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OAS
History at a Glance On April 30,
1948, twenty-one American nations met in Bogotá, Colombia, to adopt the Charter
of the Organization of American States, as well
as the American Declaration of the Rights and
Duties of Man. |
John
Marshall was the third Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court. Under his leadership, the
Court became a vigorous and equal third branch of
government. The structure of the government was
made clear, and the Court's authority to make the
final decision as to the consitutionality of the
government's actions was firmly established. |
The Nuremberg
Trials were a series of 13 trials
held in Nuremberg, Germany, from 1945 to 1949. In
these trials, leaders of Nazi Germany were tried
for crimes against international law, including
causing World War II deliberately, waging
aggressive wars of conquest, and persecution of
Jews. |
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