In politics and history, there really is nothing new under the sun. This especially holds true for the Republican party who loves to replay their greatest hits. Many don’t know that “Make America Great Again” was not some novel idea originated by the Trump campaign, it was first used as a campaign slogan for the […]
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The Side Effects of the Chicken Tax
Believe it or not, there was a time when chicken was considered a luxury item. Today, chicken is easily available and cheap at fast-food places like KFC, Popeyes and your local fried chicken spot, but that wasn’t always the case. Do you wonder why you see few European or Asian auto brand pickup trucks in […]
2021 is just like 1890
After the Civil War, the U.S. government passed three Constitutional amendments in succession, the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. The 13th abolished slavery, the 14th gave African Americans equal protection under Federal law and the 15th gave African American men the right to vote. The losing forces on the other side of the Civil War […]
The Dawes Act and the origin of the term $5 Indian
In 1887, the U.S. Congress passed the Dawes Act (named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts). The law regulated land rights on tribal territories in the United States. It converted the Native American traditional system of communal land ownership into the private property land ownership we are all familiar with today. Before it could […]
The history of the America First movement
In the aftermath of World War I, Americans were very leery of getting involved in another World War. When war began again in Europe in September 1939, most Americans demanded neutrality regarding the war. The America First Committee was established on September 4, 1940, in response to the neutrality efforts. A group of Yale law […]
Why the U.S. Capitol is in D.C. and not Philly
During the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Congress met and did business at the Pennsylvania State House a.k.a. Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The building is better known as the building where the Declaration of Independence and Consitution was debated and signed at. Under the Articles of Confederation, which was the supreme law at the time (the […]
The War on Drugs
When most people think of The War on Drugs, they think of the 1980s, D.A.R.E., Nancy Reagan and the Just Say No TV ads. The term was first introduced into our Lexicon in the 1970s by Richard Nixon. He used the term in a speech, where he declared drug abuse “public enemy number one.” In […]
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The Debauchery of the Harding Administration
Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States. His Presidency was pretty nondescript and short due to him dying of a heart attack two years into his term. Harding’s Presidency is more known for the scandals, affairs and tomfoolery that went on during his term. During Harding’s Presidential Campaign, The New York […]
How a fire turned a Democracy into a Dictatorship
In early 1930s Germany faced severe economic woes because of the fallout of World War I. The Nazi party was gaining strength because of growing dissatisfaction with the ruling Weimer Republic. German President Paul von Hindenburg sought to make an alliance with the Nazis against left-wing opponents like the Communist party. Hindenburg asked Adolf Hitler […]
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Henry Clay’s gamble: the 1824 U.S. Presidential election
In the early years of America, the position of Secretary of State was seen as the next President in waiting. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe were all previously Secretary of State’s before they became President. In the 1824 Presidential Election, John Quincy Adams was the sitting Secretary of State and the presumptive next […]
