Credit: Austin Harvey on ATI (Backlink below) On July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt (tag) and three other condemned prisoners were marched through the courtyard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary outside…
Last time, it was a story of a Japanese cannibal who became a celebrity out of his criminal activity of killing his girlfriend and eating her corpse afterwards. I am…
National Isolation: For most of the 19th century, especially towards the end of the century, the American nation and people developed a complete lack of interest called a languid interest…
Progressive Era: Introduction The period between 1900 and 1917 in American history has been described as the progressive era. Prior to this period, a lot of disequilibrium had been experienced…
The American involvement in the First World War ushered in various attitudes, beliefs and practices. Although the 1920s was seen by different people in different lights, it was a general…
The First World War, also known as World War I, was a global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It involved many of the world's nations, including the United…
The development of the United States into an industrial giant commenced shortly after the American Civil War. In fact, the period could be appropriately dated to the years 1869-1899. Thus,…
The reconstruction programme that was inaugurated at the end of the civil war had far-reaching implications for both blacks and whites. In the south, there developed two groups, which were…
The Birth 1. Queen Elizabeth II was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926 To parents the Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and…
There were two conflicting reconstruction programmes after the American civil war. These were: (1). The Presidential Conservative or Lincoln Reconstruction Programme and (2). The Radical or Congressional Reconstruction Programme. The…