Matt Whittaker
Natural Resources Journalist at Freelance
Freelance natural resources journalist. Senior mining reporter @benzinga. Americas LNG correspondent @montelnews.
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1 week ago |
thecollector.com | Matt Whittaker
The American Lend-Lease Agreement played a vital role in supporting the Soviet Union during World War II. Germany’s 1941 Operation Barbarossa hit the Soviet Union like a thunderbolt. The Nazi invasion hit the Soviet’s critical production areas-the Ukraine and Belarus. Trucks became a lesser priority behind tanks or planes. The later American Lend-Lease Agreement helped to reverse this problem. How Did Lend Lease Help the Soviet Union?
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2 weeks ago |
thecollector.com | Matt Whittaker
Until the early 13th century, nothing existed like the Mongols. Bursting out of Mongolia, these unmatched horse warriors spread from Asia’s coasts to the edges of Europe. Genghis Khan died in 1227 fighting in China. Upon his successor’s death in 1259, squabbles over succession led to the Mongol Empire being split into four khanates, each ruled by a son or grandson. These included the Yuan Dynasty in China, the European Golden Horde, Persia’s Ilkhanate, and Central Asia’s Chagatai Khanate.
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2 weeks ago |
thecollector.com | Matt Whittaker
19th-century America regularly enforced segregation, especially after the American Civil War. This also included baseball, the rapidly growing sport dubbed “America’s Pastime.” Black teams formed before the American Civil War, playing white, integrated, or other black teams. But in 1867, racism inevitably raised its ugly head. One all-Black team, the Philadelphia Pythians, applied for entry to baseball’s first official league- the National Association of Baseball Players (NABBP).
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1 month ago |
money.usnews.com | Matt Whittaker |Rachel McVearry
When it comes to stocks, there are many different aspects for investors to consider before plunking money down. It can be helpful to lump company equities into two very broad categories in addition to the more nitty-gritty metrics investors often use to try to determine a company's worth.
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1 month ago |
thecollector.com | Matt Whittaker
The Seminole Wars were a series of conflicts sparked by American expansion, Seminole resistance, and Spain’s need to focus on other troubled areas. They first erupted in 1816, as Americans attempted to push native Seminole people out of Florida. Three wars broke out over the next forty years, ending with a majority of Seminoles leaving. American interest in Florida grew in the early 19th century. Spanish Florida’s strategic location controlled the Caribbean, the Mississippi, and the South.
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