The Mexican-American War: 175 Years Later
175 Years Ago Today: Congress Declares War on Mexico, Invoking Manifest Destiny and Destabilizing the House Divided
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175 Years Ago Today: Congress Declares War on Mexico, Invoking Manifest Destiny and Destabilizing the House Divided
Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. At his rural Kansas school, he has few chances to discuss history with colleagues. He is also too young to have experienced the end of the Cold War, a time, he thinks, when American politics were less polarized than they are today.
Early in his first term, President Donald Trump signed the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, establishing March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The law honored the
Every presidential election year revives questions about our system of voting through the Electoral College. Teachers tell us that students find this the most perplexing feature of our constitutional system.
A Lesson from the Founders for Constitution Day Americans in our day think “transparency” in government essential to its efficient and wholesome operation. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention did
Two well-known black and white photographs depict the struggle to end racial segregation in Southern schools that continued after the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. Less
Teaching American History emphasizes the use of primary documents. Why, then, is Teaching American History publishing a series of narrative histories? In case you didn’t know about the narrative histories,
Thursday June 6, 2024 is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the day Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to begin the “great and noble undertaking” of liberating Europe.
Today’s blog is an edited excerpt from the introduction to TAH’s CDC volume, Congress, edited by Joseph Postell, available in our bookstore for free download or purchase. What’s wrong with
This blog post, written by faculty member Sarah Morgan Smith, was first posted on January 19, 2021. An online resource guide at Library of Congress, U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: “I Do Solemnly Swear…,” showcases the