In 1902, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt went on a bear hunting trip in Mississippi with Governor Andrew H. Longino. During the trip, everybody but Roosevelt had killed an animal. A group of men on the tour, cornered, clubbed and tied an American black bear to a willow tree. The man called for Roosevelt to shoot […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Andrew Johnson and the Swing Around the Circle Tour
When President Trump was impeached last winter, there was constant mention of Trump being the third president impeached, after Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson. Unless you’re a history buff, you’re probably not that familiar with Andrew Johnson. Johnson was the Vice President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and thus became President. Johnson at first promised […]
Joe Biden = Walter Mondale 2.0
You are the head coach of fictional Donkey University. Your star quarterback (QB), Barack Obama, graduated two years ago and is starring in the NFL. Obama broke many school records at College U and he also won the Heisman Trophy. Last year, Donkey U was led by a graduate transfer named Hillary Clinton, who was solid […]
Yellow Peril: 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
The Opium Wars between Great Britain and China left China in debt. Floods and droughts led to an exodus of Chinese peasants from their farms, and many left the country to find work. When gold was discovered in California, the Chinese started immigrating to the United States. A crop failure in China, in 1852 led to […]
Who or what killed President Zachary Taylor?
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and the last slave holding person to be elected to the office. During Taylor’s Presidential tenure, slavery and the extension of it to western land was the hot button issue. California population was growing because of the gold rush and there was pressure to usher […]
