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How many people died in the Battle of Gettysburg?

There were around 23,000 Union soldiers and 28,000 Confederate soldiers who fell as casualties in July of 1863. The Confederates were led by General Lee, and the Union by General Meade. The battle left the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, full of wounded soldiers. The entire town was filled with makeshift hospital areas and recovery areas for those who were left behind when the troops moved on to their next battle. Cleanup and recovery for the town took several years.

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Why did Jacques Cartier want to explore?

Jacques Cartier's three voyages to North America were the foundation for the claims by France to lands in the newly discovered continent, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The first voyage took place in 1534 and explored Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Cartier did not find the Asian passage or any gold and returned to France after a short time.\nThe king of France authorized a second trip by Cartier the next year. During the second journey, Cartier traveled down the Saint Lawrence river and stayed in the area throughout the winter. He was surprised by the severity of ..

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How did Andrew Jackson change the presidency?

Andrew Jackson came to the presidency with the status of a war hero, having led his army to victory in the Battle of New Orleans in the closing moments of the War of 1812. In the presidential election of 1824, Jackson won the popular vote, but lost the presidency due to what he termed a corrupt bargain between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. In 1828, the newly formed Democratic Party nominated him again, and he won the election despite a campaign full of slurs and personal attacks on both sides. In 1832, Jackson was re-elected by a wide margin.\nJackson's two terms as president were mar..

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What impact did the elevator have on society?

The earliest known elevator is believed to have been built by Archimedes in approximately 236 B.C. Elevators that were steam and water-powered were used in the mid-19th century. These elevators had ropes that could be worn out and were not generally used by passengers. In 1852, Elisha Graves Otis invented the safety elevator, which used a break that could suspend the car in place if the rope broke. The first safety elevator was installed in a five-story building in New York City on March 23, 1857.The Otis elevator helped revolutionize cities by making skyscrapers possible. Taller buildings qui..

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Who was president in 1910?

President Taft was born Sept. 15, 1857. He was a lawyer, judge, law professor and Secretary of War under President Theodore Roosevelt, who supported Taft's candidacy to succeed him. Ironically, Roosevelt formed his own political party, the Bull Moose Party, and ran against Taft in the election of 1912. Roosevelt did not win, but his candidacy took support away from Taft, allowing Woodrow Wilson to win the election. Taft's term in office saw the 16th Amendment passed, which allowed the United States to collect income taxes and admitted Arizona and New Mexico to the nation.

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What were some of the achievements of Ancient Ghana?

Although Ancient Ghana possessed neither gold nor salt as natural resources, the kingdom's ability to control and regulate the trade of those commodities placed it in a position to act in the manner of a broker. The kingdom also introduced the first domesticated camels into the trade routes it controlled and provided foreign traders with the benefit of a transportation system.

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What was discovered in 1911 that led to maglev trains?

The use of superconductors allows maglev trains to appear to float. These trains use two types of superconducting magnets, a guiding magnet on the side of the train tracks and an electromagnetic levitation magnet. The electromagnetic levitation magnet is located under magnetic tracks which eliminates the friction between the train and the tracks. This allows the train to travel at high speeds only millimeters above the tracks. Onnes received the Nobel Prize in physics 1913 for his work with superconductivity.

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What was the conclusion of World War II?

Germany surrendered first. In April 1945, with hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers fighting toward the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler took his own life in a fortified bunker complex beneath the building. After Hitler's death, what was left of the German state was administered by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz of the German Navy. His brief term ended with his arrest in the temporary capital of Flensburg on May 23. The surviving leaders of the Third Reich were put on trial at Nuremberg, and many of them were eventually executed.\nJapan formally surrendered to the Allies on Sept. 2, 1945, ..

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Is there really a photograph of Teddy Roosevelt riding a moose?

The photo was produced for the 1912 presidential election campaign during which Roosevelt ran as the nominee of the Bull Moose party. It ran alongside photographs of the Republican candidate riding an elephant and the Democratic candidate riding a donkey. The photograph was debunked in 2013 by a library curator at Harvard University.

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Why did John Logie Baird invent television?

Baird became preoccupied with constructing a working television shortly after World War I, when he moved to the south coast of England. Setting himself up in a small workshop, he created the first working model out of odds and ends that included a tea chest, a biscuit tin, a toy electric motor, some bicycle light lenses, a pair of scissors, glue and sealing wax. In 1924, he transmitted a flickering image across the span of several feet. In 1925, he created the first real television picture in grayscale, first using a ventriloquist's dummy and then a human face. In early 1926, he demonstra..

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