A Brief History On July 4th, 2022, Americans celebrate their Independence Day, a holiday that signifies their freedom. During the month of June 2015, Americans experienced a host of developments in the expansion of this freedom, so we of course featured an article about those changes. In any case, to paraphrase Bob Dylan, the times sure were a-changin’ in June 2015, and here in 2022, those times STILL are a changin’! Digging Deeper Since 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and it seemed as if the Cold War was over, we have all lived under the belief that nuclear war…
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A Brief History This article presents a video timeline for students of American History through the Civil War (History 212) at Ashland University. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to a video covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper I. Course Introduction On July 14, 1789, Scottish explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie finally reached the mouth of the river named after him, a failed attempt to find a route to the Pacific Ocean. II. The New Global World, 1450-1620 On March 5, 1496, in the wake of the tremendous news about the voyage of Christopher Columbus…
A Brief History This article presents a timeline of American history through the Civil War for History 212 at Ashland University. Please click on any of the dates to learn more about that date’s events. Digging Deeper I. Course Introduction II. The New Global World, 1450-1620 On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus, the Italian adventurer sailing into the unknown in the name of the Spanish Crown, landed in the Bahamas, the landing that became known as the “discovery” of America (or, “The New World” if you prefer). On March 15, 1493, Christopher Columbus made his triumphant return from his first voyage to the…
A Brief History On July 4, 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Ever since the Declaration of Independence was agreed upon, a great deal of history has occurred all over the United States of America (USA). It is inconceivable how places we presently consider as urban, like the Northeast megalopolis that contains Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, Boston, and Washington, D.C., was previously a wilderness covered with thick forests. The European pilgrims had never even gone past those forests. As Americans extended to the West, they deserted noteworthy spots, relics, abominations, and interests…
A Brief History On July 4, 1987, justice came late, but better than never, when Nazi German war criminal, Klaus Barbie, known as the “Butcher of Lyon” was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. A member of the SS and officer of the dreaded secret police, the Gestapo, Barbie was known to personally torture prisoners while in charge of the Lyon, France, Gestapo station during World War II. Despite fierce French animosity toward this monster, the United States intelligence apparatus helped Barbie escape Europe for Bolivia, South America, where the US used him as an anti-Marxist agent. Barbie…
