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- journalist, and the founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra ... music education, writings, and the beauty of his compositions. He felt that ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle ... After the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846, most of Major General ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- 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
- The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws that attempted to resolve ... The compromise was possible after the death of President Zachary Taylor, who ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- himself to be the legitimately elected president of Mexico. ... * Godoy, Jose Francisco. Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico, the ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 05:38, 30 November 2022
- 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who long ... Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values—aggressiveness ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- the communities of apartment-like structures in the Southwestern United ... Pueblo is a term used to describe modern (and ancient) communities ...16 KB (2,339 words) - 23:24, 14 December 2023
- (1867–1871), and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.For resisting the ... became Chief Justice and Vice-President of Mexico, under moderado (moderate ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
- | order=President of Mexico | term_start=May 16, 1833 | term_end=June ... a turbulent 40-year career. He was President of Mexico eleven non-consecutive ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 05:42, 11 August 2023
- national park with the exception that the President of the United States can ... monument and national park is the amount of diversity in what is being ...19 KB (2,589 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
- – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth president of the United States, serving ... While Fillmore is considered by many as one of the lesser United States ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- work on this tribe, and her studies of West Indian and African American ... 27, 1875, in New York City, as the eldest of three children of Henry Clews ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 17:40, 13 February 2024
- writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature ... Octavio Paz was born in Mexico City, Mexico during tumultuous times ...11 KB (1,620 words) - 23:51, 17 November 2022
- American military leader and the twelfth president of the United States. Taylor ... on November 24, 1784. He was the third of nine children of Richard and ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and held the position ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving ... His time as U.S. president is most notable for the largest expansion ...25 KB (3,708 words) - 21:19, 20 March 2024
- and his contributions to the development of theories of culture within ... 11, 1905, in Le Mars, Iowa, into the family of Clyde Clofford and Caroline ...10 KB (1,350 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- United States as The Mexican War and in Mexico as la intervención norteamericana ... with popular belief in the Manifest Destiny of the United States ultimately ...28 KB (4,268 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- rebel leader. He is regarded as the founder of the Mexican War of Independence ... continued to be dominated by ten percent of the population and power would ...16 KB (2,562 words) - 17:46, 9 November 2022
- Although he held a number of law enforcement posts and gained a reputation ... For a while, he enjoyed the patronage of President Theodore Roosevelt ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on ... American War, he served as military governor of Mexico City. Such was his stature ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- North American peninsula, politically a part of the nation of Mexico. Extending ... deserts, the peninsula is also home to some of the best preserved rock art ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- to July 13, 1954), was a Mexican painter of the indigenous culture of her ... Kahlo's life was a tragic one. Stricken with polio at the age ...18 KB (2,754 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the north of ... the entire peninsula. Following a series of insurrections, its territory ...27 KB (4,045 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- born Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as ... married into), military service in the War of 1812, and subsequent successful ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 01:57, 23 December 2022
- The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the ... for rights under the Mexican Constitution of 1824. By the time of the battle ...19 KB (3,079 words) - 23:51, 30 October 2023
- colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States, serving ... Pierce served in the House of Representatives and Senate as a Democrat ...19 KB (2,905 words) - 05:14, 9 April 2024
- people who originally lived in the valley of the Río Yaqui in the northern ... of Sonora, and still later Vice-president of Mexico. It was at this time ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 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
- The Wilmot Proviso was introduced on August 8, 1846, in the House ... to receive the necessary two-thirds approval of the Senate, the United States ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- Mexican Revolutionary general. As commander of the División del Norte (Division ... military revolutionary aims, unlike those of Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatista ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- scandal that began during the administration of President Harding. Elk Hills ... The Teapot Dome oil field received its name because of a rock resembling ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic ... As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 19:58, 9 February 2023
- general. He commanded the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina ... After the war he spoke in favor of civil and voting rights for the ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 06:06, 18 November 2022
- against religious sites, and the seizure of church property. mere secularism or the French tradition of laïcité, which advocates ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- [[Image:1915NatGeog.jpg|thumb|175px|Cover of January, 1915 National ... National Geographic, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
- 1955) was an American newspaper baron, owner of the Chicago Tribune, and popularly ... A leading opponent of United States entry into World War II and of ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate ... in American history. He served as Speaker of the House longer than any man ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal ... However, the basic effort on the part of the majority of countries in ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight ... One of his policy contributions was what became known as brinkmanship ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- (November 10, 1878 - June 14, 1946) was President of Guatemala from February ... him was short-lived in the end. As part of development and government ...15 KB (2,332 words) - 06:28, 6 May 2024
- North American continent, spreading its form of democracy, freedom, and culture ... Originally a political catch phrase of the nineteenth century, Manifest ...40 KB (6,026 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- was trusted and supported by the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia ... was soon aroused by the aggressive movements of the Federal government (President ...15 KB (2,251 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- image_caption=Georgia O’Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed ... place_of_death=Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | }} Georgia Totto O'Keeffe ...23 KB (3,732 words) - 07:37, 24 January 2023
- Cliff-dwelling is the general archaeological term for the habitations ... inhabited. They are common among the canyons of the Southwestern United States ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 22:05, 7 January 2024
- that first aired in 1980. The purpose of the network is to make information ... and Reese Schonfeld. The founding purpose of the network was to make information ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 10:13, 25 November 2023
- Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his following of patriots from his sugar mill ... The Ten Years' War (1868-1878) was the first of three wars that ...12 KB (1,919 words) - 05:40, 27 February 2023
- , better known as José Martí, was a leader of the Cuban independence movement ... most widely read, and his poetry. Several of the verses from his collection ...19 KB (3,059 words) - 06:30, 6 May 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
