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- Federalist No. 68 is the 68th essay of The Federalist Papers, and ... Throughout its proceedings, the US Constitutional Convention of 1787 ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency ... During the beginning of his term, Jackson was forced to confront the ...7 KB (1,113 words) - 00:42, 17 November 2022
- The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United ... Free Soil candidates ran on the platform declaring "...we inscribe ...6 KB (913 words) - 10:35, 11 April 2024
- reformer and social activist, leader of the women's suffrage movement ... Woodlake, Kentucky and grew up at Ashland, the farm established by her great ...7 KB (1,006 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- | order=7th Vice President of the United States | term_start=March 4, 1825 ... 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading United States senator, vice president ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 16:58, 5 April 2024
- John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States. As the first vice president to succeed to the ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican Party who were ... The Radical Republicans took a hard line against the Confederacy early ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- | order2=20th Vice President of the United States | term_start2=March ... title=Vice President of the United States| before=William A. Wheeler| ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- | order2=12th Vice President of the United States | term_start2=March ... He succeeded from the vice president of the United States on the death ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States serving under President ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 15:44, 27 April 2023
- First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess ... The wife of the vice president of the United States is sometimes referred ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- 2, 1878) was a lawyer and U.S. Senator. In the Senate, he was one of the ... Wade gained his reputation as a strong and outspoken opponent of slavery ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 09:47, 28 September 2023
- | order2=16th Vice President of the United States | term_start2=March ... | title=Vice President of the United States | before=Hannibal Hamlin ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 17:51, 27 July 2023
- , also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was ... During his tenure as president, Roberts pushed for European and United ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United ... When Harrison took office in 1841 at the age of 68, he was the oldest ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is the oldest continuing ... The WCTU perceived alcoholism as a consequence of larger social problems ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 23:22, 17 May 2023
- | order2=8th Vice President of the United States | term_start2=March 4, 1833 ... title=Vice President of the United States | before =John C. Calhoun | ...22 KB (3,321 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... (November 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the twenty ... Harrison presidency was notable for the dramatic geographical expansion ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 09:55, 28 September 2023
- Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated ... Colloquially, the day is also now widely known as Presidents' ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United ... Virginia on November 24, 1784. He was the third of nine children of ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws that attempted to resolve ... The measures, designed by Whig Senator Henry Clay (who failed to get ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- broadcasting executive who served as the president of Columbia Broadcasting ... Stanton was decisive and passionate in his pursuit of the development ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- 1959 to 1973 and as the 41st vice president of the United States of America ... 1959 to 1973 and as the 41st vice president of the United States of America ...23 KB (3,392 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
- (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate ... The causes of the Civil War remain the subject of debate and it is ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 21:02, 28 November 2023
- John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the ... Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals ...18 KB (2,751 words) - 18:37, 25 November 2023
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (October 29, 1938 - ) is the current President ... For anyone to become head of their state is a significant achievement ...17 KB (2,476 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- philosopher, and diplomat, an advocate of peace through education. The ... L. Butler and Mary Murray Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray, a clergyman ...14 KB (2,044 words) - 23:32, 14 November 2022
- October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was among the first female attorneys in ... Until her death in 1917, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the Universal ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- She is known for her work to improve the living and working conditions ... In 1886, she joined the Women's Educational and Industrial Union ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 16:13, 7 November 2022
- his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...17 KB (2,707 words) - 09:04, 18 November 2022
- lawyer, diplomat, congressman, and sixth president of the United States. The ... As secretary of state in the administration of James Monroe, Adams ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... reserves. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001 ...32 KB (4,643 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 - March 29, 1848) became the first ... class family in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:02, 8 April 2024
