The Federal Reserve System is the third central banking system in United States history. The First Bank of the United States (1791–1811) and the Second Bank of the United States (1817–1836) each had a 20-year charter. Central banking prior to the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve System is the third…
The Spanish had a bad leader called Medina- Sidonia who had not been to sea before. The weather was really bad as there were hurricanes. This caused the Armada to fail because they had cut their anchors so they couldn’t stop and some ships crashed and sank. What caused the…
For those not familiar with the film, the oil can was an important prop used to free the Tin Man from his rusted state and allow his body and joints to move again. The Tin Man’s famed oil can can now be yours, but only if you outbid all the…
The Kyoto Protocol was the first major international effort to slow global climate changeglobal climate changeClimate change is a long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns. Often climate change refers specifically to the rise in global temperatures from the mid-20th century to present.https://www.nationalgeographic.org › climate-changeClimate Change | National Geographic…
The ancient historianancient historianAncient history is the aggregate of past events from the beginning of writing and recorded human history and extending as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ancient_historyAncient history – Wikipedia Plutarch…
The RMS Titanic, a luxury steamship, sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 lost their lives in the disaster. The…
The military draft brought the war to the American home front. During the Vietnam War era, between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. militaryU.S. militaryDuring the war some 16,112,566 Americans served in the United States Armed Forces, with 405,399 killed and 671,278 wounded. There were also 130,201 American prisoners of war,…
Spin Doctors remained inactive as a band until September 2001, when news about the closing of Wetlands sparked the original four members to reunite. On September 7, 2001, the original lineup took the stage for the first time since 1994 to play at Wetlands. It was the final closing week…
The completion of the railroad made it easier for people to come and build settlements in the west. Industries like agriculture and mining were increased and made profitable with the completion of the railroad. “What the transcontinental railroad did was bring the West into the world, and the world into…
Introduction. On 24 April 1965, young military officers rose in revolt in the Dominican Republic. Four days later US troops invaded the country. It was the first US military intervention in Latin America in more than three decades. In 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant proposed annexing the Dominican Republic as…