The 19th Amendment (ratified in 1920) prohibits the denial of voting rights to citizens based on sex.
The 24th Amendment (ratified in 1964) prohibits the imposition of poll taxes as a condition for voting.
The 26th Amendment (ratified in 1971) lowers the voting age to eighteen years.
The Vaccine Revolt was a popular rebellion against the smallpox vaccine, which took place in Rio de Janeiro in November 1904. Summary:Causes and Consequences When President Rodrigues Alves took office in 1902, tons of rubbish piled up on the streets of the city of Rio de Janeiro. In this way, the
It is a funerary chamber with 63 mummies and more than a thousand valuable archaeological pieces. PUCP professionals, together with specialists from the University of Warsaw, had been working in the area since 2002. We spoke with Professor Krzysztof Makowski, scientific advisor to the project. “It i
João Baptista Figueiredo (1918-1999) was the last general to be president during the period of dictatorship that took place in Brazil from 1964-1985. He ruled between March 15, 1979 and March 15, 1985 and was responsible for consolidating the political opening of the country through the Amnesty Law
Compared to other countries, Peruvians have built an official memory of independence as a process that came from outside and minimizing the participation of Peruvians, says the renowned historian. For many generations, Peruvians have been commemorating July 28, 1821 as “the day of our independence”.