- The HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership ... HJI offers professional training in the ministry, serving a wide spectrum ...14 KB (2,005 words) - 18:06, 1 December 2023
- - April 21, 2022) was a Kenyan politician, the third President of Kenya, ... December 30, 2007, for his second term as president of the Republic of Kenya ...24 KB (3,416 words) - 18:22, 8 December 2022
- | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... | date of birth=October 4, 1822 | place of birth=Delaware, Ohio ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
- 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
- Omaña (April 2, 1792 - May 6, 1840) was one of the military and political ... returned to Colombia and served as President from 1833 until 1837, then ...17 KB (2,641 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was ... His political leanings were conservative, which enabled him to become ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- charities, dedicating her life to improving the lives of the under-privileged ... and become involved in their communities. The Shaw family had strong Unitarian ...10 KB (1,566 words) - 19:42, 7 September 2022
- for his intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic ... he was named for, had been vice president of the United States. His father ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- officer and explorer. Fremont mapped most of the Oregon Trail and climbed ... Fremont was the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882) was the ... to Kentucky political leader Henry Clay of the Whig Party, Mary Todd developed ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:14, 7 November 2022
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving under President ...32 KB (4,916 words) - 21:09, 7 February 2024
- The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities ... The term "Commission" can mean either the college of Commissioners ...35 KB (5,142 words) - 04:28, 23 March 2024
- Abbeville is a city in Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States ... war, secretary of state, and Vice President of the United States. He was an ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party political machine that played ... War hero and third vice president of the United States, emerged as ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 03:59, 27 February 2023
- James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the fifteenth ... to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Spear as the second of ten children. The ...17 KB (2,451 words) - 21:06, 20 March 2024
- Carl Robert Byoir (June 24, 1888 – February 3, 1957) was one of ... Before he was 18 years old, Byoir became the editor of the Waterloo Times ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 00:54, 13 January 2023
- 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
- | order2=40th Vice President of the United States | term_start2=December ... title=Vice President of the United States | before=Spiro Agnew | after ...30 KB (4,483 words) - 16:46, 21 May 2024
- The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the ... The honorees are selected based on excellence in music, dance, theater ...22 KB (2,997 words) - 16:12, 20 July 2023
- Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th ... Pierce served in the House of Representatives and Senate as a Democrat ...19 KB (2,905 words) - 05:14, 9 April 2024
- James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was a member of the ... Monroe was a popular president who ran unopposed for a second term ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- and politician, elected three times as president of Argentina. He served ... Perón and his wife Eva were immensely popular among a portion of ...17 KB (2,640 words) - 06:03, 10 May 2024
- [[Image:Eisenhower in the Oval Office.jpg|thumb|300px|President Dwight ... The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831–September 19, 1881) was ... Garfield is the only person in United States history to be a Representative ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 21:14, 20 March 2024
- jobs and helped elect politicians during the Great Depression, becoming ... and had nine brothers and sisters. In the 1890s, he worked in his brother ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 22:46, 30 April 2023
- 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998), was United States politician who was ... days, then went directly to law school at the University of Alabama in 1937 ...23 KB (3,280 words) - 07:33, 15 May 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
- – February 17, 1966) was a long-time president and chairman of General Motors. ... He guarded information about his private life and instead focused ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the eleventh ... |align="left"|Vice President of the United States||align ...25 KB (3,708 words) - 21:19, 20 March 2024
- was an Egyptian statesman who served as the third president of Egypt from ... Sadat was a soldier who became a man of peace. Egypt and Israel had ...17 KB (2,556 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- role in Philippine independence during the Philippine Revolution against ... In the Philippines, Aguinaldo is considered to be the country's ...20 KB (2,922 words) - 18:15, 13 February 2024
- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- American politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress ... He unsuccessfully sought the presidency five times. In 1980, McCarthy ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 04:13, 23 March 2024
- philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. After ... dominate creation, and to subdue it and that the pursuit of knowledge—in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 14:46, 28 March 2023
