American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

Communist China's chairman Mao Tse tung sent a table tennis team to the world championships in Nagoya, Japan, and then invited an American team to compete in Japan in 1971. This small gesture paved ...

Perpetual servitude

History; American history

Indentured servitude represented temporary service for a specified period, usually from four to seven years, to a legally designated owner. Perpetual servitude meant being owned by some other person ...

Pendleton Act

History; American history

A law passed in 1883 to eliminate political corruption in the federal goverment, it outlawed political contributions by appointed officeholders and established the Civil Service Commission to ...

Paul Cuffe

History; American history

An African American sea captain, Cuffe led the first experiment in colonisation when he transported 38 free blacks to Sierra Leone in 1815.

Patrons of Husbandry

History; American history

An organisation founded in 1867 to aid farmers through its local granges, it was responsible for state laws regulating railroads, established cooperatives to help with marketing problems, and ...

Panic of 1837

History; American history

A financial depression that lasted until the early 1840s.

Operation Just Cause

History; American history

An American military intervention in Panama in December 1989, which was launched after Panama's leader, Manuel Noriega, who was indicted on drug related charges, invalidated civilian elections and ...