… environmental crises that occurred in the United States was the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl began shortly after the Great Depression began in 1929 and lasted throughout the 1930's. It affected everyone, farmers and consumers alike, in its path negatively.…

… the United States was looking for it's own identity now that they had their own nation. People started to move westward causing the removal of Indians from their native lands (A People's History, Howard Zinn, Chapter 7 and Coster, Kevin, Producer…

… military history, proved to be no competition for an industrially sound and hastily growing north in this Civil War. The North that was industrially strong and armed to the teeth found much of their victories quite easily obtainable. Strategy, moral,…

… called Andrew Jackson written by Herman J. Viola. I have given much thought to trying to deduce the purpose that the author had in writing this book. Because there is no commentary by the author in the beginning of this book, it was left to me to…

… of the Civil War, was fought in Virginia, near Manassas, on July 21, 1861. The main general of the Federal army was Brigadier General Irwin McDowell, whose forces consisted of 30,000 men split into five divisions. General Joseph E. Johnston led…

… the fifty-six delegates of the Second Continental Congress successfully and unanimously approved the Declaration of Independence yesterday, July 4, 1776. The document was, in fact, adopted on the second of July, but editing continued through the fourth.…

… was a time of rampant growth and regional diversification. Worldviews and ways of living changed as quickly as in the 20th century. Transportation was revolutionized and the foundation of a manufacturing economy was laid. The Election of 1824 clearly…

… States apart. Territorial expansion itself was not a debated issue. Spurred by the concept of Manifest Destiny, almost everyone believed that America should extend from sea to shining sea and maybe even farther. But it was the issue of the expansion…

… presidential elections in the history of the United States of America, second only to that of 2001. The result, and subsequent effects, of the election are the main reason why the year 1876 was the last time for nearly a century that states of the…

… into the role as a global leader. During the post-war era, until the peak of the depression in 1932, America witnessed remarkable progress technologically, economically, socially, and religiously. Industry developed time-saving devices that increased…