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The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. The first walkout occurred on March 5, 1968. The students who organized and carried out the protests were primarily concerned with the quality of their education.
Crude oil production. Natural oil seeps such as this in the McKittrick area of California were used by the Native Americans and later mined by settlers. The history of the petroleum industry in the United States goes back to the early 19th century, although the indigenous peoples, like many ancient societies, have used petroleum seeps since ...
The Tariff Act of 1789 imposed the first national source of revenue for the newly formed United States. The new U.S. Constitution ratified in 1789, allowed only the federal government to levy uniform tariffs. Only the federal government could set tariff rates (customs), so the old system of separate state rates disappeared.
Blowout (sports) In sports, a blowout is an easy or one-sided victory. [1] [2] It occurs when one athletic team or individual performer outscores another by a large margin or in such a fashion that the second team or individual has little chance of a victory. The term is often used in reference to athletic competition, but it is used in other ...
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Treasury yields jumped, the dollar surged and global equities edged higher on Friday after a blowout U.S. jobs report scuttled any lingering hopes for a near-term cut in ...
Toys R Us is preparing to potentially close all of its US stores as part of a liquidation, according to several reports.. Blowout clearance sales at its roughly 800 stores could begin within a ...
Best practices, K-12 education, History of the United States. Location. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Website. www .teachinghistory .org. Teachinghistory.org, also known as the National History Education Clearinghouse (NHEC), is a website that provides educational resources for the study of U.S. history.
Blowout (well drilling) The Lucas Gusher at Spindletop, Texas (1901) A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed. [1] Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent such an occurrence. An accidental spark during a blowout can lead to a ...