The repeal of the Missouri Compromise was more impactful, according to historian Robert Forbes, than the compromise itself. While it effectively settled the question of slavery from 1820 to 1854, its repeal began the sectarian conflict that eventually brought the nation into the Civil War. Vocabulary.
The first popcorn machine was invented by Charles Cretors of Chicago, Illinois in 1885. In order to test his machine, it was necessary for Charles to operate it on the street as the customer.
Nearly seven millennia before movie nights and microwaves, humans munched on popcorn, a new study suggests. Maize cobs and husks from archaeological sites in Peru hint that the snackâs popularity dates back as far as 4700 B.C. People in what is now Peru were eating popcorn as early as 6,700 years ago, according to researchers. Telltale traces of their snacking habitsâancient cobs, husks, stalks and tasselsâwere recently unearthed at Paredones and Huaca Prieta, two coastal sites that were once home to prehistoric settlements.