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Landmarks of New York City

by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith The City of New York is the largest city in the United States, and home to many of the country's most famous and…

South Africa Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note South Africa Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-South African Relations PEOPLEUntil 1991, South…

Camping with the Nez Perces

Chapter 21 Chapter 23 Camping with the Nez Perces Soon after they had fixed their camp, the explorers bade farewell to their good friend Tunnachemootoolt and his young men, who…

International Terrorist Organizations

From al-Qaeda to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia by Ben Snowden and Laura Hayes Pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the secretary of state formally…

Lewis & Clark: Camping with the Nez Perces

by NoahBrooks Overland east of the ColumbiaCrossing the Bitter Root MountainsCamping with the Nez Perces Soon after they had fixed their camp, the explorers bade farewell…

Alaska

Capital: Juneau   Official Name: The State of Alaska Organized as territory: May 11, 1912 Entered Union (rank): January 3, 1959 (49th) Present constitution adopted: 1956 State abbreviation/…

History of Slavery in America

What to the Slave is the 4th of July? As immortalized in the above Frederick Douglass quote, the United State has contended with the moral and economic problems of slavery from the beginning.…

Chauncey Judd: Tobiah and Rachel

Captain John Wooster's Wooster's Barn Tobiah and Rachel Captain Wooster's most important helps in the management of his farm and tavern were a colored man, named Tobiah, and his wife…