Opportunities for african americans in the far west included jobs in:

the revolution instituted a short-lived roman republic.

on 6 november american voters will elect members of the house of representatives and the senate, which together are called congress.

both houses of congress are currently controlled by the republican party, which backs president donald trump.

the democrats think they can win control of the house of representatives this year by winning a majority of seats.

doing so would let them block or delay the president’s plans by refusing to enact them.

all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election.

if the democrats want to take control of the house by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the republicans.

graphic: the battle for the house of representatives

mapmaking. cartography had been an art form for many years, but it wasn’t until the renaissance when ptolemy’s ancient system of latitude and longitude was rediscovered that mapmakers were able to make surprisingly accurate and useful maps.

the missile gap was the cold war term used in the us for the perceived superiority of the number and power of the ussr's missiles in comparison with its own (a lack of military parity).