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- The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as The Mexican War and in Mexico as la intervención norteamericana (the North American ...28 KB (4,268 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821), was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities, which started on ...15 KB (2,102 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
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- The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle of Angostura, in February 1847 saw the U.S. Army use heavy artillery ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May") is an annual celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (June 13, 1899 – August 2, 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist, and the ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature ...11 KB (1,620 words) - 23:51, 17 November 2022
- Geronimo (Chiricahua, Goyaałé; “One Who Yawns”; often spelled Goyathlay in English) (June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821), was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities, which started on ...15 KB (2,102 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[Image:Yaqui indians.jpg|thumb|right|Yaqui people, c. 1910]] ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- Cochise (A-da-tli-chi = "hardwood," also Cheis) (c. 1805 – June 9, 1874) was a chief (a nantan) of the Chokonen ("central" ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 22:17, 7 January 2024
- Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. Known as "Old Fuss ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military officer and explorer. Fremont mapped most of the Oregon ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texan forces during the latter's fight ...19 KB (3,079 words) - 23:51, 30 October 2023
- Baron Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr (September 25, 1822 – February 25, 1877) was a Prussian army officer who emigrated to the ...9 KB (1,379 words) - 06:10, 15 June 2023
- The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as The Mexican War and in Mexico as la intervención norteamericana (the North American ...28 KB (4,268 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws that attempted to resolve the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- David Crockett (David de Crocketagne, August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a nineteenth-century American folk hero usually referred to as Davy ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 08:40, 28 January 2024
- Ambrose Powell Hill (November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865), was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He gained early fame as the commander ...11 KB (1,694 words) - 06:51, 13 June 2023
- Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (February 21, 1794 – June 21, 1876), also known simply as Santa Anna ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 05:42, 11 August 2023
- Benito Pablo Juárez García (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms México - Presidencia de la República ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
- Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), best known simply as Selena, was an iconic Mexican American singer who has been ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (September 15, 1830 – July 2, 1915) was a Mexican-American War volunteer, French Intervention hero, and ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 05:38, 30 November 2022
- Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo (and more formally as Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico. The river flows generally ...17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was a nineteenth century American statesman, politician, and soldier. The Virginia-born Houston ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 01:57, 23 December 2022
- The Oregon boundary dispute (often called the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Oregon Country ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United States. Taylor had ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- The Wilmot Proviso was introduced on August 8, 1846, in the House of Representatives as a rider on a $2 million appropriations bill intended ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. He was elected ...19 KB (2,905 words) - 05:14, 9 April 2024
- Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón de Rivera, better known as Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 to July 13, 1954), was a Mexican painter of the ...18 KB (2,754 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was a self taught lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- Category:Image wanted Category:Media Professionals Category:Economists Category:Biography Barron, Clarence W. Clarence Walker Barron (July 2, ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 10:25, 19 December 2023
- category:Image wanted {{Infobox Non-profit | Non-profit_name = American Friends Service Committee | founded_date = 1917 | founder ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 03:35, 24 July 2023
- Cuauhtémoc (also known as Cuauhtemotzin or Guatimozin; c. 1502 – February 28, 1525) was the last Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of Tenochtitlán and ...8 KB (1,234 words) - 19:34, 8 July 2016
- Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer and politician. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party for ...9 KB (1,272 words) - 22:19, 25 October 2022
- Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 – July 17, 1995) was a race-car driver from Argentina, who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 02:02, 8 September 2022
- The Baja California peninsula, (also Lower California peninsula) is a North American peninsula, politically a part of the nation of Mexico. Extending ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Public [[Image:Pocahontas original.jpg|thumb|260px|Pocahontas, in England ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3 ...25 KB (3,708 words) - 21:19, 20 March 2024
- The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world, which directs honor and reverence towards ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- A cowboy is an animal herder, usually in charge of the horses and/or cattle, on cattle ranches, especially in the western United States and Canada ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:14, 11 January 2024
- Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mondarte Villaseñor (May 8, 1753 – July 30, 1811), also known as Cura Hidalgo ...16 KB (2,562 words) - 17:46, 9 November 2022
