The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. United States Presidential Election of 2008. The result was historic, as Obama,…
Around 6,000 years ago, the first people to inhabit the Caribbean arrived in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic by boat. They used stone tools and gathered or hunted for their food. We call them Archaic Age people. Based on archaeology, we thought these people probably came from Central AmericaCentral…
Professional writers of cuneiform were called “tablet writers”—scribes. In slow stages of schooling, they learned hundreds of cuneiform signs and memorized texts and templates in different languages. Most were men, but some women could become scribes. The ancient Mesopotamians invented writing. Today, we call their writing system cuneiform, from the…
Native Americans were the first inhabitants of the area to become known as the state of Montana. The Montana State Genealogical Society issues Early Settlers of Montana certificates to descendants who arrived between 9 November 1889 and 31 December 1929. Then on September 24 in 1841, Father Pierre Jean DeSmet,…
Answer: Socialists were those people who were against private property and saw it as the root of all social ills of the time. Question 25. Who was the ruler of Russia during the October Revolution. Important Questions for Class 9 Social Science History Chapter 2 Socialism in Europe and the…
On November 21, 1783 the first free flight carrying a human occurred in Paris, France in a hot air balloon made of paper and silk made by the Montgolfier brothers. The balloon carried two men, Francois Pilatrê de Rozier and Francois Laurent, Marquis of Arlanders. The First Manned Flight. On…
The most important Muckrakers were Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis, they were writers who exposed the corrupt politicians and also pressured them into introducing new reforms. [9] Prominent muckrakers included novelist Upton Sinclair, photographer Jacob Riis, and journalists Ida M. Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens. Examples of muckrakers include Upton Sinclair,…
In the early 1600s, the British king began establishing colonies in America. By the 1700s, most of the settlements had formed into 13 British colonies: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. It was these 13 colonies…
Leonardo Di Caprio Tom Cruise Johnny Depp Keanu Reeves Bruce Willis Brad Pitt Tom Hanks Emma Watson Jennifer Lawrence Canelo Álvarez Machine Gun Kelly Kristen Stewart The Weeknd Margot Robbie. Who Is The Greatest Female Warrior In History? Magnus Carlsen Ciryl Gane Park Shin-hye Question. Which of the following grew…
In Georgia the executive branch of government is by far the largest, with 99 percent of the state budget devoted to its activities. The governor is the state’s chief executive and presides over the executive branch. In doing so, the governor wields strong budgetary powers. Structure of Georgia Government In…