For seven days, as the two presidential candidates maneuvered and schemed, the fate of the young republic...
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Although the social hierarchy was more relaxed in the colonies, it still existed and descended from top...
From relative obscurity, the Know-Nothing Party became a powerful movement practically overnight. The Rise of Nativism in...
It is more accurate to define this assembly as the first English representational government in the North...
Manners – and civility – are an essential component of how things get done in government, and...
Benjamin Franklin spoke and wrote in ways that, if taken up now, could begin to erode the...
Of the nine presidents who were slaveholders, only George Washington freed all his own slaves upon his...
On Inauguration Day, Lincoln’s procession to the Capitol was surrounded by heavily armed cavalry and infantry. Introduction...
The executive branch of the United States government officially began operations established by the 1787 Constitution. Introduction...
Presidents who behave badly during transitions usually share something in common – they’re viewed as the worst...
Gerry the proposed original constitution threatened the liberties of the people and the rights of the states....
Not until sixteen months after Appomattox, on August 20, 1866, did the President formally declare an end...
The resilience of memories of Roosevelt as a hero, champion, and friend is indicative of durable qualities...
American economic growth was halting and uneven during the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. The growth of...
A lack of money plagued colonial America. Introduction Inflation is often thought to be the result of...
America was soon wealthy enough to start to replace its timber infrastructure with one of steel and...
Fear for his reputation and public legacy led him to beg his closest friend, James Madison, to...
Our Founders left a document open to change with the ability to adapt to new times and...
Why did Americans fight each other with a ferocity unmatched in the Western world? The Civil War...
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...
Inhabited by Algonquian Native Americans in the precolonial era, the city was named in honor of the...
The history of New York begins around 10,000 BCE when the first people arrived. Introduction The history...
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....
Alexander J. Davis was America’s greatest architect of the mid-nineteenth century. America’s greatest architect of the mid-nineteenth...
With the advent of radio, the ability of politicians to engage and entertain became crucial components of...