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4 days ago · United Kingdom - Cultural change: It was in this period that private life achieved a new prominence in British society. The very term “Victorianism,” perhaps the only “ism” in history attached to the name of a sovereign, not only became synonymous with a cluster of restraining moral attributes—character, duty, will, earnestness, hard work, respectable comportment and behaviour, and ...
6 hours ago · Detroit. / 42.33139°N 83.04583°W / 42.33139; -83.04583. Detroit ( / dɪˈtrɔɪt /, dih-TROYT; locally also / ˈdiːtrɔɪt /, DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of ...
2 days ago · United States - Revivalism, Sects, Denominations: Religion played a central role in the emergence of a distinctively “American” society in the first years of independence. Several key developments took place. One was the creation of American denominations independent of their British and European origins and leadership. By 1789 American Anglicans (renaming themselves Episcopalians ...
5 days ago · Tennessee - Music, Agriculture, Industry: After the war, under the leadership of Governors Frank G. Clement and Buford Ellington, the state gave increased attention to education, mental health, highways, and constitutional reform, and Tennessee became a testing ground for breaking the barriers of racial segregation in schools and in other public facilities. Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville ...
2 days ago · Russia - Russia from 1801 to 1917: When Alexander I came to the throne in March 1801, Russia was in a state of hostility with most of Europe, though its armies were not actually fighting; its only ally was its traditional enemy, Turkey. The new emperor quickly made peace with both France and Britain and restored normal relations with Austria. His hope that he would then be able to concentrate ...
2 days ago · 2024 in rock music. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3] It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew ...
3 days ago · 20th Century USA Difficult 2. From the 1970s Easier 3. Bizarre 1970s U.S. History Average 4. Buggy Whips & Other Bygones : 2 Average 5. Events of the 1980s Tough 6. Buggy Whips & Other Bygones : 1 Average 7. It happened in 1994 Difficult 8. After World War II Easier 9. 1950s All American History Average 10. Famous American 20th Century Firsts ...
