Carnegie and the ‘Gospel of Wealth’

Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish-American industrialist, led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century, became one of the richest Americans in history and a great philanthropist. More from Wikipedia. In 1889, he published "The Gospel of Wealth" in which he asserted "great inequality…[and]...the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the …

The Jim Crow Era: A Stain On America’s Past

Wondrium: "An African American named Homer Plessy predated Rosa Parks' famous refusal to comply with racist transportation laws by more than 60 years. The Supreme Court upheld his conviction for sitting in a whites-only train car in Plessy v. Ferguson, leading to the Jim Crow era. Discover hard history and how "separate but equal" was …

‘Vanderbilt’ By Anderson Cooper

CBS Sunday Morning: In his 2021 book, CNN anchor and "60 Minutes" correspondent Anderson Cooper "tells the story of the Vanderbilt family dynasty – from his great-great-great-grandfather, Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt, once the richest man in America who built his fortune through steamships and railroads, to his mother, socialite Gloria Vanderbilt. Cooper talks with correspondent Mo …

Are Filipinos Hispanic?

Reading the twisted history of race in America, I wonder what my grandson, who is Filipino-American but at eight just likes to call himself American, will identify on his census and other forms as his racial identity when he is of age: Asian, Hispanic, Caucasian, of Northern European ancestry, or mixed race? He is of …

Winston Churchill’s Mother Expressed Disappointment In His Lack of Achievement

My Darling Winston: The Letters Between Winston Churchill and His Mother, edited by David Lough and Randolph Churchill, reveals that his mother Jenny was at times disappointed in her son and told him so The letters between Jenny Jerome, between 1881—when Churchill was just six—and 1921, the year of Jenny’s death -- weren't published until …

Filipino-American War: You Probably Didn’t Learn About It in High School History Class

Mr. Beat, a high school history teacher with 771,000 subscribers on Youtube, posts a video "about a war you probably don’t know much about. If you’re an American, you likely didn’t hear much about it in American history class, and that’s likely because it’s a war that the American government has preferred you just…uh…not remember. …

What Happened to Portugal’s Monarchy?

History Matters: "Have you ever wondered how Portugal became a Republic? What happened to the monarchy which had been a part of Portuguese history throughout its rise and fall? We'll find out in this short, simple animated history documentary." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYgd3P0DyK4 Sources: The Portuguese Revolution of 1910 by Douglas L. Wheeler A Concise History of Portugal …

How British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined, write two academics who study India, in an article for Al Jazeera. "According to research by the economic historian Robert C Allen, extreme poverty in India increased under British rule, …

64 Years of American History: 1865 to 1929, in 14.5 minutes from Khan Academy

Khan Academy, 2011, offered American history quite over-simplified, but a valuable overview. Can you list some of the very important things that are left out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmBV87XA52Q What to Leave Out of American History Intro Course?

American Imperialist Beliefs in the Late 1800s: Pro and Con

Students should read the following documents and list on a chart the key arguments of the imperialists/expansionists, to prepare for debates. Two "Pro" Arguments (Pro-Imperialist) "The US Looking Outwards" by Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1890, The Atlantic. He was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of …