American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

These revolutionary leaders favored a stronger national government than the one provided for in the Articles of Confederation. They believed that only a powerful national government, rather than self ...

National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

History; American history

An organization formed in 1890 from two factions of the suffrage movement, it sought a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote throughout the nation, eventually leading to the ...

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

History; American history

1956 legislation creating national highway system of 41,000 miles, costing $26 billion and taking 13 years to construct. It solidified the central role of the automobile in American culture.

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

History; American history

The federal government's plan to revive industry during the Great Depression through rational planning.

National Origins Act of 1924

History; American history

Law that restricted immigration to 2 percent for any given nationality, based on the total amounts from the 1890 census. Use of the 1890 census effectively restricted immigrants from eastern and ...

Mugwumps

History; American history

A reform faction of the Republican party in the 1870s and 1880s, they crusaded for honest and effective government and some supported Democratic reform candidates.