Monticello is a residence and plantation associated with this Founding Father.
Jefferson began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at the age of 14. Located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres.
Brass is an alloy primarily consisting of zinc and what other metallic element?
Typically brass is made with using 2⁄3 copper and 1⁄3 zinc, although small amounts of other metals are sometimes added to increase hardness, strength and/or ductibility.
In what Polish city was the trade union Solidarity founded in 1980?
The union was founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard. it was the first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country to be recognised by the state. At its peak it represented 10 million people, one-third of the workers in Poland.
This American writer collaborated with Malcom X on his 1965 autobiography. In 1976 he published the novel Roots which would go on to become a cultural sensation.
ABC adapted Roots as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In 1992, Spike Lee adapted The Autobiography of Malcolm X into an award-winning film.
"El Himno de Bayamo" is the national anthem of what island nation?
Written by Perucho Figueredo and Antonio Rodriguez-Ferrer, the song was first performed in 1868 after Spanish colonial forces surrendered the city of Bayamo to Cuban revolutionaries.
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