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… regulation over time, at the state and federal level, by visiting four stations around the classroom that are made up … excerpts from an Origins article and primary sources. After visiting each station and answering the corresponding …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … emotional support of Virginia’s ban on cross-burning. The incoming governor of Georgia meanwhile ponders whether to … the wrath of his neo-Confederate supporters. Such ghostly visitations are hardly new in a region whose history is …

… the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … year Pope John Paul II changed the picture. In an historic visit to Cuba, he criticized the embargo, thus encouraging … movement in the U.S. to end it. Shortly after the Papal visit, Secretary of State Albright hurried to Miami to …

… history, from native New Yorkers to those who hope to visit one day.” You can find recent Bowery Boys Podcast episodes here . (For older shows, visit “ The Bowery Boys Archive: The Early Years ” on … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … Richard Nixon. But Nixon surprised almost everybody by visiting China and meeting with its leaders. In many ways … Clinton, after all, opposed the war in Vietnam, had visited Russia in the 1970s, and had close ties to China — …

… the term “New Cold War” has mushroomed among analysts and commentators seeking to define contemporary geopolitics. … rapprochement with the US. Nixon, after all, famously visited the country in 1972; the Shanghai Communique was signed during this visit. Calling for normalization in diplomatic relations …

… Yet there's every reason to believe that the president's visit, even coupled with European sanctions, will not … to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar … leaders said the right things on President Bush's recent visit, it remains to be seen if Europeans will carry through …

… activities ranging from taking neighborhood strolls to visiting pet stores. Their owner is responsible for meeting … were often labeled luxuriant leeches. However, by 1900, the common dog was a faithful companion and beloved family … One advertisement from 1863 urged anyone wanting a dog to visit since “very often valuable, and always useful Dogs are …

… been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in … of almost 10% per year since 2000. The number of annual visitors doubled between 2000 and 2010, when half a million people visited the island. At this rate, Iceland’s Tourism Board …

… 2009, with events sponsored by national and state "Lincoln Commissions," and because of the remarkable presidential … like a badge of honor. So now that the Darwin Year has come to a close, I want to review the difficult reception … exhibits a certain degree of variation, he proposed that competition over resources and breeding would tend to favor, …

… to the nation he coined the phrase "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower used that address to issue a warning to … spirit as well. In this book, Koistinen explains how that complex (he abbreviates it MIC) came to be and how it has … $7.5 trillion on nuclear weapons, but when he takes us to visit warehouses full of mothballed tanks, Koistinen points …

… survive in a changing world. The movie revolves around a visit by King George V and Queen Mary to Downton Abbey. … of Independence. While this central plot about the royal visit venerates the preservation of the traditional order, … its effects: “My maid was rather curt with me, but she is a Communist at heart.” Mounted police clear demonstrators from …

… of Florida, yet American citizens have been restricted from visiting the island for generations. Morro Castle, the … the American imagination. America’s fixation on Cuba’s Communist government has led to many regrettable results: … off from any new American products. The Kennedys no longer visited the Tropicana, the 1950s Ford Fairlane would be one …

… in Arlington National Cemetery were not even permitted to visit the grave sites of their relatives after the Civil … the national holiday from its pedestal. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women killed on the battlefield or … Gibbons (R – Nevada). Both bills were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government …

… Livingstonia in honor of his mentor. The Gordon Road People visiting Livingstonia travel on the Gordon Road, named after … to drive. During the rainy season, the road's stones become very slippery, making transportation difficult. The … a good number of nurses are Malawians, with only few visiting doctors from abroad. Since DGMH is a small …

… rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was a victim of changing expectations … trustee critical of Brand's action invoked a pointed comparison: "President Truman fired General MacArthur.  … "his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." He visited New York City, where 7.5 million people gathered to …

… the violence had already begun. But the worst was yet to come. Saturday’s rally was scheduled to start at noon, but … have spent their careers demonstrating that  Confederate commemoration  tells us precious little about the Civil War … in Georgia. A view of the carvings on Stone Mountain, the visitor center, and the surrounding park ( left ). A …

… Welcome to Prologued ! Prologued is a serial podcast from … be found on our website and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations ot background … to Seneca Falls, lived on the Seneca reservation. She was visiting the Seneca reservation in early summer and was …

… birth narrative takes a markedly different approach. It comes to us via Firdausi's Shahnameh (Book of Kings), … Persia. The Jewish and Arabic traditions relate Alexander's visit to Jerusalem and his founding of cities. In the Jewish … by swearing to obey Jehovah. Yet the story of Alexander's visit to Jerusalem is certainly fiction, and he did not at …

… Itzá, one of the central and sacred sites of the empire, visitors can both see and hear representations of two … Site. It stands as a vast historical source that enables visitors to glimpse the spiritual world, the scientific … Indigenous Communities …

… Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" … the years before World War I was most remarkable for combining expanding trade, growth, and industrialization … of state power oriented toward global military and economic competition.  Until 1873, when a newly united Germany …