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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ... century, it was the dominant economic power and well on its way to taking its place among the imperia...
7: ... Congress|Congress]] to resist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing preconditions. A s...
9: ...This failure of the federal government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the governmen...
11: ...otection for life or property now exist in the rebel States."
13: ...led [[carpetbaggers]] by southerners, and were widely perceived as being motivated by graft and corrup...
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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...roperties]] vary regularly across the table. Each element is listed by its [[atomic number]] and [[che...
3: ...lements|other methods for displaying the chemical elements]] for more details or different perspective...
6: ...similar configurations of their [[valence shell]] electrons, which gives them similar properties.
9: ...lied Chemistry]] (IUPAC). The IUPAC scheme was developed to replace both older Roman numeral systems a...
14: ==Other methods for displaying the chemical elements== - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
165: | [[1854]] — [[1865]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
26: *[[Heinrich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ueen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the t...
9: ...narch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Cobu...
12: ... I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince ...
16: ...ion for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligible to govern the realm as would an adult. In o... - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
3: ...ited as the first "[[feminist]]", but more accurately, the launcher of women's political advocacy. Sh...
5: ...rk]] in the early [[1800s]]. She moved to [[Philadelphia]] and became a Quaker minister in [[1821]]. S...
7: ...their equal treatment of women compared to other religious and social groups in America since its foun...
9: ...and abolitionist advocates. In the [[1830s]] she helped establish two anti-slavery groups.
11: ...eneca Falls]], [[New York]] in [[1848]]. While [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and [[Susan B. Anthony]] ar... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ... that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years o...
6: ...1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fellow male students, and the slow pace of her course...
8: ...copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
14: ...dow, though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten ...
18: ... painting to care for her mother and sister, who fell ill after moving to Paris in [[1877]]. Her siste... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ... ''[[pen name]]'' of the [[England|English]] [[novelist]] '''Marie Louise de la Ram饧''.
3: ...". During her career, she wrote more than 40 [[novel]]s. For many years she lived in [[London]], but ...
5: ...lthough successful, she did not manage her money well and died in poverty on [[January 25]], [[1908]],...
13: * ''Findelkind'' (??) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1367 ...
15: * ''Helianthus '' (1908) - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: '''Suzanne Valadon''' ([[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[p...
8: ...rveed and learned the artists' techniques. She modeled for artists [[Edgar Degas]], [[Henri de Toulous...
12: ...Maurice Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
16: ...'The Bath''. ([[1908]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]]. Pastel. 60x49 cm. Grenoble: [[Mus饠des Beaux Arts]].]]
18: ...leaving him, he said, with "nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the h... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eganderson.jpg|frame|Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]]
3: '''Elizabeth Garrett Anderson''' ([[9 June]] [[1836]] &...
5: ...ce of Apothecaries' Hall, which she obtained in [[1865]].
7: ...ity of Paris degree of M.D. The same year she was elected to the first [[London School Board]], at the...
9: ...to women in 1877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected president of the East Anglian branch of the ... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ... 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artichoke".
14: ... French, German, ancient history, philosophy and religion. Afterward, she was appointed to a job as a ...
21: ...ng the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond. Barton delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and South...
23: ...ered lectures on her war experiences, which were well received. She met [[Susan B. Anthony]] and began...
31: ... founded on [[May 21]], [[1881]]. [[John D. Rockefeller]] gave money to create a national headquarters... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ... hospital|asylums]] for the [[insane]]. Unfortunately for her legacy, these state hospitals grew into ...
6: ...ided to go to the jail to see if she could be of help to those in need. There she found a number of in...
8: ...a student of the [[Unitarian]] reformer [[William Ellery Channing]], and began her career as a [[teach...
12: She was quick to see the parallel between the circumstances of her recovery and the...
14: ... visiting [[almshouse]]s and jails where the [[homeless]] were confined. She then lobbied state legisl... - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
3: ...rd]], [[Ontario]]. She married Edward Trout in [[1865]] and thereafter moved to [[Toronto]], where Edwa...
7: ...treatments for women involving "galvanic baths or electricity." For six years, she also ran a free di...
9: ...d later moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], where she died in 1921. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
6: ...k]], the daughter of Alvah and Vesta Walker, she believed the fashions of the day, which included such...
8: ...raduated as a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and the...
10: ...ashington, D.C.]] She also worked as an unpaid field surgeon near the Union front lines, including th...
12: ...d [[George Henry Thomas]]. On [[November 11]], [[1865]], President [[Andrew Johnson]] signed a bill to ...
16: ...l to the sick and wounded soldiers, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own healt... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...ist]]s of the [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a composer.
7: ...ncluding those of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brahms.
9: ...ium]] at [[Frankfurt am Main]], a post which she held until [[1892]], and in which she contributed gre...
11: ...or of her husband's works for [[Breitkopf and H䲴el]].
14: ...ge V of Hanover, Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
1: ...Gutenberg eText 14676.jpg|frame|right|'''Edith Cavell''']]
2: ...vell.JPG|thumb|234px|Statue in memory of Edith Cavell, opposite the [[National Portrait Gallery, Londo...
3: ...2.jpeg|thumb|234px|A propaganda image of Edith Cavell]]
5: '''Edith Louisa Cavell''' ([[December 4]], [[1865]] - [[October 12]], [[1915]]) is one of the few f...
