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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
7: ...ist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing preconditions. A series of laws, passed by th...
13: ...state legislatures, often installing blacks into positions of power. These events led to the formatio...
15: ... freed citizens. The fourteenth amendment was opposed by the southern states, and as a precondition o...
21: ... but equal" facilities. "Equal" was interpreted loosely, but this provision did ultimately provide an ...
28: ...t white takeover of their land, [[Crazy Horse]] (possibly the man in the above photo) and [[Sitting Bu... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
16: ...], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
32: While in retrospect the 1920s are sometimes seen as the last gasp...
38: ...ide margin. Hoover was widely seen as one of the most promising technocrats of his generation. He was ...
44: In [[1929]] the world's most prosperous nation was the [[United States]]. But despi...
46: ...oducts as rapidly as in the past); and other signposts of economic health—freight carloads, indu...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
14: ...arty|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecut...
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrende...
19: * 1918 - The [[German Revolution]] begins when 40,000 [[...
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman gove... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
51: *[[Henry Adams|Adams, Henry]], (1838-1918), author
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]]
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mber in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
10: ...ement of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely cri...
12: ...lied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic song to the tune of the haunting [[...
22: # [[Jakie Astor|John Jacob Astor]] (born 1918) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ... Constance and her sister, Eva Gore-Booth, were close friends of the poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequent...
10: ... the [[Irish (UK) general election, 1918|December 1918 General Election]], while in prison, Markiewicz w...
12: ...-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Irish Minister for Community, Rural and Gae...
14: ...2 along with [[Eamon de Valera]] and others in opposition to the Treaty. She fought actively for the ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ..., [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the mon...
6: ...rg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapp...
8: .... Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...charsky]] and [[Leo Jogiches]]. She studied [[philosophy]], [[history]], [[politics]], [[economics]] a... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
1: ...renBlixen.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Blixen in Kenya, 1918]]
5: ...r [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving w...
9: ...ther works simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a...
15: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
16: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
5: ...gliani, painter and Jew". In addition to making close friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani]], [[Pablo Pica...
7: ...istian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]].
11: ..., rugs, and the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted ... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
18: ...vered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $...
27: * [[1918]]: Plays two starring roles in ''[[Stella Maris]]...
29: ... alternatives, they settle on ''[[Rosita (movie)|Rosita]]'', in a performance that was praised by crit...
30: ...theatres this year, in Chicago and Detroit. The Los Angeles theatre is now known as the [[University ...
31: ...ning $1.4 million. Her performance earned her an Oscar. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...or Chemistry</i>. Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of ...
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...ss transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effect]], which is named for [[Pierre V...
10: ...the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manha... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ... of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
9: ...on Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs...
13: ...and Robert James Semple, a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] missionary from [[Ireland]], in December 190...
15: Her mother "Minnie" had, in the footsteps of her foster parents, remained active with the Salvation Ar...
17: ==Evangelism and Foursquare Gospel == - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]]...
8: ...n for her wit, although as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was...
22: ... occasional film, as a highly-popular radio show host, and in the new medium of television. Her appear...
47: *[[Who Loved Him Best?]] (1918)
48: *[[When Men Betray]] (1918) - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...etherlands|Dutch]] [[athletics|athlete]]. She is most famous for winning four gold medals at the [[194...
17: Slowly, Koen rose to the top. In 1938, she ran her first World Rec...
25: ... at the time, and it was simply inconceivable to most that a mother would be an athlete. Blankers-Koen...
27: ...mpeted against men when setting the record. The closed out the season with a new world record in the [...
35: ...thletics|1946 European Championships]], held in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. Earlier in 1946, Blankers-Koen h... - Hair (11457 bytes)
6: ...e trench warfare between [[1914]] and [[1918]] exposed men to [[lice]] and [[flea]] infestation which ...
11: ...n the [[eye]]lids and above them (eyebrows). In most societies people [[shave]], style or adorn their...
13: ...ral selection]] once other somatic hair had been lost.
17: It is important to note that hair grows across all areas of the skin on humans regardless of se...
19: ...roposes that [[Sexual Selection]] played a role, possibly in conjunction with [[Neoteny]], with the mo... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
5: ...rst impression of her -- "golden curls" and "the most beautiful blue eyes." A relative said, "there ne...
7: ...ant Truman left for the battlefields of France in 1918. They were married on [[June 28]], [[1919]]; they...
9: ...office--and Bess, who managed to look on with composure, was the new First Lady.
11: ...ir House]] and kept social life to a minimum. In most years of her husband's presidency, Mrs. Truman w...
13: ...her daughter, Margaret, to become President was "most definitely not." Her reply to what she wanted t... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
86: ..."left"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[William Denni...
105: ...passage of [[civil rights]] laws and otherwise imposing the will of the United States Congress —...
111: ...at the then-current Secretaries would hold their posts throughout the term of the President who appoin...
120: ==Post-Presidency==
125: * [[History of the United States (1865-1918)]] - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
24: Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all [[Union army|U...
26: ...xecutive branch who were at fault. He is instead mostly criticized for not taking a strong stance agai...
30: ...n]] in [[Brown County, Ohio]], where Grant spent most of his time until he was 17.
43: ...sissippi]], in [[1863]] is considered one of the most masterful in military history; it split the Conf...
48: ...rtionately even more and inflicted irreplaceable losses. Grant has been described as a "butcher" for h... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ... presidents, earning the nickname "the Gentleman Boss" for his style of dress and courtly manner, and ...
22: ...Disease]] and died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]], most likely related to a history of [[hypertension]],...
31: ...the help of Arthur's patron and political boss [[Roscoe Conkling]], Arthur was appointed by President ...
33: This was an extremely lucrative and powerful position at the time, and several of Arthur's predece...
42: ..."classified system" that made certain Government positions obtainable only through competitive written... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
21: ...f the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (w...
34: ...ie County, New York]] in 1870 and, while in that post, carried out at least two hangings of condemned ...
36: ...minded Republicans in the New York legislature. Roosevelt admired Cleveland's stubborn nature.
40: ... who claimed he fathered her child, who was named Oscar Folsom Cleveland, in 1874 (Halpin was involved...
46: ...ension bills to [[American Civil War]] veterans whose claims were fraudulent. When Congress, pressured...
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