American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

The Washington Conference 1921-1922 was a meeting between most major world powers. This conference was for the disarmament of these countries. This meeting also prevented the U. S. and Britain from ...

John J. Pershing

History; American history

Pershing was an American general who led troops against "Pancho" Villa in 1916. He took on the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918 which was one of the longest lasting battles- 47 days in World War I. He ...

Harold Ickes

History; American history

Honest Harold; Secretary of the interior; became head of the Public Works Administration (PWA); dealt with industrial recovery and unemployment relief by creating jobs (over thirty-four thousand ...

Sixteenth Amendment

History; American history

It was adopted in 1913 and stated that Congress shall have the power to lay and collect income taxes. This amendment was passed because earlier the Supreme Court had declared that an income tax was ...

Neutrality Acts

History; American history

Congress made an effort to legislate the nation out of war. The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 stipulated that when the president proclaimed the existence of a foreign war certain ...

Woodrow Wilson

History; American history

The Democratic representative in the presidential elections of 1912 and 1916. He was elected into the presidency as a minority president. He was born in Virginia and was raised in a very religious ...

Sinclair Lewis

History; American history

Lewis was the chief chronicler of Midwestern life. He was a master of satire and wrote the satirical novel "Main Street" in 1920. Then he wrote "Babbit" which describe a materialistic middle-class ...