On July 16, 1790, a compromise between Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison—known as the Residence Act—was passed, declaring George Washington's selection of a site on the Potomac River as the nation's new permanent capital. As part of the agreement, the federal government assumed the states' debts.
The Nazis separated Jewish people into small, condensed communities called <u>ghettos</u>. They also gave the Jewish populace <u>Yellow patches</u> (or badges), so, they would be able to identify the Jews from the rest of the population.