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, and also ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is bound to the north by the Gulf of Mexico, to ...27 KB (4,045 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics A poll tax, or head tax, is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed ...22 KB (3,597 words) - 08:38, 24 November 2022
- Johann August Suter (February 28 1803 – June 18 1880) was a Swiss pioneer of California known as a founder of California and for his association ...21 KB (3,406 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
- Big Bend National Park is a National Park located in Texas, USA. For more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) the Rio Grande / Río Bravo forms the international ...17 KB (2,701 words) - 03:47, 1 October 2023
- Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum vulgare of the mint family (Lamiaceae), characterized by opposite, aromatic ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 01:42, 15 December 2022
- Axolotl (or ajolote) is the common name for the salamander Ambystoma mexicanum, which is the best-known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 06:05, 10 January 2023
- Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (pronounced IPA: /'boʊ.ɹɪ.ˌgɑɹd/ ) (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893), was a Louisiana-born ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 06:06, 18 November 2022
- Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891) was born Thocmentony, a Paiute name that means "Shell Flower." She was a peacemaker, teacher, interpreter ...10 KB (1,568 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
- Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was a leading American statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- Calcite is a carbonate mineral and is among the most widely distributed minerals on the Earth's surface. Chemically, it is known as calcium ...7 KB (1,007 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- James "Jim" Bowie (April 10, 1796 – March 6, 1836) was a nineteenth century American pioneer and soldier who took a prominent part ...34 KB (5,434 words) - 08:55, 18 March 2024
- Cumin (IPA pronunciation [ˈkʌmɪn] The pronunciations /ˈkuːmɪn/ and /ˈkjuːmɪn/ are becoming increasingly common. sometimes spelled cummin ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the relationships among family ...24 KB (3,689 words) - 00:39, 25 March 2024
- Category:Public [[Image:Robert_E._Lee.jpg|thumb|250px|Robert Edward Lee, as a U.S. Army Colonel before the war]] Robert Edward Lee (January 19 ...26 KB (4,136 words) - 21:11, 16 April 2023
- Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth president of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- Category:Media Professionals Category:Biography McCormick, Robert R. Robert Rutherford McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer, and satirist, today best known ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 02:48, 24 July 2023
- The term pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the Americas in the time before significant European influence. While technically ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Mexico and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae and widely ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:18, 23 August 2023
- Federalist No. 3, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence," is a political essay by ...17 KB (2,445 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- The World Heritage Site known as the Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl consists of fourteen monasteries built on or near the Popocatépetl ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- Category:Public Perry, Matthew C. [[Image:Matthew Calbraith Perry.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Commodore [[Matthew C. Perry|Matthew Calbraith Perry]]]] ...32 KB (5,039 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893), was a career U.S. Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 04:50, 14 June 2023
- Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books stemming from the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. These codices were written in Mayan hieroglyphic ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- Agate is a type of quartz (silica), chiefly chalcedony, characterized by its fine grain and bright colors. Although agates may be found in various ...9 KB (1,311 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet who wrote during the period of literary Modernism. Crane is one of ...7 KB (1,109 words) - 20:59, 29 January 2022
- Nellie Bly (May 5 Brooke Kroeger. Nellie Bly: daredevil, reporter, feminist. (New York: Times Books. 1994), 529, reports that although a birth ...15 KB (2,430 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- The Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West or simply The West—traditionally refers to the region comprising the ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- Gus Hall (October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader of the Communist Party USA and its five-time U.S. presidential candidate. ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 08:26, 7 December 2021
- Crayfish, or crawfish, is the common name for almost exclusively freshwater crustaceans comprising the arthropod families Astacidae, Cambaridae ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- Edward Herbert Thompson (September 28, 1857 - May 18, 1935) Different sources give various years for his birth: 1956, 1957, and 1960. ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- Manifest Destiny is a nineteenth-century belief that the United States had a mission to expand westward across the North American continent, ...40 KB (6,026 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- Acamapichtli (which means "Handful of Arrows" or "Handful of Reeds") was tlatoani (king, or Great Speaker) of the Aztecs ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 23:29, 30 September 2021
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Kluckhohn, Clyde Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn (January 11, 1905 – July 28, 1960 ...10 KB (1,350 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 – July 23, 1923), better known as Francisco or "Pancho" Villa, was a Mexican Revolutionary ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- The United Mexican States, or simply Mexico, is a country located in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the south and ...57 KB (8,268 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 11, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator and diplomat who ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 07:38, 15 April 2024