- The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg was established ... The scope of the European Court of Human Rights and the legally binding ...17 KB (2,642 words) - 04:33, 23 March 2024
- 23, 1945 – July 30, 2005), a Dinka, was the vice president of Sudan and ... The Dinka are a group of tribes of south Sudan, inhabiting the swamplands ...14 KB (2,232 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- [[Image:Photo of William Graham Sumner.jpg|250px|right|thumb|William ... sociologist, famous for his strong support of laissez-faire economy, free ...16 KB (2,256 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television ... CNN was founded in 1979, by Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld. The founding ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 10:13, 25 November 2023
- Building or "Castle" on the National Mall serves as the ... The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest educational ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (September 2, 1924 - February 4, 2020) was ... philosophy," which means following the leader and is, he claimed ...24 KB (3,582 words) - 06:24, 15 January 2023
- was a Seychellois politician. Committed to the principles of democracy, he ... James Mancham was the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn (née Tirant ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and ... While never rising to the presidency, Clay became perhaps the most ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years ... Anastas Mikoyan joined the Bolshevik Party and fought in Baku during ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the ... The building was originally designed by William Thornton. This plan ...23 KB (3,473 words) - 01:21, 3 May 2023
- actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham ... Booth was a successful professional stage actor of his day and a member ...20 KB (3,093 words) - 04:41, 3 May 2024
- socialist, and journalist. She worked with the National Consumers League ... Brooklyn, New York, just three days before the assassination of President ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 16:15, 7 November 2022
- William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was ... He supported the Spanish-American War, the purpose of which was to ...21 KB (3,197 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2023
- leader. He retired as a general from the United States Army, where ... After the 1973 resignation of H. R. Haldeman, Haig became President ...40 KB (5,553 words) - 13:50, 18 July 2023
- in Wellesley, Massachusetts (13 miles west of Boston), Wellesley college ... As one of the "Seven Sisters," Wellesley has been and continues ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 23:29, 3 May 2023
- Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... A hero to some and a villain to others, Gompers founded the American ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- and then becoming its chief general and president at various times over a ... replaced by rule by an wealthy elite while the majority of Mexicans, and ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 05:42, 11 August 2023
- was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians ... Margaret Chase was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897 ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 08:31, 10 March 2023
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- The American Anti-Imperialist League was established in the United ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- was a French jurist and judge. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 ... In addition to his intimate involvement in producing the UDHR, Cassin ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He ... Hull was born in a log cabin in Olympus, which is now part of Pickett ...16 KB (2,419 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United ... Thurmond holds the record for the longest serving Dean of the United ...27 KB (3,778 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1946. SNU, the first national university ... Seoul National University's history presents a cross-section ...21 KB (2,854 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- 1999), a renowned U.S. media executive, was the founder and first president ... made him less publicly acknowledged than the more flamboyant figures of ...8 KB (1,119 words) - 20:12, 25 October 2022
- 1976) was a Vietnamese politician who was the first Prime Minister of South ... The son of a wealthy landowner, Tho rose through the ranks as a low ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 23:35, 15 December 2022
- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) ... At the time, the Navy was not as well developed as the United States ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- abolitionist. Anthony invested fifty years of her life advocating for the ... Anthony's lifelong efforts were rewarded posthumously with the ...18 KB (2,853 words) - 13:58, 28 April 2023
- patriot, Massachusetts delegate to the First and Second Continental ... | title=Vice President of the United States | before=(none)|after=Thomas ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 07:33, 5 April 2024
- March 27, 2020) was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and ... Known as the "Dean of the Civil Rights Movement," Lowery ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:42, 11 August 2022
- work in economics, especially his criticism of the railroad system, helped ... 13, 1867, in Medford, Massachusetts, into the family of Nathaniel L. Ripley ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- 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
- Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the ... Nixon is noted for his diplomatic foreign policy, especially with ...34 KB (5,153 words) - 01:46, 14 December 2022
