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- Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
16: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationNepal.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''
28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
36: | '''Unification''' - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...lic of Portugal'') is a [[democratic republic]] located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberi...
5: ...centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] s...
7: ... social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...Douro]] and [[Tagus]] rivers, and the [[Gallaecia|Callaeci]] who lived north of the Douro river among ...
17: ...s of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin R... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
11: Nickname = The [[Grand Canyon]] State, The Copper State |
12: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
46: Nickname = The Grand Canyon State |
47: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
48: Bird = [[Cactus Wren]] | - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Roc...
42: ...n]] nations living in present-day Arkansas were [[Caddo]] and [[Osage Nation]].
44: ... Arkansas, as well as [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Louisiana]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Ge...
50: ...e governor's office for a short period of time, because the Arkansas Constitution does not allow a con...
52: ...e held by [[United States Republican Party|Republicans]]. - Florida (24937 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee...
36: ... explorers during the [[Easter]] season, which is called ''Pascua Florida'' in Spanish. The U.S. Post...
43: ...nding members of the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA, also known as the Confederacy). Florida j...
47: ...vernor is [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Jeb Bush]], brother of President [[George W....
49: ...f electoral votes, Florida is considered by political analysts to be a key [[swing state]] in [[Presid... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
38: The state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] people.
48: *Iowa became the 29<sup>th</sup> state in the union on [[Dec...
49: *The [[Chicago and Northwestern]] railroad reached [[Council B...
50: ...ercentage of soldiers serve in the Civil War, per capita, than any other state in the Union, with near... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] |
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] and is generally classified as part...
38: ...latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...idents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison...
44: ...]], [[Nottaway]], [[Meherrin]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]]. - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]] |
36: ...es]], Nebraska gets its name from a [[Native American]] ([[Otoe tribe|Oto]]) word meaning "flat water"...
37: Once considered part of the [[Great American Desert]], it is now a leading [[agriculture|farm...
42: ...es]] of Nebraska and [[Kansas]]. The territorial capital of Nebraska was [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]].
45: ... farm settlers built their homes out of [[sod]] because they found so few trees on the grassy land. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] |
38: ...or their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. For a variety of reasons, s...
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...n]] ruins indicate a presence at modern Santa Fe. Caves in the [[Sandia Mountains]] near Albuquerque c...
46: ...s in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State M... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
6: image_flag = Us-ca-sf.png |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ...cation of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
28: website = http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ | - 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 Longstreet (9732 bytes)
4: ...il War]], and later enjoyed a successful post-war career working for the government of his former enem...
8: ...ast his lot with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] in the Civil War.
10: ==Career as Confederate General==
12: ...ed a promotion to [[major general]]. Longstreet's career took off in the summer of [[1862]] when Gen. ...
14: ...'Old War Horse''. (Longstreet's friends generally called him ''Pete''.) His record as an offensive tac... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...ow the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
5: ...and several slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
10: ...the first European to see the magnificent [[Grand Canyon]]. [[Hernando de Alvarado]] was sent east, an...
12: ...e Turk as his guide. He traversed the [[Llano Estacado]] and what is now the [[Texas Panhandle]], and ...
14: ...y the same route he had come. Only 100 of his men came back with him. Although the expedition was a co... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...s established by Sutter in [[1839]]. During the [[California gold rush|gold rush]], Sacramento was a m...
5: official_name = Sacramento, California |
7: image_flag = SacramentoCA.jpg |
8: image_seal = SacramentoCAseal.jpg |
9: image_map = CAMap-doton-Sacramento.png | - Zachary Taylor (11484 bytes)
3: ...tion><font size="+1">'''Zachary Taylor'''</font></caption>
16: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[Whig]]</td></tr>
20: ...50]]. Taylor was noted for his extensive military career, becoming the first president not previously ...
23: Taylor was born in a [[log cabin]] to Richard Taylor and Sarah Strother in Barb...
25: ...he [[War of 1812]] ([[1812]]–[[1815]]) he became known as an excellent military commander. Taylo... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
5: ... and 1542. Coronado had hoped to conquer the mythical [[Seven Cities of Gold]].
8: ...ernor]] and first ''[[Adelantado]]'' of [[Costa Rica]]. <ref> [http://genforum.genealogy.com/coronado/...
11: ...s to prove this assertion. -- comment hidden as I can find no reliable source on either side of this q...
14: ...e told about a city of vast wealth, a golden city called [[Quivira and Cíbola|Cíbola]], and that Est...
16: ... an expedition with two components. One component carried the bulk of the expedition's supplies, and t... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
1: ... is the 53rd day of every year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in [[l...
3: {{FebruaryCalendar}}
13: ...s|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]].
15: ...6]] - The [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pi...
18: * [[1879]] - In [[Utica, New York]], [[Frank Woolworth]] opens the first ...
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