Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: KENT STATE SHOOTINGS: Self-Defense by the National Guard or Massacre of Innocent Students? While breaking up an anti–Vietnam War demonstration at Kent State... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: MACARTHUR DISMISSAL: Was President Truman Justified in Dismissing General MacArthur? On April 11, 1951, President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: DRED SCOTT DECISION: Can a Slave Sue for His Freedom? In the 1830s, a slave named Dred Scott resided for several years with... read more →
Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, February 2018—Johnson Impeachment
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: JOHNSON IMPEACHMENT: Punishment for Violating the Constitution, or Politically Motivated? When President Andrew Johnson fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in 1868, three... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: GREAT SOCIETY AND THE WAR ON POVERTY: President Johnson's Plan to End Poverty in the United States Declaring an "unconditional war on poverty"... read more →
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Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: BILL OF RIGHTS: An Essential Guarantee of Civil Liberties or Controversial Abridgement of Freedoms? In 1787, delegates from 12 of the 13 states... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: KENNEDY ASSASSINATION: Was the President Killed by a Lone Gunman, or Was There a Conspiracy? On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy... read more →
Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, October 2017—Cuban Missile Crisis
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS: Should the United States Use Force to Remove Soviet Missiles from Cuba? For 13 days in October 1962, the United... read more →
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