- in Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage ... She is probably most famous for her declaration to run for the United ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 06:00, 8 May 2020
- The Ten Years' War, (Guerra de los Diez Años) (also known as ... The Ten Years' War (1868-1878) was the first of three wars that ...12 KB (1,919 words) - 05:40, 27 February 2023
- 88), who had been apprenticed as a youth to the Boston lithographic firm of ... Image:John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (trim ...14 KB (2,141 words) - 06:47, 12 January 2024
- diplomat, and jurist, best known as the first Chief Justice of the ... Considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 22:16, 31 October 2023
- volunteer, French Intervention hero, and President. He ruled Mexico from 1876 ... tackle racial divides, but it was a period of relative political stability ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 05:38, 30 November 2022
- The Federated States of Micronesia is an island nation located in ... Present concerns include large-scale unemployment, overfishing, the ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
- lawyer who played a role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws and outlawing ... in Washington, D.C., just blocks away from the Supreme Court building. His ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 19:09, 4 December 2023
- 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
- – February 1, 1922) was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and ... Sent to Europe in 1869 by the government to research European military ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- Monticello, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate ... An image of the west front of Monticello was featured on the reverse ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked nation ... The original inhabitants of southern Africa were the Bushmen (San ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives ... Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the son of Captain John ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 09:28, 28 September 2023
- The Gabonese Republic or Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic ... investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 07:34, 15 April 2024
- shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of ... The longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history, Marshall ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- statesman and a former four-star general in the United States Army. He was ... Powell, who, despite his mistake in telling the world that the invasion of ...38 KB (5,777 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- for slavery, most famous for serving as the only president of the Confederate ... Before the Civil War, Davis served in the Mississippi legislature ...22 KB (3,305 words) - 04:35, 31 July 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
- (1977–1980), and the 43rd vice president of the United States, under President ... During the final days of the Cold War, he was responsible for managing ...41 KB (6,202 words) - 16:48, 20 May 2024
- executive officer (from 1971), and chairman of the board (from 1976–1994 ... from third grade he was groomed to become the successor of the family business ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- The Republic of Bolivia (or Bulibiya in the Quechua language; Wuliwya ... Spain built its empire in great part upon the silver that was extracted ...29 KB (4,244 words) - 23:38, 20 March 2024
- an American statesman and judge who became the first Governor of South Carolina ... Rutledge was a member of the South Carolina Assembly, the Stamp Act ...23 KB (3,551 words) - 18:20, 29 November 2022
- (August 13, 1913 – August 3, 1977) was the archbishop and primate of ... In 1956, the British exiled him for what in their view was sedition ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 05:34, 5 November 2022
- Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Order of the Nation (ON), Member of ... Miller has had a reputation as a voice for the poor and unemployed, as an ...21 KB (2,959 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- – October 4, 1944) was elected Governor of New York four times, and was ... Catherine Mulvihill and initially grew up in the multiethnic Lower East Side ...19 KB (2,817 words) - 07:17, 20 July 2023
- 21, 1919) was an American pioneer in the areas of feminism, abolitionism ... One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 16:01, 7 November 2022
- The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA 1934–1975 ... While the committee was charged with finding subversive activities ...17 KB (2,356 words) - 18:37, 7 February 2024
- Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- |vice-president = Sydney H. Evans Jr. |provost = Richard ... |country = United States |coor = ...28 KB (3,869 words) - 19:30, 7 February 2024
- in New York City. Dewey later was elected the Governor of New York and was ... of New York in 1959, and Vice-President of the United States in the Ford ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a huge, landlocked nation ... Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States ... provides for the office of Vice President of the United States, and specifies ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- Arlington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located ... . Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 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
- An ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly, held on the July 22 ... The flag displays a horizontal tricolour of "deep saffron" ...33 KB (5,237 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- 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
- The Royal Ballet is Great Britain's most prestigious ballet company ... The Royal Ballet was founded as the Vic-Wells Ballet by Dame Ninette ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 20:54, 21 December 2022
- Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the ... As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 08:11, 25 February 2023
- ) (born August 15, 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from ... During her period in office, the leader of the official opposition ...24 KB (3,377 words) - 23:03, 30 January 2023
- Major general and Lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces ... Although convinced that the airborne attack he led against Japan in ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- statesman, writer, lawyer, and soldier. One of the United States' most ... Hamilton put the new United States of America onto a sound economic ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 14:22, 18 July 2023
- 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of ... As a devout Buddhist and practitioner of meditation, Thant brought ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- 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
- The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Spain ... Following four centuries of colonization of the Western Hemisphere ...25 KB (4,004 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- |name = University of Bridgeport |image = [[File:University of Bridgeport Cortright Hall.jpg|250px]] ...30 KB (4,093 words) - 17:06, 15 September 2023
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the northwest ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- located in Houston, Texas. It is the fifth largest private sector ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- Kenneth David Kaunda, (April 28, 1924 - June 17, 2021) served as the ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- The United States Senate is the smaller body, of the United States ... in Washington, D.C. The vice president of the United States serves as ...71 KB (10,564 words) - 21:06, 30 December 2023
- James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was one of the principal ... The Constitution, as drafted, did not enumerate specific civil rights ...20 KB (2,961 words) - 00:56, 7 November 2023
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- was a United States born archaeologist and diplomat who is best known ... The colonization process in the Americas paid little attention to ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago ... to rule, dominating politics by its control of every aspect of the society ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- laureate, statesman, scholar, and author of books and articles on U.S. ... A proponent of realpolitik (or the realist school of international ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 00:39, 3 January 2024
- – October 26, 1990), coming from a family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants ... immigrant. When he was 12, William added the middle initial S. to his name ...12 KB (1,903 words) - 20:44, 24 November 2022
- career as a composer, he also served as President of the Juilliard School ... He was among a number of notable American composers, including Aaron ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- his son, William Lawrence Bragg, pioneered the use of X-rays to determine ... Bragg was the eldest child of Robert John Bragg, a sea captain who ...13 KB (1,944 words) - 18:22, 17 April 2023
- , (1867–1871), and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.For resisting ... and adoption of a federalist constitution. ==Early life== ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
- 11, 1984) was a leading American publisher of the twentieth century, founder ... and 26 Pulitzer Prize winners. He was the first publisher to use photographs ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 06:54, 20 July 2023
- campaigner for disarmament who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 ... manufacturing business and himself served on the London County Council and ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 03:20, 24 November 2022
- New York City, bringing newsworthy items to the public in a format designed ... ==The Many Faces of TIME== Time (whose trademark is capitalized TIME ...20 KB (2,824 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- player whose consistently high level of play over a career of 23 seasons ... Aaron also holds the career marks for runs batted in (2,297), extra ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 14:08, 10 May 2024
- ; born June 13, 1944) is a South Korean diplomat who was the eighth ... On October 13, 2006, he was elected as the eighth Secretary-General ...31 KB (4,626 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- a French center-right politician who was President of the French Republic ... He was a proponent of the United States of Europe and, having limited ...24 KB (3,434 words) - 16:28, 29 December 2020
- Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- | order2=2nd Vice President of the United States | term_start2=March 4, 1797 ... Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President ...48 KB (6,926 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- to Japan, which opened that country to trade with the West. Perry began his United States naval career when he was only 15 years ...32 KB (5,039 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- | order=36th President of the United States | date1=November 22, 1963 ... | date of birth=August 27, 1908 | place of birth=Stonewall, Texas ...44 KB (6,749 words) - 03:18, 5 November 2022
- | order=7th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1829 ... | date of birth= March 15, 1767 | place of birth= Waxhaw, South Carolina ...39 KB (5,930 words) - 17:50, 27 July 2023
- William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the ... against Darwinism, which culminated in the Scopes Trial in 1925. Like ...37 KB (5,377 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was ... distinguished scholar, and while working in the Department of Labor under ...25 KB (3,714 words) - 22:06, 25 January 2024
