In the United States, the temperance movement was a social movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries that was dedicated to encouraging the reduction or elimination of the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the nation. The movement was comprised…
The Statue of Liberty is a massive statue located on an island near New York City in the United States. It is perhaps one of the most universally recognized symbols of the United States, and numerous replicas of the famous…
The Mojave Phone Booth was a payphone booth located in the Mojave National Preserve in California which attracted a great deal of public attention in the late 1990s. The legacy of the famous phone booth lives on in numerous websites…
The Halloween Massacre, as it relates to American politics, refers to the reorganization of former President Gerald Ford’s cabinet on and leading up to 4 November 1975. President Ford replaced several key members of his cabinet including his National Security…
Cotton production requires land and labor, and slavery was a cheap form of labor. Many landowners in the United States from the 1600s onward purchased people to be used as slaves from areas of the world like Africa to work…
The Chattanooga Choo Choo is a historical train and popular American tourist attraction as well as a hotel. Its railroad museum is located in the hotel; guests can choose to bed down in the train's sleeping cars or in rooms…
The California Republic was a short lived and never legally recognized republic that existed in what is now known as California in 1846, during the Mexican-American War. A group of rebellious Californians jumped the gun and declared sovereignty in California…
The Black Power Movement is an important part of American and African-American history. It refers to a period during the 1960s when African-Americans, or blacks, changed their views about the manner by which they should achieve economic power, political power,…
The Battle of Saratoga was fought in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. The conflict involved the forces of Great Britain and 13 American colonies that declared independence from British rule. Taking place in New York, the battle was won…
The Age of Jackson refers to the period of 1829 to 1849 in United States history, when President Andrew Jackson led the national government through a series of reforms and radical governmental changes. This era gave rise to the career…