The state of the American banking system before the creation of the Federal Reserve was at the mercy of the inelasticity and unpredictability of the nation’s bank credit and money supply. The unpredictability was in great part due to the fact that smaller banks routinely siphoned off their reserves to the larger banks, creating a ...
It’d be easy to reflect on the impact men have made on journalism. There are countless of examples to choose from. Look at the two male journalists from the Washington Post that brought down the leader of the free world with their talents. In fact, sometimes men’s efforts seem so big that the other gender’s ...
As the 16th century Spanish explorers arrived off the Florida coast, it would signal an end for a powerful race of people, the Timucua Indians. The Timucua territory included parts of what is now known as Georgia, south from Tampa Bay to Orlando. It wasn’t such a headache to find parking in those days. Original ...
The first president born in the 20th century was the son of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy. Joseph Kennedy was a millionaire and ambassador to England during the build-up to World War Two. He was also considered an appeaser in the growing showdown between Hitler and Churchill. Kennedy later commanded a patrol torpedo boat, a ...
The history of baptism began during early church history. From the first through the fifth centuries, baptism was fundamental to the church. As church history evolved during this time, the history of baptism also morphed; however, it was always a central doctrine, throughout ancient church history. During the first four centuries of the history of ...
In United States courts, the jury is a system by which, in theory, defendants are given a trial that is fair and unbiased. The idea is that twelve persons from the same peer group as the defendant will be able to deliberate without prejudice the position of the defense, and the outcome of the trial. ...
Samuel Adams was born to a wealthy and powerful family in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, (also named Samuel Adams), was an important landowner in the Boston area, and his second cousin John Adams would one day become the first vice president and second president of the United States. Unfortunately for old Samuel Adams, he would ...
Religion found its beginnings in England through Christianity back in the 3rd and 4th centuries according to archaeological evidence of the period. Overall, the country is seen as religious in nature due to the wealth of religions within its borders and the fact that it is home to buildings and monuments like Stonehenge, the Angel ...
In the news recently there have been multiple passionate conversations about our individual’s freedom of speech, the basis of our first amendment. What exactly is the first amendment? And why is the first amendment such a difficult issue when it comes to people exercising this right? Even today the right to follow the first amendment ...
The history of unified Prussia[i] began under the reign of a weak, ineffectual ruler, and ended under the command of one of the strongest of the Enlightened despots, running his country with an agile mind and a fist of steel. In much the same way, this motley collection of feuding principalities by the time of ...