7: ... war [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/edith_cavell.htm]. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ...ernment in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[...
14: ...ates Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [...
18: ==Presidential elections==
19: ...es (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) became President, while the individual who...
21: ...ffice on [[January 20]] of the year following the election, an event called [[Inauguration Day]]. Alt... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
21: ... other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him...
24: ...nial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
26: ...te from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. ...
29: ... Peale]], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]] - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]])
39: *[[Andrew Johnson]] ([[1865]]) - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
11: | [[April 15]], [[1865]] - [[March 4]], [[1869]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
25: | '''Wife:''' || [[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
28: | [[Martha Patterson]] (daughter)<br />[[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
33: ...[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket) - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
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34: ...nt Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr., Ellen (Nellie) Grant, and Jesse Root Grant.
39: ... bravery: at [[Battle of Molino del Rey | Molino del Rey]] and [[Battle of Chapultepec | Chapultepec]]...
41: ...uld be put to better use and appointed him [[colonel]] of the 21st Illinois Infantry (effective [[June...
43: ...e of Shiloh]], but with grim determination and timely reinforcements, Grant turned a serious reverse i... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
6: ...rch 4]], [[1855]]-[[March 3]], [[1869]]). He was elected [[Speaker of the United States House of Repr...
8: In [[1868]] he was elected Vice President of the United States on the R...
10: ...ax, California]], is named in his honor. The "Jewel of the Midwest", Schuyler, Nebraska, is also name...
13: ...dash; [[March 3]], [[1865]];<br>[[December 4]], [[1865]] – [[March 3]], [[1869]]}}
14: ...fter=[[Henry Wilson]] | years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1868|1868]] (won)}} - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
7: ...ates Republican Party|Republican]] in [[1859]], [[1865]] and [[1871]], and served from [[January 31]], [...
9: ...g at [[Washington, DC]]. He was interred in Old Dell Park Cemetery, Natick.
12: ...=[[William A. Wheeler]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1872|1872]] (won)}}
13: ...|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|after=[[William A. Wheeler]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1873]] – [[Novembe... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
8: | succeeded=[[Grover Cleveland]]
10: | place of birth=[[Fairfield, Vermont]]
14: | wife=[[Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur]]
18: ...runtled office seeker, on July 2, [[1881]]. Garfield died on September 19th, and Arthur became [[Pres... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
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3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
4: ...colspan=2>[[Image:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
18: ... of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
21: ...><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr> - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...nd the world. Each of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]...
12: ...Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] ...
55: ..., [[Military history of the United States]], [[Timeline of United States history]], [[List of U.S. mil...
60: ...h Amendment]] took effect. The Civil War effectively ended the question of a state's right to secede,...
62: ...priating their lands, killing many, and forcibly relocating tribes to otherwise unwanted and barren ar... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
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45: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
54: ...ered this region, bringing with them the Islamic religion and incorporating the Turkmen into Middle Ea...
58: ...of the 11th century, the powerful Turks of the [[Seldjuk Empire]] concentrated their strength in the t... - Paraguay (10959 bytes)
1: ... The expression in Guarani is thought to refer solely to Asuncibut in Spanish refers to the entire...
2: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
3: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a del Paraguay'''</big></big>
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43: |'''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
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26: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]
29: | [[Filoimea Telito]]
52: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' - Flag of Michigan (1261 bytes)
3: ...e and the ability to defend his [[right]]s. The [[elk]] and [[moose]] are symbols of Michigan, while t...
7: #On light blue shield: ''Tuebor'', "I will defend"
10: ...y" on the other side. The second flag, adopted in 1865, displayed the state coat of arms on one side and... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...he [[Seven Wonders of the World]] and the most widely recognized [[pyramid]] in the world. Though no p...
9: The most widely accepted estimate for its date of completion is ...
11: ...id of Khafre]], one of Khufu's successors who is believed to have built the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Gre...
15: ...bsp;m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5 m. The reduction in area and the curr...
17: ...ides of the pyramid rise at an angle of approximately 51?51′. - Alabama (10792 bytes)
2: ...ge:Alabama-state-capital-montgomery-nickname-the-yellowhammer-state-18291.jpg|thumb|350px|right| Alaba...
12: ...llia State, The Heart of Dixie[[#Notes|¹]], Yellowhammer State |
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8: Nickname = [[Tar Heel]] State |
11: Governor = [[Michael Easley]] |
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11: Governor = [[M. Jodi Rell]] |
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36: ...he [[New England (U.S.)|New England]] region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and one... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
2: Name = Delaware |
3: Fullname = State of Delaware |
4: Flag = Delaware state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Delaware]] |
6: Seal = Delaware state seal.png | - Florida (24937 bytes)
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43: ...], [[1861]]. After the fall of the Confederacy in 1865, Florida was readmitted into the Union on [[June ...
49: ...n [[President of the United States|Presidential]] elections. - Idaho (13962 bytes)
26: Latitude = 42? N to [[49th parallel north|49? N]] |
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42: ...s later revealed Willing had made up the name himself, and the original Idaho territory was re-named [... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
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45: ...s [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to visit Iowa. Th...
46: *Iowa has been home to approximately 17 different tribes. Today, only the [[Mesquaki... - Utah (29154 bytes)
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45: Animal = [[Red deer|Rocky Mountain Elk]] | - Texas (39610 bytes)
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57: ...States|US Southwest]]. Texas shares some cultural elements with both regions, with more similarities w...