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- |name = Columbia University inthe City of New York ... who also served as a Vice-President of the United States. ...35 KB (5,049 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- a German naval leader, who was in command of the Kriegsmarine during World ... After the war, he was charged and convicted of "crimes against ...19 KB (2,885 words) - 18:15, 14 May 2024
- and theologian. He was a prominent leader of the east-coast revivals of ... Jonathan Edwards, born on October 5, 1703, was the son of Timothy ...24 KB (3,948 words) - 00:21, 4 August 2022
- The Iran hostage crisis lasted from November 4, 1979 until January ... The hostage-takers released several captives, leaving 53 hostages ...27 KB (3,935 words) - 13:01, 6 March 2024
- | order=27th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1909 ... | Vice President of the United States | James S. Sherman || 1909–1912 ...32 KB (4,775 words) - 11:00, 9 May 2023
- The term digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective ... Various organizations and institutions including the United Nations ...29 KB (4,205 words) - 14:35, 29 January 2024
- author, who was "born with a hatred of oppression." Although ... equal treatment) but requires a change of attitude was farsighted, anticipating ...19 KB (2,944 words) - 16:51, 7 November 2022
- ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and ... textiles and soap. Bujumbura, situated on the northeastern shore of Lake ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa ... It was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 18:51, 21 May 2024
- The Hunter Biden laptop controversy involves a laptop computer that ... Three weeks before the 2020 United States presidential election, the ...75 KB (10,024 words) - 01:22, 21 September 2022
- The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA ... The first BAFTA Awards ceremony was held in 1949, and the ceremony ...26 KB (3,803 words) - 02:24, 22 November 2023
- Abu Dhabi, officially, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi ( إمارة أبو ظبيّ ), (literally Father of Gazelle), is one of seven emirates that constitute ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- Federalist No. 78 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-eighth ... Titled "The Judiciary Department", Federalist No. 78 was ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... Its geographic position as a small, wedge-shaped country between the ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- :For the history of Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The history of North Korea formally begins with the establishment ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- The Gambia, commonly known as Gambia, is the smallest country on ... Like its neighbor, The Gambia relies heavily on the export of groundnuts ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- |motto=Veritas vos liberabit(The truth shall make you free) ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution ...28 KB (4,118 words) - 19:30, 4 May 2024
- Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 18:56, 7 February 2023
- Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as Vice President, he ...47 KB (7,091 words) - 13:31, 24 January 2023
- The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal ... President of the Senate (the Vice President of the United States) to preside. ...50 KB (7,439 words) - 11:53, 3 May 2023
- University, Frost rose to prominence in the UK when he was chosen to host ... Frost was one of the "Famous Five" who were behind the launch ...34 KB (4,795 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- The Yoeme or Yaqui are a border Native American people who originally ... Throughout their history, the Yaqui remained separate from the Aztec ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- |Caption=The statue of Art Rooney outside Heinz Field. |Color=black ... Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr. (January 27, 1901 - August 25, 1988) was ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 10:50, 16 August 2023
- | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, United States | yearsactive ... was a pioneering film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures. ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 06:05, 15 June 2023
- |caption= Shield of Emory University |motto=Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam (The wise heart seeks knowledge ...26 KB (3,754 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- The European Parliament (Europarl or EP) is the directly elected parliamentary ... by universal suffrage since 1979. Although the European Parliament has legislative ...60 KB (8,687 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal revealed in 1986 as ... While President Ronald Reagan was a supporter of the Contra cause, ...39 KB (5,798 words) - 12:59, 6 March 2024
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) won ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...29 KB (4,253 words) - 17:38, 23 May 2024
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era ... constitutional precedents that bolstered the authority of the Federal government ...42 KB (6,358 words) - 22:07, 25 January 2024
- [[Image:Slc mormon tempel.jpg|thumb|right|345px|The Salt Lake Temple ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the ...28 KB (4,522 words) - 21:59, 10 December 2023
