Who ran in the presidential election of 1872? Who won the popular vote in the presidential election of 1856? Who was elected president of the United States in 1852? Who won the US presidential election of 1868? Who lost the presidential election of 1796? Who won the presidential election ...
He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. Townes was an adviser to the United States Government, meeting every US President from Harry Truman (1945) to Bill Clinton (1999). He directed the US government Science and Technology Advisory Committee for ...
In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded her the country's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for her collected works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Maya Angelou's contributions to literature and culture were not limited to her prolific writing. She also held a ...
A devout Baptist, Rockefeller believed that God had blessed him with the ability to make money and saw no contradiction between his ruthless business methods and his faith. Indeed, he thought the division of the world into rich and poor was part of God’s plan. Or, in his own words, “...
Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he served as the first President and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. ...
into the Impressionist boys’ club (the other wasMary Cassatt). Contemporary critics, however, were less impressed by her than were her peers. She exhibited often but sold very little in her lifetime and was not recognized by critics and scholars as a great talent until about a century ...
American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. Nelson Mandela (1918-). South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of...
1.The little girl who got lost decided to remain she was and wait tor her mother.( )A.whereB.whatC.howD.who
Calvin Coolidge (1872 – 1933) was the thirtieth president of the United States. He looked down on a person as being unworthy of respect who was too fond of talking about the details of others people’s actions and private lives because he had no time for small talks. The following two ...
I was like, “Go Margie Go!” Margie’s story is told through the lens of her granddaughter Madeleine who finds Margie’s old diaries in a trunk in her mother’s house. The diaries reveal Margie’s secret life in Paris, inspiring Madeleine to rediscover her artistic talents and to pursue...