Modern US History

On the mainland Christmas dominates as the most important holiday of the year. However, on the islands of Hawaii there is a more equitable distribution of holiday cheer.

Dec 12, 2009 - Barbara Hudgins

Asa Philip Randolph was a writer, editor, organizer, President of the Porter's Union and an untiring advocate for civil rights, even to organizing marches on Washington.

Dec 11, 2009 - Marci Sanchez

Part of the International Bill of Rights, the declaration has the force of international law and is "one of the highest expressions of the human conscience of our time."

Dec 10, 2009 - John Kirshon

The son of a Quaker blacksmith, Herbert Hoover brought a reputation of public service to the White House.

Dec 8, 2009 - Terry Long

The attack on Pearl Harbor shocked Americans from their isolationism, uniting them as never before, and marked the official entry of the United States into World War II.

Dec 7, 2009 - John Kirshon

Newark's Ironbound neighborhood is well known for its large Portuguese-speaking community and the toxic waste and pollution legacy of its industrial past.

Dec 5, 2009 - Andre Tartar

The National Recovery Administration was created to regulate American industries, but the regulations did more harm than good and worsened the Great Depression.

Dec 4, 2009 - Walter Coffey

Less than a year later, President Bush spoke of the start of a new world order, following the end of the Cold War, in which all nations "can prosper and live in harmony."

Dec 3, 2009 - John Kirshon

In 1961, Minneapolis destroyed one of its most famous buildings in an effort to modernize the city. This prompted a number of citizens to become outraged.

Dec 1, 2009 - Jason Chavis

Following the death of President Harding, Calvin Coolidge was informed that he had become the 30th President of the United States in 1923.

Dec 1, 2009 - Terry Long

With her act of defiance, she became a symbol of the American civil rights movement and was honored with a statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall.

Dec 1, 2009 - John Kirshon

The loss of a coal freighter during a storm on Lake Superior is immortalized in a mournful song by Gordon Lightfoot.

Nov 29, 2009 - Brian T. Bolten

Barbed wire museums offer all things barbed wire. Collectors and others interested in looking at various barb wire fences can peruse barb wire selections.

Nov 28, 2009 - Peggy Hazelwood

While vocal in his support of the South Vietnamese in their war against the North, did JFK have plans to withdraw all US advisors from the country by 1965?

Nov 26, 2009 - Lawrence Koppy

The friendship between TR and Taft succumbed not only to the split between Republican regulars and progressives, but also to personality differences.

Nov 25, 2009 - William L. Wunder

The Roosevelt administration's anti-business policies made it harder for employers to hire workers and made the economy worse during the Great Depression.

Nov 24, 2009 - Walter Coffey

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.

Nov 24, 2009 - 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.

Nov 23, 2009 - John Kirshon

Barbed wire has been around for more than 100 years. Barb wire fences are still used on ranches and farms to control cattle, and at prisons and military installations.

Nov 22, 2009 - Peggy Hazelwood

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.

Nov 20, 2009 - 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.

Nov 20, 2009 - Stephen Lunn

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.

Nov 19, 2009 - William L. Wunder

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.

Nov 17, 2009 - John Kirshon

Nicknamed "Scarface," he rose to the top of organized crime in Chicago, becoming a ruthless murderer, a millionaire, a celebrity, and a tax dodger before he died in 1947.

Nov 16, 2009 - John Kirshon

While the first transcontinental railroad was hailed as an engineering marvel, its construction was mired in corruption and inefficiency at taxpayers' expense.

Nov 15, 2009 - Walter Coffey