1781, adopting (1787) a new constitution that went into effect after 1789. The nation soon began to expand westward. Growing tensions over the issue of black slavery divided the country along geographic lines, sparking the secession of the South and the Civil War (1861-1865). The remainder ...
a city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea, President Roosevelt, without consulting the Koreans, suggested to Stalin and Churchill that Korea be placed under joint trusteeship prior to being granted its independence at the conclusion of World War II, once Japan surrendered. However, the mos...
When we had to dig our own open-air latrines at a temporary campsite, well, that's what they were - latrines. However, the wooden structures (2-5 holes) at permanent campgrounds got the fancy title and had a hand carved KYBO wooden sign above the door to prove it. As if we coul...
White House doubts Kiir, Machar's ability to bring peace in South Sudan The SHoM have given us language to use as we help our students make connections between techniques and ways of working with their personal art making and understanding of their place in the greater arts world. STUDIO HAB...
A swift-flying bird of prey(Falco peregrinus)having gray and white plumage. It is found worldwide and is much used in falconry. Also calledduck hawk. [Middle English, translation of Medieval Latinfalcō peregrīnus(so called because they were caught in passage rather than taken from the nest ...
American Civil War- civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865 United States Civil War,War between the States battle of Atlanta,Atlanta- a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864 ...