The Cultural Nations of America

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The Suez Canal first opened in 1869 after a ten-year construction effort costing the lives of 120,000 people. The 120-mile artificial waterway saves thousands of miles from the previous route around Africa.

The tradition of making Neapolitan Pizza is passed down through generations to the more than 15,000 pizza chefs or pizzaioli in Naples today.

Early Union Army victories gave Abraham Lincoln the confidence to order a strike on Confederate troops in the first battle of bull run with the intent of clearing defensive positions of Richmond, the Confederate capital.

After the initial failure of America’s intelligence community to uncover a Soviet nuclear arsenal on Cuba, Juanita Moody used her cryptanalysis training to report on and possibly thwart the escalating situation.

In an effort to halt communist expansion and aggression, the Truman Doctrine provided millions in aid to Turkey and Greece after Britain’s war-torn economy could support them no longer. Truman’s doctrine is arguably the starting point of the Cold War.

The Shang Dynasty is responsible for the earliest written records in China and first to use a 365-day calendar. The Kings built palaces, defensive walls, and also functioned as the high priest.

Despite America’s preference for isolationism, FDR backed allied forces with military supplies with the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in 1941, giving Britain the artillery and war machines needed to fight nazi aggression.