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HOGG, JAMES STEPHEN (1851–1906). James Stephen Hogg, the first native governor of Texas, was born near Rusk on March 24, 1851, the son of Lucanda (McMath) and Joseph Lewis Hogg. He attended McKnight School and had private tutoring at home until the Civil War. His father, a brigadier general, died at the head of his command in 1862, and his mother died the following year. Hogg and two of his brothers were left with two older sisters to run the plantation. Hogg spent almost a year in 1866 near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, going to school. After returning to Texas, he studied with Peyton Irving and worked as the typesetter in Andrew Jackson's newspaper office at Rusk. There he perfected his spelling, improved his vocabulary, and was stimulated by the prose and poetry contributions of his brother Thomas E. Hogg, who was studying law. Gradually, the family estate had to be sold to pay taxes and buy food, clothes, and books while the brothers tried to prepare themselves to earn a living by agriculture and practicing law as their father had done.
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Yes, this is true. In brown vs board of education of Topeka, the case got a legal victory due to the fact that it wasn't separate but equal, as the girl had to walk 20 blocks - a few miles - to get to her school, as she attends a black school. white people were able to get to schools near them, which is totally unfair. so the supreme court said 'separate but equal' is unconstitutional.
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American presidential election, 1828
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The correct option is D
The Songhai Empire, also known as the Songay Empire, was a state located in West Africa. Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history. This empire bore the name of its main ethnic group, the Songhai. General Sarakollé Mohamed Ture with the title of "askia". The askia Mohamed I (1493-528) produces the heyday of the Songhay empire. This reign manages to Islamize the songhay kingdom. From his pilgrimage to Mecca, in 1496-97, he returned with the title of caliph, which allowed him to make a real reform of society, according to the advice of the Islamic jurist al-Maghili, and continue the conquests of his predecessor Sonní Ali . He installed a complex bureaucracy, with separate ministries for agriculture, the army, and finance. Appointed a supervising officer for each of them. He was a devout Muslim, founded public religious schools, mosques and opened his court to scholars and poets of the Muslim world.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of 1933 was first enacted by President Franklin Roosevelt and it was designed to correct the imbalance. Farmers who agreed to limit production would receive “parity” payments to balance prices between farm and nonfarm products, based on prewar income levels.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was created to implement the law’s goals which were limiting crop production, reducing stock numbers, and refinancing mortgages with terms more favorable to struggling farmers, and it was initially headed by George Peek – a man, ironically, not overly enthusiastic about the New Deal. Farmers were paid to destroy crops and livestock, which led to depressing scenes of fields plowed under, corn burned as fuel and piglets slaughtered. Nevertheless, many of the farm products removed from economic circulation were utilized in productive ways. For example: “The pork products were distributed to unemployed families…Other food products purchased for surplus removal and distribution in relief channels included butter, cheese, and flour”