70: ...o]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of Texas. For more information on T... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
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39: ...]] village named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European sett...
41: ...b/pubsvs/faq.htm#01][http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/tennessee.html] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ... is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...nguage]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle Eas...
56: * [[Bell]]s in [[History of China|China]]
77: * [[3rd century|200s]]: [[Wheelbarrow]]: [[Zhuge Liang]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
50: ...t)|Yates, Richard]], ([[1926]]-[[1992]]), U.S. novelist - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...h policy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American spirit and culture which was...
17: ...[[American Revolutionary War]] and established itself as the United States of America with 13 States.
28: ... such as cotton, indigo, and sugar were not as widely avaliable.
30: ...g British interference with American shipping as well as British aid to Native Americans in [[Canada]]...
34: ...n trade and conflict, and more to the internal development in North America. With the end of the warti... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external [[...
11: ...to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ...[[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...me, the utility of experiment was unproven. Some believed that setting up ''artificial'' conditions in...
27: ...le for early [[Civilization|civilizations]] to develop and more time to be devoted to tasks other than... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...merican]] [[inventor]] and [[businessman]] who developed many important devices. "The Wizard of [[Menl...
5: ...ly criticized for not sharing the credits. Nevertheless, Edison received [[patent]]s worldwide, includ...
10: ... and tavern keeper who would marry Nancy Matthews Elliott.
12: ..., would become a rebel joining the [[MacKenzie Rebellion]] that sought Canadian independence. The rev...
18: ...of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker. - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of United States history'''.
2: *[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before ...
3: *[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699...
4: *[[Timeline of United States history (1700-1759)|1700-1759...
5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
1: {| border="1" width="300" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em;...
10: |Date||[[1861]]–[[1865]]
19: {| border="1" width="300" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
26: ''[[1864]]–[[1865]]. 36 stars, after the admission of [[Nevada]].''...
32: ''Briefly from March [[1865]]'' - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...old War was waged by means of economic pressure, selective aid, diplomatic manoeuvre, propaganda, assa...
7: ...n good part by arming or funding surrogates, a development that lessened direct impact on the populati...
9: ..., but improved as the Soviet bloc started to unravel in the late 1980s. With the collapse of the Sovie...
12: ...om smaller regional wars, which heightened the level of concern for each conflict. This tension shaped...
14: ...d the territory of [[East Germany]], which completely surrounded it. - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: '''Civil rights''' are those [[right]]s developed by [[citizen]]s over time and sometimes prote...
4: ...ion or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin. Some other countries h...
6: ==Related Terminology==
8: ...guishes between right and liberty (see below: Hohfeld). The root of the word 'civil' reflects the asso...
10: ...ther of the family could own property, his wife, relatives and children having no right of ownership. ... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
1: ...s died fighting the Civil War, include these men felled during the bloody Battle of Antietam]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
6: ====1860–1865====
32: *[[1865]] - [[Abraham Lincoln]] [[assassin]]ated
33: *[[1865]] - [[Andrew Johnson]] becomes President - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ... century, it was the dominant economic power and well on its way to taking its place among the imperia...
7: ... Congress|Congress]] to resist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing preconditions. A s...
9: ...This failure of the federal government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the governmen...
11: ...otection for life or property now exist in the rebel States."
13: ...led [[carpetbaggers]] by southerners, and were widely perceived as being motivated by graft and corrup... - April (9790 bytes)
5: ... constellation of [[Pisces]] and ends in the constellation of [[Aries]].
18: ...[Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]] found only cause for celebration:
25: *[[T. S. Eliot]], on the other hand, opened ''[[The Waste Lan...
27: :April is the cruellest month, breeding
41: :The smell of the earth is good. - Dodo (9332 bytes)
20: ...ddish point, very small useless [[wing]]s, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly [[feather]]s high on...
22: ...fficient to have ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take adv...
24: ...ry and wet seasons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to l...
27: The Dodo was entirely fearless of people, and this, in combination wit...
29: ...therlands|Dutch]] settlers called it the ''Walgvogel'' ("disgusting bird") for the unpleasant taste an... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: ...e:Morse_sam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
2: ... for sending automated digital data in voice channels.
4: ...code. International Morse code is composed of six elements:
11: ...o adapt to automated communication, so it was largely replaced by more regular formats, including the ...
13: ...ad or [[American Morse code]], and is now very rarely used. - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...s fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadershi...
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Vall...
13: ...[wampum]]), which were produced from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern ...
19: About [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[New Spain]]) wa... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... to break ties. The Senate is regarded as a more deliberative body than the House of Representatives; ...
4: ...are regarded as more important than those exclusively enumerated to the House. As a result, the respon...
10: ...tes called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on the [[House of Lords]] (the [[aristocratic]]...
12: ...ounders intended the Senate to be a more stable, deliberative body than the House of Representatives. ...
14: ...[[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate falling one ... - World Series (40101 bytes)
5: ...All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
9: ...le some would contend that there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significant...
11: ... investigation of the ''New York World'' for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed s...
13: ...s not happen at the 2008 Olympics, baseball is likely to be removed from the Olympics to make room for...
15: ... participate. The first such World Cup is tentatively scheduled to follow the [[2005]] season. The IBA... - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
2: .... He taught former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency, he is known for suggesting hundreds...
