Modern US History
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1950s and 1960s Main Streets Fuel Prosperity
As individual wages rose in the 1950s and products expanded, affordable consumer goods from food to clothing helped fuel a period of economic prosperity and well being. more...
Eisenhower and the Landslide Election of 1956
Ending the Korean War, achieving a budget surplus, and presiding over a period of increasing prosperity enabled Dwight D. Eisenhower to win over 57% of the vote in 1956. more...
Lyndon Johnson's 1964 Acceptance Speech
Johnson's Great Society may have been achievable had the Vietnam War not distracted domestic imperatives as categorized in LBJ's 1964 acceptance speech. more...
USS Maine in Havana Harbor 1898
In the months before the outbreak of war with Spain in April 1898, German warships prowled the Caribbean, meddling in affairs & hoping to benefit from a weakening Spain. more...
Lobbyists and the Legislative Process
Although the lobbyist serves an important purpose in the crafting of meaningful legislation, lobbyists have a long history of unethical and illegal activity. more...
The Filibuster in Parliamentary Procedure
Popularized in the mid-19th Century, the filibuster gives Senators, individually or in groups, the power to stop all Senate floor business. more...
Realpolitik and Idealism in Foreign Policy
European and American foreign policy initiatives followed moralist approaches of idealism or the ruthless actions of Realpolitik to achieve goals favorable to the state. more...
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U.S. Workers Harmed by the New Deal
By: Walter Coffey
The Roosevelt administration's anti-business policies made it harder for employers to hire workers and made the economy worse during the Great Depression. more...
Lee Harvey Oswald Gunned Down By Jack Ruby
By: John Kirshon
After Ruby shot Oswald, many Americans came to believe there was a conspiracy behind the Kennedy assassination despite the conclusion of the Warren Commission in 1964. more...
JFK Shot Dead in Dallas, Texas
By: John Kirshon
John F. Kennedy was a war hero, congressman, senator and the youngest man ever elected to the office of president of the United States. He was only 46 when he died. more...
Harry S Truman's First Year - Foreign Policy
By: Stephen Lunn
President Truman was faced with the challenges of leading the world out of the Second World War. The horrors of Nazism would influence his developing foreign policy. more...
Harry S Truman's First Year - Domestic Policy
By: Stephen Lunn
President Harry Truman's first year was an eventful one, and one which was to affect US policy for years. Domestically, he was to face economic and political challenges. more...
The three Republican administrations of the 1920's adhered to a hands-off policy when it came to the government's relationship to the economy. more...
By: John Kirshon
His two terms as chief executive came to a tragic end on August 9.1974, when he resigned in disgrace for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate political scandal. more...
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