HCR: "In the 1920s, President Warren G. Harding’s secretary of the interior, Albert Fall, went to prison for a year for accepting a $385,000 bribe from oilman Edward L. Doheny in exchange for leases to drill for oil on naval reserve land in Elk Hills and Buena Vista, California, and Teapot Dome, Wyoming. Fall was … Continue reading Teapot Dome: First Major Presidential Scandal, 1920s
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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 … Continue reading The Jim Crow Era: A Stain On America’s Past
Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Have Deep Roots in American History. Writers Seek to Counteract Bigotry
Given the unprecedented, staggering rise in anti-semitism and anti-Muslim behavior in the U.S. since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, historian and author Dan Gardner points out on his Substack that Henry Ford, inventor of the mass production assembly line technique and founder of Ford Motor Company, led a movement of anti-Semites in the early … Continue reading Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Have Deep Roots in American History. Writers Seek to Counteract Bigotry
Turkish Republic’s 100th Anniversary, 2023
The nation of Turkey in 2023 celebrates its 100th anniversary as a republic, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the country's war for independence against Greece and European powers. "Today's nation is a long way from 1923's secular state," Zara Kahn reported for CNN. On Oct. 29, there were celebrations in Istanbul, Ankara, … Continue reading Turkish Republic’s 100th Anniversary, 2023
Atatürk – The father of modern Turkey | DW Documentary
There are a lot of Turks in Germany. To help native Germans understand these relatively recent immigrants since the 1980s, the German broadcasting service DW produced this documentary in 2020. https://www.dw.com/en/atat%C3%BCrk-the-father-of-modern-turkey/video-67235196 The founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a revolutionary who was driven by idealism. His "War of Independence" created modern Turkey where … Continue reading Atatürk – The father of modern Turkey | DW Documentary
1929-1932 Rough Shock of the Great Depression and How Workers and WWI Vets Were Treated
October 29, 1929, was when the stock market crashed, historian Heather Cox Richardson reminds us, signaling the end of an era -- the Roaring Twenties -- and the beginning of the Great Depression, and ultimately a new era in which Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt through Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter -- from 1933 until 1981 … Continue reading 1929-1932 Rough Shock of the Great Depression and How Workers and WWI Vets Were Treated
FDR’s Eloquent ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ Speech
Steve Schmidt points out how Joe Biden's Oval Office address from the Resolute desk pointing to the necessity to defend both Ukraine and Israel echoes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech on December 29, 1940. Read and watch FDR on the American Rhetoric website. Schmidt's analysis is called "In Defense of Freedom."
1923: Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch Failed But Laid the Groundwork for Success A Decade Later
In November 1923, Adolph Hitler and about 2,000 of his Nazi Party followers in Munich, Bavaria marched on a large beer hall where Gustav Ritter von Kah, the president of Bavaria, was speaking to 3,000 people. Surrounded by associates, Hitler "advanced through the crowded auditorium. Unable to be heard above the crowd, Hitler fired a … Continue reading 1923: Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch Failed But Laid the Groundwork for Success A Decade Later
End of the American Dream in the Late 1920s, Early 1930s: Compelling Documentary About The Great Depression in the US
My mother-in-law at 100 -- she was born in late 1922 -- loves to watch documentaries on the history of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s or WWII, including this one. While watching it, she recalled her father taking her to visit with the World War I veterans who were promised their bonuses, but when they … Continue reading End of the American Dream in the Late 1920s, Early 1930s: Compelling Documentary About The Great Depression in the US
How Cities Change: Housing Market In US Is Broken, Needs More Creative Options
Younger generations can no longer afford to live in urban and many suburban areas in the US because land and housing prices have skyrocketed into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Starter homes are no longer within reach, as the NYT reported. Diverse patterns of living arrangements across families, communities, and plots of land were far … Continue reading How Cities Change: Housing Market In US Is Broken, Needs More Creative Options
Teaching History's Slender Threads, Including 'What Ifs', Almosts, Alternatives and Turning Points 