History of the United States

A new era of isolationism began after World War I, which brought economic growth, a radical shift in American culture, and a gradual departure from traditionalistic values in the United States. The 19…

Cotton, the material that kept the United States in chains. After 1763, slavery had a drastic increase of seventy percent, this was caused by an innovation called the cotton gin, created by Eli Whitne…

The implementation of restrictions on immigration to the U.S. led to a strict quota system. It prevented a majority of countries from relocating. The purpose of ceasing entry was to maintain U.S. homo…

While reflecting on the American Civil War after the battle of Fort Sumter, fierce conflict continued as both sides fought for what they believed was right. At this point, African Americans were draft…

America went through a process of having large businesses have an impact on the economy and politics during the gilded age of 1870-1900, and with the major change came American answers to the changes.…

Racism has been prevalent in the history of the United States ever since the first settlers found out about Native American people. The progression of racism only got worse as time progressed, specifi…

Cotton, the material that kept the United States in chains. After 1763, slavery had a drastic increase of seventy percent, this was caused by an innovation called the cotton gin, created by Eli Whitne…

In the year 1933, the US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt launched a series of government schemes known as the new deal. This ran from 1933 (during the horrors inflicted by the Wall Street Crash) t…

America has lived up to its own ideals. Despite everything that the government has been put through over the last centuries, they owned up to their own mistakes and were able to realize that America i…

The U.S. pursued the Native Americans through policies, assimilation, and genocide because they were threatened by their culture. We finally get to hear their perspective on their treatment in America…