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Why was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?

Mandela spent 18 years of his imprisonment on Robben Island. During his stay, he was only allowed one visitor annually for a 30-minute visit. He also contracted tuberculosis and was treated poorly because of his political beliefs.Mandela was released from prison in February of 1990. In 1994, Mandela was elected president of South Africa. In 1993, he was a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He died on December 5, 2013.

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What was life like for nurses in World War I?

Most nurses in World War I enlisted enthusiastically at first, assuming a short duration of the war. Before heading off to war, nurses received training from the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service or QAIMNS. The training service began in 1902, but employed fewer than 300 nurses. With the sudden need for more hospital help during World War I, QAIMNS programs trained thousands more young women. However, not all women received sufficient training. A small portion of nurses qualified as professionals, but most did not. Lower-level nurses included primarily girls from middle-class fami..

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What did Archimedes discover?

One of the discoveries Archimedes is most known for has to do with the concept of volume. When a king asked the scientist to determine if his crown was real gold, he used water displacement to work out the answer. Legend says that the idea came to him when he stepped into the bathtub and noticed how the water moved as his body entered. This led him to run through the streets shouting "Eureka." Other discoveries credited to Archimedes include math concepts such as the relationship between the surface area of a cylinder and sphere and improvements on the simple lever.

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What problems did Italy face after World War I?

The financial cost of World War I also took its toll upon Italy. The government had spent more on fighting Austria-Hungary than they had spent internally throughout the past half-century. Coupled with a feeling of humiliation at having been under-recognized by the other Allied Powers in the negotiations of Versailles, especially in their relatively modest receipt of small parts of Austria and few North African territories, Italy succumbed to internal hardships and schisms.The economic difficulties led to civil discontent, protests and riots and ultimately to the increased popularity of the Fas..

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Why did Britain join World War I?

The scope of World War I had much to do with European treaties and alliances. The war was sparked when Serbian terrorists assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Austria-Hungary retaliated by declaring war on Serbia, and Serbian ally Russia joined the fight. Germany allied with Austria-Hungary, and Britain joined the war just days after Germany entered Belgium.

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What did the Lakota Indians wear?

Lakota clothing also included a spiritual element, comprising symbolic bead work and other adornments. Clothing changed during colonial times as the Lakota began to assimilate European garments such as vests and dresses made of cloth.Ceremonial headdresses, particularly for warriors and chiefs, included feathered warbonnets. Otherwise, long fur-wrapped braids were common as hairstyles among both men and women in everyday life.

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What is the definition of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947?

Congress eliminated the House Speaker and President pro tempore from succession in 1886, placing Cabinet members, such as the Secretary of State, further up the line, according to the U.S. Senate. Some Congress members questioned the election process for the President pro tempore and believed Cabinet positions offered a clearer demonstration of executive abilities.\nBefore 1886, the President pro tempore was directly behind the Vice President in line, but the 1947 act named the House Speaker as the second successor. Official accounts say President Harry Truman proposed this new legislation due..

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Why was cotton important to the south?

When the cotton gin was invented in 1793, the cultivation of cotton rapidly grew from limited production in Georgia and South Carolina to the foundation of the Southern economy, with plantations extending from Texas to Maryland. This gave the Southern states enormous political and economic influence, because other parts of the world depended upon the cotton, which was first shipped to New York and from there to markets in the United States and Europe. Up to 80 percent of raw cotton used in British mills was from the American South. In New England, Southern cotton fueled the textile mills of th..

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What is the origin of China's name?

The word was brought into Europe by the explorer Marco Polo and entered the English language in the 1550s. Its introduction is credited to the translator, Richard Eden, whose earlier contributions to the English language had included "alligator" and "canoe."After its introduction, the word was used in the travel literature of Richard Hakluyt (1550-1616) and Thomas Herbert (1606-1682), neither of whom had actually been to the country they were writing about.The latter of these two travel writers, the diplomat Thomas Herbert, was the first to record in English how skilled the Chinese were at man..

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Why did Erik the Red name the land he discovered Greenland?

Erik the Red was sentenced to exile in 982 for three years after a murder charge, and he made his discovery after sailing west of Iceland. Once he spread word of his discovery across Iceland, he led a fleet of 25 ships in 985 to Greenland. He brought 500 men and women plus domestic animals in order to start a new country. Only 14 of the 25 ships reached Greenland.

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