During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War lead to the end of legal slavery in the country.

Many students who chooses to study abroad are leaving their home for the first time.

Music, an art form and cultural activity, were composed and performed for many purposes.

Washington is in a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho, and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia in the coast of the Pacific Ocean..

The nine muses, in Greek mythodology, was the goddesses who inspired literature, science and the arts.

Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation on almost 14,411 feet.

Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War led to the American Revolution, which began at 1775.

The first ten American amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, was ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties.

There are various factor that can affect the communication process, like stress, the usage of nonverbal signs and whether the parties are listening to each other.

The Olympic marmot is a rodent at the squirrel family, Sciuridae; it occurs only in the U. S. state of Washington.