Tuesday, August 2, 2022

The U.S. Constitution: System and Procedure Build Justice

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Politicians refer to the Constitution often, usually claiming that it supports whatever viewpoint they have. But what is the Constitution? A...
Monday, June 27, 2022

The Tax Withholding System: People Pay More Than They Know

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Although there were small experiments with income tax in the United States going as far back as the 1860s, it was not until 1913 that the in...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Roosevelt’s Manic Start: The Chaos of the New Deal

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The election of 1932 was an expression of desperate hope. Poverty and unemployment were at high levels and threatened to go even higher. The...

Turning the Corner: How and When Slavery Began to End in the Americas

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Students who know even a small amount about United States History, or American History, are aware that slavery existed. That’s not new knowl...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

African-American Leaders during the Great Depression: The Government Is Incapable, so Citizens Take Action

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During the Great Depression, the ingenuity of ordinary citizens was fueled by their challenging circumstances. The overworked phrases of “th...
Friday, March 25, 2022

American Women Advance in the 19th Century: The 1800s as an Era of Growth for Women’s Rights in the United States

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During the 1800s, the legal and social status of women in the United States improved significantly. Historians can document this development...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

A Painful Struggle: America Works to Defeat Slavery

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The development of the United States is one of continuously expanding freedom. From times before the nation’s beginning in 1776, the America...