For Courage and Steadfastness during the Great Patriotic War pennant was awarded to six towns in Belarus, with the corresponding decree No. 144 signed on April 8 th by Head of State Aleksandr ...

FILE - Thousands of unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland during the Great Depression, after some 2,000 jobs were made available for park improvements and repairs, Oct. 9, 1930. (AP ...

People stand on a breadline, early victims of the Great Depression, as they wait for ... to increase its revenue and pay down debt incurred during the Civil War. The Tariff Act of 1890 raised ...

WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers ...

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep ... government looked to increase its revenue and pay down debt incurred during the Civil War.The Tariff Act of 1890 raised taxes to 49.5% on ...