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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]]
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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. ...
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