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Economic Statistics by Country, 2009

Get economic data including gross domestic product, real growth rate, and rate of inflation. Country GDP/PPP GDP/PPP per capita Real growth rate (%) Inflation (%)…

woman suffrage

(Encyclopedia) woman suffrage, the right of women to vote. Throughout the latter part of the 19th cent. the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism. On the European…

World War II Timeline (1939–1945)

Top of Page Source: iStockThe second world war, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was the deadliest conflict in world history. The war began in Europe, but soon expanded to involve North Africa, the…

Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Information Capital: Boston Official Name: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Organized as a territory: March 1, 1629 Entered Union (rank): February 6, 1788 (6th state) Present…

Economic Statistics by Country, 2011

Country GDP/PPP GDP/PPP per capita Real growth rate (%) Inflation (%) Afghanistan $21.5 billion1 $8001 8.0% 16.31% Albania 18.97 billion 4,900…

free trade

(Encyclopedia) free trade, in modern usage, trade or commerce carried on without such restrictions as import duties, export bounties, domestic production subsidies, trade quotas, or import licenses.…

Pan-Americanism

(Encyclopedia) Pan-Americanism, movement toward commercial, social, economic, military, and political cooperation among the nations of North, Central, and South America. In the early 20th cent., U.…

John F. Kennedy (January 11, 1962)

Mr. Vice President, my old colleague from Massachusetts and your new Speaker, John McCormack, Members of the 87th Congress, ladies and gentlemen: This week we begin anew our joint and separate…