- Category:Psychologists Terman, Lewis Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 - December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist, noted as a pioneer ...14 KB (2,037 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and advocate for slavery, most famous for serving as the only ...22 KB (3,305 words) - 04:35, 31 July 2022
- Omar Nelson Bradley KCB (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction based in Austin, the capital ...49 KB (7,650 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- Santa Fe ( Yootó ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was the first senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the U. S. Military ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. An ocean basin, it is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- Guatemala City (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; known locally as Guatemala or Guate) is the capital, largest city, and the economic ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- Alcatraz Island, commonly referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as The Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- Category:Sociologists Coleman, James S. James Samuel Coleman (born May 12, 1926 – died March 25, 1995) was an American sociologist, a pioneer ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. Early was trusted and ...15 KB (2,251 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- Prairie dogs is the common name for any of the social, burrowing, North American rodents comprising the genus Cynomys of the [squirrel]] family ...18 KB (2,604 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education [[Image:800px-Smithsonian Building NR.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Smithsonian Institution ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- In zoology, a turkey is any of the large birds comprising the subfamily Meleagridinae of Phasianidae, a family of birds that consists of the ...15 KB (2,323 words) - 18:52, 6 November 2022
- Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (ca. 1510 – September 22, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and Governor of New Galicia, Mexico who between 1540 ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 04:55, 9 April 2024
- The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states ...22 KB (3,316 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- Category:Public color = lightgreen | name = Peanut image = [[Image:Koeh-163.jpg|240px]] | caption = Peanut (Arachis hypogea) color = lightgreen ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- Category:Image wanted {{Mlbretired |bgcolor1=#af0039 |bgcolor2=#0f437c |textcolor1=white |textcolor2=white |name=Warren Spahn |position=Starting ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- Gaucho (gaúcho in Portuguese) is a term commonly used to describe the nomadic and colorful horsemen and cowhands of the South American pampas ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- See text Cotton can refer to members of the genus Gossypium of flowering plants or to the fiber produced from some species of these plants. ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 21:13, 23 May 2020
- Sycamore is a common name that is applied used at various times and places to three very different taxa of trees, Ficus sycomorus, Acer pseudoplatanus ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- The monarch butterfly is a large butterfly, Danaus plexippus, that is noted for its long migrations and which is characterized by reddish-brown ...17 KB (2,556 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law :This article is about the legal term alien referring to citizens of other countries; for the ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 00:39, 9 January 2023
- category:image wanted César Estrada Chávez (March 31,1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist ...25 KB (4,024 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was a career United States Army officer and a general in the Confederate States Army, a ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 13:25, 11 February 2022
- The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast and traverses the United ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 03:27, 30 January 2023
- A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems branching ...10 KB (1,205 words) - 14:30, 27 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Military intelligence (abbreviated “MI” or “int.” in Commonwealth countries; “Intel” ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- The Northeastern United States, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, covers nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from ...27 KB (4,163 words) - 02:49, 24 July 2023
- Texas is a state located in the south-central United States. Austin is the state capital and it is nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas—the ...36 KB (5,158 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He ...40 KB (6,273 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2023
- Aztec codices (singular codex) are books written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best primary sources ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- Chichen Itza ("At the mouth of the well of the Itza") is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located ...32 KB (4,966 words) - 20:59, 9 December 2023
- Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was an American journalist and one of the most famous and influential practitioners ...10 KB (1,453 words) - 04:14, 29 October 2022
- The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 15:40, 4 February 2023
- The Law Library of the United States Congress was established in 1832 to assist the United States Congress and Supreme Court access legal documents ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 06:58, 4 March 2023
- Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 - February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the ...38 KB (5,623 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Ethnic group-Jen| |group=Apache |image=[[Image:Group of Apaches ...37 KB (5,440 words) - 05:56, 11 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:BLAKE12.JPG|thumb|"A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows" by William ...23 KB (3,493 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 21:02, 28 November 2023
- Category:Media Organizations [[Image:450px-The_associated_press_building_in_new_york_city.jpg|thumb|250px|The Associated Press Building in ...15 KB (2,343 words) - 05:02, 18 August 2023
