Political Science

The term McCarthyism defined a period of U.S. history during the 1950s when there was intense concern about Communist infiltration of American society. It took…

Autocrats are a ruler who possesses absolute and unrestricted authority. Ex: Nicolas II – Last Tsar of Russia. He a person (such as a monarch)…

G8 stands for Group of Eight and is made up of leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and the United States…

Decolonization was the process by which the British and French empires were dissolved. Their colonies in Asia, Africa and the Middle East were granted independence. Decolonization is…

History of Cold War Cold War is the term used to describe the intense rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of Communist…

At the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, one of the most memorable award ceremonies was held. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, respectively, won the gold and…

Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Bridges’ bravery paved the way for continued…

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the…

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.…

Jackie Robinson, at the age of 27, became the first Black Baseball player in Major League history (1947). He broke the color barrier when he…

European Expansion In looking at the disparity between the countries of the North (us) and the South (Africa, South America etc), one must start by…

New GOP Plan Would Leave 24 Million More without Health Insurance The Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 24 million more…