War and Peas
To combat malnutrition, in 1942 Tasmanian blue peas were added to the rations of this country's troops
Australia
The A.M.A. fought against these 2 federal programs, 1 for the elderly & 1 for the poor, before they were enacted in 1965
Medicare and Medicaid
A historical nickname for America, or a chain of fondue restaurants
The Melting Pot
Federal sentencing guidelines increase for violent crimes if one of these is involved (minimum 5 years) or worse, brandished (7 years)
A firearm
This city in northwestern Baja California is about 15 miles south of San Diego
Tijuana
Pea soup was a staple in the ships of this navy that beat the French & Spanish at Trafalgar
Royal Navy
On August 25, 1921 the U.S. signed a treaty restoring friendly relations with this country
Germany
In 1776, a statue of this royal was toppled in New York City & pieces of it melted down to make bullets for the Continental Army
George III
If you're 18+ in Kansas & want your girlfriend to become your wife, no license is needed; you can be in this kind of marriage
Common Law
East of Vietnam & an arm of the South China Sea, this gulf was the site of an international incident in 1964
Tonkin
During the Revolutionary War, Congress passed a resolution making peas a part of this army's rations
The Continental Army
Ratified in 1933 the Twentieth (or "Lame Duck") Amendment moved up the date of this event
The inauguration of a new president
In the last 50 years, some glaciers in Glacier National Park in this state have lost more than 80% of their ice
Montana
In law it's possession of an estate for the duration of one's life; in New Jersey, it's the town Bruce Springsteen is from
The Museum of Glass & the University of Puget Sound are in this city, the seat of Pierce County
Tacoma
In the 1940s General Mills helped the war effort with dried pea soup; also, cereal bars for these "alphabetical" army rations
The ACLU secured this attorney to defend John Scopes in 1925
Clarence Darrow
In Exodus 32 this was fashioned out of melted-down jewelry
A golden calf
The 1970 law that ties different crimes into a pattern that can be prosecuted ties 4 words into this acronym
RICO
Home to the Kasbah Museum, this Moroccan port is on the Strait of Gibraltar, just 17 miles from southern Spain
Tangier
Every Thursday, this country's armed forces get served a traditional pea soup called ärtsoppa
Sweden
In 1948 the U.S. was one of the 21 western hemisphere nations that banded together as the OAS, this
The Organization of American States
At about -38 degrees Fahrenheit, it has the lowest melting point of any metallic element
Mercury
From the same root as "eloquent", it's a defendant's speech to the judge before sentencing
Allocution
Saddam Hussein was born near this city on the west bank of the Tigris in 1937 & was pulled out of the ground in its vicinity in 2003
Tikrit