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- Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...tury]] [[United States]] attempted to escape to [[free state]]s, or as far north as [[Canada]], with t...
4: ...mbol of [[freedom]] and figures prominently in [[African American history]].
10: ...y sects of mainstream denominations such as the [[Free Methodist]]s and [[American Baptist]]s. Books, ...
21: ...g short biographies of the people, that contained frequent railway metaphors. Still maintained corres...
23: ...t four adults and two children were sent by train from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. However, the addit... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ...) was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, C...
23: ... conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second ...
25: ...ssumption of office marked a "generational shift" from the former Presidents who were mostly World War...
27: ...-the-time the largest American [[budget deficit]] from his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President G...
38: ...popular anger over the escape of Cuban prisoners (from the [[Mariel Boat Lift]]) detained in [[Fort Ch... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
13: ...from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...al law]], and quickly restored order. He resigned from the army in March 1779 on account of ill health...
18: ...fe were married for twelve years, until her death from [[cancer]].
20: ...umel. When she realized her fortune was dwindling from her husband's land speculation, they separated ...
24: ...n]]. He served in the [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
5: ... in the [[War of 1812]]. By December he had risen from [[Private (rank)|private]] to third [[lieutenan...
11: ...oil of the state. He attended the Convention of [[1833]] as representative for [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Naco...
16: ...ober 22]], 1836 to [[December 10]], [[1838]], and from [[December 12]], [[1841]] to [[December 9]], [[...
22: ...as-Nebraska Act]]. He was a [[lame duck]] senator from 1857.
34: ...States Senators from Texas|U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Texas]] | before= none | after=[[John Hemphill]... - Wendell Phillips (1286 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wendell_phillips_3.jpg|frame|250px|right|Illustration of Wendell Phillips. ...
2: ...issues such as [[women's rights]], [[universal suffrage]], and [[temperance]].
7: ...raphiesKeyIndividuals/WendellPhillips.htm Article from "Impeach Andrew Johnson"] - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
19: ...venth [[President of the United States]], serving from [[March 4]], [[1845]] to [[March 4]], [[1849]]....
26: During his childhood, Polk suffered from poor health. In 1812, his father took him to [[...
28: ...attended a school in [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee|Murfreesboro]], where he met his future wife, [[Sarah C...
31: ...opular, earning him the nickname "[[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] of the Stump." He courted [[Sarah ...
33: Polk became a supporter and close friend of [[Andrew Jackson]], then the leading polit... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...e [[London Science Museum]]. In [[1991]], working from Babbage's original plans, a [[Difference Engine...
8: ... might have done." The second was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to ...
10: ...Herschel]], [[George Peacock]], and several other friends formed the [[Analytical Society]].
23: *Francis Moore Babbage (born [[1 June]] [[1821]])
29: ...Wilhelm Schickard]], [[Blaise Pascal]] and [[Gottfried Leibniz]]. He first discussed the principles o... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ...[Secretary of War]] in the cabinet of President [[Franklin Pierce]]. He is most famous for serving as ...
6: ...andfather had immigrated to the [[United States]] from [[Wales]] and had once lived in [[Virginia]] an...
10: ...ter Mary, attending a [[log cabin]] school a mile from their home. Two years later, Davis entered the ...
14: ...avis's duties during this time was to keep miners from illegally entering what would eventually become...
16: ...President]]. On [[June 30]], 1835, Davis resigned from the U.S. Army. - Photography (18493 bytes)
2: ...volves recording [[light]] patterns, as reflected from [[object]]s, onto a sensitive medium through a ...
20: ...has gained the interest of scientists and artists from its inception. Scientists have used its capacit...
24: [[Image:View from the Window at Le Gras, Joseph Nic鰨ore Ni鰣e....
32: ...idered to be an image produced in [[1826]] by the French inventor [[Nic鰨ore Ni鰣e]] on a polished [...
