American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

An ideology based upon the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin, it justified the concentration of wealth and lack of governmental protection of the weak through the ideas of natural selection and ...

Smog

History; American history

The chemical laden fog caused by automobile engines, a serious problem in southern California. Like nuclear waste and the shrinking water supply, it reflects the problems associated with the rapid ...

Second Great Awakening

History; American history

A wave of religious fervour and revivalism that swept the United States from the early nineteenth century through the Civil War.

Samuel Gridley Howe

History; American history

Founder of the nation's first school for the blind.

Salutary Neglect

History; American history

This term signifies England's relatively benign neglect of its American colonies from about 1690 to 1760. During these years King and Parliament rarely legislated constraints of any kind and allowed ...

Sagebrush Rebellion

History; American history

Failed movement led by conservative Western politicians to cede federal control of western land to individual states, promoting private ownership and commercial development.

Rosa Parks

History; American history

African American seamstress and active NAACP member arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white patron in Montgomery, Alabama, prompting a huge bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr.