Government

Blog posts about events or people associated with government programs, policies, treaties, laws at the town, city, county, state, or national level.

  • Revisiting the 1920s

    After spending a full semester, a little over three full months, studying and learning about various topics of the 1920s, I have learned that it is much more than just…

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    Lenin’s “Letter to the Congress”

    Letter to the Congress I I would urge strongly that at this Congress a number of changes be made in our political structure. I want to tell you of the…

  • Feed the World and Save the League, November 24, 1920

    Introduction Jane Addams (1860-1935) was a well-known social reformer, suffragist and the founder of the Hull-House settlement. During World War I, Addams became one of the United States’ best-known pacifists.…

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    Book Review: Review of “Recasting Bourgeois Europe”

    Recasting Bourgeois Europe: Stabilization in France, Germany and Italy in the Decade After World War I was written by historian Charles S. Maier and was first published in 1975. This…

  • The Wall Street Bombing

    Overview On September 16, 1920, it seemed like an average day for the busy Wall Street region of New York until a cart that was being pulled by a horse…

  • Charles Ponzi Arrested for Fraud

    The Beginning Charles Ponzi, born in Lugo Italy on March 3, 1882, was a native of Italy who led a life of crime. According to the Century Foundation, a think…

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    Lenin’s Testament

    Biography of Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born on April 22, 1870 in Streletskaya Ulitsa, Simbirsk, now Ulyanovsk, Russia to Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov and Maria Alexandrovna Blank. Lenin was…

  • Ida B. Wells

    Biographical Overview Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was born during the Civil War Era into slavery on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. After the end of the Civil War,…

  • Phoebe “Febb” Ensminger Burn

    Biographical Overview Phoebe Ensminger Burn was born in the quiet community of Mount Verd, Tennessee on November 23, 1873, and was more often well-known by her nickname of “Febb.” She…

  • The Snyder Act of 1924

    History of Native American Citizenship To be born and raised in the United States of America but denied citizenship and the right to vote; this was the unfortunate reality for…

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