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1997 Events

1997 Month-By-Month 1997 News of the Nation 1997 News of the World See also: People in the News in 1997 Deaths in 1997 Notable Supreme Court Decisions, 1996–97 Term Roundup of…

Three Branches of Government

In 1787 leaders of the states gathered to write the Constitution-a set of principles that told how the new nation would be governed. The leaders of the states wanted a strong and fair national…

1999 Events

1999 Month-By-Month 1999 News of the Nation 1999 News of the World See also: People in the News in 1999 Deaths in 1999 Notable Supreme Court Decisions, 1998–1999 Term Roundup…

1998 Events

1998 Month-By-Month 1998 News of the Nation 1998 News of the World See also: People in the News in 1998 Deaths in 1998 Notable Supreme Court Decisions, 1997–1998 Term Roundup…

Douglas, Stephen Arnold

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813–61, American statesman, b. Brandon, Vt. The Democratic national convention at Charleston, S.C., in 1860 adopted Douglas's recommendations in a platform…

ethics

(Encyclopedia) ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals…

Treaty of Ghent: Article the Seventh

Article the SixthArticle the EighthArticle the Seventh It is further agreed that the said two last mentioned Commissioners after they shall have executed the duties assigned to them in the…

2002 Events

2002 Month-By-Month 2002 News of the Nation 2002 News of the World See also: People in the News in 2002 Deaths in 2002 Disasters in 2002 Notable Supreme Court Decisions, 2001–…