Search results for "District of Columbia" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural ... college of art and design in the District of Columbia. The school is a private ...7 KB (1,002 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... of segregation in the District of Columbia, (not a state and ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- Hall because of her race. The District of Columbia, then under the control ... the high school auditorium in the District of Columbia. ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat in western ... with the peaceful and spiritual teachings of Gandhi. Planned by Indian architects ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- naturalistic, and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings ... Wang Chong deplored the degeneration of Confucianism and Daoism into ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- June 6, 1891), was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He was one of the architects ... Helen Shaw, in 1811. After the failure of his father's business ...20 KB (2,893 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region ... The taming of the river for human use, and the industrial waste that ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- the United States as well as in the District of Columbia. There are also DAR ... at an all white high school. The District of Columbia public school board ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 22:25, 25 January 2024
- justice is usually assigned to the District of Columbia Circuit, the Federal ... States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (2006–2018);White ...40 KB (6,036 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May" ... Mayo has become associated with celebration of Mexican-American culture. ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate ... many practical applications and for works of art. In particular, it is used ...8 KB (1,054 words) - 21:52, 28 July 2023
- rural areas in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the ... all 50 states of the U.S. and the District of Columbia. While Head Start ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 15:08, 25 January 2023
- States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1982 ... United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, August 17 ...35 KB (4,931 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the wife of President of the United States ... roadside areas. She was also an advocate of the Head Start program. ...20 KB (3,091 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- City. Dewey later was elected the Governor of New York and was the unsuccessful ... Dewey, a leader of the liberal faction of the Republican party, fought ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia ... A 2006 study found that Vancouver had the third highest quality of ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- site in Pakistan containing the ruins of the Gandhāran city of Takshashila ... centre of learning from the sixth century B.C.E."History of Education ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Canadian Rockies, the park is 80 miles west of Calgary in the province of ... As Banff is one of the world's most visited national parks, the ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- Yukon, also known as the "Yukon Territory," is one of Canada ... Disputed evidence of the oldest remains of human inhabitation in North ...24 KB (3,529 words) - 21:38, 4 June 2023
- " or other variations on the theme of "Ethical." Ethical ... Ethical Culture Society initiated a number of projects to improve the lives ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- |popplace=Canada (British Columbia), United States (Alaska) ... and Prince Rupert, on the north coast of British Columbia and the southernmost ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- political leader who was the chief architect of the Constitution of India. spent his life fighting against the system of Hindu untouchability and the ...34 KB (5,057 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- state, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of the city of Seattle. In Pierce ... in the lower 48 states at 35 square miles of snow and glaciers. It also ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located ... destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American ... have a long history and that not all of that history is lost, as many ...18 KB (2,854 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- Founding Father and the third president of the United States. area of the National Mall in the District of Columbia, forming a line with ...9 KB (1,344 words) - 04:39, 31 July 2022
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance ... Wouk was born in the Bronx, the second of three children born to Esther ...38 KB (5,130 words) - 23:59, 27 November 2023
- have been rediscovered by a number of literary, feminist, and post ... Tekahionwake Johnson on the encouragement of Sir William Johnson, superintendent ...17 KB (2,573 words) - 01:37, 23 November 2022
- |popplace=Canada (British Columbia), United States (Alaska) ... The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of North America ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- Pennsylvania State House for then Province of Pennsylvania. In 1775, it became ... Act of 1790, which established the District of Columbia as the new federal ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania ... Maryland, Delaware, and in the District of Columbia. The historic routes ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- in 1940, and was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1941. ... The FBI had been called in by the District of Columbia police because the ...34 KB (5,368 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
- the United States, and has become a symbol of the death penalty there. Although ... Case were put to death in the District of Columbia jail electric chair. ...11 KB (1,758 words) - 02:55, 29 December 2021
- Crowd (1950) is considered a landmark study of American character. The analysis ... The character of society, like that of an individual, naturally goes ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 08:08, 28 January 2024
- Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...30 KB (4,557 words) - 10:43, 11 March 2023
- with President Washington. The District of Columbia commissioners were ... of slavery. A diary kept by the District of Columbia building commissioner ...21 KB (3,325 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- church until 2010, in which Moon and a group of former executives purchased ... is distributed throughout the District of Columbia and sections of Maryland ...31 KB (4,327 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government or of an occupying ... arrested for civil disobedience on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United ...28 KB (4,286 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- New Guinea, located just 100 miles north of Australia, is the world ... the strongest candidate for highest point of the Australia/Oceania continent. ...29 KB (4,293 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2023
- to maintaining an online library and archive of Web and multimedia resources ... historians, and scholars. It is a member of the American Library Association ...28 KB (4,060 words) - 10:40, 6 March 2024
- who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate ... (but not slavery itself) in the District of Columbia. This compromise delayed ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ... In addition to completing this level of academic studies, high schools ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of ... Virtually every state, the District of Columbia, and all United States ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- His work evidences an impressive combination of art and science. The artwork ... His love for art and his appreciation of the aesthetic aspects of all ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 10:58, 9 May 2023
