What are ten important events that occurred in 1750 to 1900?
Check these Wikipedia pages for a start. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century If I had to narrow it down I'd say: The Little Ice Age - 1750-1850 (approx.) James Cook's expeditions of the Pacific (which mapped New Zealand and Australia and saw the European "discovery" of the Hawaiian Islands, among others) - 1760-1780s *American Revolution and Independance - 1775-1783 The French Revolution - 1789 -1799 The Smallpox vaccine (first administered by Edward Jenner) - 1796 *The Louisiana Purchase - 1803 The Napoleonic Wars - 1803-1815 Battle of Trafalgar (British Navy defeats a combined French and Spanish Navy, giving England supremacy of the seas and allowed them to expand their Empire) - 1805 Congress of Vienna (a result of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and began the creation of the "modern" Europe) - 1815 *The Missouri Compromise - 1820 Slavery Abolition Act (ended slavery in the British Empire) - 1833 The Opium Wars (opened China to the Western World) - 1839-1860 *The Irish Potato Famine (led to the major Irish movement to the United States and other countries) - 1845-1849 Publication of Karl Marx "The Communist Manifesto" - 1848 *California Gold Rush - 1848-1858 Publication of Charles Darwin's "Evolution of the Species" (which set forward the theory of evolution) - 1848 *The Seneca Falls Convention (the start of Women's Suffrage in the United States) - 1848 *The American Civil War - 1860-1865 Opening of the Suez Canal - 1869 *Creation of Yellowstone National - 1872 *The Great Railroad Strike (the first nationwide labor strike) - 1877 *Massacre of Wounded Knee (Last battle of the Indian Wars and "end" of the American Old West) - 1890 The modern Olympic Games begun - 1896 Klondike Gold Rush - 1896 I know that's more than 10, but I don't know if you want ten events world wide or ten events in American history. The events which happened in the US, or directly effected the US are marked with an asterisk (*).
What significant political events have occurred historically to address the needs of a diverse U.S. population?
I'm sorry, but you're asking for an encyclopedia to answer this one. You might look at Howard Zinn, "A People's History of the United States." Also, "Eyes on the Prize," Taylor Caldwell I think; describes some of the early years of the Civil Rights movement. "Abie's Irish Rose," describes love & marriage between a Jewish immigrant guy and an Irish Catholic immigrant woman in New York City in early 1900s I'd argue that the First Amendment to the Constitution is also a significant political event that facilitated a diverse population - it said the US government couldn't take a stand in contests between rival religions, facilitated religious diversity of the society in late 1700s But there's a ton of material more. You might also look at the history of the Mormons sometime, eventua
What major events occurred in the 1800s?
The world's fair was a big thing during the 1800's. Football: First played November 6, 1869, Rutgers vs. Princeton The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892. 1801-1815 - Barbary Wars 1803 - Louisiana Purchase | U.S. Territories and Acquisitions 1804 - Lewis and Clark | MrNussbaum Interactive 1811-1814 War of 1812 | MrNussbaum Interactive 1811-1814 Creek War | All Indian Wars 1820 - Missouri Compromise 1823 - Monroe Doctrine (Era of Good Feeling) 1825 - Erie Canal 1831 - Nat Turner Rebellion 1836 - Battle of Alamo and Texas Independence 1838 - Trail of Tears 1840's - Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny (Oregon, Santa Fe, California, Mormon Trails) 1846 - Mexican War | U.S. Territories and Acquisitions 1850 - The Compromise of 1850 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act 1859 - John Brown's Rebellion 1850-1860 - Events Leading to the Civil War 1861 - Civil War | Civil War Battles and Events Interactive 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation 1865 - 1870's - Reconstruction 1865-1900's - Jim Crow Laws 1865 - 1900's - Carpetbaggers and Scalawags 1867 - Alaska Purchase | U.S. Territories and Acquisitions 1869 - The Golden Spike 1876 - The Invention of the Telephone 1877 - Indian Wars - Custer's Last Stand | All Indian Wars 1878 - The Invention of the Light Bulb 1889 - The Johnstown Flood 1898 - The Spanish American War
What are some events that took place in 1912?
China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu Qing dynasty, ends and the Republic of China (1912-1949) begins.British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four become the second group to reach the South Pole (none survived! Scott died not long after returning.)New Mexico and Arizona become the 47th and 48th states of the United States. (Hawaii and Alaska became states in 1959.).During the Italian-Turkish war (1911-1912)Italy becomes the first country to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur.Bulgarian pilots Radul Minkov and Prodan Toprakchiev perform the first bombing with an airplane in history, at the railway station of Karaagac near Edirne against Turkey.The French Third Republic establishes the French protectorate in Morocco.The Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage.Carl Laemmle founds Universal Studios (originally called Universal Film and Manufacturing Company).The 1912 Summer Olympics are held in Stockholm, Sweden.The Novarupta volcano (290 miles (470 km) southwest of Anchorage) undergoes a VEI 6 eruption; the largest eruption in the 20th century.Emperor Meiji of Japan dies. He is succeeded by his son Yoshihito who becomes Emperor Taishō. (marks the end of the Meiji period and the beginning of the Taishō period)Edgar Rice Burroughs' character Tarzan first appears in "Tarzan of the Apes"Engineers Benno Strauss and Eduard Maurer patent austenitic stainless steel.New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson wins U.S. presidential election.Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire.Pope Gregory IX dies.U.S. marines land in Micaragua in support of and at the request of the conservative government.
How did people talk in the early 1800's?
You can research this by reading books set during this time period. Two that come to mind are Dickens's "Pickwick Papers" and "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities" (by I forget whom). If you want VERY early 1800s, C. S. Forester has written a number of excellent novels set in that period. Also, remember that British spelling often differs from American.
How many people have died in car accidents since the first automobile?
No, there's no counter for this.There probably aren't even any specific records for automobile-related deaths for at least the first decade or two of their existence. You might be able to find historical newspaper articles, such as When and Where Was the First Car Accident? but as the number of deaths attributable to automobiles grew, the newsworthiness of the events dropped.There's also that troublesome issue of where these deaths occurred. Even in the early 1900s, you could go off by yourself somewhere in the US and die and no one would ever know for sure what happened.More recently, you may be able to find consistently accurate information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but that organization has only been around since 1970, and only compiles data for the US. Good luck finding similar organizations in every country on the planet.Otherwise, it's just a guessing game. I could say 1,137,424,372,926 people have died in motor vehicle crashes in all of history and it would be impossible to prove me wrong (but equally impossible for me to prove myself right).