Oct 28, 2009
USS Maine in Havana Harbor 1898: The German Connection with the Spanish American War
By:  Michael Streich
Oct 20, 2009
Lobbyists and the Legislative Process: Influencing Congressmen has been Tied to Corruption and Bribes
By: Michael Streich
Oct 19, 2009
The Filibuster in Parliamentary Procedure: How One US Senator Can Delay the Business of the Senate
By: Michael Streich
Oct 16, 2009
Realpolitik and Idealism in Foreign Policy: State Security Policy Began with Cardinal Richelieu's Raison d'etat
By: Michael Streich
Sep 27, 2009
Role of the United States Senate: Responsibilities of the Upper House of the Federal Legislature
By: Michael Streich
Sep 26, 2009
Amusement Parks and Recreation in the 1950s: Palisades Park in NJ Offered a Day of Fun for American Families
By: Michael Streich
Sep 9, 2009
Modern Mercenary Armies in Iraq and Afghanistan: Using Contract Soldiers has Historical Precedent
By: Michael Streich
Sep 4, 2009
Gone With the Wind as Bad History: Faulty Images of the Ante Bellum South in a Classic Movie Epic
By: Michael Streich
Aug 29, 2009
Espionage and Sedition Acts in World War One: Presidential War Powers in the Woodrow Wilson Administration
By: Michael Streich
Aug 23, 2009
The USS Greer Incident September 4, 1941: An American Destroyer is Attacked by a German Submarine
By: Michael Streich
Aug 22, 2009
World War One and Propaganda: Wilson Establishes the Committee on Public Information
By: Michael Streich
Aug 21, 2009
The St. Louis and U.S. Policy Failures: German Jews Denied Entrance to America in 1939
By: Michael Streich
Aug 20, 2009
Prohibition in the Roaring Twenties: The 18th Amendment was Ill-Conceived and Unenforceable
By: Michael Streich
Aug 18, 2009
Presidents Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, and Carter Recognized for Ending Conflict
By: Michael Streich
Aug 17, 2009
The Election of 1900: American Imperialism and the Full Dinner Pail
By: Michael Streich
Aug 16, 2009
Election of 1896 Candidates and Issues: The Gold Standard, Protective Tariffs, and Law and Order
By: Michael Streich
Aug 15, 2009
The Pullman Strike of 1894: Anarchism and Labor Violence Confront Capitalism
By: Michael Streich
Aug 13, 2009
Progressivism and the Rise of the Mass Media: Newspapers and Magazines Helped Shape American Public Opinion
By: Michael Streich
Aug 11, 2009
Franklin Roosevelt and the Yalta Conference: Charting a Post War Europe Based on Free and Open Elections
By: Michael Streich
Aug 4, 2009
Japanese-American Internment in 1942: Presidential Executive Order 9066 Uproots Americans of Asian Descent
By: Michael Streich
Jul 30, 2009
The Marshall Plan of 1947: One of the Most Successful Cold War Initiatives of the Truman Years
By: Michael Streich
Jul 26, 2009
Kermit Roosevelt and the Iranian Coup of 1953: How the CIA Toppled Mossadegh and Put the Shah in Power
By: Michael Streich
Jul 24, 2009
Atomic Policies and Early Cold War Crises: The United States Threatened to Use the Bomb Several Times
By: Michael Streich
Jul 23, 2009
Effects of Isolationism Between the World Wars: Prosperity and Consumerism Blinded Americans to Global Realities
By: Michael Streich
Jul 21, 2009
Eisenhower, Britain, and the Suez Crisis of 1956: The U.S. Opposed British and French Attempts to Regain the Canal
By: Michael Streich
Jul 19, 2009
American Contributions to World War I in 1918: The U.S. Role in Defeating the Central Powers
By: Michael Streich
Jul 15, 2009
OPLAN 34A and Covert Action in Vietnam: A Top Secret Operation Provides the Motivation for U.S. Escalation
By: Michael Streich
Jul 14, 2009
The Camelot Presidency of John F. Kennedy: How the 1000 Days of JFK Promoted Heroes and the Cause of Justice
By: Michael Streich
Jun 14, 2009
How American History was Taught and Written: Pre Vietnam Era Texts Perpetuated Stereotypes and Omitted Facts
By: Michael Streich
Jun 12, 2009
The Wizard of Oz as Allegory and Fairy Tale: Deconstructing a Classic American Book Written for Children
By: Michael Streich
May 18, 2009
Warren G. Harding: A Dark Horse Candidate with a Dubious and Lackluster Past
By: Michael Streich
Apr 27, 2009
Father Charles Coughlin and the New Deal: Anti-Semitism from the Golden Hour of the Little Flower
By: Michael Streich
Apr 15, 2009
The Administration of President Jimmy Carter: Foreign and Domestic Setbacks Hurt Popular Support
By: Michael Streich
Apr 9, 2009
The Presidential Election of 1964: Lyndon Johnson Defeats Barry Goldwater in a Landslide Victory
By: Michael Streich
Apr 9, 2009
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution August 1964: Congress Votes to Give President Johnson a Blank Check to Wage War
By: Michael Streich
Apr 1, 2009
Consequences of 1950s White Flight: Post War Suburbs Reflected Positive and Negative Experiences
By: Michael Streich
Mar 25, 2009
The States' Rights Party in the 1948 Election: Dixiecrats Challenge Liberal Democratic Desegregation Policies