5: ...work as a hand and spent his time wandering the fields, drawn to the varieties of wild plants. He beca...
7: ...on, he knew that he was going to be an artist as well as a botanist.
9: ... he wished to rent a room. When he identified himself "Carver's George", as he had done his whole life...
11: ...to [[Simpson College]] in Indianola, Iowa. He excelled in art and music, but art instructor Etta Budd... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
10: ...nalist]]s, and [[Wesleyan Church|Wesleyans]], as well as breakaway sects of mainstream denominations s...
14: The Underground Railroad developed its own jargon, which continued the [[railway...
15: *people who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents"
21: ...aves a month), sometimes hiding them in his Philadelphia home. He kept careful records, including sho...
23: ...ldren were sent by train from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. However, the addition of the word <i>via</i... - List of extinct animals (3267 bytes)
15: * [[Great Auk]] (1844, Iceland)
31: * [[Bluebuck]], or Blue Antelope (1799)
33: * [[Cape Lion]] (1865)
102: * [[Coelacanth]], captured Dec 21 1938, thought to be a Ro...
106: ==Related Articles== - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...e capital of the region of Tuscany and briefly ([[1865]]-[[1871]]) the capital of the kingdom of Italy. ...
9: ...dges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
19: ...actional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Floren...
21: ...anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called the [[...
23: ...Michelangelo]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Botticelli]]. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
39: Widely recognized landmarks include the [[San Francisco...
42: ...ey found the area inhabited by the Yelamu tribe, belonging to a linguistic grouping later called the [...
44: ...as "Mission Dolores"). The area first began to develop as a city under the name of [[Yerba Buena]] in ...
48: ...any environmental transformations was the city's reliance on filled marshlands for real estate. Much o...
51: ...olate Company|Ghirardelli]] [[chocolate]], and [[Wells Fargo]] bank. - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Warren Gamaliel Harding
9: | date of birth=[[November 2]], [[1865]]
18: '''Warren Gamaliel Harding''' ([[November 2]], [[1865]]–[[August 2]], [[1923]]) was an [[Politics...
20: ...4 to 127 in the [[United States Electoral College|electoral college]]). He adopted hands-off [[laissez...
23: Harding was born on November 2, 1865, near [[Blooming Grove, Ohio|Corsica]], [[Ohio]] ... - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
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39: ...ack and a few fittings, the bulk of the ship was below the waterline to prevent damage from cannon fir...
41: ...trast, ''Virginia'' was a conventional wooden vessel covered with iron plates and bearing fixed weapon...
51: ...], the design was offered to [[Sweden]], and in [[1865]] the first Swedish monitor was being built at [[...
57: While the design of the USS ''Monitor'' was well-suited for river combat, her low free board and ... - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ...lly coined refers to only those descended from a relative handful of black colonial [[indentured servi...
10: ... U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], ...
15: ... lead to the [[American Civil War]] ([[1861]] - [[1865]]).
17: ... the right to vote and to hold public office, as well as a number of other civil rights they previousl...
19: ...rowing African American intellectual and cultural elite in the [[Northern United States]], led to a st... - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
1: [[image:WilhelmRöntgen.JPG|thumb|Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]]
2: ... medical references to him are found under this spelling.
6: ...[Utrecht Technical School]], from which he was expelled for producing a caricature of one of the teach...
8: In [[1865]], he attended the [[Utrecht University|Universit...
12: ... the field who used protective lead shields routinely. - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
6: ...y]]. Davis, the last of the ten children of [[Samuel Emory Davis]] and his wife, Jane, had come from a...
12: ...ruction and management of a [[sawmill]] in the [[Yellow River]] in [[1831]], he contracted [[pneumonia...
14: ... year, after which he escorted [[Black Hawk]] himself to prison—it is said that the chief liked ...
16: ...uisville, Kentucky]]. Sarah's father, then-[[Colonel]] [[Zachary Taylor]], would go on to become a [[G...
21: ...ew York City]]. In [[1836]], he retired to Brierfield Plantation in [[Warren County, Mississippi]]. - James Longstreet (9732 bytes)
8: ...orn in [[Edgefield County, South Carolina | Edgefield District]], [[South Carolina]], but grew up in [...
12: ...general]] in the [[Confederate Army]]. He fought well at the [[First Battle of Bull Run]], and earned ...
14: ...ng the war. Lee referred to Longstreet affectionately as his ''Old War Horse''. (Longstreet's friends ...
16: ...month, at the [[Battle of Antietam]], Longstreet held his part of the Confederate line against Union f...
18: ...lts by Union forces. About 10,000 Union soldiers fell; Longstreet's men lost but 500. - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: '''Dr. Frederick Albert Cook''' ([[June 10]], [[1865]] – [[August 5]] [[1940]]) was an [[United ...
9: ...arried Marie Fidele Hunt; they had one daughter, Helene. In 1923 they were [[divorce]]d.
13: ...8, during this expedition, Cook visited [[Tierra del Fuego]], where he met [[Thomas Bridges (Anglican ...
15: ...that mountain (this claim is discussed at length below).
24: ...izontal bee-line miles from McKinley and 3 miles below its top. Barrill's 1909 affidavit included a ma... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...h-Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the area. The expedition was not ...
5: ...ted States Army|US Army]], Clark officially only held the rank of [[Second Lieutenant]] at the time, b...
