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the mate value is evaluated on at least three dimensions:

1. attractiveness/vitality: are we a physically attractive person with an appealing personality?
2. status/resources: are we a winner or a loser? do we have money? are we cultured and well-educated?
3. warmth/trustworthiness: are we a warm, loving, loyal, and devoted person?

if you are high on all three dimensions, you are at the top of the sexual status hierarchy. everyone wants to date you, have sex with you, marry you, and make babies with you. if you are low on all three dimensions, you are at the bottom of the sexual status hierarchy. hardly anyone wants to date you, have sex with you, marry you, or make babies with you.

was the first democratic president to win reelection since franklin roosevelt.

very expensive sports car manufactured only in 1981 and 1982, became a symbol of new wealth in the 1980s.

they weighed as much as two pounds at the beginning.

a section of a city occupied by a minority group. ghettos are often formed because of social, economic, or legal pressure. the first ghetto was founded in venice, italy, in 1516 to forcibly restrict the movement of jews.

onlyfans-like place to make money. but for nerds instead of models.

during the period between the election and inauguration of a new official, the current office holder becomes known as a lame duck. the origin of the expression is unknown.

in january 1917, the german government sent a coded telegram to mexico's government proposing a military alliance between the two countries. germany suggested that mexico should support them if the united states entered world war 1. in return, they promised to return texas, arizona, and new mexico to mexico if germany won the war. this secret telegram was intercepted by british intelligence, who broke the code, and americans were enraged by germany's plans. in march that year, german foreign secretary arthur zimmermann finally confirmed the telegram was real, which encouraged support in america for entering the war.

emanuel leutze's painting depicting general george washington leading troops across the frozen delaware river to attack the british at trenton is an idealized view of a great moment in american history. washington is shown standing, which would have been dangerous, since it would have unbalanced the boat. plus, the painting shows the wrong kind of boat and a flag that had not yet been created.

many middle and upper-class families knew little about immigrants problems. jacob riis a danish immigrant-and a photographer and journalist-exposed the suffering experienced by many immigrants. riis's work, how the other half lives, published in 1890, helped people realize that government action was necessary to improve conditions in city slums. image

on june 1, 1812, president james madison asked congress to declare war against britain. with a navy of only 16 ships and a 7,000-man army, the united states was in no position to fight. "war hawks" were eager to conquer canada, however, and organized an invasion. the mission failed.

when, in 1814, napoleon was defeated in europe, battle-hardened british troops became available to send to america. one regiment sailed up the chesapeake river in august, defeated the militia, and marched into washington. as first lady dolley madison fled with a portrait of george washington, the british torched the white house, the capitol, and other buildings, then moved on to fort mchenry.

in the late 1800s, each of the great powers of europe – great britain, germany, france, and russia — was eager to increase business opportunities in china, the world's most populous nation and a potentially huge market for trade in order to avoid conflict, the european leaders agreed to carve the country into "spheres of influence”-specific geographic regions, or spheres, of china in which each nation controlled trade.

secretary of state john hay, concerned that u.s. merchants might be shut out, sent a series of "open door notes" to the european powers in 1899 and 1900, asking them to respect china's territory and independence. the leaders agreed to america's open door policy to avoid a confrontation. china opposed the policy because the foreign influence was considered excessive. it led to the boxer rebellion of 1900, which the u.s. later helped suppress.

he was born a slave on a virginia plantation. he i was a devout christian, and he preached his visions of freedom to other slaves. in 1831, turner led a group of slaves in a rebellion against local white landowners. fifty-five whites were killed, including turner's master, joseph travis, and travis's family. a militia caught the gang and hanged about 15 slaves. both pro- and anti-slavery forces saw turner's rebellion as a reason to fight for their causes. this and other uprisings led state leaders to toughen their slave codes, laws that prohibited educating slaves and restricted their movement from place to place.