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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia...
4: ...en marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorad...
5: ...can to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outl...
7: ...nominated him as their first [[President of the United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (s...
9: ...[[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln]] and led to Frémont's remova... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam power]]...
3: ...hnological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and ...
5: ...hen mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...tion of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]]...
12: ...ther nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls an... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
3: ...r]], a [[women's rights]] proponent, and an [[abolitionist]].
5: ... first Quaker women to do advocacy work for [[abolition]].
7: ...l concept for that time and remains so, and the United States was the first country and still one of t...
9: ...al advocacy to women coming up as women's and abolitionist advocates. In the [[1830s]] she helped esta...
11: ...vement in one area, that of divorce. At that time it was very difficult to obtain divorce, and fathers... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ... [[1843]], of an [[United States|American]] [[abolitionist]] born into [[slavery]]. (later changed to...
8: ...ife she became a noted speaker for both the [[Abolitionist]] movement and the [[women's rights]] movem...
10: ...r, [[Olive Gilbert]], to produce a biography in [[1850]], the ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern...
13: ...[[Emancipation Proclamation]] was issued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham ...
23: ...ttp://www.sojournertruth.org/ Sojourner Truth Institute] (Battle Creek, Michigan) - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ...arried E. J. Wethereil. She died at [[Salt Lake City]]. - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ... for their [[realism]] and psychological perspicacity.
5: ...d to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
8: ...th [[George Henry Lewes]] in an extramarital cohabitation.
10: ... to her in name only, while he made house solely with Evans.
12: ...80]] she married a friend, [[John Cross]], an [[United States|American]] banker, who was 20 years her ... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...she was appointed professor at [[Stockholm University]], the third woman in [[Europe]] to become a pro...
3: ...garian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Matthias Corvinus o...
9: ... on [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] and practiced his favourite piano work, [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s...
11: ... took calculus it came to her very quickly, as if it had always been there.
13: ...Vasilievich Krukovsky]], a self-taught eccentric with especial fondness for mathematics. - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
6: dimension into which it can freely vibrate, thus repeatedly
13: with but one, two or a few reeds. Because a reed mou...
26: ...raw reedplates are riveted (rarely screwed) onto either side of the comb. Over the reedplates, there ...
33: of a "harmonica." It has ten holes which offer the player 19 notes
49: ...melody by blocking or unblocking the lower holes with the tongue. The most important notes: C-E-G, the... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ....jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...overnment]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: Because of the superpower status of the United States, the American President is considered by...
7: ...is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
18: ... Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
24: ... out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: In [[1764]] Adams married Miss [[Abigail Smith]] ([[1744]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...entucky]] and the ninth [[Vice President of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Ma...
5: ...he Committee on Claims and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
7: ... vacancy caused by the resignation of [[John J. Crittenden]], and was reelected and served from [[Dece...
9: ...toral College|electors]] due to his relationship with an African-American woman. He served as vice Pre...
11: ...a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850, but he died in [[Frankfort, Kentucky]] soon afte... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
13: ...the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1st wife)<br>
17: ...e United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]/independent</td></tr>
18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td> ''none'' <...
21: ...econd President born after the signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration ...
25: ... (1747-1813) and Mary Armistead. He studied law with his father, who became [[Governor of Virginia]] ... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
6: ...r><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigail Fil...
16: ...United_States |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none''</t...
20: ...own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]]. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...rgin in the popular vote and 254 to 42 in the [[United States Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He b...
20: ...mination, Pierce continued his lifelong struggle with [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means A...
22: ...ich could not cope with a changing America. In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and ...
25: ...tionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, state militia general, and two-time [[governor of New Hampshi... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
22: | [[Hardin County, Kentucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
33: ...List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
34: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:''' - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of the United States]].
4: ...]] to the ''St. Joseph Valley Register'', the [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] organ of northern Indi...
6: ...]], [[1869]]). He was elected [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the ...
8: ...]], owing to charges of corruption in connection with the [[Cr餩t Mobilier of America scandal]].
10: ...yler, Nebraska, is also named after Colfax. The city is the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska. - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
36: ! [[Political party|Political Party]]:
37: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
39: ! [[President of the United States|President]]:
44: ...rk]] and the nineteenth [[Vice President of the United States]].
46: ..., [[1863]]). He was a delegate to the state constitutional conventions in [[1867]] and [[1868]], and ...
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