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Compromise in American Congressional History
On December 10, 2010, former President Bill Clinton added to history by stepping back into the White House press conference room to address questions...
Devil’s Advocates: The Men Who Defended Slavery
John C. Calhoun
Amongst the most influential defenders of slavery in the antebellum era was South Carolina politician John C. Calhoun. Having served as a...
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...
The Many One-term Presidents
Americans may be surprised to learn that our history includes as many one-term Presidents as those who have served even parts of two terms....
Regime Change in Tripoli? Part 2
By the spring of 1804, the young Republic of the United States of America was struggling to find her place in the world of...
Regime Change in Tripoli? Part 1
The events of the last few days in Tripoli are in many ways quite reminiscent of events which took place in that North African...
Can Congress Represent the Needs of Middle Class Americans?
The ideological battle over the U.S. federal budget has many Americans wondering if members of Congress or the Executive branch fully understand the economic...
Significant Influences on the American Revolution
Late in life, John Adams wrote to his old friend and political competitor Thomas Jefferson that the American Revolution was not what historians would...
Agriculture vs. Manufacturing in American Politics, 1790-1896
The history of American politics seems to be viewed as Democrats vs. Republicans or liberals vs. conservatives. But there has been a strong urban...
America’s Five Greatest Presidents
Every few years the United States’ leading historians vote to rank all the people who have served as president. For many years, the top...