Search results for "University of Wisconsin-Madison" - New World Encyclopedia
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- an American educator and editor. A critic of pragmatism and progressive ... 15, 1874, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of William Chase and Ruth Walker ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- in Chicago, Illinois, as the leader of a legendary team nicknamed ... The cost of enforcing prohibition was high, and the lack of tax revenues ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 16:13, 13 February 2024
- significant popularity. The strength of his approach is the importance ... Rogers was born on January 8, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:14, 19 January 2024
- The Copperheads were a faction of Democrats in the North (see also ... War and all its bloodshed (3.09 percent of the population) could have ...19 KB (2,857 words) - 02:59, 8 January 2024
- ђевић) (Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro, December 4/December ... The logic of Yugoslavia was that a unified Balkan state could maximize ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2023
- American politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress ... and for making this stance the centerpiece of 1968 presidential campaign ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 04:13, 23 March 2024
- race, and country. His novels echo the ideas of isolation, spiritual dissociation ... He remains one of the forerunners in shedding a positive light on ...18 KB (2,867 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- Mastodon is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephant ... Often references to mastodons are limited to members of the genus ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- Esther Sleepe Burney (1725-1762). The third of six children, she was self ... eight plays, one biography, and 20 volumes of journals and letters. In addition ...31 KB (4,786 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican ... The professional career of Ritchie Valens lasted a period of eight ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 01:42, 15 December 2022
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... Currently, the remnants of this large empire are various islands and ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- was an American author who wrote a series of historical fiction books for ... Laura and her pioneer family never dreamed of, and yet she was to experience ...18 KB (2,934 words) - 15:01, 3 July 2024
- ) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "wheel of time ... The Kalachakra tradition revolves around the concept of time (kāla ...25 KB (3,799 words) - 17:00, 14 May 2024
- The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (commonly referred ... The Articles set the rules for operations of the "United States ...43 KB (6,401 words) - 17:38, 16 August 2023
- England, what emerged later as the House of Commons first met. Recognition ... as a deacon, he was created Cardinal Deacon of San Adriano thus joining the ...11 KB (1,739 words) - 23:29, 17 December 2022
- His writings addressed the responsibilities of intellectuals in post-World ... whole that must be understood in the context of history and the nature of the ...13 KB (1,826 words) - 21:17, 24 November 2023
- is generally used to label these kinds of dwellings in American Southwest ... The use of these terms by non-Native Americans has been somewhat arbitrary ...11 KB (1,808 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
- Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth)Leada Gore, [https://www ... – is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been ...32 KB (4,394 words) - 10:18, 12 May 2024
- The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint ... Along with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is esteemed as part of the ...29 KB (4,400 words) - 00:27, 19 November 2023
- and human rights activist. The father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, he ... Born in Moscow in 1921, Sakharov entered Moscow State University in ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
