Who benefited from the bracero program? Throughout its existence, the Bracero Program benefited both farmers and laborers but also gave rise to numerous labor disputes, abuses of workers and other problems that have long characterized the history of farm labor in the Southwestern United States. The result was that the…
See Article History. Alternative Titles: cuatequil, mita. Repartimiento, (Spanish: “partition,” “distribution”) also called mita, or cuatequil, in colonial Spanish America, a system by which the crown allowed certain colonists to recruit indigenous peoples for forced labour. The biggest impact of the repartimiento system globally was the increase in complex trade…
The Saar and Ruhr regions were historically rich in coal and coke. This attracted the steel industry, which is essential for the production of munitions. Territory of the Saar Basin. The Territory of the Saar Basin (German: Saarbeckengebiet, Saarterritorium; French: Le Territoire du Bassin de la Sarre) was a region…
Salt Tax. Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy…
The Federalists believed that Democratic-Republican criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that aliens living in the United Statesthe United StatesThe United States Statutes at Large is legal and permanent evidence of all the laws enacted during a session of Congress (1 U.S.C. 112). It also contains concurrent resolutions,…
The Slinky took many forms too, most famously the Slinky dog, which was had been popular in mid-century homes before its cameo in the 1995 movie Toy Story. Before Toy Story, annual sales were only in the hundreds, reports Popular Mechanics. The movie boosted the sales of the toy, which…
Songhai empire, also spelled Songhay, great trading state of West Africa (flourished 15th–16th century), centred on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is now central Mali and eventually extending west to the Atlantic coast and east into Niger and Nigeria.. Though the Songhai people are said to…
Nevertheless, both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions are widely considered inferior to the original and, if given the choice, many would probably have preferred the 1999 effort to remain standalone in hindsight. The final act of The Matrix Reloaded saw Morpheus’ world implode in on itself at the…
It might have helped the South gain control of the Mississippi River. It might have made the West more accessible to the Confederacy. It might have helped the South maintain vital ports and shipping routes. the Union to avoid more casualties*. It strengthened the Missouri Compromise. major cities. West Virginia.…
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus ( Ancient Greek: Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ; Turkish: Halikarnas Mozolesi) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC in Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a native Anatolian from Caria and a satrap in the Achaemenid Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II…