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What were the Southern advantages in the Civil War?

The South was better prepared for battle than the North, mainly due to the Mexican-American war. Soldiers were more experienced and knowledgeable, and nearly all of the best tactical minds in the country were contained within the Southern states. Comparatively, the North struggled to find competent leadership for its military.

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What happened 50 years ago today?

On May 19, 1913, a California governor signed the Webb-Hartley law, which prohibited immigrants without citizenship from owning farm land. Eight years later, Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, which restricted the number of incoming immigrants to the United States. This law put into place both a limit on European immigrants and a quota with which to set that restriction.\nIn 1994, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died on May 19th at age 64 in New York. One of the most popular first ladies in history, and married to the 35th President John F. Kennedy, she was both an editor and a fashion icon. ..

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Who invented the polio vaccine?

Dr. Salk's vaccine was made from killed polio viruses, and Dr. Salk was even willing to test it on his own family and himself. Polio had long been a cause of paralysis and death worldwide, with children especially susceptible. It was particularly bad in the United States during the early 1950s. By 1957, the number of cases had dropped almost 80 percent from just two years earlier. As of 2014, polio is almost completely gone in the United States, and the number of cases worldwide are extremely diminished.

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Who is Nikola Tesla?

Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in what is now known as Croatia and moved to the United States in 1884. Tesla worked as an inventor during most of his adult life and once partnered with Thomas Edison, though the cooperation between the two inventors didn't last long.\nIn addition to inventing the AC power system, which he eventually sold to George Westinghouse, he also came up with the Tesla Coil. This particular piece of equipment is one that is still used in radios as of 2014. Despite coming up with inventions that have made a number of corporations billions of dollars, Tesla himself was ..

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Why was Albert Einstein so smart?

A study of Einstein's brain yielded surprising results, such as the lack of a surplus of neurons. For a long time, neuroscientists thought that more neurons equaled greater intelligence, and that they were the only kinds of brain cells that communicated with each other. Einstein's brain possessed more glial cells than average. A glial cell is another type of brain cell previously thought to be irrelevant with respect to intellect.\nDeeper study of Einstein's brain led to advancements in neurosceince, as scientists discovered that certain glail cells called astrocytes communicate..

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What major historical events happened in Texas, other than the Alamo?

After the exploration of Texas in 1528, a permanent settlement was not established there until nearly 200 years later, in 1716. For the next century, Texas was torn between several different countries. It finally gained its independence in 1836 and became the Republic of Texas. For nine years, Texas was its own country and Sam Houston was its president.\nThe next major historical event occurred in 1845, when Texas was annexed by the United States to become the 28th state.\nAccording to Angelo State University, the termination of slavery in Texas was announced on June 19, 1865. This day was ter..

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Who helped the Pilgrims in the New World?

The first winter the Pilgrims experienced was brutal. Nearly half of the settlers died from starvation and inadequate shelters that could not keep out the cold. On March 22, 1621, the Abenaki sagamore Samoset, introduced Squanto to the Pilgrims. Squanto subsequently taught them how to fish and how to grow corn. He also taught them where and how to hunt beaver. The Pilgrims shared their harvest with the Native Americans, which became the basis for the American Thanksgiving holiday tradition.

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What was Bleeding Kansas?

It was in 1854 that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was created and overturned the Missouri Compromise's boundaries. With this Act came the need to determine whether or not the territory would be pro- or antislavery. It was decided that the residents of the state would make the determination. This led to immediate violence as pro-slavery settlers and antislavery settlers started pouring into Kansas in order to help swing the vote in their favor.These people swarmed the state and started to fight for control. John Brown, the abolitionist, was quick to lead the antislavery people in fighting just b..

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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Thomas Jefferson was the main architect of the draft of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams proposed that the task of drafting the Declaration of Independence be entrusted to Jefferson. Adams wanted July 2 to be the Independence Day, but later it was agreed that July 4 would be more appropriate. The news about this momentous day in American history reached London on August 10, 1776.\nA copy of the official Declaration of Independence is available at the National Arches in Washington DC.

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Where did the Romans live?

At its greatest point of expansion, around 117 C.E., the Roman Empire was one of the largest empires in history. The Roman Empire encompassed approximately 5 million square kilometers when at its largest size. Its territories included land in mainland Europe, the British Isles, North Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The majority of the Roman Empire dissolved in 476 C.E., but remnants of it continued as the Byzantine Empire until it fell to the Ottoman Empire.

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