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U.S. History Timeline: 1900–1949
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesBetween 1900 and 1949 the United States experienced rapid social, political, and technological expansion. It also experienced wars and natural catastrophes that…Baron Munchausen: The Baron insists on the ve...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe Preface to the Second Volume Preparations for the Baron'... The Baron insists on the ve... The Baron insists on the veracity of his former Memoirs-Forms a…Math & Science
Marie Skłodowska Curie was the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, Physics and Chemistry. Math and science are two of the underpinnings of modern society. Every day we come…Most Popular Baby Names in the United Kingdom
The top ten boys' and girls' names from 2003-2007 by Liz Olson Related Links Celebrity Baby Names Names: Their Meaning, Popularity, and Origins…Fifty States and Fifty Fun Facts
StateHome ofAlabama George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanutsAlaska The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states…On the Shelf
On the ShelfIn France the young girls have a dull time of it till they are married, when 'Vive la liberte!' becomes their motto. In America, as everyone knows, girls early sign the…Modern Verse
ContentsThe Little Book of Modern VerseForewordLord of my Heart's Elation (Bliss Carman)Gloucester Moors (William Vaughn Moody)On a Subway Express (Chester Firkins)The Automobile (Percy MacKaye)The…Women's Suffrage: The Averted Triumph
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler How the Woman Suffrage Movement BeganThat Adjective Male 1866 The Averted Triumph 1848-1860It was not until 1848 that the compact, made…State of the Union Address: James Monroe (December 12, 1817)
James Monroe (December 12, 1817) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: James Monroe: Second Inaugural Address
James Monroe John Quincy Adams James Monroe Second Inaugural Address Monday, March 5, 1821 Fellow-Citizens: I SHALL not attempt to describe the grateful emotions which the new and…Trending
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