- Stephen Arnold Douglas nicknamed the "Little Giant" (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 19:58, 9 February 2023
- Ricardo Alonso González or Richard Gonzalez (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), who was generally known as Pancho Gonzales or, less often, as Pancho ...25 KB (3,993 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle Category:Housing Category:Religion [[Image:Sweat lodge nez.jpg|thumb|300px|Nez Percé ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought from September 12 to September 15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. As ...18 KB (2,860 words) - 09:46, 22 September 2023
- Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Latvian: Sergejs Eizenšteins) (January 23, ...36 KB (5,636 words) - 09:58, 26 January 2023
- Central America [[Image:CentAmerica1.gif|200px|Map of Central America]] {| style="background: transparent; text-align: left; table-layout: ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is the most populous state in the nation. The four ...42 KB (5,921 words) - 18:24, 25 November 2023
- Country/western dance or Country-western dance, also called Country and Western dance, encompasses many dance forms or styles, which are typically ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- The State of New Mexico is in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Known as the Land of Enchantment, it became the 47th state ...63 KB (9,067 words) - 09:27, 11 March 2023
- Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist ...37 KB (5,789 words) - 09:21, 13 March 2024
- George Balanchine (January 22, 1904 — April 30, 1983) was one of the twentieth century's foremost choreographers and one of the founders ...14 KB (1,953 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- Teotihuacán was the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas in the first half of the first millennium C.E.. It was also one of the largest ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- Typhoid fever (or enteric fever) is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi (Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, which is historically ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 11:25, 18 April 2023
- Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were American Communists ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) (April 20, 1808 – January 9, 1873) was ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family [[Image:Douglass Helen Eva Frederick ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Sociology [[Image:Gandhi Salt March.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Gandhi during the Salt March ...28 KB (4,286 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- American exceptionalism has been historically referred to as the belief that the United States differs qualitatively from other developed nations ...29 KB (4,328 words) - 06:49, 25 July 2023
- Category:Psychologists Category:Biography Fromm, Erich [[Image:Erich Fromm 1974.jpg|thumb|right|Erich Fromm]] Erich Fromm (March 23, 1900 – ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- Big Sur is a 100-mile stretch of ruggedly beautiful seacoast along the Pacific Ocean in west-central California; an area known worldwide for ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early nineteenth century ...22 KB (3,344 words) - 01:33, 8 February 2023
- Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agricultural scientist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and has been ...46 KB (6,869 words) - 10:00, 11 March 2023
- Watermelon refers to both the edible fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus lanatus of the family Cucurbitaceae) of a climbing and trailing herb ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The state's nickname is "The Silver State" due ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- Yodeling (or yodelling, jodeling) is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the south ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer but a powerful ...24 KB (3,821 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics Category:Law [[Image:Rumrunner_cargo.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rum runner sloop Kirk and ...21 KB (3,255 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- Maize, also known as corn and Indian corn, is any of the diverse cultured forms of the annual cereal grass (family Poaceae) of the species Zea ...30 KB (4,684 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest in the United States. The city's population is approximately ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- Swan is any of various large, long-necked water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 00:35, 27 February 2023
- Anti-clericalism is a historical movement that opposes religious institutional power and influence in public and political life. In its more ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[Image:YosemitePaiutewomenandchildren.jpg|right|thumb|200 px ...23 KB (3,614 words) - 06:17, 18 November 2022
- Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. Lamour began her ...28 KB (4,290 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 - October 3, 1967) was a prolific American song writer and folk musician who influenced the entire postwar ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 23:31, 17 May 2023
- Equestrian sports involve many types of horse competition from classical types such as Dressage to intense types like cross-country sports. These ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 19:15, 13 February 2024
- Inquisition, (capitalized I) as broadly used, refers to the judgment of heresy by the Roman Catholic Church with the cooperation of the secular ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[Image:Emory-Yuma.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yumas from "United ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 10:25, 7 June 2023
- The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) refers to the north-central states of the United States of America, specifically Illinois, Indiana ...28 KB (4,092 words) - 10:57, 10 March 2023
- Porcupine is the common name for any members of two families of rodents, Erethizontidae and Hystricidae, characterized by heavy bodies with some ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 04:07, 26 November 2022
- John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 07:41, 3 August 2022
- General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- Luis Buñuel Portolés (February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983) was a Aragonese Spanish film director, writer, and sometime film producer (producing ...42 KB (7,001 words) - 10:36, 9 March 2023
- Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona, and is the only state capital with a population of more than a million ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War. While not necessarily a supporter ...67 KB (10,321 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ðe ɣwate'mala ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- Category:Image wanted Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American singer and guitarist, with ...12 KB (1,785 words) - 19:09, 17 February 2022
- Brown bear is the common name for a large bear, Ursus arctos, ranging in color from a common brown to yellowish or black fur and having a noticeable ...31 KB (4,742 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- Hickory is the common name for any of the deciduous trees comprising the genus Carya of the Juglandaceae family, characterized by pinnately compound ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:46, 25 January 2023
- The American film industry, often referred to as Hollywood (from the place name of its birth), is the industry leader in the form of artistic ...22 KB (3,307 words) - 22:38, 4 July 2022
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country," a "nation," or a "state." But technically ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. It may also be considered as part of the Western and ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. His works include the musical comedies ...27 KB (4,506 words) - 22:29, 7 January 2024
- Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was the third Vice-President of the United States (1801–1805) and one of the most ...38 KB (5,858 words) - 07:13, 13 June 2023
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the southeastern corner of New Mexico near the city of Carlsbad, where ...19 KB (2,927 words) - 15:25, 27 November 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. They are located at the meeting point of the ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group :This article is about the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas ...47 KB (6,955 words) - 19:42, 4 March 2024
- Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 — April 5, 1964) was one of America's greatest military leaders who was instrumental in defeating ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre of dance music, familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a ...29 KB (4,410 words) - 20:33, 13 May 2023
- Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the commanding general of the combined Union armies during the American Civil War and ...47 KB (7,335 words) - 03:32, 17 November 2023
- A truck is a motorized vehicle usually used for transporting bulk goods, materials, or equipment. The word "truck" comes from the Greek ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- San Diego is a large coastal California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. It is the second largest city ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- An epidemic (from the Greek epi- ("upon") and demos ("people")) is the rapid and extensive spreading of a disease whereby ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- Scott Joplin (January 1868 - April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and instrumentalist who became the leading exponent of ragtime music ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city in the state of Texas. U.S. Census Bureau tabulations ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Vanilla is the common name and genus name for a group of vine-like, evergreen, tropical, and sub-tropical plants in the orchid family (orchidaceae ...27 KB (4,046 words) - 00:03, 14 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Comanche |flag=[[File:Flag of the Comanche ...41 KB (6,731 words) - 00:03, 8 January 2024
- category:image wanted The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States on the initiative of President ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- James A. Naismith, (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts (postgraduate), Doctor of Medicine, and Doctor of ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- Fir is the common name for any of the evergreen trees comprising the genus Abies of the family Pinaceae, characterized by erect, cylindrical ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[Image:Sharecroppers chopping cotton - 1941.jpg|thumb|400 px|Preparing the soil for ...20 KB (3,132 words) - 16:23, 14 February 2024
- John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an influential but controversial director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation ...27 KB (3,966 words) - 08:14, 13 March 2024
- El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America, bordering the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras ...41 KB (5,922 words) - 00:08, 13 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Navajo(Diné) |image=[[Image:Navajo medicine ...48 KB (7,395 words) - 15:33, 11 November 2022
- The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. They were a civilization with ...52 KB (8,358 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- Category:Public Johnson, Lyndon Baines {{Infobox_President | name=Lyndon Baines Johnson | image name=Portrait.jpg | order=36th President of the ...44 KB (6,749 words) - 03:18, 5 November 2022
- John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter of the American Old ...32 KB (5,281 words) - 16:31, 29 January 2024
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Washington is located in the uppermost corner of the Pacific ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle Category:Life sciences Category:Food [[Image:Jambalaya.jpg|400px|thumb|Creole Jambalaya ...19 KB (2,856 words) - 22:44, 16 December 2021
- Category:image wanted [[File:Abbott and Costello circa 1940s.JPG|thumb|200px|Photo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello from their NBC Radio program.]] ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848 when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- Populus is a genus of deciduous trees in the flowering plants family Salicaceae, characterized by flowers in the form of long, drooping catkins ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- Category:Public Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[Image:Cannibals.23232.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cannibalism in Brazil ...27 KB (4,188 words) - 19:25, 25 November 2023
- Coccinellidae is a family of small, rounded (hemispheric), usually bright colored, short-legged beetles, known variously as ladybugs (North American ...12 KB (1,767 words) - 22:15, 7 January 2024
- Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 – January 28 1596) was a pre-eminent English navigator, politician, civil engineer, and known slave ...19 KB (3,035 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, most famous for his novel Fear and Loathing ...43 KB (6,622 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2024
- The Río de la Plata (Spanish: "Silver River") — which is often referred to in English-speaking countries as the River Plate, or ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- In zoology, locust is the common name for any member of several species of short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae that are characterized ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and ranks sixth in population among cities in the United States. In 2007, the population of ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a Latin American country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 January 2023
- Ernest Thompson Seton (August 14, 1860 - October 23, 1946) was born in England of Scottish parents. He was raised in Canada and became a naturalized ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located on the Pacific coast south of Washington and north of California ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 - June 12, 1972), born in Chicago of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, grew up in the midst of poverty. ...25 KB (3,909 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso jazz pianist, bandleader, and songwriter ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 18:02, 2 April 2024
- The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Illinois is the most populous state in ...44 KB (6,183 words) - 16:22, 12 February 2024
- Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez ( March 6, 1927 - April 17, 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and ...51 KB (8,034 words) - 07:37, 15 April 2024
- Trout is the common name for several species of freshwater and anadromous fish in the family Salmonidae, whose members also include salmon, whitefish ...11 KB (1,552 words) - 17:10, 5 November 2022
- Poppy is the common name for any of the plants comprising the Papaver genus in the flowering plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by large ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known for his works of historical ...37 KB (4,830 words) - 17:29, 12 February 2024
- Arkansas (are-can-saw) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- Howler monkey is the common name for the tropical, arboreal New World monkeys comprising the genus Alouatta of the primate family Atelidae, characterized ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 19:31, 7 February 2024
- Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas, after Houston and San Antonio. It is and the ninth-largest city in the United States, located in the ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- Coral snake, or coralsnake, is the common name for often colorful venomous snakes belonging to several genera of the Elapidae family. Traditionally ...24 KB (3,201 words) - 19:02, 14 January 2023
- Category:Public {{Infobox President | name=Abraham Lincoln | image name=Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg | order=16th President ...51 KB (7,956 words) - 06:30, 14 June 2023
- A pyramid (from πυραμίς pyramís) is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- Leon Harrison Gross (alias Lee Falk), (April 28, 1911 - March 13, 1999), was considered a talent in music, art, theater, and writing. Falk was ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 (1954), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which explicitly ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- The dictator novel ( novela del dictador ) is a genre of Latin American literature that challenges the role of the dictator in Latin American ...35 KB (5,274 words) - 15:31, 5 July 2023
- The watershed event of United States history was the American Civil War (1861–1865), fought in North America within the territory of the United ...63 KB (9,343 words) - 03:27, 24 July 2023
- Mary (מרים, Maryām, "Bitter") was the mother of Jesus Christ. Tradition names her parents as Joachim and Anne. According to the ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862), born David Henry Thoreau was an American author, naturalist, pacifist, philosopher, and ...27 KB (3,979 words) - 07:13, 22 January 2024
- Walnut is the common name for any of the large, deciduous trees comprising the genus Juglans of the flowering plant family Juglandaceae, which ...19 KB (2,858 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- Ecotourism, or ecological tourism, is a type of tourism in which the travelers visit fragile, relatively pristine natural environments in such ...36 KB (5,227 words) - 15:44, 5 July 2023
- Toshirō Mifune ( ja|三船 敏郎 Mifune Toshirō [miɸɯne toɕiɺoː] , April 1, 1920 – December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 04:42, 1 May 2023
- Cholera, also called Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera, is a severe diarrheal disease that affects humans and is caused by the bacterium Vibrio ...32 KB (4,728 words) - 17:16, 10 December 2023
- Barracuda is the common name for the various marine, ray-finned fish comprising the family Sphyraenidae of the order Perciformes, characterized ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- Flour is a finely ground powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding cereal grains or other edible, starchy portions of plants and used chiefly in ...20 KB (3,186 words) - 08:08, 21 May 2021
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Law Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family [[Image:François Boucher ...20 KB (2,953 words) - 08:14, 14 January 2023
- The Comintern (Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow ...35 KB (4,964 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of women in Islam. It aims for the full equality of all Muslims, regardless of ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- category:image needed Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll and soul singer known ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 14:47, 17 April 2023
- Henry Cowell (March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario who ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the Union. Tennessee is known as the ...47 KB (6,620 words) - 03:00, 19 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Category:Military Guerrilla warfare (also spelled guerilla) is a method of combat by ...49 KB (7,286 words) - 23:47, 6 March 2023
