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Books on the history of the United States: A History of Money and Banking in the United States; A Monetary History of the United States; A Patriot's History of the United States; A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
The United States, dependent on European revenues from the export of agricultural goods, tried to export food and raw materials to both warring Great Powers and to profit from transporting goods between their home markets and Caribbean colonies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefited them but opposed it when it did not.
Peck (10 US 87 1810) marks first time U.S. Supreme Court invalidates a state legislative act; 1811 – First Bank of the United States charter expires; April 20, 1812 – Vice President Clinton dies; 1812 – War of 1812, an offshoot of the Napoleonic Wars, begins; 1812 – Daniel Webster elected to the United States Congress
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
Timelines of United States history by period (time span) — of pre−nationhood and national U.S. history. Pages in category "Timelines of United States history by period" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The efficiency movement was a major movement in the United States, Britain and other industrial nations in the early 20th century that sought to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the economy and society, and to develop and implement best practices. [1]
The Oxford History of the United States book series originated in the 1950s with a plan laid out by historians C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter for a multivolume history of the United States published by Oxford University Press, modeled on the Oxford History of England, that would provide a summary of the political, social, and cultural history of the United States for a general ...