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Emancipation Proclamation

(Encyclopedia) Emancipation Proclamation, in U.S. history, the executive order abolishing slavery in the Confederate States of America. The proclamation did not reflect Lincoln's desired solution…

Crash

Director/Writer/Producer: David CronenbergDirector of Photography:Peter SuschitzkyEditor:Ron SandersMusic:Howard ShoreProduction Designer:Carol SpierFine Line; NC-17; 98 minutesRelease:3/…

European Union (EU) Expands to 28 Nations

Ten countries formally joined the European Union (EU) on May 2, 2004, bringing the number of member nations to 25. The European Union promotes the political, economic, and social cooperation…

Guide to New Nations: Former Soviet Union

by David Johnson Estonia One of the first Soviet republics to break away, Estonia declared its independence from the Soviet Union in March 1990. Although the Soviet Union was at…

European Economic Community

(Encyclopedia) European Economic Community (EEC), organization established (1958) by a treaty signed in 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany (now Germany); it…

Curtis, Samuel Ryan

(Encyclopedia) Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805–66, Union general in the Civil War, b. Clinton co., N.Y., grad. West Point, 1831. Curtis won a decisive victory at Pea Ridge (1862) and was therefore promoted…