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Marat was a French journalist who suffered from a deteriorating skin disease that obliged him to spend most of his time inside a bathtub. However, this did not stop him from being one of the most respected voices among the radical groups of the revolution.
He made such claims because he was, along with Robespierre, the most noteworthy radical figure of the Revolution. Marat actively called for the murder of the King and the royal family, and the murder of all of the nobles and political prisoners who supported the king and the Ancient Regime.
In the end, he was successful because the royal family was beheaded, as well as many political prisoners. However, he was himself killed by a loyalist peasant, who stabbed him to death while he was on his bathtub.
Answer: Slater established his first mill in 1790 on the Blackstone River in Rhode Island. It was one of the first factories in the United States. Three years later, in Pawtucket, he built Slater Mill, the first American factory to successfully produce cotton yarn with water-powered machines.
A proxy war is a conflict inflicted by a major power or powers that do not become involved in it directly. Often, proxy wars involve countries fighting their opponents' allies or helping their allies fight their opponents. The number of proxy wars increased gradually since the beginning of the Cold War.
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.
In order of succession to the Presidency:
Vice President of the United States
Joseph R. Biden
Department of State
Secretary John Kerry
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Department of the Treasury
Secretary Jack Lew
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Department of Defense
Secretary Ashton Carter
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Department of Justice
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch
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Department of the Interior
Secretary Sally Jewell
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Department of Agriculture
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
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Department of Commerce
Secretary Penny Pritzker
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Department of Labor
Secretary Thomas E. Perez
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Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Julián Castro
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Department of Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx
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Department of Energy
Secretary Ernest Moniz
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Department of Education
Secretary John King
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Robert McDonald
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Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Jeh Johnson
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The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:
White House Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Gina McCarthy
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Office of Management & Budget
Director Shaun L.S. Donovan
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United States Trade Representative
Ambassador Michael Froman
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United States Mission to the United Nations
Ambassador Samantha Power
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Council of Economic Advisers
Chairman Jason Furman
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Small Business Administration
Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet
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<span>The correct answer is letter D. the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The name of the team that explored the Missouri River is the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.</span>
