Founded on July 16, 1790, Washington, DC is unique among American cities because it was established by the Constitution of the United States to serve as the nation’s capital. But contrary to what they say, it’s not broken. It’s a beautiful, thriving, unique and fun place that is full of…
If your interior car lights are turning off, one of the most common reasons is that the control knob has been activated. If your dome light is on, this is probably the reason. If you can not turn it off, that means that one of your car’s switches is stuck…
Why was the use of credit uncommon prior to 1917? Laws prevented lenders from charging high interest rates, borrowing money was not socially acceptable, lending money was not profitable. Most Americans avoid the use of credit when it comes to buying big ticket items like a car or furniture for…
Vietnam is often called the “living room war.” Television reduced the space between the battlefield and the viewer. When the media showed the intensity and the chaos of the war with relatively little mediation, it helped turn people against the war. This attitude shift was not lost on the Pentagon.…
It is widely believed that the Monte Carlo was discontinued for two primary reasons: Shrinking sales volume of mainstream coupe models across the industry, and. Chevrolet’s plans to reintroduce the Chevrolet Camaro, which is believed to have internally competed with the Monte Carlo. In response to declining sales of the…
Many Northerners, on the other hand, declared that slavery — the “peculiar institution” that the South regarded as essential to its economy — was largely responsible for the region’s relative financial and industrial backwardness. PECULIAR INSTITUTION PECULIAR INSTITUTION was a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery. John C.…
The Phoenician Alphabet was an early form of writing developed by the ancient Phoenician civilization and is one of the first known modern alphabets. The Phoenician communities developed along the Mediterranean Sea around 1500 B.C.E. The Phoenician writing system is a consonantal alphabet of symbols standing for sounds. The Phoenician…
The denomination began in Scranton, PA, in Mar. 1897, when Fr. Francis Hodur (1866-1953) led his new church out of the Roman Catholic church in a dispute over control of local church property. The Polish National Catholic church was established formally in Sept. The POLISH NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH supported 5…
Although three-quarters of the white population of the South did not own any enslaved people, a culture of white supremacy ensured that poor whites identified more with rich slaveholders than with enslaved African Americans. Explain Secret societies were formed to help white Southerners regain exclusive political power. They kept African…
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