Chapter 1. geography, people and language. Think and talk. Do you know the full name of Britain? Do you know the geographical features of this country? Do you know its major cities, London, Ed…
What happened on June 28, 1919? What does the term Black Thursday refer to? What was the purpose of Kanem? What day did the L.A. riots start? What is the significance of the Currency Act? What is the significance of the Great Migration?
At one time, especially in the 1960s the grain elevator was considered the unofficial west end of Kennewick. But what about its history? The Grain elevator has stood for decades In the 6000 block of West Clearwater Ave. shortly before you reach Archibald's Auto lot, you will see the mass...
June 19, 1865, “Juneteenth,” was the day freedom finally came to the enslaved people of Texas, and is now celebrated as our second American independence day. But African Americans in eastern North Carolina, in counties already occupied by Federal troops, heard the news of the Emancipation ...
Here are the backstories behind the emblems and logos of the world's most popular automakers, from Acura to Volvo and every brand in between.
All British currency features an image of the Queen's head on one side. How much is half a crown worth in today's money? A half crown was two shillings and sixpence, 2s 6d or 2/6. It was worth 12½p in the decimal system. Prices were a lot cheaper in 1969. For a quick ...
Amish speak a version of German known as Pennsylvania German, or Pennsylvania Dutch. It has some similarities with dialects of German spoken in Europe today. This is their first language. Pennsylvania Dutch, as spoken by the Amish today, includes some En
CHAPTER 6 Global Mass Society The most important development that accelerated contemporary globalization was the universalization of capitalism when the Cold War ended. Capitalism advanced into the separate economic system led by the Soviet Union, which collapsed by 1991. In the name of "free trade,...
currency in the case of an invasion, the federal government recalled all U.S. money on the islands and printed bills with the word "Hawaii" stamped across them. By October 1944, the U.S. government deemed the threat to have passed and took the bills out of circulation or used them in...
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation, and then by deflation, the banks and the corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent ...