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- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... Arguably the single most important piece of legislation passed by ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- from South Carolina during the first half of the nineteenth century. Calhoun ... Calhoun began his career as a staunch nationalist, favoring war with ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 16:58, 5 April 2024
- October 17, 1938) was a leading theoretician of German Social Democracy before ... He became an important critic of the anti-democratic tendencies of ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 10:45, 28 February 2023
- In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A ... drawing and quartering. However, the charge of treason was greatly abused ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 12:38, 18 April 2023
- Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories ... This compromise was viewed in its day as one of the most important ...9 KB (1,362 words) - 19:18, 9 November 2022
- gained international fame as the co-author of The Polish Peasant in Europe ... information from written records of the society they were studying ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 07:56, 21 May 2021
- pacifist, publicist, journalist, co-founder of the German peace movement, ... Nieder! (Lay Down Your Arms!) the title of the Baroness' famous 1889 ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 07:20, 20 July 2023
- who opposed U.S. involvement in both World War I and World War II (finally ... that he attested to. He was a stalwart of socialism who opposed communism ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- Nicolai Hartmann (February 20, 1882 – October 9, 1950) was one of ... by his own existence within the restrictions of time and space, and by the ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 23:34, 14 November 2022
- In 1949, she became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers, the ... Vaughan prepared for the introduction of machine computers in the early ...15 KB (2,076 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding ... The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1, with the majority ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- American politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress ... candidate to speak out against the Vietnam War, and for making this stance ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 04:13, 23 March 2024
- reformer. He is best known as the author of the report Social Insurance ... India, on March 5, 1879, the eldest son of a judge in the Indian Civil ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 15:39, 6 May 2023
- the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes ... Disciplines within chemistry are traditionally grouped by the type ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- :This article is about the legal term alien referring to citizens ... country or is not a native or citizen of the land in which they live ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 00:39, 9 January 2023
- woman ever allowed to practice at the bar of the United States Supreme Court ... Until her death in 1917, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the Universal ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- Catherine Booth (January 17, 1829 – October 4, 1890) was the wife ... Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, the daughter of John Mumford and Sarah Milward ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 16:14, 3 December 2023
- Kidnapping is the crime of taking away of a person by force, deceit ... As humankind becomes more aware of the need to recognize all people ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 04:00, 6 October 2022
- the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American ... with Russia and Spain. By Article III of the Anglo-American Convention ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
