By 1969, the Vietnam War seemed like it would go on forever. On May 22, 1969, world leaders met at plenary session of the Paris peace talks to discuss how…
In July 1790, the Residence Act was voted for so that United States government could find a city to call its capital. The territory where the Potomac River splits was…
Germany was run by Nazis. Nazis believed that their race was better than every other race, and to keep it pure, they killed Jews, Romani, and the disabled. The United…
On May 1, 1915 in Netherlands, the International Congress of Women agreed on its bill on world peace and women's right to vote. This congress came about because a Dutch…
What was the Manhattan Project? It was a secret project that had started in 1939 with President Franklin Roosevelt's support. Scientists were trying to make the first atomic bomb that…
The first congressional session for this year is about to end. When a bill is being talked about, it is said that the bill is on the floor. After the…
Countries have been fighting for their independence since the world began. We won our independence from Britain on July 4, 1776. Freedom always comes with a price, and the price…
rederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg was a pastor who had also been a member of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1780. Then from 1780 to 1783, he became the speaker…
Thomas Jefferson was our 3rd president and was in office from 1801 to 1809. He had worked in the government for 26 years by the time he became president. This…
Even though African Americans had been given the right to vote in 1869, discrimination still ran strong in some states, like Alabama. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, 600 demonstrators marched…