Who was Henry Clay, and why was he important? What did Henry Clay accomplish in 1820? What college did Henry Clay go to? What did Henry Clay's American System do? What was Henry Clay's American System? What was Lewis Latimer's education? Who was the Great Compromiser after Henry Clay...
The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun. — Richard Cushing 93 The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling...
when at Philadelphia they drafted the Constitution. At that time the general government of the “United States” was known as the Continental Congress, a body made up of representatives of the several “States” which could pass no substantial laws governing the whole without unanimous consent. Wi...
The Second Party System:The Second Party System was a period in United States history from roughly 1828 to 1854. The politics of this period was divided between Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party and the Whig Party, led by figures such as Henry Clay....
I don’t think the NFL brass wanted the game to become politically polarized, but they have been fostering a narrative that reenforces the inequities of the American system for so long, I don’t think they even realized they were doing it until it was too late (or perhaps the word is...
When the Electoral votes were tallied in the 1800 U.S. presidential election—only the fourth election in the young nation’s history—there was a problem. Two candidates received exactly 73 electoral votes, producing the first and (so far) only Electoral College tie in American history. Than...
Before the American Revolution, the institution of slavery in America had become firmly established as being limited to persons of African ancestry. In this atmosphere, the seeds of white supremacy were sown. Even when the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789, very few Black people and no ...
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. —Alexis de Tocqueville 192 The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. —Lenny Bruce ...
One provision of the Compromise of 1850 was the passage of theFugitive Slave Act, part of which compelled citizens of all states to assist federal authorities in apprehending persons suspected of attempting to escape enslavement. Additionally, the law imposed large fines on anyone found to have aid...
Oklahoma in the Civil War –As part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater, the Indian Territory was the scene of numerous skirmishes and seven officially recognized battles involving both Native American units allied with the Confederate States of America and Native Americans loyal to the United States ...