The Coal Strike
The coal strike of 1919 is widely accepted by academic scholars and historians alike to be a pivotal point in American history pertaining to the…
The coal strike of 1919 is widely accepted by academic scholars and historians alike to be a pivotal point in American history pertaining to the…
The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 unfolded over the course of a week, starting on July 27 and lasting until August 3. By the time…
By 1919, many Western states already had the right to vote under their own state’s laws. States in that region were willing to give women…
The Charleston Race Riots The Charleston Race Riot happened on May 10th, 1919. The infamous riot broke out when white sailors got angry at an…
The anarchist bombings of 1919 consists of two separate instances, both occurred only a month apart from one another. The anarchist movement in America was…
Eugene Victor Debs was best known as a Socialist, a labor leader, and a five time presidential candidate. In 1918, after Debs made a speech…
The beginning of the twentieth century marked a sharp increase in elementary education in the United States. As it became more commonplace, it became necessary…
Schenck v. United States (1919) was a landmark Supreme Court case that decided that certain speech is not protected under the first amendment. The Supreme…
“Chicago organ grinder”, “trench broom”, “trench sweeper”, “the chopper”, and “the annihilator” were all names given to a ruthless weapon that has been popularized in…
On February 26, 1919, after years of battling for the Grand Canyon to be protected, President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law as the 17th…