Permitted slavery in Washington, D.C., but outlawed the slave trade. Did the Compromise of 1850 affect the North or South? Although each side received benefits, the north seemed to gain the most. The balance of the Senate was now with the free states, although California often voted with the south…
Not only did the Chinook trade dried fish, they also traded slaves, canoes, and ornamental shells. The tribe’s basic social unit was their villages. Most villages consisted of close relatives and were headed by a senior member. An extremely strong and wealthy chief might control several villages. The river was…
In general, the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of slavery and the divide it had created in the United States in the years before the start of the American Civil War . For example, while slavery had been practised in the United States for a long period, it…
At one time there were hundreds of separate Chumash settlements here in Santa Barbara. Some villages were as large as towns while others were quite small. The villages were constructed on high ground near lagoons, creek mouths, lakes, or springs. The largest towns were built along the mainland coast near…
In even sharper contrast to the other colonies, in New England most newborns were baptized by the church, and church attendance rose in some areas to 70 percent of the adult population. By the eighteenth century, the vast majority of all colonists were churchgoers. After the 1680s, with many more…
What role did the church play in the Renaissance? The Church was the only institution powerful enough to be able to support the commissions of all of the artwork, and it was the only institution, in which people had enough faith and devotion to spend so much of their time…
The American Civil War lasted almost exactly four years, extending from the Confederacy’s firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861 and ending with the South’s surrender on April 9, 1865. In between those dates were many bloody battles and enormous destruction of towns and countryside. Who…
That ’70s Show. The series focused on the lives of a group of six teenage friends living in fictional Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. The main teenage cast members were Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon and Wilmer Valderrama. Here’s…
The 1972 amendments: Established the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States. Gave EPA the authority to implement pollution controlpollution controlUsing non-toxic or less toxic chemicals as cleaners, degreasers and other maintenance chemicals. Implementing water and energy conservation practices. Reusing materials such as drums…
When a blaze broke out, nearby CCC camps were enlisted to attack the fire with everything they had—handheld axes and hoes, shovels and saws, and the occasional bulldozer. Some served as members of permanent forest fire patrols, covering forest routes by truck, on foot, by canoe, or as members of…