American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

A system of labor to replace slavery that allowed landless farmers to work the land of others for a share of the crops they produced. It was favored by freed people over gang labor but often resulted ...

Settlement House Movement

History; American history

A reform movement growing out of Jane Addams' Hull House in the late nineteenth century, it led to the formation of community centers in which mainly middle class women sought to meet the needs of ...

Second Continental Congress

History; American history

This body gathered in Philadelphia during May 1775 after the shooting war with Great Britain had started. The second Congress functioned as a coordinating government for the colonies and states in ...

Second Bank of the United States

History; American history

A national bank chartered in 1816 to hold government funds, ease the transfer of money across state lines, and regulate private banks. Its federal charter expired in 1836.

Scopes trial

History; American history

The 1925 trial of John Scopes for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in a Tennessee public school; also called the "Monkey Trial. "

Scalawags

History; American history

Southern white Republicans during Reconstruction, they came from every class and had a variety of motives but were pictured by their opponents as ignorant and degraded.