By: Michael Streich
Mar 19, 2009
Children's Heroes of the 1950s and Early 1960s: Great Men and Famous Deeds in Childcraft's 1961 Primer
By: Michael Streich
Mar 17, 2009
The Cold War 1946 - 1957: The First Years of American-Soviet Relations Define the Threat
By: Michael Streich
Mar 13, 2009
Civil Rights and Post War American Ideals: Social and Political Changes Supported an End to Segregation
By: Michael Streich
Mar 12, 2009
Lend Lease and Franklin Roosevelt: Congressional Delegation and Executive Orders Prepared for War
By: Michael Streich
Mar 5, 2009
Pearl Harbor and 9/11 Attacks Compared: American Responses to Homeland Aggressions by Foreign Powers
By: Michael Streich
Mar 5, 2009
Isolationism in the 1920s and 1930s: United States Foreign Policy from Coolidge to FDR
By: Michael Streich
Mar 5, 2009
Coming of the Great Depression in 1929: Republican and Democratic Responses Contrasted
By: Michael Streich
Mar 4, 2009
The Great Depression and the Wizard of Oz: Dorothy's Sojourn in a Fantasy Land Provides Hope and Promise
By: Michael Streich
Feb 26, 2009
Roaring Twenties Feminism: Social and Cultural Changes Open Doors for American Women
By: Michael Streich
Feb 23, 2009
How the Game of Life Taught Capitalism: Board Games of the 1950s and Early 1960s and the American Dream
By: Michael Streich
Feb 13, 2009
The Panama Canal and United States Interests: Linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Was a Long Term US Goal
By: Michael Streich
Feb 10, 2009
Roosevelt's Second Term 1905 - 1909: The Square Deal and Progressive Legislation Under TR
By: Michael Streich
Feb 9, 2009
Progressivism and Teddy Roosevelt: TR's First Term in Office Produces Significant Victories
By: Michael Streich
Feb 9, 2009
New Deal Opposition: Criticism of FDR's Recovery Program in the 1930s
By: Michael Streich
Feb 7, 2009
The Reagan Revolution and the Election of 1980: The Failures of Jimmy Carter Led to Republican Victory
By: Michael Streich
Feb 6, 2009
Anti Imperialist League and US Foreign Policy: Opposition to Philippine Annexation and the Platt Amendment
By: Michael Streich
Feb 5, 2009
Voter Participation in America 1876-1920: Decreasing Percentages Highlight a Lack of Major Issues
By: Michael Streich
Feb 3, 2009
Causes of the Spanish American War: Yellow Journalism, Imperialism, and the USS Maine Bring About War
By: Michael Streich
Jan 30, 2009
The Adamson Eight-Hour Act of 1916: Congressional Action Designed to Avert a National Railroad Strike
By: Michael Streich
Jan 24, 2009
Child Birth and Abortion in Gilded Age Cities: Social Purity in White Middle Class Families Limits Family Size
By: Michael Streich
Jan 23, 2009
Immigrants and the Growth of Gilded Age Cities: Changes in American Urban Centers after the Civil War
By: Michael Streich
Jan 18, 2009
Korean War, Harry Truman, and Communism: Proving the Strength of Containment While Building Political Appeal
By: Michael Streich
Jan 18, 2009
Truman's Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb: Causes and Effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945
By: Michael Streich
Jan 12, 2009
Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, and Midway Island: Three 1942 Military Successes Turning the Tide Against Japan
By: Michael Streich
Jan 10, 2009
American Imperialism in the 1890s: Motivations and Criticisms of US Expansionism by War and Annexation
By: Michael Streich
Jan 9, 2009
Amending the United States Constitution: Expanding American Freedoms Through Constitutional Changes
By: Michael Streich
Jan 2, 2009
The Green Berets and Vietnam Era Movies: War Movies With Political Perspectives on America's Longest Conflict
By: Michael Streich
Dec 22, 2008
Cold War Families and Domestic Containment: Post War American Middle Class Suburban Experiences
By: Michael Streich
Dec 15, 2008
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points: A Post War Peace Plan Based on Utopian Idealism
By: Michael Streich
Dec 9, 2008
Franklin Roosevelt's Court Packing Scheme: FDR's Plan to Reorganize the Supreme Court After the 1936 Election
By: Michael Streich
Dec 7, 2008
Progressive Era Reforms & the 17th Amendment: Direct Election of US Senators Gives Voters a Greater Choice
By: Michael Streich
Dec 5, 2008
The 1912 Lawrence Strike United Workers: Championed by the IWW, American Woolen Co. Workers Won Demands
By: Michael Streich
Nov 28, 2008
Effect of Loans & Trade on US Entry in War 1917: To What Extent Did Investment in the Allied Cause Determine Action?
By: Michael Streich
Nov 28, 2008
William Borah and the League of Nations Debate: Would US Sovereignty be Compromised by an Entangling Alliance?
By: Michael Streich
Nov 22, 2008
United States Intervention in Russia 1918-1919: Military Considerations Support Woodrow Wilson's Troop Deployment
By: Michael Streich
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