Documents
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King Tutankhamun Discovery, New York Times, February 17, 1923
EXPECT NEW FACTS FROM INNER TOMB Experts Think It May Give a Version of the Flood and of the Oppression of the Jews. MAY TELL OF ATEN HERESY It is…
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Einstein, Though at Home with Relativity, Flunked As Mathematics Student, March 4, 1928
Introduction This is a short biographical section of what Einstein has become and what he did to become the person that he was during that time period. The eye catching…
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Lenin’s “Letter to the Congress”
Letter to the Congress I I would urge strongly that at this Congress a number of changes be made in our political structure. I want to tell you of the…
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Treaty of Lausanne Declaration of Amnesty
Introduction Otherwise known as Annex VIII, part of the Treaty of Lausanne which ended the Greco-Turkish War, the Declaration of Amnesty addresses the atrocities committed by both sides during the…
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Letter Regarding the Immigration Act of 1924
Introduction In 1924 the United States passed the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act that drastically decreased the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. through the implementation of a quota system. The…
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Record of Witness Testimony from the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, 1925.
Introduction Towards the very beginning of 1925, the Tennessee state legislature approved a bill that banned the teaching of any theory that went against the story of Divine Creation, as…
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Feed the World and Save the League, November 24, 1920
Introduction Jane Addams (1860-1935) was a well-known social reformer, suffragist and the founder of the Hull-House settlement. During World War I, Addams became one of the United States’ best-known pacifists.…