Issues Of The New American Government The federal administrations faced several economic challenges between 1789 and 1800. Three of the most significant of these challenges were raising revenue, establishing public credit, and the national bank. The early representatives of the United States had to deal with these important issues and apparently did a good job considering our governmen

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was an improvement to our nation. The revolution begins with small farms in the 1700’s that began to be wealthy landowners. They turned the land into factories to produce items faster. During the revolution people started growing their crops differently so they grew faster. The textile industry was the main part of the revolution. The revol

Independence Nations come into being in many ways. Military rebellion, civil strife, acts of heroism, acts of treachery, a thousand greater or lesser clashes between defenders of the old order and supporters of the new. All these occurrences and more have marked the emergences of new nations, large and small. The birth of our nation included them all. That birth was unique, not only in t

Indian Reservations Native Americans of Today There’s a small town called Mission, South Dakota, a town on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation, which is about thirty miles from my hometown of Valentine, Nebraska. A reservation that gives you some shocking scenes as you drive a long highway 83. Many houses that were just built by the federal government are being wrecked, as the

Indian War What struck me the most when I heard that 17,000 Native Americans had served in the Great War was that, not even thirty years after the end of the Indian wars, American Indians were willing to fight alongside their former enemy. I also was under the impression that most Native Americans had not been American citizens before the American Indian Citizenship Act of 19

Indians All Native American tribes all have similarities and differences that make them unique. When comparing the Cahokia and Anasazi Indians we began to see both. The values and social structures of each tribe also help set them apart from each other and also the nest of America's non-western cultures. The Cahokia people were located in Saint Clair County, southwestern Illinois,

Industrial Revolution The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools, and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change generally helped life, but also hindered it as well. Pollution, such as co2 levels in the atmosphere rose, working conditions declined, and the number of women and children working increased. The

Industrialization Thematic Essay On Industrialization Have you ever questioned yourself on how the Industrial revolution did actually apply to the aspects of American Society' After learning the unit and using my review book I was able to come up with a couple of answers for you. The first aspect of American society that I am going to encounter is middle class people. The Indust

Iran Contra In 1922 President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the “Good Neighbor” Policy. This policy was created to keep the United States from getting involved in problems that could and would occur in Central America. This policy, however, did not stop many government agencies from interfering and creating a few new problems for United States neighbors. Of course, all of this was done

Is America Number One' Is America Number One' They call America the “Land of Opportunity”. We earned this nickname because in the 19th century, our nation's borders expanded, stretching further and further west. The growth driven by an increasing flow of immigrants from all around the world which created our especially diverse nation. A nation, committed to free enterprise, self-dete

J.F.K J.F.K. Assassination If Lee Harvey Oswald killed J.F.K. and it wasn’t a conspiracy, then why is the government still withholding reports done on the assassination from the public’s eyes, in the FBI’s possession' President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 on November 22. He was elected president in 1961. First he was a senator. Then he went straight from Capitol Hill to the Wh

Jackson Debate (democrat Or Dictator') The “Old Hero”, “Old Hickory”, the “people’s champion”, all these names were bestowed upon out former US president, Andrew Jackson. Jackson was the true leader and preacher of democracy. His democratic leadership presided over the decision for the future of the Bank of the United States and through the tariff crisis of 1832. Jackson’s vetoing of t

James A Garfield James A. Garfield Twentieth President 1881 Interesting Fact: James Garfield was the second president shot in office. Doctors tried to find the bullet with a metal detector invented by Alexander Graham Bell. But the device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He died on September 19, 1881. Fast Fact: James

Jacksonian Democracy Unlike previous presidents, Andrew Jackson represented the common men. He and his followers did not support the aristocrats, but instead favored the interests of farmers and urban workers. When they gained power, the Jacksonian Democrats brought about great advances in creating a more democratic and economically equal society. One of the most important changes tha

James Madison James Madison was perhaps the hardest working & most widely respected man of his day. Commonly hailed as the Father of our Constitution, Madison had more to do with its Conception than did any other man. A strong Republican, he was later elected President of the United States. Born in to an aristocratic family in Port Conway, Virginia, he was the eldest of 12

