us history

According to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, only 36% of Americans can score a passing grade on this test (passing is defined as at least 60% correct, a fairly low bar). https://woodrow.org/americanhistory/ I got 18/19 for 94.7%. A few of the questions are a little tricky so read them...

For those who are interested in Custer's Last Stand, last week I web-published an article on the subject titled "General Custer and the Little Big Horn: Setting the Record Straight." Here's the link: http://miketgriffith.com/files/custerrecord.htm My article argues that Custer's two...

If FDR had been in better health he might have run for a fifth term. I mean, why not? If he had, do you think he would have won? Speculation required.

We're two days shy of Lee's surrender to what's-his-face at Appomattox Courthouse. So, I'm wondering. Did the South ever have a realistic chance of rising again after the ACW?

So.....I'm starting this thread to get a sense of who knows what north and south of the border. What with the bicentennial approaching in 5 years, I'd like to get a sense from those on this board both American and Canuck as to what they know and what mattered from their understanding. For...

For many years, Kit Carson was portrayed as a Hero of the Old West by most historians, as well as in the popular press. In recent years, his image has taken a beating, with some now considering him to be little more than an illiterate deranged genocidalist. I haven't read a lot about him, but...

Geography Of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler In this spirited, irreverent critique, Kunstler spares none of the culprits that have conspired in the name of the American Dream to turn the U.S. landscape from a haven of the civic ideal into a nightmare of crass commercial production and...