1. I have been living in Latin American countries for over 12 years, I have seen poverty and I have seen the corruption of the governments. I have also lived in the US and visited Europe many times, which are considered developed helping nations. I have never seen a city and government ...
In fact, Lincoln is the only president in American history to hold a patent. The design that he holds a patent for was designed during his law years while sitting at his desk in the office that he shared with his partner, William Herndon....
Iowa was a significant contributor to the US Civil War effort. The citizens of Iowa largely supported Abraham Lincoln and thus supported the side of the Union in the war. In fact, Iowa supported the war so much that almost 20% of citizens were enlisted into military duties. ...
"Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same resul...
Nowadays, when people think about the capital of the United States of America, they think about the White House (now probably stained orange). However, that hasn’t always been the case. In fact, New York City was the firstcapital of the country. ...
When I first heard the news about Ralph Nader’s new American Museum of Tort Law, my first thought was, “Awesome! A Torts Museum.” My second thought was, “My lawn darts! They belong there.” In case you missed the news, the Torts Museum opened last month in Nader’s home town ...
Over 50% of Americans file their taxes to the IRS before April 1st, while 5% get an extension to October 15th. About 10% of American citizens do not file at all.[5] The IRS Whistleblower Office rewards those who blow the whistle on persons who fail to pay their taxes ...
Mississippi relied heavily on the cotton industry, and before the American Civil War, it was commonly known that this industry simply wouldn’t be profitable without slave labor. Up until the Civil War, Mississippi ranked atnumber 5on the list of wealthiest US states. ...
the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, early events of the Vietnam War and the American Civil Rights Movement and tried his best to resolve those crisis, was finally assassinated on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald untimely before he put a lasting...
5. Porter was, in fact, born in the South. William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Civil War, in 1862. His mother died when he was just three, and he was brought up by his aunt and his maternal grandmother. 6. He coined the phrase ‘banana...