7: ...from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she could aid them in translation, but they ...
9: ...nake River]], and the [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portland, Or...
10: ...trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostly they just endured the... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...[[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade...
10: ...John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
12: ...0]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]].
13: *[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: The Congress of the [...
18: ...] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]]. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the ...
10: *[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Bento...
21: *[[1946]] - [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[R鵮ion]] become over...
22: *[[1953]] - [[Academy Awards]] are first televised.
23: ...ison Square Garden]] in the first [[television | televised]] prize [[boxing]] fight shown in color. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
18: ...]], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
23: ...finally successful [[Civil Rights]] March from [[Selma]] to [[Montgomery]] [[Alabama]].
26: ...the fifteenth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Ireland]] singing "All Kinds of Everything".
29: ...ansen]] begins his [[circumnavigation]] in a [[wheelchair]] in the name of [[spinal cord]] injury medi...
33: ...ing of ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reporter [[Daniel Pearl]]. - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
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38: ...ica]]. Note that there is a totally separate, unrelated [[Richmond County, Virginia|Richmond County]]...
44: ...atural barrier, it prevented river boats from traveling any further inland.
46: ...by Major [[William Mayo]] on land donated by Colonel [[William Byrd II]]. The name comes from [[Richm... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
26: ...city of the [[Boise metropolitan area]]. Boise's elevation is 2,842 feet.
38: ... on [[December 7]], [[1864]]. It was changed in [[1865]]. According to [[legend]], the proposal for the ...
54: ...the [[Boise Art Museum]], which hosts several traveling exhibits each year. The city is also home to n...
56: ...low crime rate, extensive [[Boise greenbelt|greenbelt]] running through the city, trendy downtown and ...
58: ...en much controversy over expansive residential development into the foothills. - Topeka, Kansas (10234 bytes)
33: ...across the river and plenty of whiskey but little else.
39: ...hat Kansas enjoyed from the close of the war in [[1865]] until [[1870]]. In [[1869]], the railway starte...
44: ...of Education]] which was the case responsible for eliminating the standard of "separate but equal", an...
46: ...te that, at the time the suit was filed, only the elementary schools were segregated in Topeka, and th...
48: Monroe Elementary, one of the segregated schools, is now a ... - Helena, Montana (6927 bytes)
1: [[Image:Helena, Montana-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Helena, Montana]]
2: '''Helena''' is the capital of [[Montana]], a [[U.S. sta...
6: city = Helena |
9: flag = HelenaMT.jpg |
10: seal = HelenaMTseal.gif | - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
9: ...by the lower house. The plan drew the support of delegates from large states such as [[Virginia]], [[M...
11: ...[American Civil War|Civil War]] ([[1861]]–[[1865]]), which began soon after several southern state...
13: ...te. Both the Democratic nor the Republican Party held majorities in the House at various times.
15: ...ture of the House also developed during approximately the same period, with the positions of [[Majorit...
17: ...uring the next decade. However, after winning the elections of [[1954]], the Democratic Party would ma... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
4: ...[Image:Republicanlogo.png|200px|"Republican Party Elephant" logo]] |
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
8: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
18: ...f Representatives|House of Representatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era...
22: ...irst convention of the U.S. Republican Party was held on [[July 6]], [[1854]], in [[Jackson, Michigan]... - Jury (14851 bytes)
6: ...ems]] which require a jury, panels are initially selected at random from the adult population of the d...
8: ...ber of jurors must be a specified size (usually twelve or fifteen), and since there is always the poss...
10: ...). Since a jury is intended to be an impartial panel capable of reaching a verdict, there are often pr...
18: ...ilar concepts, notably ancient [[Judea]] whose panel of judges called the [[Sanhedrin]] served a simil...
21: ==Selection== - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...The '''Sovereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...ohn the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was s...
9: ...ght of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other estates in the a...
15: ...ll as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
19: ...nder the command of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] delivered 200,000 men to the island. Against this for... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
15: |rels=Christianity(Southern Baptist),Traditional Ah-ni...
17: |related=[[Tuscarora (tribe)|Tuscarora]]
27: ...onial dance grounds in Oklahoma and these either belong to the Keetoowah tradition or the Four Mothers...
29: ...n rendered phonetically in Portuguese (or more likely a ''barranquenho'' dialect, since [[Hernando de ...
31: ...) by native speakers, since these sounds most closely resemble "Cherokee" in the native language. A So... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
1: {| border=1 width=350 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;marg...
12: |Result||''[[Status quo ante bellum]]'' (a [[stalemate]])
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61: ...: 1px solid #AAA; float: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
84: ...rs following the [[American Revolutionary War]], relations between Great Britain and the United States... - Genetics (12654 bytes)
3: ...s in prehistory with the [[domestication]] and [[selective breeding|breeding]] of plants and animals. ...
5: ...ncing, although, in many instances, do not completely determine, the final [[phenotype]] of the organi...
12: ...ugh not all features show these patterns of [[Mendelian inheritance]], his work acted as a proof that ...
14: ...mous with the term ''gene'', whilst the term ''allele'' now means a specific variant of a particular g...