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with ... 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2024
- Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia, as well as its chief ... The four main highways of Zambia; the Great North Road to Tanzania ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses ... Kansas City was founded in 1838 as the "Town of Kansas" ...46 KB (6,922 words) - 17:38, 14 May 2024
- One of the first American writers to use the stream of consciousness ... *District of Columbia (1952). Three-volume set includes ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital of numerous dynasties and governments ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- Savings Bank; as marshal of the District of Columbia; as minister-resident ... appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. His wife, Anna Murray ...23 KB (3,597 words) - 10:27, 11 April 2024
- statesman, writer, lawyer, and soldier. One of the United States' most ... later be called Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), and both the funding ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 14:22, 18 July 2023
- Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis) (1116? - 1142?) was a ... Adelard was a pioneer of the scientific renaissance of the twelfth ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 05:50, 15 June 2023
- the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where she ... Second Circuit, and another for the District of Columbia Circuit. Ginsburg ...79 KB (11,056 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- | State Party = [[Image:Flag of Iran.svg|22px]] Iran | Type ... #039;) was an ancient ceremonial capital of the second Iranian dynasty ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 17:58, 26 March 2023
- for the representation of the District of Columbia or of territories ... passage of bills. Presently, the District of Columbia and the five inhabited ...85 KB (12,273 words) - 00:47, 30 December 2023
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation ... the fur trade, and in the latter half of the twentieth century its bitumen ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- both recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy and criticism ... Sherman's attack on civilian infrastructure and displacement ...29 KB (4,410 words) - 20:33, 13 May 2023
- agrees to become pregnant for the purpose of gestating and giving birth ... handful banning it completely. The District of Columbia and eleven states ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 13:57, 28 April 2023
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice ... played a significant role in the development of the American legal system. ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849), was the wife of President James Madison, who ... Dolley felt right at home in the District of Columbia society. Before ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- not in the geographic center of the District of Columbia, the Capitol is the ... and were completed under the supervision of Edward Clark. ...23 KB (3,473 words) - 01:21, 3 May 2023
- and Sri Lanka. A sari is a very long strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from ... long decorative borders running the length of the sari, and a one- to three ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 03:28, 23 December 2022
- States, Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership ... After the war he was active in the reorganization of the American ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...37 KB (5,435 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- to 1874. Elected offices included membership of the New York State Senate and ... Scott Key and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, whom Sickles had ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The paper ... its newsprint readership is in the District of Columbia, as well as in the ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:49, 30 April 2023
- regions (tundra and northern forests) of Eurasia (Scandinavia to Siberia ... There are several recognized subspecies of caribou. Caribou offer innumerable ...20 KB (2,969 words) - 19:16, 26 November 2023
- American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall ... States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, well-known ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, and its ... center. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- Japan into the catastrophic Pacific theater of World War II. Unfortunately ... Some Japanese historians, using the diaries and testimony of military ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction, and a stage ...37 KB (4,830 words) - 17:29, 12 February 2024
- . Historically, alimony arose as a result of the indissoluble nature of ... in all 50 U.S. states, and the District of Columbia. No-fault divorce ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 00:40, 9 January 2023
- Archives refer to a collection of records, and also refers to the ... NARA archives exist not only in the District of Columbia, but regionally as well. ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- the economic and social contributions of workers. It was first nationally ... Day. Today, all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territories ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 05:32, 4 March 2023
- according to an established standard of evaluation. There is a range ... established only within certain frameworks of thought and value perspectives ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia. ... *The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment was proposed by ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- St. Louis County in the United States state of Missouri. It is located at ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- Old Kinderhook, was the eighth president of the United States. He was a ... Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia without the consent ...22 KB (3,321 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and, along its ... The area inspired the Hudson River School of painting, a sort of early ...23 KB (3,395 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history ... Although women have always made up at least half of the world's ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- landscape shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of ... and where the first scientific research of a karst topography was made ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 20:16, 28 February 2023
- leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia ... segregation in the United States. He was one of the "Big Six" leaders ...59 KB (8,081 words) - 20:53, 1 May 2024
- eighteenth century, from the pleasure houses of Japan where courtesans would ... are no distinct singular or plural variants of the term. The word consists ...30 KB (4,689 words) - 06:34, 18 April 2024
- largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located ... south of the Canada – United States border in King County, of which ...49 KB (7,077 words) - 02:45, 21 April 2023
- eras. Ruskin is also known for his advocacy of "Christian socialism. ... Ruskin was born in London, and raised in south London, the son of ...29 KB (4,497 words) - 03:58, 3 May 2024
- to all slaves in the Confederate States of America. It was not a law passed ... their slaves. All slaves in the District of Columbia were freed in this ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 17:52, 13 February 2024
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally ... has been adopted by 46 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- designated as the Manhattan Engineering District (MED), Manhattan Project ... Germany might be developing nuclear weapons of its own. Born out of a small ...52 KB (8,009 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- 31, 1948) was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, serving ... Gore subsequently became chairman of the Emmy Award-winning American ...32 KB (4,643 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States ... It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
