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Agriculturalists, computer scientists, electrical engineers, engineers, and inventors Related Links Computers and the Internet Inventions and Discoveries Inventors Hall of Fame…Presidential Pardon Records
The number of pardons granted by U.S. presidents since 1789 by Mark Hughes Related Links Presidential Pardons Presidential Factfile Presidents…Two Centuries of Railroading
Source: Association of American Railroads. Web: www.aar.org .1797The steam locomotive is invented in England. 1823The first public railway in the world opens in England.1827The first railroad in…A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving, Part 1
Part 1: The Original Culture War by Neil Miller During the National Day of Mourning rally in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Andres Araica prayed at a statue of Massasoit, chief of the…Electoral College v. The People
Who elects the president? by David Johnson Related Links The Electoral College The Conventions Campaign 2016 The presidential…Polk, James Knox
(Encyclopedia) Polk, James KnoxPolk, James Knoxpōk [key], 1795–1849, 11th President of the United States (1845–49), b. Mecklenburg co., N.C. To the surprise of many, the new President proved to be…Presidential Quotes
Words from each American president Compiled by David Johnson Note: Dates indicate term of office. Choose a president: George WashingtonJohn AdamsThomas JeffersonJames…Third Parties | Civics: Links to History
Links to History: Third Parties 1830 1832 For the first time in American history, a third party challenges the major two parties. William Wirt of the Anti-Masonic Party carries 8…Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Historical BackgroundBy the mid-1850s, sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854…U.S. Representatives to the United Nations
Year Ambassador 1946 Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. 1946-1947 Herschel V. Johnson (acting) 1947-1953 Warren R. Austin 1953-1960 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1960-1961 James J.…Trending
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