What was operation Paul Bunyan? Operation Paul Bunyan was an operation by American forces in 1976 to cut down a poplar tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in retaliation for the killing of two United Nations Command officers by North Korean soldiers. The operation was named after Paul Bunyan who was an American legend. He […]
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How did the Suez Crisis mark the end of British power? Britain was forced to withdraw and, for the first time, realized that it could no long act unilaterally. It was a humiliating defeat for Britain and is sometimes said to be the actual end of the British Empire. The Suez Canal was opened in
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Why is the presidential inauguration on January 20th? Inauguration day is on January 20th because the 20th Amendment to the Constitution changed it in 1933. The new president of the United States of America is sworn in on January 20th. There is a big spectacle, which is attended by thousands of people. The president swears
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What happened at Roanoke? Roanoke was the first permanent English colony founded in North America and within 3 years all of the colonists had vanished. It is still a mystery. There are five basic theories. The colonists were killed by Native Americans. They were killed by the Spanish. They returned to England. They assimilated with
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Why was the Cold War called a “cold” war? It was called a “cold” war because there were no direct military confrontations between the United States on one side and the USSR on the other side. This is compared to World Wars 1 and 2 which had gone before and were hot wars because there
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How did America build so many Liberty ships in World War 2? They could build so many because of the way the ships were built, new technologies, their infrastructure, and their resources. Liberty ships were cargo ships that were built by the United States during World War 2. They were originally designed by J. L.
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What happened to Detroit? Detroit declared bankruptcy in 2013, with debts of $18 billion. Detroit was the fourth largest city in the United States at one point and so large that nobody could ever have imagined that it would fail. Indigenous people have lived in the area for thousands of years and the first Europeans
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What was the underground railroad? It was a network of routes and people in the United States of America that helped slaves escape to freedom. It started in the end of the 18th century and ran until the end of the Civil War in 1865. Slavery has existed around the world for as long as
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Did Christopher Columbus really think he had landed in India? Not India, but the Indies, and, yes, he did. When Columbus said he was aiming for the Indies, he wasn’t thinking of India. He was thinking of the islands to the east of Asia, such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea. There were no
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Why do giant redwood trees grow so big? It is a combination of things. It could be the amount of soil they have access to, it could be the climate in California, it could be their resilience, and it could be because they live so long. Giant Redwood trees are famous for their size. They
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