Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a famous prison located in New York. Other than Alcatraz, Sing Sing is probably the most iconic prisons in the United States. This prison is still in use, with a population of 1,700 to 2,200…
Republican motherhood is a concept that deals with the role of women and their duties to both family and country at the time of the American Revolution. In this context, the word “republican” relates to the foundation of the United…
McCarthyism was a movement started and perpetuated by US Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin in the 1950s. The senator was strongly opposed to the spread of communism throughout the world, and as a result, he started investigating people in the…
The term "greenback" is a slang word for the United States Federal Reserve Note, commonly referred to as the US Dollar (USD). Greenbacks also have a historical connotation, however, referring to the debate over economic policy throughout the Civil War…
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a controversial piece of legislation passed in the United States in 2001 to fulfill President George W. Bush's promises of sweeping educational reform. Many Americans agree that the public education system is…
The short answer to the title of this article is: 16 presidents were senators at one time. They were: James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson,…
The United States of America is currently made up of 50 states and they officially joined the union over a period of 172 years. Here are some interesting statistics about states admitted to the union: Here are two charts showing…
The Homestead Act was a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. Under the law, people could lay rightful claim to a set amount of land if they…
Historically, post-war generations are often defined by their excesses, as in the case of the so-called Roaring Twenties following World War I and the Baby Boom era following World War II. In the case of the Roaring Twenties, otherwise known…
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a controversial treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. It is seen as a treaty largely imposed by the United States on Mexico rather than a negotiated settlement between the two warring nations. The treaty…