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USA: central banking USA -index * - USA-project, Essay-area, banking history in USA. Introduction: What is Central Banking? Central Banking in the United States The First Bank of the United States (1791-1811) Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836) States in Charge Money and...
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Boundaries of the Contiguous United States * - Animated GIF showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States. Source: Boundaries were derived from several composite maps in United States Geological Bulletin 1212 by Franklin K. Van Zandt, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office,...
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Stamp on Black History: Percy Lavon Julian * - biography of this highly successful chemist. Percy Julian was born in 1899, in Montgomery, Alabama. Julian struggled to obtain an education. Although he was accepted at Depauw University in Indiana, his high school education had been so inadequate that he...
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Stamp on Black History: Ma Rainey * - biography of this Blues legend. This excellent site lists all of the black Americans on stamps, both alphabetically and by subject areas, and includes a biography of each person. It also gives a history of the postage stamp, offers advice on stamp collect...
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Jesse Owens * - Jesse Owens was born on September 12, 1913 in Danville, Alabama. He was the seventh of eleven children. His family was desperately poor. Owens began picking cotton in the fields at the age of seven.
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Stamp on Black History * - Black Americans have made important inventions and discoveries, created great works of art, and excelled in science, music, medicine and sports. They have played important roles in America's history. This web site is an introduction to just a few importan...
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Jackie Robinson * - Jack Roosevelt Robinson known as "Jackie" was born in 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson learned at an early age that life would be hard. When he was only a year old, his father deserted the family.
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Stamp on Black History: Jelly Roll Morton * - biography of this jazz legend. Although the facts concerning his early life remain in dispute, along with his claim to have singlehandedly invented jazz in the early years of the twentieth century, Jelly Roll Morton is considered the crucial figure in bri...
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World History Archives: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas * - Native Americans in North America. The history of Native Americans in North America as a whole The history of Native Americans in Canada as a whole The history of Native Americans in the United States as a whole The history of Native Americans...
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Ancient Egypt - Thinkquest * - Time Frame, Origins and Religion, Succession of Dynasties, Map of Egypt, Sources for Egypt, 3D Pyramid * *Note: This requires a VRML
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