American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

Musical style new to the 1950s, combining black rhythm and blues with white country music. Listened to mostly by young Americans and embodied by Elvis Presley, the music softly challenged notions of ...

Robert Kennedy

History; American history

After an early public life as a committed Cold Warrior, Kennedy ran for the Democratic nomination in 1968 as a peace candidate representative of young liberals. His assassination while on the ...

Bureau of refugees freedmen, and abandoned lands

History; American history

An organisation established by Congress on March 3, 1865 to deal with the dislocations of the Civil War. It provided relief, helped settle disputes, and founded schools and hospitals.

Freedmen's Bureau

History; American history

An organisation established by Congress on March 3, 1865 to deal with the dislocations of the Civil War. It provided relief, helped settle disputes, and founded schools and hospitals.

Republicans

History; American history

A political party founded by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson to combat Alexander Hamilton's fiscal policies.

Republicanism

History; American history

At the time of the American Revolution, republicanism referred to the concept that sovereignty, or ultimate political authority, is vested in the people--the citizens of the nation. As such, ...

Sharecropping

History; American history

A system of labour to replace slavery that allowed landless farmers to work the land of others for a share of the crops they produced. It was favoured by freed people over gang labour but often ...