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2. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Wikipedia

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   The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. [3]: 12, 21 The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex ...

3. Business in Maryland | Wikipedia

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   Business in Maryland. Maryland 's leading industries by employment are health care, social assistance, state and local government, retail trade, and professional and technical services. Maryland's Gross State Product (GSP) was $295.4 billion in 2010. [1] The Government sector produced $52.1 billion and accounted for 18 percent of Maryland's GSP ...

4. Maryland | Wikipedia

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   Maryland (US: / ˈmɛrɪlənd / ⓘ MERR-il-ənd) [b] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. [8][9] It borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital of Washington, D.C. to the southwest.

5. Economic history of Colonial Maryland | Wikipedia

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   Maryland 's colonial economic history is marked by a heavy reliance on the tobacco crop. Though it would remain a slave state until the end of the Civil War, it was not until the 1700s that labor began to drive agricultural production in the colony. The colonial-era would also see Maryland begin early industrialization and urbanization ...

6. University of Maryland, College Park | Wikipedia

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   The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. [9] Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. [10] UMD is the largest university in both the state and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan ...

7. List of counties in Maryland | Wikipedia

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   There are 23 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Maryland. Though formally an independent city rather than a county, the City of Baltimore is considered the equal of a county for most purposes and is functionally a county-equivalent in most respects. Many of the counties in Maryland were named for relatives of the Barons ...