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What is Rosa Parks famous for?

Rosa Parks boarded the bus after a day of work as a seamstress at the Montogomery Fair department store. She took a seat right behind the section reserved for whites. Parks sat alongside three other African-Americans. The white section began to fill, and one white passenger was in need of a seat. The other three African-American passengers emptied the row after being harshly admonished by the driver to "Let me have those front seats." Parks, however, quietly refused and remained seated. Although there was now room for the white passenger, laws stated that white passengers should not sit near A..

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Who won the Second Battle of Bull Run?

Union forces were led by General John Pope, who commanded an estimated 70,000 Union soldiers. General Robert E. Lee and General T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson led two groups of Confederate soldiers, totalling an estimated 55,000. Union losses included 1,716 casualties, with 8,215 wounded and an additional 3,893 soldiers missing or captured. Confederate losses included 1,305 casualties, with 7,048 wounded and an unknown number of missing and captured. The battle lasted from August 28 to August 30.

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What spurred the first great boom in the West?

Unlike those who had followed the Oregon Trail westward in the previous decades in hopes of establishing farms, most of the people who moved west as a result of the California gold rush were miners in search of a fast path to wealth. Those who moved to California in search of gold became known as '49ers, and the population boom also spurred the West's reputation for lawlessness. Thousands of men who had left their families behind took up drinking, soliciting prostitutes and gambling.\nThe gold rush also aided in the establishment of steady industrial economies in the West that were a..

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Who are the Cahuilla Indian tribe?

The Cahuilla people trace their history back about 2,500 years in the San Bernardino basin, San Jacinto Mountains, Coachella Valley and parts of the southern Mojave Desert, where they lived as peaceful hunters and gatherers. They lived in clans consisting of 600 to 800 people, with each clan controlling a separate geographic area. In the 1870s, the federal government began establishing reservations for the Cahuillas, the first being the Morongo Indian Reservation in 1877, located near Joshua Tree National Park.\nThe Cahuilla Tribal Government is federally recognized, which allows it to receive..

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Who were the scientists that worked on the Manhattan project?

As a full-scale research and development project during World War II, the Manhattan Project required a well-trained and equipped staff at all times. Many of the scientists who are most famous for working on the Manhattan Project were, however, mainly expert advisers on nuclear power and mathematical modelling. Therefore, they had little to do with the day-to-day development of the nuclear weapons, which was tasked to engineers and demolition experts.\nBecause of the need to keep the development work from the Axis powers and Imperial Japan, a culture of extreme secrecy developed. The U.S. and U..

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Where did the slaves live?

Railroad companies also used slaves to construct railroads. Like the slaves on plantations, these slaves had terrible living conditions. Their beds were nothing more than hard, inclined pine boards with a single blanket. Slave cabins had poorly constructed chimneys and typically were not very clean due to the terrible working hours demanded of slaves. Often slaves were forced to work from the break of dawn until nighttime. Many slaves collapsed due to exhaustion. Their food was usually prepared by a fellow slave, but their rations were slim. Sometimes their food for an entire day would be noth..

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Who is Liu Hui?

Lui Hui was the author of the famous book "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art," which contained various answers to mathematical problems in fraction and decimal form. The book also contained his calculation for the algorithm of pi. Lui Hui is also credited with discovering that a wedge with a rectangular base and sloping sides could be broken up into a pyramid and a tetrahedral wedge.

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What were Albert Einstein's hobbies?

Einstein owned several sailboats in his lifetime. He kept one in Caputh, Germany, that was seized along with his cottage in 1933 when the Nazis took power. When he lived in the United States, he owned a sailboat called Tinnef.\nEinstein enjoyed reading and is quoted as saying that "Traktat" by David Humes had a big influence on him. He enjoyed classics, such as Don Quijote by Cervantes Saavedra and books with a scientific bent, including "Energy and Matter" by Ludwig Büchners and Aaron Bernstein's "Natural-Scientific Popular Books." He also read books by the philosophers Spinoza and Sch..

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What are positive and negative effects of colonialism in the United States?

The growth in prosperity of the colonies and sense of independence among colonists eventually led to the separation of the colonies from British rule in 1774. Prior to gaining independence, however, the colonies remained a British territory. Having oversight from Britain proved to be most beneficial when the colonies were first established. Britain provided support in the form of revenue and some resources, although the colonial lands soon proved to have an abundance of key natural resources too, which significantly expanded the scope of trade. Colonies engaged in direct trade with England; ra..

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What were the contributions of Thomas Jefferson?

During his Presidency, he reduced the country's armed forces, streamlined government agencies, and reduced the national debt from $80 million to $57 million. He oversaw the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which explored and mapped out the land acquired through the Louisiana Purchase. In response to pressure to increase the country's military presence and training, he established the U.S. Military Academy and then West Point in 1802. As Governor of Virginia, he established the state's Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom.\nAfter his second term as President ended, he retired to ..

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