Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character." This i…
History of the United States
How did we know where to go when traveling during the civil war era? How did you know what's north and what is south? What's west and what east? Well, cartography helped a lot with that. The Civil War…
The Trail of Tears is a topic that I remember learning about and hearing about all through my school. I have always enjoyed learning about Native Americans in history. Before this research, I knew tha…
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the most destructive disasters in American history, and it resulted in property damage, loss of lives, and the rebuilding of Chicago. The fire began on the ni…
It is the 1800s and many debates are going on throughout the United States about many different things causing division and tension, especially between Northern and Southern states. The Westward Expan…
Try to imagine what recent world history would look like if the United States had not existed. Try to imagine how the Americas would have formed without the influence of the United States. How would t…
The presidency of Andrew Jackson which this class is solely focused on is one that is discussed mightily between historians. Andrew Jackson became the 7th president of the United States of America in …
In 1844, James K. Polk was elected president and was a man who was hungry for expanding U.S. territory. In 1845, President Polk sent American soldiers to Texas and sent a special envoy to Mexico City …
Back in the 1830s, the Cherokees faced a dilemma over their deportation by the U.S. government. Although many people expected to stay in their homeland, siding with John Ridge and resettling the homel…
During the 1920s thanks to large consumerism in the United states was a time of economic prosperity but as many things in life things must come to an end. Following the end of the era of prosperity ca…