James Madison Presidents of the decade of 1810 James Madison was the fourth President of the United States of America. He served in the office of President from the years of 1809 to the year 1817. As put by his predecessor John Adams, “Despite a thousand faults and blunders, his administration has acquired more glory and established more union than all three of his predecessors.” Ja

Lexington Lexington and Concord The Revolutionary war in 1775 started because of the events that had taken place in one night. Tension had been growing between the American colonies and their mother country, Britain, ever since the French and Indian War in 1763. Because of this, the colonies started drilling militia and stockpiling weapons and supplies. When General Gage of the Br

Jeanette Rankin Who were the three black forces in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century' The three major forces behind the Blacks’ position in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century consisted of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey. They were the most effective of all of the different activists of the time. They each came from different times and

Jesse James Jesse James Have you ever heard of J.D. Howard' Think not, of course you have, his real name was Jesse Woodson James. Jesse changed his name to J.D. Howard so he could settle down with his wife, Zee, and children, Jesse Edwards and Mary, in Nashville, Tennessee. During his stay in and around Nashville, Tennessee, as Mr. Howard, the people liked him. He was said to be

JFK The Assassination of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was known as the peoples president. The assassination of him had a huge impact on the United States. Including many theories of how he was assassinated. John F. Kennedy came from a pretty large family. His brother Robert, his father and his wife, Jackie were the ones that played a big part in his life. Robert served as

JFK JFK Essay After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, on November 22 1963, a seven- member Commission, the Warren Commission, headed by Earl Warren, was assembled to create a statement concerning the events surrounding the assassination.(1) The final product ultimately stated that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in murdering the president. However, due to a lack of credible

JFK JFK The Assassination of John F. Kennedy For the American people, John F. Kennedy was the bright future. He was a young man that they was as holding the torch for this country. When he was elected, he brought youth and a relaing calm to the White House for the first time in our nation's history. Not only did John Kennedy bring youth to our nation's capitol, but he also brought

JFK JFK- Conspiracy or not' Was the assassin of John F. Kennedy captured and soon assassinated himself' Was the right assassin even captured' Does the United States even know who committed the crime' Unfortunately these questions have not been answered due to false, confusing, contradictory, and maybe even true but not proven evidence. The case was studied over and over, yet the tr

JFK John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), the 35th president of the United States (1961-1963), was the youngest person ever to be elected president. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second of nine children of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and his wife, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. His brothers, Robert and Edward Kennedy also entered politics. The Kennedy family had long been

JFK John Fritzgerald Kennedy John Kennedy was the first U.S. president that was born in the 20th Century and was the 35th president. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusettes on May 29, 1917. In High school he was voted most likely to succeed. In 1947 Kennedy was elected into the House of Representatives and served for 6 years. His father was one of the richest men in America and in

Jfk Assassination JFK: Was His Assassination Inevitable' A popular misconception is that President John F. Kennedy's assassination was an isolated event perpetrated by one man. This could not be farther from the truth. Instead, it was the result of a complex combination of domestic and foreign events. When President Kennedy was in office, he had to deal with many issues, ranging from bu

JFK Assassinatoin John F. Kennedy Assassination November 22, 1963, will always be recognized as one of the saddest days in the history of the United States. That was the day that the promising political career of John Fitzgerald Kennedy was ended with the now infamous shots in Dallas, Texas. John F. Kennedy was traveling in an open top limousine in a motorcade traveling at approxima

JFK Assisnation JFK ASSINATION The 1960 Presidential election was won by John F. Kennedy who defeated the Vice President Richard Nixon by the narrowest margin in history. Kennedy, a senator from Massachusetts was the only Roman Catholic and the youngest man elected to the presidency. In 1963, during his third year in office President Kennedy's popularity increased and he had already st

Jim Bridger Jim Bridger was a legendary frontiersman. He was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1804. From 1824 until the late 1860’s he was the premier Indian fighter, beaver trapper, fur trader and guide to the Wild West. With an almost photographic memory for terrain, he guided more wagon trains than all the other scouts put together on the westward trek. He was also a storekeeper,

John Hancock John Hancock John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. He did so with such a flourish that his name became a synonym for the word “signature” (United states-on-line). John was born into a middle class family. When he was eight he practiced how to write his signature. He used his family’s fortune for his fame. John didn’t hesitate when he was