16: The significance of Mendel's work was not understood until early in the twen... - Golden Retriever (8646 bytes)
2: {| border=1 cellspacing=0 align=right cellpadding=2
22: |[[American Kennel Club|AKC]]: || Sporting
24: |[[Australian National Kennel Council|ANKC]]: || Group 3 (Gundogs)
26: |[[Canadian Kennel Club|CKC]]: || Group 1 - Sporting Dogs
28: |[[Kennel Club (UK)|KC(UK)]]: || Gundog - Yorkshire Terrier (5765 bytes)
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27: |[[American Kennel Club|AKC]]: || Toy
30: |[[Australian National Kennel Council|ANKC]]: || Group 1 (Toys)
33: |[[Canadian Kennel Club|CKC]]: || Group 5 - Toys
35: |[[Kennel Club (UK)|KC(UK)]]: || Toy - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of rail transport history'''.
5: ...]] invents first [[steam engine]] able to turn wheels.
6: ...ngineer]] [[William Jessop]] uses flanged iron wheels on iron edge rails on coal railway at [[Loughbor...
12: ...sp;km/h (29 mph) at the [[Rainhill Trials]] held near [[Liverpool]].
14: ...pened on [[May 5]] between [[Brussels]] and [[Mechelen]]. It was the first railway in continental Euro... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
16: ...dent-Elect takes office just before the President-Elect. Unlike the President, the Constitution does n...
18: ...s of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.''
21: ...case of ties. In practice, the Vice President rarely presides over day-to-day matters in the Senate; ...
23: ...e Presidents have been able to announce their own election to the Presidency: [[John Adams]], [[Thomas...
25: ...e would have more power as a Senator. When he was elected to the Senate from his native [[South Caroli... - Slavery (26455 bytes)
1: ...rson concerned. A specific form, known as '''chattel slavery''', implies the [[property|legal ownershi...
6: ...he word, "slaves" are people who work for someone else but are not paid, and who have no [[rights]]. T...
10: ...encing the complete lack of freedom found in chattel slavery. Many [[left wing]] thinkers have discus...
18: ...are rarely contracted based on a debt, and are rarely sold into that status by their parents or others...
20: ..., stated that between 1995 and [[2001]] approximately 3,500 slave labourers had been freed, and that i... - Baseball (36464 bytes)
1: ...h Stadium.jpg|thumb|275px|A view of the playing field at [[Busch Stadium]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]....
3: ...'hardball'' to differentiate it from the closely related sport of [[softball]] and other [[List of spo...
5: ...ame of baseball, and "ballpark" to a [[baseball field]].
9: [[Image:baseball field overview thumbnail.png|thumb|300px|right|Diagram...
10: ...raight, and form the boundary in the outfield as well. - Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
3: ...ob Werner]] at [[Freiberg, Saxony|Freiberg]], travelled through several of the mining districts in nor...
5: ...r [[Alexander I of Russia]] entirely alienated Schelling.
7: ... interdicted from lecturing on the philosophy of religion.
9: ...zed by God (''cogitor ergo cogito et sum''). All self-consciousness is at the same time God — co...
11: ...l act of God's love and will, cannot be speculatively deduced, but must be accepted as an historic fac... - Tecumseh's curse (3257 bytes)
1: ...id to have proclaimed the death of all presidents elected every 20 years. Some versions of the story i...
4: Indeed, all American presidents elected in a year divisible by 20 between [[1840]] a...
7: ...am Lincoln]], [[assassination|assassinated]] in [[1865]]
8: *'''[[1880]]''' - [[James Garfield]], assassinated in [[1881]]
11: *'''[[1940]]''' - [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], died of [[cerebral hemorrhage]] in [[1945]] - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ...but in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early j...
6: ...nkind in ''[[The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emo...
8: ...Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir Isaac Newton]].
19: ...scovery that black spores often found in oyster shells were the eggs of a skate leech. Darwin also sat... - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
14: ...y of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Ellen Louise Wilson]]<br>
23: ...mory was of hearing that Abraham Lincoln had been elected and that a war was coming. Wilson's father ...
25: ...o achieve academically through determination and self-discipline, but never quite overcame his dyslexi...
32: ...on the other hand, a better chance to approve himself a statesman, and his advisors capable men of aff... - Rutherford B. Hayes (9651 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[James Garfield]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Delaware, Ohio]]</td></tr>
16: ...ates|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[William A. Wheeler]]</td></tr>
24: ...vetted major general of Volunteers [[March 3]], [[1865]]. - James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''James A. Garfield'''</font></caption>
4: ...james_a_garfield_illustration.3.jpg|James A. Garfield]]</div></td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Moreland Hills, Ohio]]</td></tr>
12: ...ce of Death:'''</td><td>[[Long Branch, New Jersey|Elberon (Long Branch), New Jersey]]</td></tr> - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
4: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
9: <tr><td>'''Preceded by:'''</td><td>[[Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
26: ...[[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] [[Phi Delta Theta]], and graduated in [[1852]]. He studied...
28: ...[[Mississippi River Commission]] in [[1879]], and elected as a Republican to the [[United States Senat... - William McKinley (11746 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
8: <tr><td>'''Predecessor'''</td><td>[[Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Successor'''</td><td>[[Theodore Roosevelt]]</td></tr>
19: *[[Theodore Roosevelt]] ([[1901]])</td></tr>
27: ...t]] [[Major]] of the same regiment in September [[1865]]. - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Theodore Roosevelt
3: | image name=Teddy roosevelt.jpg
14: | wife=[[Edith Roosevelt]]
18: ...sassination of [[William McKinley]]. At 42, Roosevelt was the youngest person ever to serve as Preside...
