10 POINTS!!!! what is it called when a state leaves the union.?
here's another one how many branches of government exist in federal government. and which state was created by the mormons after they moved west in 1846 thanks.
Is washington dc a state or a city?
Congress passed a law that gave George Washington the right to pick a spot for the nations capitol. Philadelphia and New York both have had the luxury of being our capitol up to this point. Washington's home, Mount Vernon was located on the Potomac and there was a confluence of the Potomac and another river 10 or 15 miles upstream. This is the site Washington picked for the "federal district" as it was referred to. As a representative of our new country there was a figure of what appeared to be an Indian Princess, which over the years cloned into "Lady Liberty". (not the statue). This lady liberty cloned or morphed into Columbia. Female representation of the USA. So.......federal district of the US as represented by Lady Columbia (Liberty) Washington (his city) (federal) District of Columbia (the USA), Washington District of Columbia or Washington DC.
Is it true that there is no legal speed limit in Texas?
No, Texas does have speed limits. All US states now have speed limits everywhere. Don’t exceed them by more than the local population exceeds them (which is often a lot in Texas) or you might be fined or thrown in jail.Prior to the 1974 imposition of the 55 mph limit by the US federal government, a number of states, notably Montana and some other Rocky Mountain states had no numerical speed limit on their rural highways. However they did have a speed limit, it was “prudent and reasonable”.If you are driving on a dead straight road across a dead flat plain with 100 mile visibility in all directions, no other traffic, and no town for 100 miles, you are safe to drive very fast if your tires are good. The biggest risk is falling asleep due to boredom and going off the road into the ditch. Driving fast keeps the boredom down. After Montana imposed speed limits the fatality rate went up.The federal imposition of the 55 mph limit really irked people in those states because it was way too low. Montana enacted a $5 fine for “wasting a natural resource” for drivers caught exceeding the 55 mph speed limit. It was payable on the spot in cash and the ticket didn’t go on the driver’s license, so they just kept their glove box full of $5 bills to pay the fines.You could be ticketed for speeding in Montana if a police officer thought you were not being prudent or reasonable. However, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that “prudent and reasonable” was “unconstitutionally vague” after someone was ticketed for driving 85 mph across Montana, so now all states impose numerical limits. In those states that previously had no numeric speed limits it is typically 70–85 mphIf you want to drive on roads with no speed limit, go to Germany. Note that driving on the German autobahns is not suitable for average American drivers. The traffic really flies and the fast lane is for Porsches, BMW’s, and Mercedes AMG’s doing well over 100 mph. If you can’t keep up, you have to stay out of their way. Americans are not used to that style of driving because you have to stay alert all the time. However, Germans who don’t have the skills or the reflexes to drive that fast take the trains, which they can do because the trains go everywhere. In the US, most Americans don’t have the option to avoid the freeways and take the train, so speed limits slow the rest of the traffic down to where the average sub-normal American can cope.