The United States, a country that has historically and presently benefited from immigration, faces severe issues of exclusion and discrimination against immigrants. Practices of exclusion and discrimination against immigrants have been deeply ingrained in the U.S. institutional structure, from the infamous...
of the army of northern virginia that signaled the end of the war was signed at the courthouse in appomattox on april 9, 1865. following the civil war, virginia remained generally rural and resisted social changes. the state legislature enacted a racial integrity act in 1924 barring marriages ...
-- Public security situation in the United States deteriorated and violent crimes remained prevalent. There were 693 mass shootings in 2021, up 10.1 percent from 2020. More than 44,000 people were killed in gun violence. -- More than 420 bills with provisions that restrict voting access have ...
The fiscal stability of a state’s government is vital to ensuring the success of government-sponsored programs and projects, trickling down to affect the quality of life of state residents. In modern times, the rights and powers of states have been asserted through a broad range of services ...
Between 1861 and 1865, there was a war between the Union and the Confederate States of America. Before the war, slavery had largely disappeared from the northern states, but remained viable in the south. As a result, two very different ways of life arose in these sections, according to the...
WHY UNITED STATES REMAINED A SUPERPOWER AND THE SOVIET UNION DID NOT? AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSISPREDA, Adrian EugenAnnals of the Constantin Brancusi University of Targu Jiu-Letters & Social Sciences Series
After the Civil War and the end of slavery, the need for both skilled and unskilled labor increased. Union members in the skilled trades remained overwhelmingly native-born White Protestant males throughout the 19th century. These higher-paid workers had the funds to pay union dues and contribute...
The circumstances surrounding thedisputed election of 1876strengthened Hayes’s intention to work with the Southern whites, even if it meant abandoning the few Radicalregimesthat remained in the South. In an election marked by widespread fraud and many irregularities, the Democratic candidate,Samuel J...
Four border states held enslaved people but remained in the Union. West Virginia became the 24th loyal U.S. state in 1863.(more) 2 of 2 Confederate Battle Flag(more) Confederate States of America, in the American Civil War, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union...
legislation (1869) setting the number at nine, where it has remained ever since. In the 1930s PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltasked Congress to consider legislation (which it subsequently rejected) that would have allowed the president to appoint an additional justice for each member of the court ...