20: ...life role he played in the [[White House]], Roosevelt is usually thought of as one of the [[Great Amer... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
14: | wife=[[Helen Herron Taft]]
18: ...his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
20: ...titution|17th Amendment]], mandating the [[direct election]] of [[United States Senate|senators]] by t...
22: ...itting]] the Republican vote and resulting in the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Taft later became [[... - John C. Breckinridge (5870 bytes)
2: '''John Cabell Breckinridge''' ([[January 16]], [[1821]]–...
4: ... General]] [[John Breckinridge]], was born at "Cabell's Dale," near [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. He gradua...
6: ...esident [[Franklin Pierce]], but declined. He was elected Vice President in [[1856]] on the Democratic...
8: ...on of [[December 4]], 1861, for support of the rebellion. He entered the [[Confederate States of Ameri...
10: ...er, even while President [[Jefferson Davis]] fiercely desired to continue the fight. - Hannibal Hamlin (5219 bytes)
2: ....S. presidential election, 1860|1860 presidential election]].
6: ...Representatives]], from [[1843]]-[[1847]]. He was elected to fill a Senate vacancy in [[1848]] and to ...
12: ... Maine]] in the same year, and having carried the election by a large majority he was inaugurated in t...
34: ...ors of Maine|Governor of Maine]]|before=[[Samuel Wells]]|after=[[Joseph H. Williams]]|years=1857}}
35: ...er=[[Andrew Johnson]] *|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1860|1860]] (won)}} - Adlai E. Stevenson (3193 bytes)
12: ...trict attorney from [[1865]] to [[1868]]. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth [[Congress...
15: ...s on the Democratic ticket headed by [[Grover Cleveland]] in [[1892]]. He was inaugurated March 4, [[1...
23: ...after=[[Arthur Sewall]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1892|1892]] (won)}}
25: ...fter=[[Henry G. Davis]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1900|1900]] (lost)}} - Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
3: '''Charles Gates Dawes''' ([[August 27]], [[1865]] – [[April 23]], [[1951]]) was the 30th [[V...
7: ... and stabilize its economy, Dawes shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in [[1925]].
9: Dawes was elected on [[November 5]], [[1924]], Vice President ...
13: ...rds]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Cliff Richard]], and [[Elton John]].
21: ...fter=[[Charles Curtis]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1924|1924]] (won)}} - Culture of Jersey (13844 bytes)
1: ...us [[Normans|Norman]] language and traditions as well as [[French culture|French]] and [[Culture of th...
25: ... poetry, ''Rimes Jersiaises'', was published in [[1865]].
27: ...ert Pipon Marett 1820–1884, [[Bailiff_(Channel_Islands)|Bailiff]] of Jersey 1880–1884), 'A...
29: ...eveloped the Pain family, newly moved to [[Saint Helier]], who commented on its Anglicized society and...
31: ... editor of the French-language newspaper ''La Nouvelle Chronique de Jersey'' and a poet who wrote topi... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
20: ...ddish point, very small useless [[wing]]s, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly [[feather]]s high on...
22: ...fficient to have ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take adv...
24: ...ry and wet seasons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to l...
27: The Dodo was entirely fearless of people, and this, in combination wit...
29: ...therlands|Dutch]] settlers called it the ''Walgvogel'' ("disgusting bird") for the unpleasant taste an... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...y, some were not even violent, but together they delineate the reappearance of the martial spirits in ...
15: *'''[[American Civil War]]''' (1861–1865)
21: *[[Boxer Rebellion]] (1900)
41: *[[Operation El Dorado Canyon]] (1986)
58: *[[2004 Haiti Rebellion|Haiti Rebellion]] (2004) - Seadragon (2092 bytes)
12: ... [[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]] | date = [[1865]]}}
15: ...n''' (''Phycodurus eques'') is a marine [[fish]] related to the [[seahorse]]. These creatures are nati...
17: ...d through [[pollution]] and industrial runoff as well as collection by fascinated divers who are entra...
21: A related species is the [[Weedy sea dragon]]. - Painting of the United States (3965 bytes)
3: ... that the New World offered subjects unique to itself; in this case the westward expansion of settleme...
5: ...alist whose unflinching honesty undercut the genteel preference for romantic sentimentalism.
7: ...e artistic values," announced [[Robert Henri]] ([[1865]]-[[1929]]). He was the leader of what critics ca...
14: ... the ongoing debate over the definition of art itself.
17: ...ihuly]], [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]], [[Norman Rockwell]], [[Dr. Seuss]], and [[Jackson Pollock]]. Major... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
3: ...[Image:Republicanlogo.png|200px|"Republican Party Elephant" logo]] |
6: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
7: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
17: ...f Representatives|House of Representatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era...
21: ...irst convention of the U.S. Republican Party was held on [[July 6]], [[1854]], in [[Jackson, Michigan]... - Anchisaurus (5714 bytes)
16: ...A. polyzelus'' ([[Edward Hitchcock|Hitchcock]], [[1865]])<br/>
19: ''A. major'' ([[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]], [[1889]])<br/>
26: ...became part of the genus Anchisaurus. More bones belonging to the genus were found in [[South Africa]]...
28: Today, parts of Anchisaurus' skeleton are still missing. Reconstructions usually as...