- The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of ... Most of the biggest supporters in all countries have been women, often ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- his work on analog computing, his role in the development of the atomic ... Through his public career, Bush was a proponent of technological innovation ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- | order=26th President of the United States | date1=September 14, 1901 ... | date of birth=October 27, 1858 | place of birth=New York City, New York ...46 KB (7,173 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... Yet the nation is on the verge of collapse. Under the leadership of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country ... A small, landlocked country located in the heart of South America ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- * Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, former U.S. Senator ... Image:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait ...32 KB (4,475 words) - 14:20, 3 May 2023
- Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ... From 1991 to 2002, the country suffered greatly under the devastating ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- an influential twentieth century advocate of Pan-Africanism, and the leader ... As Ghana's leader and as an advocate of pan-Africanism, he continued ...26 KB (3,734 words) - 04:40, 4 March 2023
- |motto = Vox clamantis in deserto(The voice of one crying ... |nickname = The Big Green (official) |athletics =NCAA ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict ...23 KB (3,228 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- Prime Minister, from 1993 to 1995, and the third woman leader of a Muslim ... After gaining her doctorate from the University of Connecticut, she ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 04:26, 27 February 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- :This article refers to the South Korean private university. For the ... South Korea, has earned recognition as one of the leading universities in ...28 KB (3,704 words) - 21:29, 4 June 2023
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- Carpetbaggers in the United States were Northerners who moved to the ... "Carpetbagger" was a term originated to describe the luggage ...18 KB (2,758 words) - 00:57, 13 January 2023
- The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the ... Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of ...21 KB (3,060 words) - 14:46, 11 November 2022
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... slaves and later contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the ... The battle took place at a turning point in the Texas Revolution, ...19 KB (3,079 words) - 23:51, 30 October 2023
- - ) is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United ... With her election as Speaker, Pelosi became the first female Speaker ...46 KB (6,718 words) - 20:14, 3 January 2023
- different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 14:57, 21 May 2024
- Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America ... The city is commonly referred to as Washington, The District, or simply ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- Avignon is a commune in southern France with a population of 89,300 ... Founded by a Gallic tribe and later flourished under the Phoenicians ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- patents to his credit. De Forest invented the triode vacuum tube, which ... De Forest's zeal for promoting the mass media helped shape it ...19 KB (2,827 words) - 18:59, 25 October 2022
- Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... features, including Angel Falls. Located in the Guayana highlands, it plunges ...35 KB (5,081 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- |caption =Keating Hall with Edwards Parade in the foreground ... |country = United States |undergrad = 8,430 |postgrad = 7,579 ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- Newly married and having recently accepted the call to pastor a Baptist church ... Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King were best of friends, partners ...18 KB (3,027 words) - 00:27, 8 December 2022
- {{Infobox President | name=Abraham Lincoln | image name=Abraham Lincoln ... | order=16th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1861 ...51 KB (7,956 words) - 06:30, 14 June 2023
- The Doctors' Trial is the unofficial name for the particular ... The Doctor's Trial was one of a series of trials held in Nuremberg ...23 KB (3,287 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2021
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the ... After Kennedy's leadership as commander of the USS PT-109 during ...53 KB (7,912 words) - 19:39, 1 May 2023
- Mount Vernon, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first president ... a fine setting for a country gentleman out of five hundred acres. His carefully ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- and political leader often referred to as the "father of modern China ... Although Sun Yat-sen is considered one of the greatest leaders of ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river ... The area inspired the Hudson River School of painting, a sort of early ...23 KB (3,395 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- an influential but controversial director of the United States Federal Bureau ... administrations, encompassed Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War ...27 KB (3,966 words) - 08:14, 13 March 2024
- |name = The Open University |native_name = ... |country = United Kingdom |campus = Distance learning ...25 KB (3,516 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- He emigrated to Canada in 1870 and then to the United States in 1871. Bell is widely acclaimed for inventing and developing the telephone ...26 KB (4,070 words) - 13:48, 18 July 2023
- Sukarno (June 6, 1901 – June 21, 1970) was the first President of ... The spelling "Sukarno" has been official in Indonesia since ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- for honesty and integrity in delivering the news, he is considered among ... A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow's work continued ...32 KB (5,062 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- intellectual. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University ... and for a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
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