Search

Search results

Displaying 161 - 170

2007 Academy Awards

The 2007 Academy Awards were presented February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre. The winners of the Oscars are in bold. Best Picture Atonement…

States-General

(Encyclopedia) States-General or Estates-General, diet or national assembly in which the chief estates (see estate) of a nation—usually clergy, nobles, and towns (or commons)—were represented as…

Mexico Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Mexico   The Aztec Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, December 23, 1999. [© AP Images]   PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: United Mexican States…

Marbury v. Madison

The decision in this Supreme Court Case established the right of the courts to determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Outgoing…

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Opinion

This Supreme Court Case addressed the issue of Federal power and commerce. In the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall handed down one of his most…