When Stuart Sherman Sowers Sr. was born on 10 April 1917, in Revere, Clark, Missouri, United States, his father, Toronto Otto Sowers, was 41 and his mother, Margaret L. Galland, was 35. He had at least 1 daughter with Emily Pauline Bogener. He lived in Madison Township, Clark, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 December 1992, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Kahoka, Clark, Missouri, United States.
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To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Altered form of Sauers , a surname of German origin.
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