Andrew Jackson: 7th President of the United States (1829-1837).Battle of Hastings: a decisive battle in the Norman Conquests of England in 1066Cornwall: a country at the southwest tip of England.disturbance between the North and the South: The Civil War (1861-1865)flivver: Model-T Ford.John Wesley: (1702-1791) Founder of the Methodist Church.Meridian, Mississippi: Meridian is a city in east Mississippi.Merlin: King Arthur's adviser, prophet and magician.Mobile: a city in southwest Alabama.Pensacola: a city in northwest Florida.Stumphole whisk ...view middle of the document...
man who sat on a flagpole: Flagpole sitting was one of the stranger fads of the 1930s. Indian-heads: Before the Lincoln penny, there were Indian-head pennies.One Man's Family: a radio serial (like a soap opera) which began in 1932 and proved to be enormously popular for almost thirty years.Old Testament pestilence: Pestilence refers to a condition or disease that causes massive damage or death.Second Battle of the Marne: a battle in World War I.Lane cake: a rich white cake. Read a recipe for a Lane cake.Rosetta Stone: Discovered in Egypt in 1799, the Rosetta Stone is a large block of basalt inscribed with a report of a decree passed in 196 BC.Confederate veteran: a veteran of the Civil War who fought for the South.General Hood: Lieutenant-General John B. Hood, a Confederate officer.Lord Melbourne: (1779-1848) Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, Melbourne also had the reputation for being something of a ladies' man.Missouri Compromise: The Missouri Compromise (1820) allowed Missouri to be admitted to the Union as a slave state but stipulated no more slave states would be allowed above the southern border of Missouri.Prime Minister: the head of a parliamentary government, such as Great Britain's.Stonewall Jackson: a Confederate lieutenant-general.