Question: Were those who wanted the Cherokees’ land influenced by the fact that the Cherokee signers of the 1835 treaty had signed illegally? Answer: They found that to be irrelevant. Who was an influential leader of the Cherokees? John Ross | chief of Cherokee Nation | Britannica. How did the…
The 1940s TVs didn’t look like today’s televisions. Most had picture screens between 10 and 15 inches wide diagonally, inside large, heavy cabinets. And, of course, color broadcasts and sets didn’t arrive until much later, in 1954. When the U.S. television industry was in its infancy in the 1940s, there…
During the 18th century slave trade, many Africans were brought to the Bahamas as slaves to work unpaid. Their descendants now constitute 85% of the Bahamian population. When did slavery end in Bahamas? Slavery was outlawed in the Bahamas in 1834, but during the U.S. Civil War Nassau served as…
Some 5 million enslaved Africans were taken to the Caribbean, almost half of whom were brought to the British CaribbeanBritish CaribbeanThe British West Indies (BWI) were the British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, The…
In similar fashion, African slaves forced to come to the New World unwittingly, became a part of the Columbian Exchange as their forced labors further entrenched European control over the New World. How did the Columbian Exchange affect slavery? Economically, the population decrease brought by the Columbian Exchange indirectly caused…
Slavery was a dominant feature of the antebellum South, but it was also pervasive in the pre-Civil War North—the New England states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island all have a history of slavery. How was slavery different in the north and south? Southern states continued…
While slavery was abolished in the British Empire on 1 August 1834, only children under the age of six were freed immediately under the terms of the 1833 Emancipation Act. All other former slaves were bound as ’apprentices,’ where they continued to work without pay for their former owners. Was…
The border between Pennsylvania and Maryland became tied to the North and South divide, especially after the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820, which prohibited slavery north of the Mason-Dixon Line. What is north of the Mason-Dixon Line? The border states like Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia are sometimes…
Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder Serpentes. Titanoboa is known from several fossils that have been dated to 58 million to 60 million years ago. Snakes, like other…
“All the floors in the Twin Towers were equipped with sprinkler systems. All the water above the hot aircraft bodies must have turned to steam. Why didn’t the Twin Towers have sprinklers? Unfortunately, the impacts dislodged fireproofing insulation that coated steel in the floors and columns, leaving the metal vulnerable…