… and restrictions for foreigners to come into the United States. The Immigration Act of 1924 was very important because it had many effects on immigration and in US population. There were three factors that probably influenced Congress to pass the…

… there were several restrictions for immigrants who desired a better life in the United States. "Immigrants and anyone else perceived as "un-American" seemed to threaten the old ways" (Nash pg. 749). Several Acts had been passed, one of them passed…

… the mast disastrous and bloody wars that ever existed on the planet. The Great War of World War 1 as it is called, violent discontent between so no many different countries in the world in which many died. By 1917, after many difficulties of neutrality,…

… fervor of the United States increases dramatically. Somehow patriotism holds the people of a country together, but all the while it seems to separate humans across the globe with the idea that supporting one's country means despising the rest. The…

… monster. It was an alligator, toad, and a turtle combined. Above her was a sky with a layer for each planet and spheres of movement for the sun and the moon. Below her was the underworld where heavenly bodies passed when out of sight. All around…

… To improve; better. 2. To remove the faults or errors of; correct; rectify. 3. To alter formally by adding, deleting, or rephrasing." This is exactly what the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had in mind when they arrived in Philadelphia…

… 1913 in Yorba Linda, and when he was nine his family moved to Whittier in California. This was where his father ran a little petrol station and grocery store. When he was 17 he entered Whittier College, a Quaker institution where Student politics…

… be a significant battle in some people's minds, most don't even remember much about this date only to be naive enough not to realize that the War of 1812 the was waged upon Canada and America was the most significant year that Canada has ever had. It…

… almost happened. Rufus Porter, founder of Scientific American, planned to fly 49ers west on propeller-driven balloons powered by steam engines. He went to far as to advertise the expedition, and 200 brave souls signed up for the trip. But the "airline"…

… George Washington was the eldest son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, who were prosperous Virginia gentry of English descent. George spent his early years on the family estate on Pope's Creek along the Potomac River.…