As the dominant global superpower, the United States has long been known for its cultural, economic, and...
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The rise of the metropolis in the nineteenth century created a distinctive urban culture. The United States...
Industrialization spurred the development of a powerful ideology in which private and public spheres were considered antithetical....
Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas...
Madison was intellectual leader and keeper of the memory of the gathering that created the Constitution 1787....
Only the promise of a Bill of Rights created the conditions for final ratification. Introduction May 25,...
As a school of legal thought, originalism can be traced to an article by Robert Bork in...
The letter also attempted to reunite the country after the controversial 1794 Jay Treaty and warned of...
The Constitution provides two options, both in Article II, for the president to obtain advice and support....
Angry mobs torched buildings and Virginians drank a toast to George Washington’s speedy death. Introduction Americans have an anger problem....
They decried the army’s condition and the lack of Congressional support and wanted to send Congress an...
The outmoded legacies of Calhoun’s arguments about slavery, like the legacy of slavery itself, are still very...
The Boston Tea Party is well documented, but are there other instances of similar raids? Introduction The...
The president accused his former vice president of treason and tussled with a Supreme Court justice. Mark...
Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young...
Garrison considered himself a pacifist, a believer in the power of truth to undo the wickedness of...
For seven days, as the two presidential candidates maneuvered and schemed, the fate of the young republic...
“My fate is in your hands. I am prepared for the verdict.” Introduction On a sultry afternoon...
Gerry the proposed original constitution threatened the liberties of the people and the rights of the states....
The Old Right were unified by opposition to what they saw as the danger of domestic dictatorship...
The resilience of memories of Roosevelt as a hero, champion, and friend is indicative of durable qualities...
Our Founders left a document open to change with the ability to adapt to new times and...
Exploring the early colony’s brief existence and the alternate vision of America it represents. This article, Lord...
The pilgrims in the Atlantic crossing on the Mayflower were religious separatists inspired by the Protestant Reformation....
Washington had to deal with the personal nature of the differences between two of his cabinet members...
How George Washington shaped the group of advisors as an institution to meet his own needs. The...
Over the past 120 years, there have been 32 concession speeches. By Joe Richman and Nellie Gilles...
Adams’s legacy is one of reason, virtuous leadership, compassion, and a cautious but vigorous foreign policy. Life...
The United States solidified its place as an industrial and agricultural power in the late nineteenth century....
The Enlightenment of 17th-century Europe had the most immediate impact on the framers of the United States...