Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: HARLEM RENAISSANCE: The Blossoming of African-American Culture in the 1920s In Harlem, a largely African-American neighborhood in New York City, a creative explosion... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA): The U.S. Establishes Free Trade with Canada and Mexico In the early 1990s, the United States, Mexico,... read more →
Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, December 2018—Hetch Hetchy Valley
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: HETCH HETCHY VALLEY: Should It Be Dammed? In the early 20th century, San Francisco, California, needed a reliable source of water. As the... read more →
Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, November 2018—Federal Reserve Act
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: FEDERAL RESERVE ACT: Congress Establishes a Central Bank to Prevent Financial Crises In 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act, creating a central... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT OF 1965: Congress Ends National Origins Immigration System In 1965, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, ending the... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: LITTLE ROCK INTEGRATION CRISIS: Should the Federal Government Intervene? In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND WORLD WAR I: Should Charles Schenck Have Gone to Jail for Encouraging Others to Oppose the Draft? In 1917,... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: VIETNAM "BOAT PEOPLE": Should the United States Admit More Vietnamese Refugees after the Vietnam War? When communists took power after the Vietnam War ended... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: KOREAN WAR: Vital in the Fight Against Communism or Not in U.S. Interests? Backed by the Soviet Union, the communist nation of North... read more →
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 →