United States dollar or ""bill"" (e.g. ""two bills"" being $200). The $50 note is occasionally called a ""yardstick"" or a ""grant"" (after President Ulysses S. Grant, pictured on the obverse). The $20 note is referred to as a ""double sawbuck"", ""Jackson"" (after Andrew Jackson), or "double eagle". The $10 note is referred to as a ""sawbuck"", ""ten-spot"" or ""Hamilton"" (after Alexander Hamilton). The $5 note as ""Lincoln"", ""fin"", ""fiver"" or ""five-spot"". The infrequently-used $2 note is sometimes called ""deuce"", ""Tom"", or ""Jefferson"" (after Thomas Jefferson). The $1 note as a ""single"" or ""buck"". The dollar has also been referred to as a ""bone""
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting