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What was Rosa Parks' place of birth?

Young Rosa McCauley later attended school in Montgomery, but had to leave early due to family illness. At age 19, she married Raymond Parks and a year later, she finished her high school education. She and her husband were active members of the NAACP.\nOn Dec. 1, 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, an action that propelled her into the national spotlight. Her arrest led to African Americans boycotting the Montgomery bus system four days later. The boycott was a success. Found guilty of violating a city ordinance, Parks paid a fine. As a result of the events, both Ro..

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Where did the Vikings settle?

Archaeological evidence shows that the Scandinavians shared common characteristics in the way they built their homes, their style of jewelry and the way they manufactured their tools and other equipment. In this manner, historians are able to pinpoint from where they originated. Vikings are known for being mercenaries, and the ecclesiastical stores of wealth were in abundance at that time. Not only did the churches and monasteries store their precious items in house, but important and wealthy members of the community also kept their prized possessions there.\nThe Vikings found that they could ..

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What was the purpose of the Iroquois League?

The Iroquois called themselves the Haudenosaunee, which roughly translates to "People of the Longhouse," symbolizing how the five nations strove to conduct themselves as families living in a single longhouse. The original League of Nations was made up of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida and Mohawk.\nThe need for the Iroquois League rose from increasing intergroup aggression, most likely stemming from resource competition in the face of rising populations. Small villages tied themselves together into larger clans for protection, but they were also obliged to revenge themselves for the murde..

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What is a biography of Bartolomeu Dias?

Born in 1450, Dias was a member of the court of Joao II, king of Portugal, in 1487, where he worked as the superintendent to the royal warehouses. The king chose Dias to lead an expedition tasked with finding a sea route to India, due to the Ottoman Empire closing the trade access by land to Asia.\nDias worked his way down the coast of Africa before being blown off course in 1488. He turned his ship to the south in an attempt for the winds to push him back towards the tip of Africa. On Feb. 3 of the same year, one of his men spotted land, which put them 300 miles east of the Cape of Good Hope ..

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What was popular in 1967?

Musically, almost all of the top 100 songs of 1967 were by rock artists. The most popular song of the year was "To Serve with Love" by Lulu. However, bands such as The Beatles remained incredibly popular, and this was the year that the Beatles released "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."\nIn the U.S., the ongoing war in Vietnam caused many peace movements to start. Students and other citizens would arrange big events to protest the war. Former boxing world champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his boxing title for refusing to serve in the war. He remained generally popular, but h..

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Where did George Washington grow up?

Augustine Washington passed away when George was aged 11. His half-brother, Lawrence Washington, then became his legal guardian. George Washington was further educated on colonial culture by the wife of his half-brother, Anne Fairfax. At the age of 16, George Washington traveled as part of a surveying party to the then-uncharted areas west of Virginia where he was later appointed official surveyor.

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What is the most famous presidential act by Roosevelt?

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a piece of legislation that led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration to regulate and supervise food and drug safety. The act was spurred by Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle," which discussed the unsanitary practices of meat processing companies. Theodore Roosevelt was the president during the Progressive Era and is known for his Square Deal legislation and his famous foreign diplomacy "speak softly and carry a big stick."\nThe Social Security Act was enacted in 1935, and essentially created the Social Security system in the United St..

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Why did they call Ronald Reagan "The Gipper"?

"Knut Rockne, All American" presents the life and career of Notre Dame football coach Knut Rockne. Reagan portrayed football player George Gipp. In the film, Gipp was stricken with a terminal illness, and he urged Rockne to "win one for the Gipper." Reagan used the line as a political slogan, most notably at the 1988 Republican Convention, when he urged his vice president, George H.W. Bush, to go win one for the Gipper.

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What is the Manchurian Incident?

While the explosion was minor, it was enough to anger the Japanese Imperial Army, who accused the Chinese of staging the explosion, leading to the invasion of the northeastern region of China.\n\nDue largely to an unprepared Chinese military, the Japanese seized control of the entire region within months, strengthening its control on the resource-rich territory.\n\nWhile the United States did engage in trade and investment with China, there was little support for punishing the Japanese because of the 1930s depression, and the U.S. did not take military action. It did, however, try to convince ..

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What makes an event historically significant?

Historically significant events consist of many different types. Inventions, wars, influential speeches and books, social movements and the unique actions of inspiring individuals can all be of historic significance. For example, the invention of a flying aircraft in the 20th century revolutionized the entire world, and the 1848 Seneca Falls convention set off American first-wave feminism.\nConsensus is important in determining historical significance. A historian's ancestors are of critical importance to him, but it is unlikely that his ancestors were of historical significance to the wi..

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