Recent questions tagged us history

Description : How did the Virginia Company work?

Last Answer : its called read your history . Your assumptions are correct, however, simple research can help you answer all these questions and write a very nice paper. How about you write it and then ask us what we think. Not trying to be a butthole, just sayin

Description : Can you name all the US Presidents who served during your lifetime? No fair looking them up.

Last Answer : Yes, but I am so old that if I list them here, it will help every person who answers after me. I was born when the 34th President was in Office and can list all 11 since in order. Please note that I can’t see Russia from my house . . .

Description : I need help! Anybody know anything about hippies?

Last Answer : This would usually be when students do their own research…

Description : What are your thoughts on the attempts by the Texas state board of education to apparently whitewash new curriculum standards for teaching social studies, history, and economics to K-12 public school students?

Last Answer : It is a travesty. To me, this is similar to the thinly veiled attempts to introduce intelligent design into the science curriculum and then say that it isn’t creationism redux. Instead of calling it history, now we’ll just call it Intelligent Past.

Description : What was the first Act of Congress?

Last Answer : “The Congress proposed and debated numerous bills, and ultimately passed twenty-six acts. The very first act, signed into law by President George Washington on June 1, 1789, was An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths.

Description : Lapilofu asked a great question: how many quarters are in circulation? and received a brilliant answer (about 65 billion). I'm wondering, how many quarters have been minted, total, going all the way back to the first quarter in 1796?

Last Answer : Description box, please!

Description : Sarsaparilla, Root Beer...What about Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer?

Last Answer : I really like Reed’s, which I’m pretty sure is a real ginger ale and is available at Trader Joe’s.

Description : Have you ever tried/sampled/tasted SARSPARILLA?

Last Answer : it tastes like dandelion and burdock. Or for you in the US sort of like Dr Pepper. Sort of.