Of 76 million Americans, 87 percent were white, 11.4 percent were black, and nearly 2 percent were “other.”
According to the 1990 census, of 248.7 million Americans, 80.3 percent are white, 12.1 percent are black, and nearly 8 percent are “other.”
Asians and Pacific Islanders now represent 2.9 percent of the population, compared to less than 1 percent in 1900.
The name “Alaska” comes from an Aleutian word meaning “mainland,” distinguishing it from the islands on which the Aleutian people lived.
The first political party in America was the Federalist Party, founded in 1790 by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Around the same time, Thomas Jefferson built a rival organization that became known as the Republican or Democratic-Republican Party.
“What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar” was uttered by Thomas R. Marshall, vice-president under Woodrow Wilson (1913-21), in response to a senator’s long speech about the country’s needs.
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the region of the Great Plains wracked by drought in 1934-37 during the Great Depression. It contained portions of several states, including Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico.
In the U.S., British general Charles Cornwallis’s main claim to fame was his surrender to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, a turning point that effectively ended the war. But Cornwallis’s career of enforcing British imperial rule was far from over. He went on to become Governor General of India…
The following are on denominations of U.S. paper currency: One dollar—George Washington Two dollars—Thomas Jefferson Five dollars—Abraham Lincoln Ten dollars—Alexander Hamilton Twenty dollars—Andrew Jackson Fifty dollars—Ulysses S. Grant One hundred dollars—Benjamin Franklin