Wednesday, April 17, 2024

American History

American History is discovered in compelling articles that span the Colonial Era until 5 minutes ago! See Spanish, French, British, Dutch and Swiss Colonies become one nation. This fresh journey traces the nation’s birth on the Eastern Seaboard to its early 19th century childhood and political development. Follow its adolescence when the Civil War threatened her existence. See westward expansion spurred by “Manifest Destiny”. Study the 20th Century adult years when the promising young ideals of freedom were severely tested. Watch 21st Century America influence the world and see if this “greatest experiment in government” continues to be the brightest beacon of freedom. This is your safe haven to discuss social and economic issues and yes, even religion and politics!

Expansionism as One Cause of the War of 1812

Academic scholarship lends credence to the theory that expansionist motives played a part in the frenzy for war with Great Britain among Southern and...

You’re Fired!

Many of those in favor of term limits cite the unfair advantage enjoyed by the incumbent in any political race. This is especially true...

The Life and Legacy of Charles Grandison Finney

Charles G. Finney was the greatest figure of the Second Great Awakening. His "new measures" of revivalism decisively shaped American Protestant evangelicalism. Charles Grandison Finney...

Black Struggle for Equality in America – Battle for Civil-Rights

This is a Three Part Article: Battle for Civil Rights, The New Deal, and The Movement. This is Part 1 of 3. In order to...

Ellen Church, the First Flight Attendant

In the 1930s flying was exclusively a man's world. Prohibited from becoming a commercial airline pilot, Ellen Church invented the "stewardess". When Ellen Church boldly...

Immigration and Catholicism in the 1800s

The influx of millions of Irish and German Catholics altered notions of Catholicism formed by the presence of a small Catholic minority since the...

African American Soldiers and the Revolutionary War

Start of Revolutionary War In 1773 North American colonists initiated the Boston Tea Party by throwing approximately 340 boxes of British tea into the Boston...

Supreme Court Protects Big Business in the Gilded Age

With the start of the Hayes administration and the ending of Reconstruction in 1877, profound changes were transforming America from a predominantly rural society...

American Isolationism

Many politicians spout that they wish that America was as it was during the 1930s; isolated and away from the world stage. The question...

Iowa Governor Debates of 1859, Samuel Kirkwood vs Augustus Dodge

Samuel Kirkwood and Augustus Dodge participated in a series of debates during the 1859 campaign for Iowa governor, with slavery as the central issue. The...