… of WWII. Out of the five landings, the landing on Omaha Beach was, by far, the worst for the U.S. and The Allies. Paratroopers who had landed the night before came up behind the Germans and aided the U.S. and The Allies. Eventually they pushed…

… swept through the United States. But before the fall of France in 1940, the United States was starting to pull away from being neutral, which they claimed at the beginning of the European war. Americans and the British would hold conversat…

… first useful atomic theory of matter around 1803. In the course of his studies on meteorology, Dalton concluded that evaporated water exists in air as an independent gas. Solid bodies can't occupy the same space at the same time, but water and air…

… Quick Index A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, XYZ, This Glossary contains specialized terms for both scroll scholarship and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology. Its technical…

… in which most consider to be the beginning of the Great Depression. This was not the sole cause of the Great Depression, though. The Stock Market Crash was caused by an economy that was not stable enough to handle the high stock prices. The Stock Market…

… questioned his existence. His life was dedicated to the founding of a philosophical and mathematical system in which all sciences were logical. Descartes was born in 1596 in Touraine, France. His education consisted of attendance to a Jesuit school…

… treatment because of a person’s race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth. Three examples of people who experienced discrimination in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s were African Americans, different kinds of ethnic groups, and woman…

… in New Jersey on October 11, 1905. His father had died when he was only eleven. While still in high school Fred was forced to get a job as a horses helper in order to support his family. In the winter when the horses could not pull their heavy loads…

… David (1890-1969), American military leader and 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). He was the supreme commander of the Allies in Europe during World War II (1939-1945) and the first Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizatio…

… from the beliefs of the twentieth century. These beliefs were created in the 1500's and were considered Classical Economist beliefs. These beliefs went on for three hundred and fifty years and were followed as a standard for that time period. Once…