In an excerpt from What It Is Like to Go to War, author Karl Marlantes lays out his rationale for lying in Vietnam
Daily Quiz for October 21, 2011
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the sale of alcohol. This act provided for its enforcement.
Daily Quiz for October 20, 2011
The 1913 show of modern art in New York was officially the International Exhibition of Modern Art, but was more familiarly known by this name.
Daily Quiz for October 19, 2011
The Yap Treaty of 1922 established Japanese ownership of Yap in the Caroline Islands, which had previously been a possession of this country.
Daily Quiz for October 18, 2011
Emma Lazarus, best known for her poem "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, was active in this cause.
Daily Quiz for October 17, 2011
The "Church of the Presidents" is located in this state.
Daily Quiz for October 16, 2011
This 1922 book is credited with being the first published among the African-American literature and writers that comprised a literary movement that became known as the Harlem Renaissance.
Daily Quiz for October 15, 2011
By the mid-1950s, this group was as much a threat to South Vietnam’s government as were the Viet Cong.
Daily Quiz for October 14, 2011
Maria Mitchell was the first woman in the United States to become a professor in this field.
Daily Quiz for October 13, 2011
The Molly Maguires, supposedly a secret terrorist organization comprised of Irish immigrants, was first reported and named by a newspaper editor in this state.
