the workers suggested that U.S. actually stood for Uncle Sam. This epithet rapidly became a synonym for the United States, its usage being reinforced as a wartime rebuttal to Great Britain’s trademark of John Bull. In 1868, Thomas Nast, the political cartoonist forHarper’s Weekly, depicted...
C. visitors to Britain are very grateful to the policemen for their great help D. the British policemen tell the visitors about the views of their country (3) “If you want to know the time ask a policeman.”This means ___. [ ] A. the British policemen like to tell the time...
The Ebenezer stone, and the place it stood which was also named Ebenezer, is for Christians a symbol of God's help, eternal presence and faithfulness, and also a symbol of a new beginning. For some Christians, and 'ebenezer' can be anything (a cross, a hymn, the Bible) which reminds ...
Kings and queens sometimes get nicknames based on their appearance, their actions, or their likability. For this quiz, choose nicknames monarchs of England and Britain have been given since the first Saxon kings developed the monarchy in the 9th century. ...
The first written record of the name "Oregon" comes to us from a 1765 proposal for a journey written by Major Robert Rogers, an English army officer. It reads, "The rout... is from the Great Lakes towards the Head of the Mississippi, and from thence to the River called by the Indian...
Visitors to England seem,nearly always, to be very impressed by the English police.In fact, it has become a joke that the visitors to Britain, when asked for his views of the country, will always say,at some point or other,“I think your policemen are wonderful.” ...
Harry S. Trumanwas the 33rd president of the United States, leading the country through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. During World War II he was also the person responsible for the United States’ use ofatomic weaponsagainst Japan—a decision that resulted in...