U.S. History - to 1945

When the Great Depression started in late 1929 and early 1930, it soon became clear that long-established patterns would not suffice to sust...

In American History, most of the 1800s can be divided into three time spans: the prewar years, the Civil War, and the postwar years. But whi...

During a few decades in the late 1800s and early 1900s, most homes in the United States were connected to electrical power. This development...

When the U.S. Civil War ended in 1865, the victorious Republican Party saw a chance to solidify its gains. The Republicans had created their...

The U.S. Civil War (1861 to 1865) grew out of political disputes between the Democrats and the Republicans in the 1850s. When the war ended,...

Historians use the word ‘Reconstruction’ to refer to the years immediately after the U.S. Civil War. The war ended when General Grant and ...

Between 1931 and 1963, George F. Kennan worked for the U.S. State Department. During those years, and afterward, he gathered information, an...