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- Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...o escape to [[free state]]s, or as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other r...
4: ...eedom]] and figures prominently in [[African American history]].
10: ...ations such as the [[Free Methodist]]s and [[American Baptist]]s. Books, newspapers, and other organs ...
18: ...caped slaves were referred to as "passengers" or "cargo"
21: ...acting as a middleman in communications between escaped slaves and those left behind. He then publish... - Astrolabe (4446 bytes)
4: ...stars and the sun; determining local time given local longitude, and vice-versa; and surveying and tri...
6: ...h Century]], a metal astrolabe was developed by [[Abraham Zacuto]] in Lisbon, which improved on the accurac...
8: ... rotates over the rete, and may be marked with a scale of [[declination | declinations]].
12: ...hen the astrolabe is held vertically, the alidade can be rotated and a star sighted along its length, ...
16: ... [[Al-Battani]] in his treatise ''Kitab az-Zij'' (ca. 920), which was translated into Latin by [[Plato... - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
1: ...ere reintegrated into the [[United States of America]].
4: ...y. However, a powerful group of [[Radical Republicans]] within the [[Congress of the United States|U....
6: ... for Reconstruction involved the social and political status of freed [[slave]]s in the southern state...
8: ...ter solid [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] gains in the midterm elections, the first [[Re...
12: ...eriod. Most political "firsts" for [[African-American]]s occurred during this period. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ...non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ... the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
11: ==Archaeological discovery==
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets fo...
14: ...ith the biblical Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the ea... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
1: :''For the submarine, see [[USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)]].''
2: {{Infobox President | name=James Earl Carter, Jr.
3: | nationality=american
4: | image name=Presidentcarter.jpg
15: | wife=[[Rosalynn Carter]] - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ...nisters, and members of royalty walked behind the casket at [[Funeral of John F. Kennedy|his funeral]]...
22: ...mocratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate from the North to be elected president, an...
26: ==Early life and education==
27: ... School of Economics]] for a year, studying political economy. In the fall of [[1935]], he enrolled i... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ...ess of the United States|US Congress]], Johnson became the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice ...
24: ...]]. Even though he participated in [[debate]] and campus [[politics]], edited the school [[newspaper]]...
27: ...berg]] and was later rewarded for his work in the campaign with an appointment to be the newly elected...
29: As secretary, Lyndon became acquainted with people of influence, found out ... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
7: | preceded=[[Calvin Coolidge]]
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
23: ... a doctor and school superintendent whom Hoover recalled as "a severe man on the surface, but like all...
26: ...avid Copperfield]]'', the story of another orphan cast into the world to live by his wits, would remai... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...he forces of reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known...
22: ...re to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ronald Reagan]]...
26: ...in the [[Netherlands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[...
28: ...lin Roosevelt's fifth cousin. Despite their political differences, the two branches remained friendly:... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
11: | place of birth=[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]]
19: ...m, and for becoming the first "[[dark horse]]" (a candidate who unexpectedly gains the party nominatio...
21: ... of the [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]] and the [[Washington Monument]], and the is...
24: ...uck River (Tennessee)|Duck River]] in what is now called [[Maury County, Tennessee|Maury County]]. The... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...st and is connected to Bahrain by the [[King Fahd Causeway]], and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the...
18: ...er colspan=2 style="background:#fff;" | [[image:LocationBahrain.png]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Manama]]
55: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
61: ...nd finally the [[Arabs]], under whom the island became [[Muslim]]. Bahrain was in the ancient times kn... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...icans also have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Native American]] ancestors.
6: ...[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ...n areas in 2000. With over 2 million African American residents, [[New York City]] had the largest bla...
12: ==African-American history==
13: ''Main article: [[African-American history]]'' - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...ts to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
21: ...t son. His schooling ended at ten and at 12 he became an [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother...
23: ...Franklin a forum for agitating for a variety of local reforms. His intelligence combined with a great...
27: ...t)|enlightenment]] partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle to maintain their privileges.... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ... Civil War]] (also known as the [[Naming the American Civil War|War Between the States]]).
5: ==Early life and military career==
6: ...rving with the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] [[cavalry]] and leading in the battle of [[Savannah, G...
10: ...tary Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]] as a [[cadet]].
12: ...River]] in [[1831]], he contracted [[pneumonia]], causing him to return to Fort Crawford. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: [[Image:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British exp...
3: ...ts main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
12: ...make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills were put to good ...
14: ...ographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' dipping into ...
18: ...]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortification|fort]] and [[observatory]] to observe the tra... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
11: ...n I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 ...
12: ...[[1848]] – King [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] abdicates.
13: ...dash; [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published. - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
6: |nickname="The A-T-L", "The Horizon City", "The Capital of the South", "The Phoenix City", "The City...
8: |mapcomment=Location of Atlanta in Georgia
22: ...ial development. As a result, Atlanta is a common case study for college students who study Urban Geog...
24: ...th century]], Atlanta was a center for the [[American Civil Rights Movement]] and served as the host c...
28: ...). The Perimeter is Atlanta's equivalent to the [[Capital Beltway]] around [[Washington, DC]]. - Springfield, Illinois (6768 bytes)
25: ...ed its city charter in [[1840]]. It was made the capital of Illinois in [[1837]], and the Legislature...
29: ...office; the old capitol building; the newly built Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; the trai...
30: ... village of Petersburg, is restored hamlet of log cabins recreating Salem, where Lincoln lived as a yo...
32: ...ght designed for it. Springfield is known for its carrillon and festival. In August, it is the site of...
34: Noted American poet [[Vachel Lindsay]] (1879 - 1931) was born a... - Lincoln, Nebraska (9126 bytes)
10: county = [[Lancaster County, Nebraska|Lancaster County]] |
25: ...a]], in the [[United States|United States of America]].
27: ..."Star City" (from the use of a star to mark state capitals on road maps); the city's [[logotype|logo]]...
29: ...of [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], which has its own local public stations). It also has two [[freeform rad...
31: ...er Skating Museam and [[USA Roller Sports]] are located in Lincoln. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
11: *[[Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi]]
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]]...
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