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A Diplomatic History of the American People (10th edition 1980) online. Beisner, Robert L. ed, American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature (2003), 2 vol. 16,300 annotated entries evaluate every major book and scholarly article. online; Bemis, Samuel Flagg.
A sharp downturn in the American economy was caused by bank failures, lack of confidence in the paper currency, tightening of English Credit, crop failures and Jacksonian policy. [17] Speculation markets were greatly affected when American banks stopped payment in specie (gold and silver coinage). [1] [18] Over 600 banks failed in this period.
Panic of 1837, a U.S. recession with bank failures, followed by a 5-year depression; Panic of 1847, started as a collapse of British financial markets associated with the end of the 1840s railway industry boom; Panic of 1857, a U.S. recession with bank failures; Indian economic crash of 1865
Thomas Jefferson took office in 1801 after defeating incumbent President John Adams in the 1800 presidential election.By July 1801, Jefferson had assembled his cabinet, which consisted of Secretary of State James Madison, Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, Attorney General Levi Lincoln Sr., and Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith.
For example, while there are American military bases all over, the American soldiers do not rule over the local people, and the United States government does not send out governors or permanent settlers like all the historic empires did. [239] Harvard historian Charles S. Maier has examined the America-as-Empire issue at length. He says the ...
Timeline of pre–United States history; Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819) Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899) Timeline of the history of the United States (1900–1929)
July 2 – Robert H. Adams, U.S. Senator from Mississippi in 1830 (born 1792) August 6 – David Walker, African American abolitionist and writer (born 1796) August 9 – James Armistead Lafayette, African American slave, Continental Army double agent (born 1748 or 1760) September 24 – Elizabeth Monroe, First Lady of the United States (born 1768)
This strike marked perhaps the only time in American history that a state militia was called out to protect miners from sheriff's deputies. 21 April – June 1894 (United States) Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894-- A two-month nationwide strike by miners of hard coal in the United States.