Dallas - Arlington - Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area ...