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Why was the Battle of San Jacinto so important?

Texas history says that the Texas forces at San Jacinto went into the fight shouting, "Remember the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!" The recent siege of the Alamo and the massacre of Texas troops at Goliad had been terrible defeats for the Texans, but now the memories of these events were their rallying cry.\nTexans sought freedom from Mexico after the country banned emigration from the United States to Texas six years before the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas statesmen signed a declaration of independence from Mexico on March 2, 1936, just days before the siege of the Alamo started. Mexican force..

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What caused the capsize of the Edmund Fitzgerald ship?

Although the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald reported the ship had difficulties in the storm, no distress signal was ever sent. The ship went down approximately 7 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan. The extreme waves due to the storm prevented the ship from showing accurately on the radar of the SS Arthur M. Anderson, a ship that stayed with the Fitzgerald on its journey to Whitefish Point. The Edmund Fitzgerald permanently disappeared from radar at around 7:15 p.m.

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Who are the Bronze Star recipients of WWII?

The original inspiration for the Bronze Star can be found in the Air Medal, an award created in 1942 as a recognition of meritorious service during flight. The Bronze Star was envisioned as the infantryman's equivalent of the Air Medal, so it is often referred to as the Ground Medal. President Roosevelt authorized the Bronze Star's creation in February 1944 and made it instantly retroactive to the beginning of the war so that it might be awarded to ground soldiers for past gallantry. In 1947, the Bronze Star was again retroactively awarded to anyone who had been previously been given..

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What were some examples of American nativism in the 1920s?

By the end of the 1920s, immigration was reduced from 800,000 down to a strict limit of 150,000 per year. Immigration laws were influenced by author Madison Grant's warnings that the racial stock of the United States was being diluted by the arrival of people from the Polish ghettos, the Balkans and the Mediterranean region. Originally formed to curtail the assimilation of African-Americans into society during the Reconstruction era, the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s began targeting immigrants, Catholics, Jews and anyone the organization did not consider as representative of their view of the..

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Why did Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman divorce?

Ronald Reagan once boasted that he and Wyman would end their days together, but it didn't take long after the wedding vows were exchanged in 1940 for things to go awry. After testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Reagan returned home to find that Wyman had packed his belongings and placed them in his car.After Wyman had disclosed the details of her affair with Lew Ayres, her costar in "Johnny Belinda," Reagan told the press that he knew his wife needed to have a fling and he intended for her to have it. Despite his leniency and hope for reconciliation, the divor..

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What territories comprised the Habsburg Empire?

The term Habsburg Empire refers to the countries and provinces ruled by the Austrian or Habsburg monarchy from 1526 to 1867. From 1867, the Empire is referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Besides the main territories, the Empire also extended on territories that are nowadays part of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, France, the Netherlands, Serbia, Switzerland, Luxembourg and more. The official language of the Empire was German, which replaced Latin in 1784.

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Who discovered biomass?

Biomass comes from a variety of sources for use as a key method of supplying energy. One of the greatest sources of biomass energy is from manufacturing and landfill waste. Other primary forms of biomass that are in use today as energy are wood, crops and algae. Through thermal, chemical and biochemical conversion processes these various sources are changed into valuable energy that is used for power throughout the world.

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What time span is considered to be the beginning of ancient times?

Historians consider ancient times to begin with the appearance of cuneiform systems of writing developed by the Egyptians and Sumerians. This period coincides with the beginning of the Bronze Age which begins in the middle of the fourth millennium before Christ. Historians use the term “prehistoric” to refer to the period before this time. Some historians consider ancient times to end with the beginning of the Middle Ages, but a general consensus among historians sets this date as the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D.

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What are some interesting facts from President Obama's life story?

At age 10, Obama returned to Hawaii, as his mother felt living in Indonesia was too dangerous for a child. While back in Hawaii, Obama's father visited and the two spent their only time together before his father's death in 1981. Obama's maternal grandmother reared him and saw him through his high school graduation from the Punahou Academy, where Obama was one of only three black students.\nFollowing graduation, Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles before transferring to Columbia University in New York City. He graduated from Columbia in 1983 with a political scien..

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What happened at the Convention of 1818?

In addition to establishing a western border for the United States and Canada, the Convention of 1818 also restored fisherman's rights in certain waters for which control was in dispute between the United States and Great Britain, which ruled Canada at the time. The United States and Great Britain decided to share control of the Oregon territory, which had also been in dispute, for 10 years from the date of the convention. Land, citizens and slaves that had been captured during the War of 1812 were restored to their respective nations. Although the settlement and restoration of lands in d..

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