Search results for "President of the United States" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 17, 1927) was an American youth leader and the founder of the Girl Scouts ... and Eleanor Kinzie Gordon shortly before the beginning of the Civil War ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- - February 23, 1915) was a mulatto slave in the United States who freed himself ... His actions as a Navy ship captain helped to bolster support for the ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 02:16, 16 December 2022
- for writing a sophisticated diary describing the American Civil War and her ... As the daughter of a governor and senator from South Carolina and ...16 KB (2,536 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- Hall was a strong believer in the scientific method and its application ... Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association ...14 KB (1,985 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- Olympic Peninsula, was originally created as the Olympic National Monument ... a World Heritage Site. In 1988, almost all of the Olympic Peninsula was designated ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- von Taaffe; 11th Viscount Taaffe and Baron of Ballymote, in the peerage of ... Taaffe contributed significantly to the democratization process in ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- Mongkut (Rama IV of Siam) (October 18, 1804 – October 1, 1868), ... In 1851 Mongkut ascended the throne and immediately instituted modern ...12 KB (1,824 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support ... a headscarf and for allegedly shaking the hand of a man. Defending her ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- American industrialist popularly known as the "Founder of the American ... manufacturing, others regard him as a hero of the Industrial Revolution in ...8 KB (1,244 words) - 03:02, 23 December 2022
- studies on Pueblo Indians are regarded as the most comprehensive work on ... on November 27, 1875, in New York City, as the eldest of three children of ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 17:40, 13 February 2024
- U.S. Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired ... In San Francisco, California, following the civil war, he obtained ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 04:50, 14 June 2023
- votes for President and Vice President of the United States. The Constitution ... The election of both the President and Vice President of the United ...55 KB (8,357 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- literary fame at age 17, after writing the poem, "Thanatopsis." ... shaped American thought and politics in the nineteenth century. He was ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 – March 26, 1649) led a group of ... that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 06:42, 27 February 2023
- Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary ... In the latter part of the twentieth century opposition to Columbus ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, ... Liberia has recently been afflicted by two civil wars, the Liberian ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- educator, diplomat, and politician during the Meiji and Taishō periods ... intellectuals and students. He was critical of the increasing militarism in ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company ... Over the course of his life, Rosenwald and his fund donated over ...10 KB (1,544 words) - 09:56, 12 May 2024
- The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs ... Some had wanted to place oversight of progress towards independence ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 11:50, 3 May 2023
- John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham ...20 KB (3,093 words) - 04:41, 3 May 2024
