It was the "oil crisis" that was one major cause of the recession in the United States in the 1970s, since many countries in the Middle East cut prices to manipulate prices. This put a focus on alternative energy sources that continues today.
William Wilberforce was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade.
The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by « Thomas Jefferson » and « James Madison » around 1792 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by « Alexander Hamilton », who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.
