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West Virginia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N, NE), Virginia (E and S), Kentucky (W) and, across the Ohio River, Ohio (NW…

State Department Notes on Czech Republic

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy National Security Foreign Relations U.S.-Czech Relations PEOPLEThe majority of the 10…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

  Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil…

novel

(Encyclopedia) novel, in modern literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily…

South Carolina

(Encyclopedia) CE5 South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and, across the Savannah River, Georgia (SW). World War II…

State Department Notes on Romania

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations Defense U.S.-Romanian Relations GEOGRAPHYExtending inland…

slavery

(Encyclopedia) slavery, historicially, an institution based on a relationship of dominance and submission, whereby one person owns another and can exact from that person labor or other services.…

Supreme Court, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Supreme Court, United States, highest court of the United States, established by Article 3 of the Constitution of the United States. With the emergence of a working…