Herbert Hoover’s Legacy: Great Depression Goat Inherited Laissez-Faire Economic Policy
Adam Smith's economic theory brought years of Coolidge prosperity. It also brought on the 1929 stock market crash. The Legacy of Herbert Hoover still...
The Tweed Ring and Tammany Hall: Corruption in 19th century American politics
The corrupt politician William Macy Tweed cast a corrupt shadow over New York during the mid-1800s.
The Tweed Ring and Tammany Hall become synonymous with...
US Anticommunism Derailed: American Communist Party Grows During Early Depression Era
The repression of communists within the U.S. became less enthusiastic at the onset of the Great Depression. The American Communist Party made a comeback...
Prostitution in the Gilded Age: “Fallen” Women and the Social Evil in New York...
Prostitution was the primary social problem of the Gilded Age. Prostitutes' lives were fraught with peril, and sympathy for such "fallen" women was hard...
New York’s Battle Over Burlesque: The Skinny on Striptease in Depression-Era New York
Burlesque blossomed during the lean years of the Great Depression, especially in New York City. Working-class men loved leg shows, but Mayor LaGuardia was...
The Titles of Nobility Act: The Original Thirteenth Amendment
Most people do not realize that the well-known thirteenth amendment - that which ended slavery in America - was not the first "Thirteenth" amendment...
Prostitution and White Slave Films: Moral Dangers in the Most Popular Genre of Early...
Before World War I, white slave films thrilled and frightened audiences by exposing the perils of prostitution and dangers of the white slave trade.
Prostitution...
US Presidential Election of 1800: A Defining Moment in the History of American Politics
The presidential election of 1800 was the first truly disputed election in our nation's history, and became a defining event in shaping the United...
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: America’s Quasi War with France
As America entered into its undeclared war with France, decisions made by the Federalist leadership in Washington assured the eventual destruction of their own...
Uncle Sam: A Brief History of America’s Greatest Symbol
For almost two centuries, the image of Uncle Sam has been intimately associated with American Patriotism. But where did this symbol come from?
In studying...