The Role of Transportation In Westward Expansion
Thomas Jefferson encouraged westward expansion in order to open more trade for the United States. Without a way to move people and goods, the country …
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Events Leading Up to the Attack on Pearl Harbor: 5 Important Facts
Are you studying World War II? The attack on Pearl Harbor was the fateful event which united the nation behind the war effort and led to the U.S. …
Continue ReadingWhat Did Ben Franklin Invent? A Guide to His Inventions and the Ben Franklin Kite Experiment
Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest minds of his generation - he was an author, printer, statesman, diplomat…but he is also well known …
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These fun facts about the Constitution will help you impress friends, family, and neighbors.
Continue ReadingExploring the Early Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
He was a “young man with a dream,” as someone said. The life of Martin Luther King Jr., prominent leader of the African American civil …
Continue ReadingBrief Bio of Archimedes: Famous Mathematician
Archimedes is a mathematician famous for the Archimedes Principle, and many other important contributions to the world of mathematics and physics. …
Continue ReadingWhy Was the Cold War Important?
The Cold War lasted over forty-years of the twentieth-century. Why was the Cold War important? This study guide helps to answer that question.
Continue ReadingFun Facts on Archimedes: From Burning Ships to Naked Greeks
Why was he buried under a sculpture of a sphere, and did he really run naked through Greece? Learn a bit about one of history’s greatest …
Continue ReadingMost Influential Renaissance Painters and Their Artwork
Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Dürer…what did they have in common? Besides the fact all of them were geniuses, they …
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Learn facts about the Cold War and be able to answer the question, “What was the Cold War?”
Continue ReadingTimeline of the Cold War: Important Events of the Era
The years succeeding WW II resulted in a tense military, political, and ideological rivalry between The United Sates and the Soviet Union. This era, …
Continue ReadingMain Causes of The Cold War
The main causes of the Cold War included vastly different political ideologies between the former Allies of the Second World War, and conflict over …
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