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In 1682, William Penn founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787. Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals in the Revolutionary War, and served as temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C., was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became a major industrial center and railroad hub that grew from an influx of European immigrants. It became a prime destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration and surpassed two million occupants by 1950.

Based on the similar shifts underway the nation's economy after 1960, Philadelphia experienced a loss of manufacturing companies and jobs to lower taxed regions of the USA and often overseas. As a result, the economic base of Philadelphia, which had historically been manufacturing, declined significantly. In addition, consolidation in several American industries (retailing, financial services and health care in particular) reduced the number of companies headquartered in Philadelphia. The economic impact of these changes would reduce Philadelphia's tax base and the resources of local government. Philadelphia struggled through a long period of adjustment to these economic changes, coupled with significant demographic change as wealthier residents moved into the nearby suburbs and more immigrants moved into the city. The city in fact approached bankruptcy in the late 1980s. Revitalization began in the 1990s, with gentrification turning around many neighborhoods and reversing its decades-long trend of population loss.
1. what is this article about?
2. who founded the city?
3. when?
4. why?
5. when was the declaration of independence signed
6. when was the constitiution signed?
7. who signed the?
8. what city was under construction when Philadelphia was capital temporarily?
9. when did the city approach bankruptcy?
10. when did revitalization start?
11. what changed the neighborhoods?

Numbered answers:
1. Philadelphia
2. William Penn
3. 1682
4. serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony.
5. 1776
6. 1787
7. unknown
8. Washington, D.C
9. 1980s
10. 1990s
11. gentrification

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The wife of imprisoned U.S. State Department contractor Alan Gross traveled to Cuba Tuesday as part of her ongoing effort to free her husband.

Judy Gross did not talk to a CNN reporter outside Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, and she and Gross' attorney quickly boarded a bus provided by the Cuban government.

Last week, Gross' mother died after a long fight with cancer, Gross' attorney, Scott Gilbert, said.

The Cuban government refused Gross' request to travel to the United States to say goodbye to Evelyn Gross before she died. Gross had promised that after seeing his mother he would return to his prison cell at a military hospital in Havana.

"We would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to his relatives," Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Josefina Vidal said in a statement. "It is necessary to clarify that neither the Cuban penitentiary system nor the U.S. penitentiary system provide the possibility for inmates to travel abroad, no matter the reason. "

Gross, 65, is serving a 15-year sentence for bringing satellite communications equipment to Cuba as part of his work as a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was convicted in March 2011.

U.S. officials said Gross was merely trying to help Cubans bypass the island's stringent restrictions on Internet access and have said his imprisonment is one of the major obstacles to improved relations with Cuba.

In April, Gross embarked on a hunger strike to protest his continued imprisonment. He later said he was suspending his hunger strike after his mother pleaded with him to begin eating again.
1. Who was trying to free her husband?2. What is the womans name who is trying to free her husband?
3. What airport was she standing outside where she talked to a CNN reporter?
4. What did the Cuban Ministry of foreign affairs say that's it's necessary to clarify?
5. How long a sentence is Gross serving?
6. What is it he did?
7. Who provided a bus for Judy Gross and her Attorney from the airport?
8. What is the name of the gross attorney?
9. WHat is it U.S. officials say gross was trying to help Cubans do?
10. What kind of strike did gross go on in April?

Numbered answers:
1. Alan Gross
2. Judy Gross
3. Havana's Jose Marti International Airport
4. It is necessary to clarify that neither the Cuban penitentiary system nor the U.S. penitentiary system provide the possibility for inmates to travel abroad, no matter the reason
5. 15-year
6. brought communications equipment to cuba
7. the Cuban government
8. Scott Gilbert
9. trying to help Cubans bypass the island's stringent restrictions on Internet access
10. a hunger strike

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John H.Johnson was born in a family in Arkansas City in 1918.His father died in an accident when John was six.He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high schools for the blacks.

Fortunately he has a strong-willed and caring mother.John remembers that his mother told him many times, "Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe." She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother."You have to earn success", said she, "all the people who work hard don't succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard."

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education.She also knew that believing and working hard don't mean everything.So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son to Chicago.

Chicago in 1933 was not the Promised Land that black southerners were looking for.John's mother could not find work.But here John could go to school, and learned the power of words--as an editor of a newspaper.His wish was to publish a magazine for the blacks.

While others discouraged him, John's mother offered him more words to live by: " _ ." She also let him sell her furniture to get the 500 dollars he needed to start the Negro magazine.

It's natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful.He always keeps his mother's words in mind."Son, failure is not in your dictionary." Now John H.Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America--worth 150 million dollars.
1. In what year was John H. Johnson born?
2. Where?
3. How was her dad died?
4. What did her mother told him many times?
5. What was the education of her mom?
6. What was the occupation of her?
7. How long was she employed as a cook?
8. Where did she wanted to taker Her?
9. When did they reached their?
10. Was it a nice mover for her mom?
11. Why?
Numbered answers:
1. 1918
2. Arkansas City
3. six
4. , "Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe."
5. third grade
6. cook
7. two years
8. Chicago.
9. 1933
10. no
11. She couldn't find work