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Who were George Washington's descendants?
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George Washington's stepchildren were a boy named John and a girl named Martha. After his stepson was killed in the Revolutionary War, Washington and Martha took in John's two youngest children, also a boy and girl, and cared for them as well. The girl, named Eleanore, eventually married George Washington's nephew. The boy, named after George Washington, married Mary Lee Fitzhugh. That marriage produced only one child who survived to adulthood, a girl named Mary Custis, who married Robert E. Lee, her second cousin. All of George's stepchildren and grandchildren were very de..
How did the French treat Native Americans?
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When the French first began exploring North America, they made attempts to alleviate the diseases the Native American population was experiencing because of earlier European explorers. The French recognized the need to establish peaceful trading relationships with the Native Americans, and so they supported intermarriage. However, although they were engaging in intermarriage, they did make attempts to influence Native American practices by insisting that children born from such marriages were raised in the French style.The French made further attempts to promote Franco values in North America...
Why was the Berlin wall torn down?
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Although the city of Berlin was 100 miles into the Soviet occupation zone after World War II, it was divided into two sectors. One was administered by the western allies and the other by the Soviet Union. By 1961, so many East Germans had defected to West Germany that Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev authorized construction of the Berlin Wall, ostensibly to keep out western spies but in fact to keep East Germany's citizens from escaping. As years passed and escape attempts continued, the wall became larger and more elaborate. Its final version was 12 feet high and 4 feet wide, and had a ..
What was the importance of the 1896 election?
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The Free Silver Movement was popular among farmers and silver miners who believed an unlimited coinage of silver was beneficial to the economy. The Republicans and industrialists preferred the gold standard on which the United States already operated. The election of 1896, in large part, came down to Americans deciding which idea was best for the country. McKinley operated his campaign primarily from his house, letting others do the actual stumping for him, and he ultimately won the election. Laborers backed their bosses, afraid of what a bimetallic standard meant for their wages and job secu..
What is Michael Faraday's middle name?
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Faraday is known for his work with electricity and chemistry, and especially for the discovery that a magnetic field can generate an electric current in wire. He published papers on electrochemistry in scientific and philosophical journals. In 1832, he received an honorary degree from the University of Oxford. In 1833, he was appointed a life position as Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution. In none of these situations did he use or refer to a middle name or initial.
What was the first written law of Rome?
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The Twelve Tables record the laws pertaining to procedures for courts and trials, the rights of the father over the family, inheritance and legal guardianship, possession and acquisition, land rights, torts and delicts, public law, sacred law and two supplements to the law. Initially there were only 10 tablets, or tables. The plebeians were not entirely appeased by these ten, so a second group of 10 commissioners was appointed and the final two tablets, the supplements, were written. Prior to the Twelve Tables, all Roman law was unwritten and carefully guarded by a small group of patricians, l..
When did Abraham Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
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The speech itself was a mere 273 words long and touches briefly on the importance of human equality, the need for the unification of the states as one union and the human sacrifices from the Civil War. The speech has become an historic reminder of the war and of the hope for the future of the United States. The speech also helped suggest to the country that it was time to let go of the resentment that both sides had towards one another and to move forward as a unified nation.
When did the Middle Ages start and end?
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The end date of the Middle Ages varies because the Renaissance started at different times in different parts of Europe. The term "Middle Ages" was conceived as an insult to the period, saying that it lay between two more important eras: the Classical era of Greece and Rome and the revival of Classicism that the Renaissance embodied. Because of this, many historians prefer the neutral term "medieval" to refer to the period.
What did Ernest Rutherford accomplish?
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Rutherford discovered that when narrow beams of alpha particles were fired at a thin film of mica or metal, that same beam broadened. The experiment led to the discovery that 1 in 20,000 of these particles turned at a 90-degree angle on occasion. This discovery led Rutherford to the idea that an atom was not just a cloud of floating electrons, but had a positively charged center that held most of its mass. Rutherford named this mass a nucleus. His discovery showed that not only was part of the atom positively charged, but also heavy by atomic standards. He surmised that the like charges in the..
Where did the Chinook Indians live?
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LifestyleThe Chinook built permanent settlements along the Columbia River and did not travel from place to place like many other Native American tribes. They built longhouses made out of cedar wood planks and hunted for elk and deer in the woods. The Chinook also fished extensively in the river for salmon and trout, and they even ate clams and shellfish. In the winter, the tribe would wear clothing made from fur to protect them from the cold temperatures of the Pacific Northwest.\nLewis and Clark\nThe Corp of Discovery searching for the Northwest passage and led by explorers Lewis and Clark en..