34: ...l used today for [[Polaroid|Polaroids®]]. The French government bought the patent and immediately ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
28: *[[Andr魍arie Amp貥]], (France, [[1775]] - [[1836]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
34: *[[Eugene M. Antoniadi]] ([[Greece]], [[France]], [[1870]] – [[1944]])
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], ...
47: *[[Adrien Auzout]] ([[France]], [[1622]] – [[1691]])
56: *[[Benjamin Baillaud]] ([[France]], [[1848]] – [[1934]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R... - Ice age (15810 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the [[Vostok, Antarctica|Vostok]] ice core over...
6: ...acial periods, occurring at 40–100,000 year frequencies. These are the best studied. There have ...
10: ...e/histgeol/agassiz/glacial.htm]. Between 1825 and 1833 [[Jean de Charpentier]] assembled evidence in sup...
16: ...illion years ago. There was an extensive ice age from 350 to 260 million years ago.
31: ...believe that anthropogenic (i.e. manmade) forcing from increased "[[greenhouse gas]]es" would outweigh... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
20: ... Party]]. The latter was formed in the winter of 1833-1834 but was defunct by the time of the [[America...
22: ...f the Republican Party came from the Whigs, the [[Free Soil Party]], and [[Know-Nothing movement|Ameri...
46: ...Lincoln]] in [[1860]] ended the domination of the fragile coalition of pro-slavery southern Democrats ...
48: ... in the Confederacy), forcing drastic reforms and frequently giving former slaves positions in governm... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ... they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ...known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[A...
12: ...ptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
13: ...ic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder...
15: ...nz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Roman army led by [[Publius Quin... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
7: ...o Ebenezer in recognition of his service in the [[French and Indian War]]). His parents were [[poverty...
11: ...ay (US)|Independence Day]] oration. On graduating from Dartmouth he took a legal apprenticeship (first...
17: From this point on his reputation as a lawyer grew q...
21: ...r any offer of compensation. Webster assisted his friend Jeremiah Smith in fighting the action all the...
23: ...as elected to the [[United States Senate|Senate]] from the state of [[Massachusetts]]. Shortly after t... - Biochemistry (3247 bytes)
8: ...techniques such as [[chromatography]], [[X-ray diffraction]], [[Nuclear magnetic resonance|NMR]], [[ra...
10: ...s, from [[genetics]] to [[molecular biology]] and from [[agriculture]] to [[medicine]]. The first appl... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
5: ...ates government]], the person who is "a heartbeat from the presidency". As first in the [[United State...
18: ...legiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of...
21: ... the Vice President is constitutionally prevented from voting except in the case of ties. In practice...
25: ...r as a Senator. When he was elected to the Senate from his native [[South Carolina]], he became the fi...
31: ...cond. Thus, the President and Vice President were from different parties. An even greater problem occu... - James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
21: ...fter [[William Henry Harrison]]'s. Holding office from [[March]] to [[September]] of [[1881]], Preside...
24: ...ho died in infancy, and his father, who died in [[1833]], when James Abram was 18 months old. He grew up...
26: ...7]] year, and was made president of the Institute from [[1857]] to [[1860]]. Remarkably, the [[ambidex...
35: ... of the day's fighting, the Confederates withdrew from the field, but Garfield did not pursue them. H...
41: ...76]], when [[James Blaine|James G. Blaine]] moved from the House to the [[United States Senate]], Garf... - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
11: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[August 20]], [[1833]]</td></tr>
22: '''Benjamin Harrison VI''' ([[August 20]], [[1833]] – [[March 13]], [[1901]]) was the 23rd ([...
26: ...was a member of the [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] [[Phi Delta Theta]], and graduated in [...
28: ... to the [[United States Senate]], where he served from [[March 4]], [[1881]], to [[March 3]], [[1887]]...
40: ...liam McKinley]] and Senator [[Nelson W. Aldrich]] framed a still higher tariff bill; some rates were i...
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