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Dec 15, 2009 · The westward expansion of the United States is one of the defining themes of 19th-century American history, but it is not just the story of Jefferson’s expanding “empire of liberty.”. On the ...
Trying to identify any single event as crucial to the understanding of a given decade may be even more arbitrary. It is certainly subjective. Nevertheless, that attempt can at the very least be a catalyst for discussion. What follows is an attempt to identify decade-defining moments in the history of the United States since the country’s ...
The Oxford History of the United States is an ongoing multivolume narrative history of the United States published by Oxford University Press. Conceived in the 1950s and launched in 1961 under the co-editorship of historians Richard Hofstadter and C. Vann Woodward , the series has been edited by David M. Kennedy since 1999.
Oct 13, 2017 · The United States had a standing army of just over 100,000 at the time. The initial act required all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with the newly created Selective Service System.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was ...
Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes the twenty-first President of the United States. 1883: The Pendleton Act of 1883 is passed leading to massive reforms to civil service in the United States. 1884: Grover Cleveland becomes the first Democratic President (and twenty-second overall) since James Buchanan in 1856.
The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic launched major colonization expeditions in ...
