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- American Civil War (47733 bytes)
8: |Conflict||'''American Civil War'''
16: !colspan="2"|'''[[Battles of the American Civil War]]'''
22: ...align="top"|[[United States|United States of America]]<br />[[Image:Us flag large 34 stars.png|100px|]...
27: ...h="50%" valign="top"|[[Confederate States of America]]<br />[[Image:starsnbars.png|100px|]]<br />
28: ''[[flags of the Confederate States of America|CSA flag]] to May [[1863]]''<br /> - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
19: *[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]], formerly part of North Carolina, becomes a state
22: ...ams]] (Federalist) inaugurated, Jefferson (Republican) Vice-President
50: *[[1808]] - U.S. [[slave trade]] with [[Africa]] ends
58: *[[1811]] - [[Battle of Tippecanoe]]
60: *[[1812]] - [[War of 1812]] begins - Ohio (19444 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |
42: ...erritory of Ohio as a hunting grounds. However, locally, the region was populated by several other peo...
46: ...ion ended with the American victory in the [[American Revolution]], after which the British ceded clai...
48: ...e slavery would be prohibited from an entire American region. The states of the Midwest would be known...
50: ... official date of statehood did not begin until [[1812]], with [[Louisiana]]'s admission. So, on [[Augus... - Metronome (3057 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wittner metronome in motion.jpg|A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion|right|frame]]
2: ...sed to keep a [[beat (music)|beat]] steady in musical [[rehearsal]].
4: ...wig van Beethoven]] was the first composer to indicate metronome markings in his music, in 1817, altho...
6: ...ded by the composer. Many pieces give a tempo indication at the top of the manuscript.
10: ...ulse, this metronome can play [[polyrhythm]]s and can "count aloud", using a sampled voice. - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
7: ==Political effects of the wars==
15: ...; that of Europe. Napoleon mentioned on several occasions his intention to create a single European st...
20: ...of other troop units. Napoleon standardized the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier resupply and com...
22: ...ion and Napoleon's reign witnessed the first application of the lessons of the 18th century's wars on ...
24: ...n which French fortunes were reversed with Republican armies advancing on all fronts. - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
6: ...the European countries, but not in the Kingdom of Castile & Leon!
8: ...ladolid]], capital of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had large [[Jew]...
10: ...le in arranging Ferdinand's marriage to Isabella. Castile even had an unofficial Crown [[Rabbi]], a pr...
14: ...uisitor whom Ferdinand installed in [[Saragossa]] Cathedral was assassinated by [[New Christian]]s (fo...
16: ...ies with St. Peter's in Rome as part of his political manoeuvering, aimed at consolidating the indepen... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...he unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...] and [[ethics]] in addition to [[politics| political]] theories of the age. However, prominent Enligh...
8: ...osophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such as [...
14: ...iverse where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton throug...
16: ...his ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]].'' - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ... a ship, but a ship can't fit on a boat". Often local [[law]] and regulation will define the exact siz...
4: ...c pressures which increased sizes to the point of carrying four or five masts, also introduced the for...
6: '''[[Nautical]]''' means related to sailors, particularly cust...
10: ...r deck and the top of the keelson), [[Draft (nautical)|draft]] (distance between the highest waterline...
14: ...roup of lines forward of the Plimsoll mark to indicate the safe depth (or freeboard above the surface)... - Wildebeest (2915 bytes)
2: ...-wildebeest-aka-gnu.jpg|260px|Blue Wildebeest]] | caption = Blue Wildebeest}}
10: ... = [[Hinrich Lichtenstein|Lichtenstein]] | date = 1812}}
16: ...the family [[Bovidae]], which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, and other even-toed horned ungulates.
18: ...frica]], especially the [[Serengeti]]. Wildebeest can live for more than 20 years.
20: ...t are [[grass]]es. The seasonal nature of the African grasslands forces wildebeest to make annual migr... - Impala (1708 bytes)
2: ...ox_image | image = [[Image:Impala_A.jpg|210px]] | caption = An Impala in [[Masai Mara National Park]],...
13: ...= [[Martin Lichtenstein|Lichtenstein]] | date = [[1812]] }}
15: ..." ''pous'' "foot") is a medium-sized [[Africa|African]] [[antelope]], weighing about 50 kg. Reddish-br...
16: ...mb|left|Impala, Masai National Reserve, Kenya Africa. Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Cl... - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
4: | nationality=american
27: ...ion><font size="+1">'''Harry S. Truman'''</font></caption>
40: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic P...
53: ...stration, and developed a reputation as a strong, capable leader.
58: ...ol in [[1901]], Truman worked at a series of clerical jobs before he decided to become a [[farmer]] in... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...tes Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican party]] in [[New York]] and a strong supporter o...
7: ...ology)|Jonathan Edwards]], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theology|theologian]].
9: ...ut]]. His studies were put on hold for the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], in which ...
13: ...[[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...h, renewing his study of law. Burr did perform occasional intelligence missions for Revolutionary gen... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
5: ...ht the [[United Kingdom|British]] in the [[War of 1812]]. By December he had risen from [[Private (rank)...
7: ...] and was widely considered to be Jackson's political protegé.
9: ...t the Cherokee and his wife to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas in December [[1832]].
11: ...s|Nacogdoches]] and emerged as a [[radicalism|radical]], supporting William Harris Wharton and his bro...
14: ...aken by surprise and badly beaten. Santa Anna was captured the following day. Houston briefly remained... - 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... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil... - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
6: ...]] in the [[1820s]]. They remained the only practical overland mechanized transport for well over 100 ...
9: ...ed wheels ran on L- shaped metal plates - these became known as [[plateways]]. In the late 18th centur...
11: ...ble for improvements to the [[steam engine]] that caused this device to see wider use and encouraged w...
14: ...n [[Wales]]. It was not financially successful, because it was too heavy for the track and kept breaki...
16: In [[1812]] [[Oliver Evans]], a [[United States]] engineer ... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
6: ...ally refers to steam powered [[ship]]s capable of carrying a (ship's) boat. Nuclear powered ships and ...
8: ... the prefix "'''PS'''". The term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] mo...
17: ... [[William Henry (delegate)|William Henry]] of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], having learned of Watt's e...
19: ...ew [[paddle steamer]], the [[PS Pyroscaphe|''Pyroscaphe'']], successfully steamed up the [[river Sa&oc...
23: ...h plans to introduce boats on the Forth and Clyde canal were thwarted by fears of erosion of the banks... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ...s or property on board a ship or aircraft. Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, pers...
10: ...sold as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Ec...
12: ...nsom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...are managed to suppress the threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]).
16: ...antly raiding the [[Adriatic Sea]], the Illyrians caused many conflicts with the [[Roman Republic]]. I... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: ...'Jean Lafitte''' or '''Laffite''' (''ca''1780 - ''ca''1826?), was a [[pirate]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico...
6: ... and wrote this journal. At his request, the publication of the journal was delayed for 100 years. In ...
8: ... [[Cecil B. DeMille]]’s classic, ''[[The Buccaneer]]'' and even by a poem of [[George Gordon Byr...
13: ...ral strip of coast between Spanish Texas and American Louisiana, left unoccupied and lawless until 182...
15: ... obscure; a man many said was Lafitte died in [[Yucatan]]. - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...olerances achievable in the [[19th century]], indicating that Babbage's machine would have worked.
5: ...use in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father became a warden of the nearby St. Michael?s Church.
7: ===Education===
8: ... learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
10: ...]], and several other friends formed the [[Analytical Society]].
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