Title: Today in history
Description: Features a biographical sketch of Sophie Tucker, a U.S. singer and an immigrant from Russia in the early 1900s. Depicts her career as an entertainer at Hartford, Conn., her journey to New York to become a successful professional entertainer, and her involvement in charity to raise four million dollars for servicemen during World War I. Also discusses President Andrew Jackson's opposition to South Carolina's nullification of a federal tariff that favored Northern manufacturing over Southern agriculture.
Subjects: Singers, Politics and government, Biography, Nullification (States' rights)
Places: United States, South Carolina
People: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Sophie Tucker (1884-1966)
Time periods: 1775-1865, 1815-1861