In the long term, this unsettling “compromise” did little but sow the seeds of future American discord. The gap between Northerners and Southerners, and those living in “free” or “slave” states, was widening—and soon would lead to the start of the Civil War. Compromise of 1850, in U.S. history, a…
Her rotting decks and silt-filled chambers once staged a human drama that may have inspired Herman Wouk’s World War II novel, The Caine Mutiny. This is the true story of the USS Partridge and the real-life heroes who served aboard her in some of the most treacherous waters of the…
The presidency in return for home rule in the South. The Compromise of 1877 gave white Southerners their chance to stop the military occupation of the South. In the compromise, Southern Democrats agreed not to block the vote by which Congress awarded the contested electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes,…
The Calydonian Boar was a monster in Greek mythology that existed during the Olympian Age. It was sent by goddess Artemis to destroy the region of Calydon, which was in the central-west part of Greece. Every year, Oeneus, the king of the region, would make sacrifices to the gods, offering…
About Compsognathus. Compsognathus is a small dinosaur that ran on two feet and lived about 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic Period. It was a carnivore that was about 4 feet long, 10 inches tall at the hips and weighed approximately 7 pounds. Because of its small size…
We have no sources to tell us who made the Bayeux Tapestry; however, most scholars agree that it was made in Norman England, probably by Anglo-Saxon embroiderers. Why is it called the Bayeux Tapestry? It is called the Bayeux Tapestry because it has been kept at Bayeux in France probably…
The response earned the thesis point in the introduction by stating that while the Catholic Church was opposed to new ideas in science as potential threats to a literal interpretation of the Bible, it also supported some scientific ideas as obse rvable truths. • “The Catholic Church was opposed to…
Was the Congress of Vienna successful? The Congress of Vienna was successful for about forty years. However, because of the way the borders were drawn and which country obtained which land, wars did break out. Peace lasted for a couple decades, but in the end the Congress of Vienna’s decisions…
The Bering Land Bridge formed during the glacial periods of the last 2.5 million years. Every time an ice age began, a large proportion of the world’s water got locked up in massive continental ice sheets. This draw-down of the world’s liquid water supply caused major drops in sea level:…
On January 28, 1986, the Challenger Space Shuttle broke apart just 73 seconds into its flight. All seven crew members aboard were killed and space travel was changed forever. In this episode of Untold, a new YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we explain the science behind this tragic,…