The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged western settlement by

The 1920s economic boom was fueled in part by new industries such as

The Wagner Act and the rise of the CIO in the 1930s led to

At the Paris Peace Conference, the 'Big Four' leaders shaped the postwar settlement, but the harshest demands on...

Coxey’s Army (1894) was a march on Washington by unemployed workers demanding