34: ...ince this had to be positioned in front of the [[pelvis]], balancing on two legs became increasingly t... - Stone Age (17593 bytes)
2: ...historic]] time period during which [[human]]s widely used [[Rock (geology)|stone]] for toolmaking.
4: ...l|shell]], [[antler]] and other materials were widely used, too. During the most recent part of the pe...
6: ... the domestication of certain animals and the [[smelting]] of [[copper]] [[ore]] to produce metal. It ...
8: ...hic]] periods, by John Lubbock in his now classic 1865 book ''Pre-historic Times''. These three periods ...
11: ...y developed cultures. However, in general, it is believed that this period began somewhere around 3 [[... - First Lady of the United States (9641 bytes)
3: ...en she is unable or unwilling to fulfill them herself. (The government jargon that often acronymizes ...
7: ... a formal job in the Clinton administration to develop reforms to the health care system.
11: ...alifornia"'' or ''"First Lady of Jazz"'' respectively).
15: ...could act as her own First Lady, select a female relative or friend to occupy the role, or have her hu...
24: ! Relation to President - September 23 (7397 bytes)
1: ...maining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.
19: ...]] - First [[Mack Sennett]] "Keystone Comedy" is released.
27: *[[1981]] - [[Jack Henry Abbott]], best-selling author, is arrested for murder
29: ...n he knocks out defending [[WBA]] champion [[Michael Dokes]] in [[Akron, Ohio]].
30: *[[1993]] - [[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]] is released for the [[Sega Mega-CD]] in [[Japan]]. - Neolithic (8186 bytes)
1: {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="float:right; margin:5px; borde...
15: ...]. The name was invented by [[John Lubbock]] in [[1865]] as a refinement of the [[three-age system]]. Th...
17: ==Origins and regional development==
18: ... regionally-distinctive Neolithic cultures completely independent of Europe. Japanese societies used p...
21: ...roup head. These sociopolitical entities later developed into the '[[chiefdoms]]' of the European [[Br... - Edwin Abbott Abbott (2724 bytes)
1: ...ire]] ''[[Flatland]]'' ([[1884]]). Abbott was the eldest son of [[Edwin Abbott]] ([[1808]] - [[1882]])...
3: ... headmaster of the [[City of London School]] in [[1865]] at the early age of twenty-six. He was [[Hulsea...
5: ...s also a clever satire on the social, moral, and religious values of the period.
7: ...cal writings include three anonymously published religious romances - ''[[Philochristus]]'' ([[1878]])...
9: ...l Newman]]'' ([[1892]]), and his article "The Gospels" in the ninth edition of the ''[[Encyclop�dia ... - Gregor Mendel (6112 bytes)
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2: [[image:mendel.png|frame|right|Gregor Johann Mendel]]
3: ... of inheritance]]. However, Mendel's work was largely ignored until the turn of the 20th century, when...
6: ...memorial-plaque.jpg|right|thumb|Johann Gregor Mendel - memorial plaque in Olomouc]]
8: ...ow [[Czech Republic]]). During his childhood Mendel worked as a gardener, and as a young man attended... - Cellulose acetate (4564 bytes)
1: ...65]], is the acetate [[salt]] of [[cellulose]]. Cellulose acetate is used as a [[film]] base in [[pho...
4: ...a replacement for the unstable and inflammable [[cellulose nitrate]] film stock that had previously be...
6: ...the presence of [[oxygen]] to an unusable state, releasing [[acetic acid]]. This is known as "[[vineg...
10: ... [[pulp]] [[cellulose]] ("biopolymers"). These "cellulosic fibers" have passed their peak as cheap pe...
12: ...s spun in the United States and trademarked as ''Celanese''. - 1901 (12292 bytes)
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16: ...Zero-ists]]' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide).
19: * [[January 7]] - [[Alferd Pecker]] is released from prison after serving 18 years for [[Can...
23: ...J.P. Morgan]] incorporates the [[United States Steel Corporation]].
25: ... In [[Bremen]] an assassin attempts to kill [[Wilhelm II of Germany]]. - February 22 (10772 bytes)
6: ...e face the sun's rays fall each year in [[Abu Simbel]] temple.
16: * [[1865]] - [[Tennessee]] adopts a new [[constitution]] t...
19: ...ent of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] signs a bill admitting [[North Dakota]], [[S...
23: ...ancomunitat de Catalunya]] and conducted by [[Rafael de Campalans]].
24: ... the first [[President of the United States]] to deliver a [[radio]] broadcast from the [[White House]... - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
5: ...es whatsoever" by the U.S. Congress, while nevertheless going unrepresented in that body. The land fo...
7: ...federal government]] are in Washington, D.C., as well as the headquarters of most [[Independent Agenci...
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48: ...ty with their [[constituent]]s by distancing themselves from the negative image of an out-of-touch cen... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ...ullfighting) with the [[death]] of the bull by a well-placed [[sword]] thrust as the finale.
10: ...pally [[Mexico]], [[Peru]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]]), in [[California]] and in the...
12: ... the streets, has overshadowed the ''corrida'' itself; the event is dedicated to the patron saint of [...
19: ...so in the [[19th century]] to France, where it developed into a distinctive form in its own right.
21: ... bull. Although extremely dangerous (Belmonte himself was gored on many occasions), his style is still...
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