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What was Thomas Edison's favorite invention?

According to the Charles Edison Fund, Edison was the first to conceive the idea to record sound for reproduction. His first phonograph was a success. Edison contributed greatly to telecommunications and held over a 1,000 patents in the U.S. and Europe. Interestingly, Edison went deaf later in life due to hearing problems he developed at a young age, which were later exacerbated by an accident.

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Why is David Crockett a Texas hero?

Crockett was born in 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee. After working hard throughout his teenage years, he began his military career in September 1813. He enlisted in the militia as a scout under Major Gibson in Winchester, Tennessee, to avenge an Indian attack on Fort Mims, Alabama. On November 3, under future president Andrew Jackson, Crockett participated in the retributive massacre of the Indian town of Tallushatchee.\nCrockett's early military career continued until 1817 when he became a justice of the peace in Lawrence County, Tennessee. He also became the town commissioner of Lawre..

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What is Bill Clinton famous for?

Born William Jefferson Clinton, the president is credited with the unemployment rates that dropped sharply during his term. He also played a large part in helping to reduce the federal deficit. Though he did many things during his presidency, his affair with a 22-year old intern became one of the most notable. When the allegations first emerged in 1997, Clinton denied them. He later admitted to the inappropriate relationship, and the House of Representatives tried to impeach him. They failed and he remained in office.

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How many children did Cesar Chavez have?

Chavez was born in Arizona to a Mexican-American family with six children. His family eventually moved to California, where his parents worked as migrant farm workers. Chavez also worked on farms until his mid-20s when he became involved with the Community Service Organization. In 1962, he founded the National Farm Workers Association and led several labor strikes in an effort to gain better pay and treatment for farm workers. He was known for using non-violent methods, such as hunger strikes, marches, and boycotts to achieve his goals.

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What was the result of the Great Compromise?

Under the terms of the compromise, each state's congressional delegation would be split between representatives, who would be elected by district and serve in the House of Representatives, and senators, who would represent their state in the upper house of Congress. This system struck a balance between the demands of the large states for proportional representation in the Legislative Branch, while addressing the concerns of the less-populous states that their interests would be ignored or overridden by the much larger delegations of big states.\nThe practical effect created a two-tiered s..

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When was the Bronze Age?

In some regions, such as in Africa, the Iron Age appears to have developed directly out of the Neolithic period. In the Near East, the Bronze Age is generally believed to have begun around 3300 B.C. and to have lasted until about 1200 B.C when the Iron Age began. The European Bronze Age began roughly around the same time, about 3200 B.C., but lasted until about 600 B.C. South Asia's Bronze Age began around 3000 B.C. and ended about 1200 B.C. when the use of iron became prevalent. In China, 2000 B.C. is considered to be the start of a Bronze Age, which lasted until about 700 B.C.Overall, t..

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What did President Jackson do in response to South Carolina's threat of secession?

The Nullification Crisis began when South Carolina bristled at the tariff acts that passed in 1828 and 1832, ultimately claiming the tariffs were unconstitutional and declaring that the state would not enforce them. When President Jackson challenged this with his Nullification Proclamation, South Carolina passed bills authorizing the use of military force to resist federal attempts at enforcing the tariffs, ultimately threatening to secede from the Union to avoid the unpopular laws. While Jackson had been a supporter of states' rights on some issues in the past, he clearly came down on th..

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What is the history of the Soweto Uprising?

Originally, South Africa used Dutch and English as its primary languages. Over time, Afrikaans replaced Dutch, and many black South Africans came to associate the language with apartheid. In the 1970s, the South African government passed a number of laws designed to force the use of Afrikaans, and made it the official language of some school subjects in 1974. The students preferred the previous class arrangements, which allowed them to study either in English or indigenous African languages.\nThe uprising drove many of the students into political activism, and the African National Congress bec..

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When was Pac Man invented?

Pac-Man first came out as an upright arcade model and as a cocktail table model. In its first year in the U.S., it sold over 100,000 units. After the initial release of Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man was developed in 1981. It included additional features, including moving fruit and multiple mazes. In 1982, Hanna-Barbera produced a Pac-Man cartoon, and Buckner & Garcia produced a song called Pac-Man Fever. Atari released home versions of Pac-Man starting in 1981, and PC and Mac versions became available in 1983.\nAdditional versions of the game were released during the 1980s, such as Pac-Land, Pac-Mania,..

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Who was the president during the Great Depression?

When Franklin Roosevelt became president, the nation was experiencing the worst of the Great Depression, and he started several programs to alleviate the economic pain and get the country's businesses going again. His presidency saw the beginning of the end for the gold standard, the initial Social Security payments and a great growth in government involvement in the economy. As a result of his stimulus programs and the winding down of World War II, the country was on the cusp of a long economic boom when Roosevelt died during his fourth term in 1945.

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