Infobase is delighted to announce that the relaunched Issues & Controversies in History database is here! Formerly known as Issues & Controversies in American History, this redesigned, revamped, reimagined new database... read more →
At the end of this summer, Issues & Controversies in American History will be relaunched with a completely new design, powerful new functionality, and a name change that reflects the... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Should the Government Break Up the Company? Founded in 1870, the Standard Oil Company would soon become one of the largest and most... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Who Should Pay for the Cost of Cleaning Up Hazardous Waste Sites? In 1978, New York State health commissioner Robert Whalen declared a... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Were British Soldiers or American Colonists to Blame? On the snowy evening of March 5, 1770, during a period of escalating tension between... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Should African Americans Receive Reparations for Slavery? Since the United States abolished slavery in 1865, former slaves and their descendants have raised the... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: The Pros and Cons of U.S. Membership After World War I ended in 1918, the victorious powers negotiated a treaty that established the... read more →
Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, December 2019—The Monroe Doctrine
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: The U.S. Closes the Western Hemisphere to European Influence In the early 1820s, U.S. leaders feared that Spain might try to reclaim its... read more →
VIETNAM "BOAT PEOPLE": Should the U.S. Admit More Vietnamese Refugees after the Vietnam War? Following the communists' victory in the Vietnam War in 1975, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees fled... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Did the Iroquois Confederacy Influence the Drafting of the Constitution of the United States? When the framers of the U.S. Constitution gathered in... read more →